Clinical nurse specialist

Hi everyone. My unit manager in Emergency department has approached me and wants me to become a clinical Nurse Specialist. This is great but I am after some suggestions on areas that people would think would be good to specialise in. My unit manager

Decision help PRN vs PT

I have a decision to make

I work at a hospital and when I started I was part time 12 hour shifts on a busy med surg floor. We were required to work ONE weekend per month and every other holiday.

After a year of steady med surg I decided to become Hou

Getting unemployment for called off

I am new to floor nursing and was wondering if anyone who works in Pennsylvania has successfully filed for unemployment for days they were cancelled and what is the process for doing this. Thanks. I'm not sure how you could do that. You are not unemp

the ten most hilarious excuses by patients for more pain medications.

whats the funniest excuse you have ever heard for a patient wanting more pain medication?We all have had some whoppers,but with going on 16 years of nursing experiance in various hospitals these are some of the most creative ive ever heard.ALso i add

Going back to chart

Title: Going Back to Chart
I would just like a few opinions on this. I work at a pediatric office and mainly do triaging. Sometimes when I get home I remember pertinent information that should've been charted at the time of the visit. I usually work

IV Medication Setup

Hi everyone, I just had a few questions about:
1. IV heparin
2.Pantaloc drip
and 3. Blood Administration

Just wondering if anyone has a good resource on how to set these up, not in terms of calculations, but just tubing/priming etc., What I want to k

Need to interview an APRN

I am a first year APRN student in Arkansas. I am looking for an APRN to ask a few questions to over the course of the semester. Ideally, I would like to interview someone in the area of adult/gerontology primary care, as this is my intended specialty

New Grad RN INTERVIEW

What kind of questions should I expect during my interview. Any idea will be appreciated. Check the post of "the commuter" on the interview help section in this group . Look for the pins topics about interview questions

Comment: thank you

geriatric care manager

has anyone been or is a geriatric care manager

my mother is sick and requesting brain surgrey

my mother is 44 years old and she has temporal seizers and she is now thinking about going for brain surgery and I am also giving her advice about it why now? she is tired of suffering with all this pain in her brain and she is looking in to saving h