pandabear2185 replied to friendlylark's topic in Emergency
It depends on the ER. I work in the ICU and get may Pts from the ER with almost no info in the EMR. Forget about lines, you're lucky if they were entered. And most of the time the RN giving report has only had the pt for 5 min so they know nothing.
pandabear2185 replied to Kendel.G's topic in Pre-Nursing
Your gpa seems high enough, not to effect your pell grant status, why can't you take another semester or year and get the grant to go to RN school. Most school will only average a C with a repeat, usually can only R/D a D or F.
Sounds like an error somewhere to me! But I think what they are getting at is this. For example you primary is running NS at 250/hr. the you hang a ivpb to run at 50cc/hr. When the ivpb is done, the primary kicks in. All the meds left in that line w...
When people say that we get paid too much or don't work at all, I give them a scenario. "You have two total care Pts in the ICU, both on insulin dips with Q 1 hr blood sugar checks, both in iso for CDiff. You have just had a code brown in each room a...
pandabear2185 replied to TurtleLittle's topic in New Nurse
Take the ICU job if that is your dream! Give good notice to the clinic and offer to work until you re replaced! Don't say anything to the clinic until that job is in the bag!
pandabear2185 replied to BridgetE89's topic in NCLEX
Pvt works. But you have to wait till your results are sent from Pearson the the BON. Usually within a few hours but I've heard if people's taking all day. There is a pop up that says something like "the results are being compiled and have not been su...
pandabear2185 replied to christinem2388's topic in Pre-Nursing
It will take at least 3-4 yrs to get an ADN, the ADNprogram is 2 yrs, plus pre reqs. In Cali it can take 2-3 years to finish pre reqs. My BSN took 6, i finished all my GE before starting my program. It's tough to get into the needed pre reqs when you...
pandabear2185 replied to 0manderz's topic in Career Support
Keep the snacks in your pocket. When you sit down to chart you be shoveling the snacks in. Keep the snacks healthy. Also you didn't say you were on any mess for the diabetes. If you are on insulin or PO meds you may need to adjust those in days you w...
pandabear2185 replied to nursearike's topic in NCLEX
Most of the books out there are content review. They are all about the same do the questions and practice tests. You need to so some alternate style type questions and critical thinking questions as well. I used Saunders and http://www.learningext.co...
pandabear2185 replied to Melly0104's topic in NCLEX
Sound like you need to do some content review. You should be shooting for 80% on content review. Since nclex is CAT, everyone's test is individualized. People will say, my test was all Peds or my test was Ob. That is usually bc they struggled in the ...
ATI didn't really help me that much, get a content review book like Saunders, do the content tests, get at least 80%. Then you need some critical thinking questions. I used http://www.learningext.com. It tis more content but it has a CT Q bank. My sc...
pandabear2185 replied to TopsDrop's topic in Cardiac
This happened to me last month. Drove me absolutely bonkers. After 4 hours of dressings and holding pressure I had the fellow come back. The lido with epi trick worked great. It was bleeding from the skin nick they do before the dilator was inserted...
pandabear2185 replied to Drstrangelove88's topic in ADN/BSN
If you can afford it, go for that bsn, do the accelerated program if you can. If not ADN will get you working so Long as you don't live in a large urban city. I live in SoCal. Many of the hospitals here do not hire ADNs right now. Our market is satur...