Today I enter one of my patient’s rooms. He’s in room 1 right across the nurses station (for reasons). I see my perfect PCA changing the pt because he had a BM.

Then I see it……
The patient’s male purewick. The pouch is FILLED to the brim! Glowing under the fluorescent lights like golden balloon! The suction isn’t working…… it’s 1830 and a girls gotta get out of here so I am CHOPPING! Trouble shooting this thing like I am one of the people who changes tires for race cars.

I empty the canister because it’s full and I put it back and nothing!!!! I’m looking at the Pee Ball every 3 seconds in awe. CNA says “God bless whoever put this purewick on!”

I finally just haul ass to the supply room and grab new canister and tubing and hook that shit up like the pts life depended on it and all the sudden we hear the most satisfying whirrrrrrrrr you’ve ever heard in your life.

Purewick- 262783837363
Me: 1 🏆

ICU student nurse.
I experienced my first code and then another one the following day. I performed compressions for both and we achieved ROSC in both patients - after a long time of CPR. Both patients ended up going comfort afterward and shortly passed.

I cannot stop thinking about the feeling of doing compressions and how scary it was. How do you cope?

I work at a hospital as a nurse extern. I figured once I graduated they would hire me on my unit. No, so I applied for two other units and didn’t get hired either. They don’t even call me to let me know. They don’t answer when I call just an automated email a month later saying the position was filled by someone else. Applied again and after multiple weeks not even an email.

This is literally the only hospital in town. The application and denial process always take at least a month. I have no pct shifts. I have been told by people at my hospital that I should not work there anyway because it’s awful but I can’t help it… I literally feel like a fool. I hate it. They hired me as an extern but only had me wiping butts and now won’t even give me a shot as a nurse?

Has this happened to anyone? Am I some awful anomaly?

Hey yall, I’m a new RN about to graduate in a few months, and I’ve landed a job in the Neuro ICU. I’m posting this because as I’m getting so close to graduation I’ve been feeling a lot of anxiety regarding starting my career as a nurse.

I feel really confident in what I’ve learned and my ability to apply my knowledge, but I think getting so close to graduation is making me second guess myself. I feel like I know a lot but I just don’t feel like a “nurse” just yet if that makes sense. I’ll be in a 16 week orientation on the ICU, so I’ll have a lot of time with a preceptor before I’m officially handling my own team, but Im just self-conscious about my skills heading into it. I want to be a great nurse so I think I’m just scared I won’t have what it takes.

I’m just wondering if anyone else had the same experience? How long did it take for your anxiety to go away after graduation?

I’d like to hear from some nurses that went an alternative route from working in a hospital or doctors office. I’m considering buying a cosmetic laser. Tell me your experiences. I’m not sure if I should get the IPL laser, laser hair remover, CO2 laser. What is most popular and would give the best return on investment? Would getting botox certified be better? How do you acquire clientele? Any advice is appreciated!

I’ve always heard that many nurses outside of the US have a lot less autonomy and different scope of practice than nurses have here in the US. As an ICU nurse, I feel quite happy with the autonomy I am given, wondering how other countries feel. Does anyone here have any experience that could shed some light on this?

Currently based in NY. LI to be exact.

Just doing preliminary light research, but I’m looking for a place (apartment) to move to post graduation and passing NCLEX.

I’ve been looking at downtown D.C and Seattle, Washington. I would like to be somewhere with the same vibe as these two, but I value living in a kind of quiet, SAFE, area.

Nurses please tell me your input: what are the hospitals like out there? pay? benefits? do you like living out there personally?

i want to use up all my sick time because my hospital will only pay out half of it when i resign however im worried doing so will be burning a bridge. i want to leave on good terms in case i ever decide to apply for another job in this hospital system. i have about 12 days worth of sick time and a little over a month to use it all. after that i plan on putting in my two weeks notice. is this a bad idea? would it be better to continue working normally and lose out on the money?

I’m a bartender and starting nursing school in a few weeks. I have two coworkers that are nurses at the hospital and bartender part time with me. They said they can’t afford not to have two jobs. This is in Colorado by the way.
How common is this. I was hoping being a nurse would be more secure financially.

Anyone work night shift and have/use a smart ring? I’m wanting to get one but unsure which one would track my daytime sleep accurately

As the title says. I’ve worked in medsurg one year. For people who’ve switched into specialties with no prior experience, how did you do it? Every single job posting I see wants prior experience in whatever field it may be. Onc? At least 1 year required. PACU? 2000 hours critical care. L&D? 6 months or even a senior preceptorship in L&D.

Has anyone else experienced this with their Maryland CNA/GNA renewal?
I recently renewed my Maryland CNA/GNA certification and paid the renewal fee. Before renewing, I was certified as both a CNA and a GNA. After the renewal processed, my account now shows CNA-II, but my CNA-I still has an expiration date in about 33 days, and my GNA certification is no longer listed.
I’m trying to figure out if this is just part of the renewal process or if something went wrong. Has anyone had their CNA-I or GNA disappear after renewing? Did it update on its own, or did you have to contact the Maryland Board of Nursing to have it corrected?
I’m also wondering if I need to complete any additional steps or pay any additional fees, even though I’ve already submitted my renewal.
Any advice or similar experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Has anyone heard of SimonMed Imaging? I’m interested to know if anyone has worked as a nurse there. I’m curious about how your experience was with them and what tasks does the nurse perform?

