The time I (almost) got fired.

I started my first job at a private practice a little less than a year ago. I was 6 months out of school when I got this job and I've been pretty happy there. The MD I work for always commends me on my clinical skills and kindness towards our patien

Is CRE any worse than the others?

So is CRE any worse than say VRE, MRSA, etc? The reason I ask is that at my place of employment in addition to putting patients with CRE on contact precautions, we are now required to throw all urine bottles from CRE patients into a bio hazard bag an

California BRN

I tried to renew my LIC (firt renewal), but they only renewed it for 4 months. I thought the renewals are for 2 years? They send you a card with no explanation. You can never get someone on the phone, it is always the same message that they are exper

HELP!!! Rapidly Progressing Numbness

HELP!

My cousin is in the hospital with a very rapidly progressing/ascending numbness. 29 year old female, mother of two, presented with numbness and paresthesia in her feet and legs, fatigue, and neck pain. The doctors admitted her for Acute Transve

Pediatric Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Hello,
I am a PICU nurse, and also the renal coordinator at a children's hospital. When pediatric patients have a new peritoneal dialysis catheter placed, they come to the PICU, and are ordered for cycles of CAPD. We call it "manual" PD,

Nursing Cas

I have put in my application for a NP program and nursingcas has evaluated my GPA. I see many ppl commenting on their 'cummulative' which I understand is your overall course work however I also see comments about their 'nursing GPA' through nursi

Clinical nurse leaders----

Whats your experience with nurses in this role? Do you think this is a role thats going to expand? Ive been asked to consider doing this with hospital paying for school.

What do you guys think about the CNL position and its future? Ha, I just posted

Performing Vital Signs Without a Policy

I work for an insurance company doing home visits. The state has requested that we take vital signs every 3 months when we visit. My company does not have any type of policy, protocol, or even algorithm in place. I'm concerned about the liability. W

Changing Nursing Specialities

Hi everyone,

I would like your input on changing nursing specialities. I will be a new grad and I am afraid I will not get into the specialty I want right away. So.. my question is.. how hard is it to change specialities when you decide the time is r

New Grad Residency

Hi all,

I graduate in December and I will be applying to some new grad residencies sometime next semester. To all nurses, recruiters, etc., what stands out to you on a cover letter/resume of a new grad with no prior experience?

Does volunteering in t