Worked night shift the second half of my nursing career. (Full disclosure here: got licensed & began work at 63, retired at 67.) Hated every minute of it. Felt like I was a vampire: get home and...
n6medjim replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing
There are reasons for one to be overweight few of which are really legitimate. Given the current overly high BMI demographic of our population, the biggest problem we really have is a lack of...
After a long career of 6 years as a medical tele floor RN (I started late at age 63), I moved into Red Cross Disaster Health Services. A far cry from and a cake walk compared to floor nursing, it is...
Lot better way to check responsiveness on an intox who is likely to be faking it: forget the light in the eyes; take their hand and hold it above their face, then release. If he moves it to the side...
First, revisit WHY you decided to become nurse. If for altruistic reasons and not for the money: do NOT give up! -- Studying to become is a nurse is a ***** (I know, at 58 I had to relearn how to...
Religion aside, I think you had a bigger problem here: your pt was on strict swallow precautions. Were you REALLY going to risk your pt choking and then having to scramble for suction, even if that...
I'll do my best to offer you my perspective. First and foremost, RN'ing is my 2nd career. I worked in high tech until I was 58 at which time I got laid off d/t the Dot Com bust and telecom industry...
n6medjim replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing
Terrific tribute. Would like to have seen more Nurses represented even though the profession is only 6-10% male (depending on which survey is the reference). After all, the very first nurses were...