twintoo

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1. looking for medication tray to pass meds

   twintoo posted a topic in New Nurse

   I am a new RN (2 months) and I work on a med surg floor. I would really like to have a tray to use to carry my meds from room to room to pass meds. One of the older nurses has a metal one that has about 24 holes in it, just to fit in a medicine cup...

2. New Nurse Tech in the ER, I would like some advice

   twintoo posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi all, I am a new Nurse Tech in the ER. My position allows me to do all of the things that I have checked off on in Nursing School. Along with that I must do the Tech duties (changing sheets, taking specimens to the lab, etc.). The people who are...

3. Can anyone explain how the nclex is changing?

   twintoo replied to studentnurse74's topic in NCLEX

   From what I understand, the "old" format was all multiple choice answers. The "new" format is multiple choice, multiple-multiple choice(where you choose all that are correct), and fill in the blank. If anyone knows differently then please correct ...

4. I got my first J-O-B

   twintoo posted a topic in General Students

   :balloons: I applied for a nurse tech position at the local hospital (along with 4 others in my class) and I got hired!!! I am SOOO freaking STOKED about this. I get to buy my first set of Non-school scrubs soon!

5. What is your grading scale in nursing school?

   twintoo replied to BGSUstudent's topic in General Students

   My grading scale is 91-100=A 80-90=B 74-79=C Therefore anything below a 74 is failing. My school also has >90% pass rate (usually in the HIGH 90s) on the NCLEX.

6. Do you get your exams returned to you?

   twintoo replied to mona b RN's topic in General Students

   During our tests we mark our answers on the test booklet and on the answer sheet. When we are done we turn in the answer sheet and when everyone is done we grade our tests. They give us 5-7 minutes to write down any that we do not agree with and th...

7. Are you allowed to give IV push meds at clinicals?

   twintoo replied to twintoo's topic in General Students

   You all are NOT going to believe this but I WAS RIGHT!!! You *can* give it with a licensed nurse. I got out my "official skills checklist" where I checked off on IV-pushes in skills lab! It says "CANNOT give unless instructor or licensed personnel...

8. Are you allowed to give IV push meds at clinicals?

   twintoo replied to twintoo's topic in General Students

   I wasn't being snippy, sorry it came out that way. I am sure you could imagine screwing up...knowing you screwed up...and your teacher knowing you screwed up. It's kind of a little stressful to say the least!

9. Are you allowed to give IV push meds at clinicals?

   twintoo replied to twintoo's topic in General Students

   Thanks Rapheal!!! I really appreciate it! I am still freaking out b/c of the what ifs and about my grade. I am just glad that it was a matter of me screwing up policy and not the wrong med for the patient. I guess *that* is my silver lining.

10. What is the worst mistake you have made or have seen made?

    twintoo replied to LauraLou's topic in General Students

    As I posted today, I gave a push IV med to a client with a nurse instead of my teacher. That is the worst I have done in 2 semesters.

11. Are you allowed to give IV push meds at clinicals?

    twintoo replied to twintoo's topic in General Students

    Oh, I dont blame her for being upset...heck I am upset with myself. It is one of those things that I learned a LONG time ago and it has never been brought up with any of my clinical clients since. It is kind of like Spanish...if you don't use it, y...

12. Are you allowed to give IV push meds at clinicals?

    twintoo posted a topic in General Students

    I always understood the policy at our school to be "you can only give IV push meds with a licensed person" UM I learned today that you can only give IV push with the instructor! I was helping an RN and she asked me to draw up this med. I drew it...

13. Fun way to present case studies..anyone have ideas?

    twintoo posted a topic in General Students

    Hi! At each of our post conferences we present these case studies. The teachers give us the topic and the questions that they want answered. Our group splits the questions and then we find a creative, interactive way to present the material. We h...

14. night before clinicals-going to the hospital

    twintoo replied to carlalogan's topic in General Students

    Hi Carla, we were required to dress in nice clothing (slacks or dresses) and wear our lab coat with our name badge. We went to the hospital, looked through charts and found our patient. We would write down all of the history of this admittance to t...

15. The different kind of nursing students

    twintoo replied to orrnlori's topic in General Students

    How about the student that was in for a semester last year but flunked out so he came back this year. He knows all about "colon resectionectomies", "comadon" (Coumadin), and "hot taps", even when the teacher has no clue what they are talking about. ...