Need advice from Nurse Professionals

I'm a motivated and determined adult student who decided to change careers and get into a new path of Nursing. Currently, I'm taking my pre-nursing courses but coming this Fall 2015 I can begin the Nurse Core Foundation classes in the Associates pr

RN student needs OB Newborn Care Plan Help!

Hello fellow students and nurses!

I am working on a care plan for my OB clinical. It's on the newborn, rather than the mother. The diagnosis I chose was Risk for Ineffective Thermoregulation R/T Immature Compensatory Metabolic Temperature Regulation

New Grad Program in Redding

Mercy Medical Center Redding has posted for their "Rock Solid RN Clinical Residency New Grad Program". They have 20 openings. Check out Dignity Health's career website for more information. New grads last year were very pleased with the pr

medstar interview residency program

Please, does anyone who has interviewed for this program have any advice on what I should review in preparation for the interview? I was told to be prepared to answer some clinical questions.

I dont know which unit Ill be interviewing for yet but it

Any hospital units that DON'T use telemetry?

3 Maybe my question is a dumb one and I apologize if it is. But are there any hospital units besides oncology, psych, and OB that do not use telemetry? I am on med surg and sorry, but I hate telemetry. My acute inpatient rehab unit does not use teleme

Allergic to hand sanitizer :/

I'm not sure what to do! I have a history of contact allergies but had been doing pretty good since I had allergy testing and was avoiding allergens. But I just graduated nursing school and started working in a hospital in February.

It takes awhile

Hospice Nursing advice

I don't have a lot of experience with Hospice as an RN, but I recently had a pt with lung cancer that metastasized to his jaw and femur. By the time he was my patient he was actively dying. The nurse on the shift before me had been giving him prn at

NICU--Frequency of vital signs and assessment

Hello,
I am new to this site. I am on a policy council and we are re-writing our guidelines regarding how often vitals and assessments are done broken down by type of patient. I have searched for standards through various search engines and have come

Since I can't see myself as how others see me...

...how do I improve my communication and interaction skills with my fellow co workers?

I was told that there have been complaints against me from fellow LPNs (this isn't about LPN vs RN, I promise) that when they find me not approachable and that w

NYS Licensure?

Hey there!!
Brand new user. First time poster. Lol

I live in New York state. I passed my boards on Tuesday the 24th (first attempt, 124 questions!) .. does anyone know approximately how long it takes for license numbers to be issued? I'm really anx