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  1. Incompetent nurses

    firstyearstudent replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

    While I am sure there are a few incontinent nurses out there, I've found that most of them actually have superior bladder function and can go an entire 12 hour shift without going to the can

  2. What are the most laid back nursing jobs?

    firstyearstudent replied to kgard7777's topic in General Nursing

    Psych!!!

  3. any weak stomachs?

    firstyearstudent replied to Shooting4RN's topic in General Nursing

    I can only speak for myself, but I was SHOCKED at how quickly I overcame any queasiness. When you are working it all becomes about the facts. When it's a pustulent, gaping wound -- it's almost like...

  4. Final Moments

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    Recently a patient died who was DNR. I have two questions. 1) This patients husband was really emoting and shaking her when she was in her death throes and it appeared to me that she was in more...

  5. Education options???

    firstyearstudent replied to mariej's topic in General Nursing

    I just finished up getting my ADN after getting a BA in an unrelated field years ago. If I had it to do all over again, I would go straight for a Master's. The time and effort aren't that much more...

  6. BON wants my adoption decree!

    firstyearstudent replied to brookorrn's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like a bunch of annoying red tape to me. Something bad probably happened with an applicant once and they added this extra BS for adoptees to prevent it. I would call your case person and...

  7. Allergic Dermatitis

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse less than two months now and I think I'm already developing a reaction to some of the products on the unit. It started with flaking and peeling and now an irritating painful red...

  8. Question for all

    firstyearstudent replied to Lylesmom's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's the least a nurse can do and usually requries very little effort. Sometimes all you need to do is actually look a patient in the eyes when you talk to them. Patients are going through a...

  9. so far, love the job, hate the culture

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    As a second career nurse, I have over 20 years of work experience and have been rudely slapped in the face this past month at my new RN job by just how horrible nursing culture is. What is up with...

  10. so far, love the job, hate the culture

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I've been spoiled, but most of the other places I've worked at (not as a nurse) people have gone out of the way to say hello or make the "new guy" feel welcome, not ostracize them! I would say...

  11. so far, love the job, hate the culture

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what posts you're talking about. Some of my instructors I liked, some I didn't. And this is my first nursing job and I've never been fired from a job. I'm not sure what you are talking...

  12. did you ever think it would be like this?

    firstyearstudent replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I could have written your

  13. This is a very toxic Environment!

    firstyearstudent replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I guess I have a bad attitude (heh heh) but I feel right now that I KNOW I will make a pretty good nurse and will be a valuable asset to the organization, so, if the oganization I'm at now chooses not...

  14. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    firstyearstudent replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Many, many, many years ago, as a child, my mother (God rest her soul) warned me about the dangers of picking at scabs -- including the dreaded "air-syphil-itis," which I thought was some kind of VD...

  15. Learn From My Mistakes

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is generally good advice, but I did this once and then found out that the first drug was purposely scheduled an hour before the other because they interacted. Others are premeds. So be careful....

  16. Learn From My Mistakes

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    -- Always double check when the last PRN med was given. Don't go by the previous nurse's recollection from report. He or she is tired and frazzled and can't be expected to remember everything...

  17. Furthering My Nursing Education

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    My facility gives tuition reimbursement and "encourages" us to get a B.S.N. Yet how in the heck am I supposed to do this. My manager told me the other day that she can "never" assure me a consistent...

  18. Poverty to Prosperity......

    firstyearstudent replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Right

  19. Any Other Majors that are similar to Nursing?

    firstyearstudent replied to Oliver000's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure what you are getting at, but it sounds like you want to take nursing after getting another bachelors. If that's the case, you can really major in anything, making sure to get all your...

  20. Three-Way Foley Question

    firstyearstudent posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient the other day who had been irrigated on a three-way Foley for a couple weeks (at a very high rate). A few times his irrigation stopped flowing and we tried to manually irrigate/aspire,...

  21. Three-Way Foley Question

    firstyearstudent replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, he is totally miserable. And for the nurse t's really hard to keep an eye on the irrigation to make sure it doesn't run dry or the Foley bag doesn't overflow. One of the nurses suggested we hang...

  22. New graduate nurse fired for not having experience after 30 days .....

    firstyearstudent replied to spiri1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    They probably just hired her out of desperation and then found a better

  23. new grads in icu

    firstyearstudent replied to firehawkrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    ooops/

  24. new grads in icu

    firstyearstudent replied to firehawkrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree completely. Why are you blaming coworkers? Management hired them, probably because they couldn't find or didn't want to pay for more seasoned

  25. Accelerated BSN - low GPA in college

    firstyearstudent replied to centralflorida's topic in General Nursing

    The ADN programs at the community colleges I applied for only consider the grades of prereq. classes (some of which where in fulfillment of my first degree and were not stellar), not the overall GPA....