Nurse Crystal

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1. Telephone Orders- Perplexed in MA!

   Nurse Crystal replied to kathybMA's topic in General Nursing

   i think that if a nurse takes orders from a doc then he/she is responsible for transcribing them and noting them off. if that particular nurse is really busy then she needs to come back when she is free and put the orders in the chart. the only way ...

2. Target of clinical instructor's venom HELP!!!

   Nurse Crystal replied to nrstob08's topic in General Nursing

   My advice is to try to ignore her as much as possible. Just do what you have to do at clinicals as accurately as possible and get out of there. Showing her that she is not bothering you may make her back off of you some. If she is getting to the poi...

3. guys, i need ur opinion

   Nurse Crystal replied to rn_888's topic in NCLEX

   hello! first off, calm down.... i took the nclex almost 4 years ago and i used the saunders book and cd to prepare. i took the tests on the cd several times and i only scored in the 70s as you had said but i passed my boards. i don't think anything ...

4. Primary Care Nursing

   Nurse Crystal replied to my3sonslpn06's topic in General Nursing

   i am also a big fan of primary nursing for several reasons: 1) you really get to know your patients. on the floor where i work be have been having 8-10 high needs patients per rn. this creates a major problem when trying to make sure that all tasks a...

5. Do you trust automatic "vitals" machines??

   Nurse Crystal replied to Fairlythere's topic in Uniform/Gear

   i do not think that the auto vital machines are very accurate especially the b/ps. i have encountered several intances on the floor i work with inaccurate b/ps from the machine. if i am going to give a b/p med i always recheck them manually just to b...

6. NCLEX blues!

   Nurse Crystal replied to lluvsd2's topic in NCLEX

   I took the NCLEX several years ago and my questions all seemed like they were from just a few areas instead of a wide variety as in your case. I took 79 questions and then my computer shut off...how weird is that...I thought I failed for sure and I p...

7. Blood pressure cuff recommendations

   Nurse Crystal replied to keylime's topic in General Nursing

   Check on Ebay. You can get one for $5-10. You will probably use it some in clinicals but after that it is basically useless because your job (well most of them that are worth working at) will supply them.

8. How do You Know?

   Nurse Crystal replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

   i am a relatively new nurse (3.5 years) and i have noticed the increased tension and pettiness in the nursing field. i think this is partly due to understaffing and overstressed workers. i have switched jobs due to the pettiness which also includede ...

9. trying to figure out my life.

   Nurse Crystal replied to chmiller1229's topic in General Nursing

   Regardless of the state that you go to school in, you can take the NCLEX (RN boards) in any state. Every state requires you to have a RN license from that state but you do not have to retake the NCLEX in order to get it. You can be licensed in as ma...

10. nursing documentation

    Nurse Crystal replied to evie1424's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Our policy at the facility where I work is the same policy that nurse hobbit stated at her facility.