brighella

brighella

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  1. Anyone who was a secretary now a nurse?

    I was a secretary for over 13 years and found that it helps with organization and prioritizing. I also don't have to learn how to be an employee in addition to learning new nurse duties, like some of...
  2. Theres no shame in being a "B" grades nurse. Immediately after our first exam in nursing school, our clinical professor was laughing at us because we didn't get A's. She told us that after teaching...
  3. ADN from a community college or BSN from SDSU?

    I just got my BSN from SDSU in May. If I had waited for _any_ of the waitlists for community colleges in the San Diego area for an ADN, I might have been starting this fall. The BSN is worth the...
  4. Help Needed from Hospice RN to ER RN

    From what I understand, if it hastens his death, it wont be appreciably. The focus on the care is now his comfort. Would she rather have his last hours/days be painful? or peaceful? The same goes if...
  5. HELP!! I need guidance I saw someone cheating

    Why not an anonymous note to the
  6. ethical dilemma with a DNR last night

    Something that happens here which might help explain a little bit, is that when patients are admitted to an acute care hospital, unless its the one that the hospice has a contract with, that patient...
  7. Math Problem that I need help with

    micro drip is 60
  8. Should I get a minor or just be a nursing major?

    I just got my BSN, and a minor in religious studies. For me it made sense, it was one extra class a semester, some of them met other requirements for graduation, and all the classes that I seemed to...
  9. JERK DOCTOR!

    as long as you maintain your professionalism and he keeps acting like a child, i wouldnt worry too much about what the others are thinking. They see him acting like a brat. Your reaction is the only...
  10. yeah it sounds like you need training and a palliative care resource available to help with the end of life patients. In-patient hospice has much different goals of care than most oncology floors I've...
  11. need info on San Diego KAPLAN

    I just finished my BSN and i have been told this by too many members of faculty, nurses on the floors at many of the local hospitals, and classmates who work in administration prior to getting their...
  12. need info on San Diego KAPLAN

    I live in San Diego and what I have been told is that most of the hospitals in the area will not hire Kaplan or National grads because they are desperately unsafe and underprepared. Before spending...
  13. Anyone going into their Last Semester?

    Im going into my last semester of my BSN program. I saw a pinning ceremony for the folks who graduated this semester, and now that I can envision myself in the ceremony, its so close I can taste it....
  14. Nursing Students Treated Like 3rd Graders

    As my professor said as she had us leave our bags at the front and checked our water bottles and kleenex packets that she HATES playing cop. HOWEVER, she stated that she is getting to an age where if...
  15. I certainly wouldnt want to bring my baby into a hospital on a regular basis, if it was me, and for instance someone was bringing the baby to me at work, id rather go out to the car and nurse than...
  16. Organize your day: Paper Brain

    My guess is that BG stands for Blood Glucose, thats more common than blood gasses unless youre on a pulm floor or icu or something...they still would use blood glucose tests there too
  17. I'm gonna sue you

    Sheesh, as much as I hate to say it, sounds like my mother. She was admitted with a suspected sm bowel obstruction, but not before she insulted the ER doc's man-hood, called him a nincompoop (probably...
  18. new grad straight to hospice

    As an older student nurse (believe me, 32 is considered older in my class where the avg age is 21) who is moving into her second career and also feels called towards hospice, I have been asking...
  19. NS about to start OB rotation. Any advise?

    I'll tell you what my OB clinical professor told all of us the begining of this semester. "It doesnt matter how cute it is, that baby just came out of her bloody hoohah. If you dont know her well...
  20. Being gentle is different than being effeminate. There are four guys in my class of 90, and even though 2 of them are armed services guys (1 former marine who still looks like a marine and a navy guy)...
  21. Am I crazy? Need advice

    The value in any educational experience is what you make of it. Theres going to be turds and whiners and gradehounds and the truly poisonous out there, instructor and classmate alike, but there will...
  22. Am I crazy? Need advice

    hi Robyn, Im in NS now as an older student, having gone back to develop my 2nd career, and had to start all over too. A basic biology class might be a good idea, not even as much for the information...
  23. Priority

    I just got out of a nursing final, so my brain is kinda mushy, but I think that the 70 y/o patient is higher priority because of her age...both are prone to hypovolemia. Does anyone else have a...
  24. is IV hard?

    Im a student and had IV lab this past friday. The professors emphasised so much that we shouldnt be nervous that I think a lot of people got nervous. I for one, ended up sticking a couple of friends...
  25. Is 2 Per Diem Jobs unrealistic?

    Thanks for the responses. Its wonderful to have one less thing to worry about. Good thing I have a good calendar, so I can keep good track of where I'm going to be on any given day. Anyone else have...