rashan1053

rashan1053

physician office, ortho/neuro

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About rashan1053

rashan1053 specializes in physician office, ortho/neuro.


Nurse for 1 year

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  1. Well, I'm here in Vegas...starting a new job, advice please!

    Meditech is pretty easy to use and scanning meds works well as long as the scanners are working. Good Luck in your position.
  2. venting

    acuity depends...we get patients from the icu with trachs, peg tubes, etc... Most patients have had ortho surgery and get get up on their own. It is hard when you have nine patients all needing pain meds. I feel like I am passing narcotics all nigh...
  3. venting

    I know nursing is a difficult profession...I have been living it for the past year now! I moved hear about 6 months ago and was told in my interview that at nights it was usually a 8:1 ratio occasionally going up to 9:1. But i usually start at 8:1 a...
  4. Looking at taking CNA course at WCTC--HELP!

    As another RN I completely agree with you on getting the CNA experience. I did not work as a CNA and really wished I would have. Now, I am not like the nurses you describe. If I am in the room I will do the care. However, I felt very clumsy and a...
  5. move getting closer and still no job

    ok things are finally coming together. I was offered a position at Sunrise Hospital on their ortho/neuro unit. This works well, since I have been in ortho/neuro in Wisconsin. I feel like a big weight has been lifted off my shoulders. We even have...
  6. Looking at taking CNA course at WCTC--HELP!

    I am not sure what the policy really is at cardinal stritch, but when working on my RN I also needed to take the CNA class. It is a standard for all nursing programs in Wisconsin. However, to get into my program, I did not have to take the certific...
  7. move getting closer and still no job

    I have applied to every hospital in las vegas and henderson. Thank you for the advice.
  8. move getting closer and still no job

    We are planning on moving to an apartment. We have started working with a company that helps find housing for people relocating. So far, I am waiting for information from cielo apartments so I can fill out an application. I graduated in December a...
  9. move getting closer and still no job

    Wow, I can't believe that in about a month I will be in Las Vegas. My husband and I decided several years ago that we would move when I finished nursing school. So, in December I finished nursing school and we started saving for our big move. I th...
  10. Precepting new BSN grad/having trouble

    I have been a RN for 6months now and have belonged to this site for awhile. I have read so many posts about "know it all" new grads. I still feel like I could be in orientation because there is so much to learn. School can't possibly teach you all...
  11. Anyone can get into Nursing.

    Wow--He is uneducated himself. Nursing nor Nursing school is not getting easier. It is getting more difficult as the hospitals get busier with an aging population. The patients on a medical floor have a higher accuity now, than in the past. He ma...
  12. I know you asked for experienced nurses to reply, but here is some advice from a new nurse. Your instructors are trying to prepare you to take the NCLEX exam. The questions my seem obsure, but you need to do your best to try and not read into quest...
  13. job search frustrations

    I have been applying to positions in all the hospitals in Las Vegas and am starting to worrying that I will not have a job lined up for my move in August. I am a new nurse. I just graduated in December and have been working at a hospital in Wiscons...
  14. What's harder? NS or your first job as new RN?

    As you can see from most of the replies, both NS and 1st year nursing are stressful, but in different ways. The stress if different, but I wouldn't take back my career choice for anything!!! Some nights may be bad, but when patients are happy to se...
  15. Debunking the night shift myths

    Wow!!!! Glad I read this thread. I am a new nurse (graduated in dec), and had 8 pts last night. One patient actively dying, another with new chest pain, uncontrolled pain issues, and three ortho patients that needed assistance everytime to get up!!...