BunnyBuns

PTSD, GAD, depression, recovering from an eating disorder. It's not an easy road, but I chose it. I work in acute care physical rehab.Typically 6 patients per a nurse. It's fast paced and I generally am able to control my anxiety. I constantly am singing songs out loud and in my head. Great distractor and cheers patients up. I have a fondness for Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Tina Turner. I have had one panic attack at work. My boss knows I have PTSD; I disclosed my full medical history when they hired me. A lot of nurses go into this field because we remember what it was like to be ignored, forgotten, neglected, abused, etc. I personally had a craptastic childhood and wanted to change my life and others.

I am thinking of applying to graduate school in the next coming years. I just need to figure out what is the best option. I have been looking at a few online programs. I graduated from a top 25 school for my undergrad BSN. I can honestly say that graduating from a top tier did nothing remarkable for me when it comes to actual nursing practice. I know associate degree nurses who are brilliant and fabulous nurses. I always look to them for guidance and mentoring. 1. Does it matter where I went to school for my undergrad when applying to Masters/DNP programs? Does it matter where we get our NP degrees from when it comes to getting jobs? 2. Many schools only have an FNP, which I'm guessing is kinda like a catch all for them. I was looking at the University of Southern California and Duke specifically. Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Programs | Nursing@USC 3. Do FNPs get to practice in a variety of settings, such as inpatient and outpatient? If I want to do inpatient, should I just go for like acute care Adult-Gero? Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Specialty | Duke School of Nursing Curriculum - Thomas Jefferson University 4. What were your options going to NP school? I would prefer online, I need to still feed myself and work. What did you decide upon? Thank you all so much. from Bunny

Hello everyone. I'm a new nurse. I passed the NCLEX on July 20th and started my new job on July 27th. I'm a bit overwhelmed to be truthful. I only have 2 patients at the moment, but I will be working a physical rehab facility. The rehab facility has a patient nurse ratio of 8:1. I'm freaking out about it. I know it's the norm to have 5 to 6 patients. Does anyone have any advice for me? I'm honestly scared about it. Thank you.

My nurse preceptor told me, "You should be able to see something once and then do it on your own...I've had to show you how to do this multiple times already." I can't figure out the computer system to save my life and I make dumb mistakes. I had a patient who was in a wheelchair and deaf. I signed to him "follow me" and assumed he knew how to use a wheelchair...boy was I mistaken. My nurse preceptor wound up yelling at me, saying, "Why the heck would you do that? What were your thoughts? He's an acutely injured patient. You should be the one pushing the wheelchair." My rationale was, if the patient can do it themselves, let them do it to maintain their autonomy and independence. We all make really stupid mistakes sometimes. Some people just need to be shown multiple times how to do something (especially me.) Don't get yourself too down. Have you tried to look at school nursing, sometimes that's a bit more even paced. Good luck!