firstyearstudent

firstyearstudent

Member

  • Content

    853

  • Visitors

    8,006

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by firstyearstudent

  1. Is Being Loyal Worth It?

    firstyearstudent replied to whodunit's topic in General Nursing

    The short answer is no. Don't want to start tangential deabte here, but I take it you are NOT at a union

  2. Conditions that must be treated ASAP

    firstyearstudent replied to AGal110's topic in General Nursing

    Brain Attack Heart Attack Status Epilepticus Status Asthmaticus Sepsis Placentia Abruption Profuse Bleeding Eclampsia Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Burst

  3. Career change at 54 to Nursing?

    firstyearstudent replied to had999's topic in General Nursing

    Go for it. My advice would be to go into a direct entry master's degree program so that you can keep your options open in terms of getting a desk job. At 44 (been a nurse for two years) I am already...

  4. CNA Issue

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    The other day I caught the CNA complaining in front on the patient because she had to change her a second time for being incontient of stool. The patient was total care and too weak to get out of bed....

  5. Bonus Checks for Marketing...More Pain for Nurses!!

    firstyearstudent replied to Emma123's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's time for you to .... go into MARKETING!!!!!!! (Do you know how to lie real

  6. Good Old HIPAA Violation!

    firstyearstudent replied to shodobe's topic in General Nursing

    These rules are becoming extreme. It's ridiculous if you ask me. I am a relatively new nurse and I might have a patient for a day or two and then never see them again. I never know what happened to...

  7. working in the hospital while pregnant and little skills experience

    firstyearstudent replied to bellefleur's topic in General Nursing

    Are you looking for a full-time job while visibly pregnant? If so, that might be hard. If I were you, depending on where you live, I would try to find temporary work in LTC or psych. Why put yourself...

  8. Pumping breast milk at work

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a bedside RN expecting in June and I am wondering if I should even attempt to pump breast milk at work. Has anyone ever done this successfully. I just can't imagine being able to get away every...

  9. Student with a Questions

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I am interested in public health nursing or administration. Currently I have a B.A. in an unrelated field (liberal arts) and am working on an A.D.N. at a community college. I am wondering how to get...

  10. Learn From My Mistakes

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Would anyone else like to share their screw ups, major or minor, in the hopes that other new grads will avoid them? Maybe this can be a sticky if there is interest. -- Asking a "provocative" questions...

  11. Does this make sense to anyone? LONG, sorry.

    firstyearstudent replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really see the supervisor as being the bad guy here. I think what she is simply trying to say is, "This needs to be done. No one here knows how to do it. Do you think you can figure it out on...

  12. The Circumcision Discussion

    firstyearstudent replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am personally opposed to circumcision and, as a nurse, would not assist in a circumcision of a child unless there were what I consider legitimate medical reasons (the extremely limited evidence that...

  13. IV compatability again

    firstyearstudent replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Our administration is very helpful with this, since we hang a lot of antibiotics and a lot K and a lot of TPN and a lot of blood and platelets and...we just hang a lot. We have a list of drugs...

  14. Handling CNAs

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm currently doing my last semester preceptorship and I have been experiencing some difficulty with CNAs expecting me do give total patient care. This is not part of my rotation this semester. I am...

  15. Considering a career in nursing, but scared of the neg comments

    firstyearstudent replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    You sound a lot like me. I have a B.A. in philosophy and then worked for years as a trade journalist, which I hated. I went back to school for an R.N. at community college. So far I really enjoy being...

  16. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    firstyearstudent replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen some audio language courses made specifically for medical professionals that are supposed to get you up and running in a couple of weeks. I'm going to buy one and listen on the way to work....

  17. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    firstyearstudent replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what that's supposed to be about. I was born in the US and I'm a native English speaker. As a writer and a former editor with over 15 years of professional experience, I consider myself...

  18. Dumbest rule in your hospital?

    firstyearstudent replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Here is what I consider a dumb rule: The nurses in our hospital are required to give each other report in English. Now, if I was a patient, and my nurses both spoke another language more fluently than...

  19. Cofused and need your opinion

    firstyearstudent replied to RN1025's topic in General Nursing

    This is totally weak. Here is L.A. many hospitals offer 6 months of orientation for new grads going into

  20. What would you do? Moral Dilemma

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been orienting and I went in to give my patient his once daily dose of IV Neupogen that he is getting x5 for his Stem Cell Harvest and eventual autotransplant and I noticed the the nurse that...

  21. Feeling Guilty -- Need Advice

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    We had a patient die recently and I feel bad because I really wasn't very emotionally supportive to her husband because I didn't like him. He seemed like a bit of an ogre. (Once a nurse caught him...

  22. I'm pregnant. Can i get a job?

    firstyearstudent replied to sherry-New RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it will be an issue -- if you are thin enough to hide it during the interview. From what I understand, you are not required legally to disclose that you are pregnant and once they hire...

  23. This just infuriates me!

    firstyearstudent replied to StressedOutNurse85's topic in General Nursing

    Ankle surgery doesn't seem to me to be in the same league as a boob job! Anyway, I'd be happy to work the holidays for you or anyone else. Being scheduled to work is a great way to get out of having...

  24. What are the most laid back nursing jobs?

    firstyearstudent replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Post-partum

  25. What to do?(LONG)

    firstyearstudent replied to vikingrn's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to know what is going on, since I'm not closely involved in your situation, but I'm on orientation now and I have very little time to spend with the patients. I'm so focused on learning time...