Jun 13 - Jun 19 Hottest Topics
Masses of people are fearful of contracting the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, some of these same individuals remain blissfully unaware of a more widespread threat. The intended purpose of this article is to discuss hepatitis C and bring it to the attention of the public.
What was the funniest thing you ever heard a patient say regarding his "sickness"?
Do you think medical websites are helpful or a hinder to the nursing field?
With over three decades of nursing experience, choosing one point of my career to discuss where I have changed my focus is difficult as there have been many. My professional career has consistently been changing with and without conscious effort. The Healthcare industry has been and continues to change. As advancement of technology and knowledge increases, treatment plans change, and therefore care changes, and it is never ending.
A chief of staff of a major northern California health system told me, "RNs and their high salaries made new graduate programs cost prohibitive." I work in a hospital . And work with a few people who could retire. but they've opted to continue working, buying property, cars, while i work every day, rent a room in a house , wishing i had the same opportunities they were given as a new grad. The high paid bay area RN just isnt sustainable to the future of nursing.
DNR doesn't mean do not treat. Or does it? Is there an unspoken understanding amongst nurses, such as the infamous "slow code" that we just ignore a DNRs decline? Being a new nurse- I now wonder if I don't understand the meaning of DNR. I wanted to come here and ask people with more experience. What do you all think?
Do you have a least favorite diagnosis in terms of giving nursing care? I am a newer nurse, so that probably plays into this, but I am rapidly finding I really struggle when caring for patients with devastating neurological injuries. Fresh strokes and fresh spinal cord injuries in particular. I get very intimidated by the patient's (often) inability to communicate, particularly with fresh trachs. I am good about offering up pen/paper, but recently I have one who doesn't speak fluent English and who has been left without fine motor in their hands and cannot write.
Kate, a nurse who works on an adequately staffed acute rehab unit inside a specialty rehabilitation hospital, says, "This shift has been so busy!" She also adds, "I became so excited when one of my patients walked for the first time since the motor vehicle accident six weeks ago!" The purpose of this article is to discuss rehabilitation nursing, which is a specialty in its own right.
For postpartum women who have had gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), the hemoglobin A1c (A1C) test criteria alone or in combination with fasting glucose test criteria does not provide sensitive and specific diagnosis of abnormal carbohydrate metabolism compared with the gold-standard oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), according to a study published online June 11 in Diabetes Care.
As I am now 8 weeks from completion of the two final classes I need to complete my RN to BSN program I find myself trying to decide if I should try for my dream of working in the NICU again. As some know I am one of those unlucky few that have not found employment since originally graduating. I'm no longer a new grad, just a new nurse. There are several NICU positions near me that are welcoming to new grads, including at least one level 2. My question is should I keep trying? I can't even seem to get interviews for regular units. One hospital that I would LOVE to work for rejects my application so quickly that I know no manager ever actually sees it.
Jessica, a nurse with a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree, has been licensed for nine months. She resides in a large city in the Northeastern United States and has submitted nearly one-hundred job applications, but remains unemployed. She says, "I didn't think finding a job would be this hard, especially since all of the hospital websites have tons of job postings." The purpose of this article is to explore the reasons why some newer nurses cannot land that first nursing position.
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