Apr 4 - Apr 10 Hottest New Topics

• Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice...
• Whatever "professionalism" is, it's driving me nuts.
• Ah, the things we say when we're tired
• How Do You Unwind?
• Can someone please help me answer this question?
• Online classes good enough?
• Tougher-to-Abuse Form of OxyContin Approved
• New grad RNs: Do you hate nursing already?
• I'm really angry!!! And i just need to vent!!!!

Trying to understand difference between LPN and RN practice...

I've been wondering about this lately... Just from reading on here, I've become aware of some of the differences between LPNs and RNs. Some of the things I've read were pushing IV meds and a few other things I can't recall them. But it doesn't seem like there is a whole lot of difference between the pn and rn. Am I wrong? Please fill me in...

Whatever "professionalism" is, it's driving me nuts.

My nursing preceptor gave me an article on professionalism from a nursing periodical yesterday on our previous shift (hint, hint) and added that it's something everybody should read. Ok, so I read it...

Ah, the things we say when we're tired

Here's something to make you all laugh ... Yesterday I was dragging. It was Monday, coming back from a week off, hadn't slept well, etc. An hour before the end of the shift. Called a doctor's office about a patient's insulin and possibly switching her over from prefilling Lantus syringes to the pen. Left a voicemail message on the triage nurse line that went something like this...

How Do You Unwind?

What's your favorite way to blow off steam after work? What helps you to let go of the day's stress? Does anything take your mind off of work or do you replay the day over and over in your head?

Can someone please help me answer this question?

See if you can make heads or tails of this one ... An elderly client arrives in the clinical complaining of dyspnea, weigh gain, chest pain, and increasing edema of the lower extremities. The client's BP is elevated. The nurse discovers the client has a history of heart failure. The nurse questions the client regarding which of the following that may best help with determining why the client is currently having health problems?

Online classes good enough?

Hey I wanted to get everyones opinion on online classes. Does it show on your transcripts that the class was online? Is this frowned upon? I am taking two classes online right now (child dev and nutrition) and I love being able to go at my own pace. For obvious reasons I know that I will need to take chem, bio, A&P and math all in-class, but for now is it ok to take what I can online?

Tougher-to-Abuse Form of OxyContin Approved

A reformulated version of the often-abused painkiller OxyContin has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said in a news release.

New grad RNs: Do you hate nursing already?

I switched from my previous career to pursue nursing and now I’m beginning to wonder if I had made the right choice. I’ve always had an interest in health, the medical field and I love helping people so I thought nursing would be a perfect "relatively quick" switch to a new profession. I was 26 at the time and I knew I eventually wanted to start a family.

I'm really angry!!! And i just need to vent!!!!

I really just want to vent, express my feelings, and my opinion on an issue that I know NEW GRADS (RN'S) all over the United States are experiencing, like I said I need to vent, so pardon meet if anyone feel offended about what I am about to say, not that I got that out of the way here we go..