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  1. What do you call the Doc?

    If they are resident doctors i refer to them by their first name; if they're attendants i call them Dr XYZ
  2. Nights or Days better for New Grad

    I would say days is better for a new grad. I was able to orient on days and nights and they are at two ends of the spectrum. Nights was so boring for me. I only had a couple of meds to give and just a whole bunch of paper work. But on days you get to...
  3. Ok... I'm going to ask a dumb question....

    I currently work in an acute inpatient rehab unit. If a patient calls to use the bathroom and i have never seen them ambulate before, or i'm not sure how they transfer out of the bed to a wheelchair, i call another nurse, or a cna to be right on the ...
  4. A young girl, probably in her early 20s was admitted to the ER cuz she had a frozen hotdog stuck in her a** hole!!!! I was mortified to say the least lol
  5. Help with Cardiac Meds

    I would highly HIGHLY reccommend a book by mosby called "pharmacology memory note cards"...not only did it help me throughout nursing school it really helped me for my nclex. It is only 27 bucks, it has a lot of mnemonics and awesome cartoons, and it...
  6. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    Ohaumedic??...lol!!!!! that was funny
  7. Please help!! Will I pass NCLEX with 50-60% on kaplan Q bank??

    I Scored a 90% once on the kaplan Q-bank and that was with 50 questions. On average i scored about 65-73% for each 50 Qbank questions i took. Sometimes i scored much lower than that. Honestly practicing a 100 questions per day for kaplan is way too m...
  8. Waiting for ATT number

    it depends on what time of the year you send it. if you send it around May or Decemeber it might take longer than expected because they are swamped with applications from new graduates around that time. Since you sent yours in towards december ending...
  9. I truly need help from all of you

    SCHOOL NURSING DEFINITELY!!! AND THEY ARE VERY OPEN TO HIRING PEOPLE WITH LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE (well i guess depending on where you live; mine is NYC)
  10. kiss ass? I totally totally agree!!!!!! People might be quick to tear your comment apart...but i believe you always always have to pick your battles, instead of trying to fight every battle and sometimes that might mean "kiss assing"
  11. 2 weeks til 3rd NCLEX such a wreck cant even study

    hey murphyal...does it say contact you state board of nursing? If its says that...its a good sign..
  12. C in Adult 1!!!!

    Before i got accepted into the nursing program. I was a straight A student and I had a solid 4.0 G.P.A. Well when i got into the nursing program, I started struggling with one of my classes, which was a 6 credit course. As the semester continued, i w...
  13. New grad accepted in Inpatient Rehab Unit

    Thank you so much for the response!!! It was highly informative
  14. I was recently offered a position on the Inpatient Rehab unit at a major teaching hospital in my city. I was given a brief description of the job. However, i was wondering if anyone can shed some light on the duties and responsibilities of a nurse sp...
  15. Ok i think we are straying away from the issue. The manager agreed to hire you as an RN right? but pay you an LPN's salary. So technically you are working with your RN license but getting paid less (as an LPN). My question is are you paid any differe...