community health nursing posting....

please tell me what i have to care for when i am posted in communitywhat should i study before going for it?this is the first time so i am very nervous about it.... i know there will be instructors with me but what are my responsibilities during post

should i relocate

Hi Florida is much different from Ga I feel I will highly exceed in becoming a nurse...different options and tell me wat u guys think? Which direction are you going? FL --> or the other way? Why do you think changing geographical locations will mak

Out of state New Grad RN or SNF/Assisted living/other?

I've recently graduated from my BSN program in Southern California. Many who have graduated are still unemployed or have moved out of state. It's likely that I'll need to relocate as well for a new grad program.

I'm deciding whether I should tem

Leaving a patient foley in

As a new RN, I hear in report often "I left the foley in because they are getting blood" etc. if there are orders to d/c a foley, what are treatments/conditions you should let finish before taking the foley out and why? Not really a treatmen

What to expect from new job???

Hello Everyone ,

Today I got a call from my recruiter and she offered me a job at Adult Observation Unit . I am very excited& anxious at a same time . Its been a while I graduated from nursing school . This will be my first job in Hospital setti

Medically Independent?

I was reading through some recent threads and a topic that seemed to come up often was a disdain for the fact that nursing does not actually contain much "figuring out" of medical situations but was more of a task orientated situation where

Root Cause Analysis

I've been informed that I need to be at one and have never attended one before. Has someone ever been and what was the experience like? Yep, I went to one for a very serious med error I made. It was a terrifying, but all in all very positive experien

Will my scars from cutting be a problem?

Hi,

When I was 14, and through to age 17, I would cut my arm every now and then because that was the only "coping mechanism" that worked for me (or knew of) at the time. Of course, I've stopped since then and I know how to deal with it.

Th

Vibrating vest and other tx for COPD?

I am a peds nurse and my specialty is pulmonology (I also do PICU/Stepdown, med/surg).

I was wondering if I can ask some nurses who have COPD patients if they are ever prescribed airway clearance treatments, vibrating vest, flutter devices, etc. I w

what is harder general surgical or IMCU?

Hi so I currently got an offer for IMCU, but I'm pregnant and I wanted to know if it would be as demanding on my body as it is in general surgical? I am an active person so I can handle running around I guess I just want an idea I am guessing the IMC