Louise44

I am just starting a part time PCA night shift job WHILE still in nursing school. Does this sound like a bad idea? I only have classes 3 days a week but I am worried I won't be able to fall asleep on nights that I need to...Night shifters, What was your experience like transitioning to nights?

I love kids but can not stand the child abuse cases, etc. Share some of your stories about why you like/dislike working peds.

I share the account with my sister who is a new nursing student and she did not realize I had already posted it and had the same idea I did. I called them and they are coming out tomorrow.

I've never done a midline iv. Patient had leftover blood in capped midline iv in arm. Protocol would be to just flush it right? I'm super paranoid if I did the right thing or not!

My mom was released on home antibiotics with a midline iv in her arm. well the new nurse that came yesterday changed it and now when we try to take the extension off (i think thats what its called) its SUPER hard to pull apart. maybe it was put on too tight but my dad has to yank it off. Is that normal? it used to have a blue piece but not anymore. We finally got it finished and flushed it but the tube connected to her arm has some blood in it after we capped the iv . is all this sound normal? we are just super paranoid we are doing something wrong lol