3am bloopers

5 I recently made the switch to nights and lets just say that I get a little foogy at the 3am mark. The other night lab calls me with a critical lab. She says "your patient "Ms. X has gram - cocci pairs and clumps" for some reason I th

Wage Scale

Can you list the wage ladder for nursing positions in your city/state? (Everything else being equal in terms of education and experience). Not necessarily with same employer but just in general if you were to project yourself as a nurse with 15 yrs o

CSU Fresno RN to BSN

Hello All! I was just wondering if anyone here has taken the RN to BSN program at Fresno State? I have just applied and wanted to know what past student experiences were-- Im hoping good experiences but would love to hear good or bad.

Thanks in advan

Cal State La Np Program 2015

I received an email inviting me to the interview and the writing assignment for the Np program at Cal State la and I was just wondering if anyone knows what I should expect? Or maybe if there are any graduates from this program who could give me and

Algorithm for "pulling/floating" from base unit

I am looking for input on policy related to being pulled from your base unit. I am an RN on a high acuity med-surg telemetry floor. Staffing in our hospital has been poor of late. Our floor has managed to retain a good number of nurses on both day an

I want to be an RN but I am getting divorced single mom and need to work right away.HELP

1 Hello nurses and nursing students! I was hoping you could please help me out.

About me: I am in Atlanta, Georgia. I am about to finalize my divorce, and I will be a single mom of one. I have no degree and no career training.

My goal is to become an

lossing hope :(

Hi everyone. I am about to loss my hope frown emoticon I finished my BSN in Philippines last 2009. never practice it, since I didn't pass my NLE. Presently, I live in TX, I tried to look for a state that I am eligible to take the NCLEX RN that I do

Was I doing too much?

I'm starting to become depressed. I had an interview at my dream hospital and dream position. The interview went well and I was in encouraged to follow up and ask questions that I couldnt think of during the interview. The interview was 3/6. On 3/9

job interview

Hello! Ok so here is some background info before I ask the question. I have been a nurse for about 5 years now. I worked at a hospital for 3 years and then met my now husband and moved an hour away so we could live together. The hour drive was gettin

RSV...

Question. I was in a pediatric patient's room for about an hour holding the patient, who has RSV. I had gowned up, wore gloves
before holding, and washed my hands after. I didn't wear a mask. At first it wasn't explained to me that this patient ha