Nursing has helped me grow emotionally and spiritually

3 Before I became a nurse I was an emotionally stunted person, looking back. My social skills were pathetic, I was barely able to navigate adult life. I was also broke.

Nursing changed that. I blundered my way through nursing school somehow, putting

Difficult BP

Anyone have a good technique for taking a BP on someone who the machine doesn't read and manually you can hardly hear anything, even the arrow doesn't jump clearly. I have tried as well as APRN and charge nurse. I'm pushing lasix on this pt q8h an

San Fran RN job connections/suggestions?

Ill be a new grad ADN, President of Class..
I posted previously for suggestions but I got a lot of ...."dont move here you wont have luck" replies. I just found out that my fiance got a job in San Fran (we were between a few cities) and...I

NCLEX RE-Examination CA

Hello,

My situation: Graduated 2009 in CA for LVN
Last took my NCLEX in 2011

Since 2011 I've been inactive and have not taken the NCLEX since then. My question is since its now 2015 and I am finally deciding to retake my NCLEX again, do I write to t

RN License after DUI

Hi, SO I received my stipulated agreement fro the AG's office. I am reluctant to agree to all of the terms. Can anyone offer any advice that has gone through this process with the 18 terms of the stipulation? Also, during this time, is your RN licen

home health interview

Hi all,


I have an interview in 3 days time for a 3 day a week home health position. I have 5 years of experience of working on medical surgical units and rehab. I have also worked for a year in an internal medicine office.
Does anyone have any tips

Attention med/surg/floor nurses

I was just reading the thread about what area of nursing you would NOT want to be in. I read so many posts from nurses saying they wouldn't want to deal with babies/kids because of their parents. I work in NICU, so I get it. But, don't your adult p

Dealing with losing a patient

How do you deal with losing a patient as a nurse? I'm a student nurse and lost a patient recently and unexpectedly and keep having bad dreams about it. I feel that we did everything possible to help the patient but it's still difficult to handle. H

Pediatric "Venting"-Gastric Decompression- Procedure Questions

If anyone has experience in pediatrics with G-buttons and G-tubes, and experience performing gastric decompression (venting) prior to bolus and continuous feedings using either the traditional syringe method or the Farrell valve bag, please weigh-in

Seasoned nurses education

Hi all, I am a fourth semester RN nursing student. I've learned a lot about continued education and evidence based practice. What are your thoughts on requiring us to achieve our BSN with a short time frame? Seems like the talk was within 5 years of