ccrn2b

Latest Activity

1. Can they switch your unit after hire date?

   ccrn2b replied to Medic2RN's topic in New Nurse

   I think the HR person should have informed you during your meeting/interview with them. I was told something similiar even though I decided not to accept the offer because i got a better one....i was told all 3 of us would work in M/S/tele floor for ...

2. Prairie View A&M students

   ccrn2b replied to YoungWiseWoman's topic in Texas

   Prairie View? whooooop! Not to discourage anyone but i was there myself. They make it soooo hard and tough! Luckily, i transfered some of my classes to another school and still graduated the same semester as i would have if i stayed at prairie view. ...

3. New Graduate nurse seek help please.............

   ccrn2b replied to vernessa's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry to hear this news Vernessa. We all get nervous and make little little mistakes as new grads but survive it anyway.Yours was just unfortunate. i'm surprised they didn't try to talk to you and give you more chance to gather yourself together as a...

4. Doctors' rounds

   ccrn2b replied to andypandy's topic in New Nurse

   i figure it also depends on what area of nursing you are working. I mean, if you are in medsurg with 6-8 patients, i don't see how one rounds with all the docs and residents alike. You can, sometimes but not all the time. ICU nurses has 2-3 patients ...

5. Doctors' rounds

   ccrn2b replied to andypandy's topic in New Nurse

   I never round with doctors except when absolutely necessary. Or when i need to tell them something about the patient or want them to sign something after seeing the pt. I usually just say hi Dr. so and so...and if they need you around, they ask you ...

6. frustated with job search!!

   ccrn2b replied to healer27's topic in New Nurse

   Just keep applying...can relate to your frustrations but just gather yourself together and keep applying. And like you said, be open to any shift(you can always change it later on ..LOL..). Conisder hospitals where ypu did your clinicals too since th...

7. Leaving things for Day Shift

   ccrn2b replied to Brooke13-RN's topic in New Nurse

   I thought it was only me! Only few days back i was giving report and told the day shift nurse that there was no blood availabe in the blood bank yet for my patient whose H&H went low. She just went angry and statrted saying all manner of thins. L...

8. Texas Evening/Weekend Courses?

   ccrn2b replied to shannonFNP's topic in Texas

   Kingwood College - a part of North Harris Community College in Houston also has an evenining ADN programme. Goodluck!

9. Anybody know a very good gynecologist? Pls help!

   ccrn2b posted a topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for taking the time to look! I'm not sure if this is a better place to say this but I'm just worried. I'm just asking if anyone knows a good gynecologist i could use. Here's my story. I graduated this year and has been trying to conceive. I...

10. Two months orientation. How can i handle family members???

    ccrn2b posted a topic in New Nurse

    I feel so much intimidated by family members of my patients. Once they find out that i'm new, they start asking me how long i've been working,what does this medicine mean, what does it do, how many mg....I tell them anyways. While some are just mere...

11. Kaplan Readiness Test

    ccrn2b replied to DolphinRN84's topic in NCLEX

    Reserve teh question trainer tests 5-7 till the week before your test. Do them and finish all the rationales. You can do one test per day(in the moring and do the review of rationales of missed and correct ones in the evening/night. i found it very h...

12. If you took Kaplan and then took the NCLEX...

    ccrn2b replied to MIA-RN1's topic in NCLEX

    Too bad you are haiving a bad time with your Kaplan Instructor but i too took Kaplan and know exactly what you are saying but the picture you're painting on this board about Kaplan isn't good, i must say.... It's true there are different instructors ...

13. Psyching yourself up for the NCLEX

    ccrn2b replied to RNSuzq1's topic in NCLEX

    ...if you feel you know the content, pls focus more on taking lots of Nclex type questions before your test and be sure to read the rationales of both the missed ones and the ones you got right.It really helped me alot. I graduated in May too, did K...

14. Taking Nclex 06/10/2006

    ccrn2b replied to mistiblue's topic in NCLEX

    :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: :balloons: All the BEST!!!

15. Need Opinions from recent NCLEX takers..........

    ccrn2b replied to swee2000's topic in NCLEX

    ....honestly, you are the only one that can tell if you are ready or not. I scheduled mine as soon as I got my ATT and right after graduation. I knew i was ready to take it. Having read through the saunders book throughout my last semester and the CD...