whiteoleander5

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1. Medicare/Medicaid Provider RN, can't find hospital job, can't continue for my bsn...

   whiteoleander5 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hello everyone. I graduated in May '10 with my ADN, and passed my boards in August... I applied everywhere for an RN job, even in other states, and found nothing. Then a few months ago, I found a job as an Medicare/Medicaid RN provider taking care ...

2. Graduate RN--How do I work abroad? Any info needed!

   whiteoleander5 posted a topic in Immigration

   Hello all, So a friend recently traveled to Bermuda, and was told that RN's are in demand over there... You can get a 3 year working contract, plus they pay for your apt right next to the hospital, etc. I understand that many places do this, not just...

3. Is anyone attending Suffolk Community College

   whiteoleander5 replied to Mom2J&B's topic in New York

   Hello all-- I just graduated from the SCCC nursing program in May '10 ... Just wanted to wish you all luck who just got accepted! Its tough, but not impossible. And it goes by SO fast, I feel like I just started. If you guys need any help or advice f...

4. Somebody shake me..

   whiteoleander5 replied to Pink.Ninja's topic in General Students

   I am going into my final year of an ADN program, and can tell you that clinicals do get better. Not that it gets easier, but you get more comfortable with the routine of it. My very first clinical was in a nursing home and we had two students to one ...

5. Need help with this dosage calculation.

   whiteoleander5 replied to whiteoleander5's topic in General Students

   Thank you so much! Also, another question regarding infusion pumps... I know you can round to the tenths place, but that is only if a medication is added to the solution, right? If the situation doesnt involve a medication, you would just round to t...

6. Need help with this dosage calculation.

   whiteoleander5 posted a topic in General Students

   Hello all, Im doing practice questions, and came across this one... Its throwing me for a loop!...Please show me how to do it. :wink2: ***The nurse checks the physican order that reads: Ancef 500 mg q 6 hours. The premixed solution from the medicati...

7. I tried so hard.

   whiteoleander5 posted a topic in General Students

   So on my first medsurg exam I got a 72, with a class average of 74. I am completely bummed about this because I KNOW that I have more knowledge than what my 72 reflects... I really studied so hard for this and I am doing all the reading, and staying ...

8. I'm I wrong? Honest answers please!

   whiteoleander5 replied to redraven_y2k's topic in General Students

   Why where these "kids" not paying tuition? Every single one of them had scholarships?... I think not. There are plenty of immature little snots in my program, BUT there are also plenty of immature older people as well. Try another program. Preferabl...

9. Anbody Else Gain a Ton of Weight in Nursing School?

   whiteoleander5 replied to CandyGyrl's topic in General Students

   I think Ive lost another 5 lbs on top of last semesters 5+ lbs. I cant even say that I dont eat or am eating extra healthy... I feel like the stress of it all just burns it away. I'll have breakfast at 9am and be starving by 11. And that usually neve...

10. Falling into severe depression ...(vent)

    whiteoleander5 replied to TaylorNursing's topic in General Nursing

    I am in my second semester, and can say that going through nursing school is so much harder when personal issues get in the way. I also notice that even minor personal issues seem exacerbated while in school... Meaning that a tiny fight that I would ...

11. What I learned at rotation this week.

    whiteoleander5 replied to LovingLearning's topic in General Students

    WOW what a week. I thought my week was bad, but you win the prize...

12. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    whiteoleander5 replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    Good point. Perhaps I was just venting for myself.... LOL.

13. Collaborative problems Vs. Complications...?

    whiteoleander5 posted a topic in Student Assist

    I am doing a postop care plan of my patient who recieved ACL reconstruction surgery. I have to list two collaborative problems (w/ interventions), and then five complications (w/ rationales) that the PACU nurse can expect. Arent collaborative problem...

14. Has any one felt like quiting

    whiteoleander5 replied to bthsp's topic in General Students

    I am in medsurg right now, and honestly, could cry at this very moment. My eyes burn because I am so exhausted, and Im starting to get a headache. I AM SO FREAKIN TIRED! So, oh yeah... I feel that way right now. But when all is said and done, I know ...

15. My clinical instructor threw me out of clinical!

    whiteoleander5 replied to Nightbloom's topic in General Students

    I dont understand clinical instructors. I feel like pretty much all of them are the same, that I have seen/heard about: obnoxious, condescending, intimidating. We are there to LEARN. Not want to go home crying and want to quit. I feel like the way th...