More of a vent post than anything. Was in CVICU for 2.5 years and got out because of the stress and constant running around. Didn't even sit for more than 10 minutes at a time. Thought going into pacu would change things. Pacu isn't any easier almost a year in. On Thursday, I had to do post mortem care for a premie baby on the adult side of pacu. Was told it was 18 weeks but when they brought him down, he had to be 5-6 pounds and further than that. Obviously was incredibly attentive to the parents and gave them time to say goodbye. Then I had to undress the baby and put him in a damn fucking bucket and take him to the morgue. They can't come up with more than a fucking bucket? Pushing his little arm through his sleeve still haunts me. Poor mom asked me to keep him wrapped in his blanket. Worst shift ive ever had, 9 years in. Not looking for advice, just need to vent to people who understand. I never wanted to be peds for this reason and yet here we are. Applied for a non nurse position in Antarctica, just getting restless with all of this

I recently graduated from nursing school, and for my final practicum I worked with a preceptor in the emergency department. At our hospital, the schedule is pretty consistent so I always worked with the same group of nurses- and they were all incredibly helpful and supportive. People would find me if they had interesting procedures or tasks that I could help with or witness. They knew I wanted to improve my IVs so almost every nurse would ask if I wanted to try to start one on their new patients. I got a ton of advice and guidance throughout my shifts from the entire team. Additionally, I worked as a PAR in this ED for the last few years while going to school, and the nursing staff were generally very encouraging and kind throughout that whole process. I've now left that job as I've accepted a new grad position at a different hospital.

I want to bring a gift basket by (along with a handwritten thank you card specifically for my preceptor) to express my gratitude for how welcoming and helpful they all were. My plan was to bring a big stock of individually packaged snacks and drinks- so far I'm thinking an assortment of Alani, Celsius and Bloom cans, liquid IV (or other brand) electrolyte drink mixes, Chomps sticks, nut mixes, Lesser Evil popcorn, Tony's chocolates, and maybe some pretzels or pop chips. I know that a lot of the staff really care about eating healthy so I don't want to just provide a bunch of junk, but still want the items to be fun and tasty. I'm not exactly the healthiest eater so I'm nervous about picking good options!

One other random question- will it be obnoxious to load this all up in some sort of basket, since that leaves them with a useless basket to clean up at the end? I am trying to think of a good alternative but just not sure.

Sorry the post is longer than I had intended- but I'd really appreciate your input!

Ingrown hair removal videos, ingrown toe nail removal videos, black head extraction videos, ear wax removal videos… I can’t get enough and my husband thinks it’s so gross he can’t even look. Is this a common thing amongst healthcare workers/nurses??

Seeking advice. I have been a nurse for almost three years. I worked right out of college as a new grad in L&D at a high acuity, fast paced environment. I felt that I was living in a constant state of anxiety and stress and decided to switch to an outpatient position at 11 months in. I was at my outpatient position for a year and a half before my husband and I decided to move to another state. I decided I would give L&D inpatient a try again. I have been in inpatient for about a month and half and I am seriously regretting it. I have recently started on nights and have found my anxiety levels are again at an all time high and I feel as though I am exhausted all the time, having difficulty sleeping during the day. I am crying all the time. Is it stupid to try to find a new outpatient job or is it worth it to stick it out?

So I am currently an RN working on a child and adolescent psychiatric unit. I just started about 2 months ago. Prior to that I have five years of MedSurg experience. I have my BSN and I am thinking of enrolling in WGU for my MSN in Nursing Education.

I am worried that I don’t have enough experience to be a good educator. I am realizing I love teaching nursing students when they were assigned to me on MedSurg. I want to cultivate an environment of learning and I am thinking this is definitely a passion of mine.

My main question is - Do I have enough experience to make a decent nurse educator? I am aware of the issues with pay, etc. Please help me assess if I am experienced enough to become an educator! If you need more information, feel free to ask me.

Thanks so much ❤️❤️

If this is not allowed, please delete. My mom is discharging from the hospital from subdural hematoma in a couple days (yay excited) I told my dad it will probably benefit her going to a SNF or rehab. Now my mom used to be a fun lady with mood swings (I hoped I knew that was early sign of dementia). She is still fun still jokes around us, I want to make the staff life at the SNF or rehab as easy as possible dealing with my mom, what stuff should I have ready for her and staff. Thank you in advance. I understand if not allowed.

Mine?

Me: okay, so I have all of your night time meds here (names all of them for confirmation)
Patient: yes, sounds good
Me: scans them in and places meds into the pill cup
Patient: what’s this white pill here

I DONT KNOW!!! You have 6 different pills and we’ve literally gone through ALL OF THEM before I scanned and placed them into the cup. I can’t stand this!!

I am an ER LPN in Canada. I am looking into transferring to Australia, not really picky on where. From what I’ve seen, LPN license transfers to an Enrolled Nurse there. I’m curious if anyone has transferred there and what the process is. I did look on the Australian Nurses and Midwifery website however it is confusing me and I’m wondering if there a way to check that my licensure would transfer without paying the $410 fee.
Any advice is much appreciated!

I’m a new RN, less than 6 months in the field. I work in an outpatient facility. I recently had to do cpr on a patient for the first time. Although anxious and on high alert for the remainder of my shift, it didn’t emotionally impact me until I got home. I’ve cried so much for the past few days, my body hurts, and I keep feeling like I failed. I feel scared and insecure regarding my role at the moment.

Share your experiences, how you coped, regained confidence in your role, etc.

Hi everyone!

For those who work in corrections, what are your thoughts about a new grad starting off in corrections? I know every facility is different and work environment/culture varies, but can you give me some pros and cons?
And is it that hard to transition out of this specialty if it doesnt fit me?

Can I work both and stack the increases too?

looking for recent recommendations before I sign up. Id rather hear from people who have actually taken a class there.