ibmaryann

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1. night shift (7 on 7 off) 12 hour shifts

   ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in New Nurse

   Well, I have been on 7 on 7 off 12 hour shifts for a couple of months now. This is also my first time working nights. I will say that on my 7 on I have only about 3 hours a day to get everything done that needs done. Bath, eat, visit family and kee...

2. IV tips and tricks

   ibmaryann replied to kloock's topic in Emergency

   I am a new pediatric nurse. I am almost totally dependant on seeing because I am not confident enough to know if I feel them or not. Any ideas on how to tell the difference especially on children and babies. God Bless, Mary Ann

3. night shift (7 on 7 off) 12 hour shifts

   ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in New Nurse

   I will start this night shift in 2 weeks and then It will take a few weeks before I know how it really goes!!!! I will keep you all posted.

4. night shift (7 on 7 off) 12 hour shifts

   ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in New Nurse

   The workers are not being made to work that. They choose that. If there was another nurse on the other 7 day shift that would change with me we would do the 2 on 2off 3 on 3 off (or something like that)but all of the other workers like they hours. T...

5. night shift (7 on 7 off) 12 hour shifts

   ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in New Nurse

   This is the schedule that all the night nurses on Pediatrics do at my hospital. They say that the night nurses like the schedule, therefore I have no choice if I want to work this department. Is their no one that works these kind of rotation at you...

6. night shift (7 on 7 off) 12 hour shifts

   ibmaryann posted a topic in New Nurse

   I will be starting night shift in 3 weeks they do 7 on 7 off 12 hour shifts. It is in the department I love and have no other choice about hours or days. Anyone else do this schedule and how do you cope?

7. Delegating and still having to do everything myself.

   ibmaryann replied to november17's topic in Student Assist

   As a student our instructor told the nursing staff what part of the care we were responsible for. She would say we are doing total care, or not doing the FSB, or doing PO meds. As a student we were never in the position to delegate. I was not told...

8. Help Phenergan & Picc Line????

   ibmaryann replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in New Nurse

   At my hospital we are not allowed to give it IV only IM.

9. Itawamba Community College

   ibmaryann replied to shoebottom's topic in Mississippi

   No I didnt work for NMMC prior to getting my RN. I worked for home health years ago as an aid but I have been a stay at home mom for about 15 years. Mary Ann

10. Itawamba Community College

    ibmaryann replied to shoebottom's topic in Mississippi

    Congrats!!!!!! I graduated from ICC RN in May. I am in orientation at NMMC with women's/childrens line. Good luck. God Bless, Mary Ann

11. I Passed!!!

    ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in NCLEX

    What my plans were was to go strictly by suzannes4 plan which I think would have been wonderful but I was hired by a hospital that required me to take my test by a certain date early and I wasn't able to complete the plan. They paid for all their ne...

12. I Passed!!!

    ibmaryann posted a topic in NCLEX

    Praise the Lord I passed!!!!!!! I passes with 75 questions and left the testing center feeling dumb as a brick!!! There is hope for everyone who left there feeling like they failed. I can finally sit back and relish in the glory of 3 hard years of...

13. # of questions percentage

    ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in NCLEX

    We were told we could not work on the floor till after we passed boards so I would suppose Mississippi doesnt recognize GN's. As we pass our boards they are giving out RN overlays for our badges to cover the GN one. Does any one know if Infection c...

14. # of questions percentage

    ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in NCLEX

    The hospital I am going to work for said that all graduate nurses had to have results from NCLEX by June 23 in order to start clinicals for nurse residnecy so I had to hurry up and take my exam. Any one elses hospital set a deadline? I am still goi...

15. # of questions percentage

    ibmaryann replied to ibmaryann's topic in NCLEX

    OK, they didnt post last night like I expected. I stayed up till 1:30 and nothing. I will try it again tonight. I can't handle much more. I want to be an RN!!!!