mkblakley07

mkblakley07 has 6 years experience and specializes in Telemetry/IMC.

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1. A Sleep Deprived Nurse's Musings on Motherhood

   mkblakley07 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

   This was beautiful. You made me tear up a bit. Thank you for posting this. :)

2. So frustrated with IV starts!!

   mkblakley07 replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

   If it's the equipment that you're having a problem with more so than the procedure, why don't you ask your preceptor if you can take some supplies and go practice on some dummy arms or even just dissassemble them to see how to work em. I know at the...

3. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

   mkblakley07 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   RN at 21.

4. Anyone else freak out their first day without a preceptor?

   mkblakley07 replied to mkblakley07's topic in New Nurse

   Just make sure you're organized. No one is going to expect you to be perfect on your first day, but it's nice if you have a routine to follow to get things done. I usually get my assignment, take report and look at my charts then get my morning med...

5. Anyone else freak out their first day without a preceptor?

   mkblakley07 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I just wondered if I was the only one who felt really anxious the first day working as a nurse on their own. I was supposed to go orient to the ICU in a little hospital in the area, but when I got there I was told to go to the ER to be the other RN ...

6. What do TX RNs make?

   mkblakley07 replied to bluemorningglory's topic in Texas

   I am making 24 an hour as a new grad in Temple. I don't think they care about where you're from. My coworkers are from all over the US, some come from even further.

7. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

   mkblakley07 replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in New Nurse

   Central Texas Graduated- 12/2010 Passed Boards- 2/2011 Started 1st Job- 1/2011 Started 2nd Job- 2/2011 I work PRN at the 1st job because it's in an area that I have a genuine interest in. I work full time at the other one. The pay is better and the...

8. Scott & White

   mkblakley07 replied to KitaAz's topic in Texas

   We get a lot of patients that are there to r/o cardiac problems, but they get all different kinds of patients. They told me that they don't generally get post ops or anything like that, but when the hospital was full to capacity I know we got a cou...

9. Scott & White

   mkblakley07 replied to KitaAz's topic in Texas

   I completed the packet and turned it in first, then I applied for the positions that I wanted on the website.

10. Scott & White

    mkblakley07 replied to KitaAz's topic in Texas

    Thanks! I'm working on STC-2

11. IV Gauge for CT

    mkblakley07 replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    In the facility I work at now, they prefer an 18g to the AC, but will accept a 20g. They don't really bend on the placement either, which makes sense because of the need for a large vein. Plus I've always been told that part of CP protocol is to i...

12. What your mind does when you let it wander.

    mkblakley07 replied to Dempather's topic in Emergency

    Time management and the ability to get things done quickly, learning how to work different hopital computer systems efficiently, how to chart thoroughly, learning to differentiate between emergent and non-emergent patients and protocols for dealing w...

13. new RN - income questions

    mkblakley07 replied to sheryl1304's topic in New Nurse

    Where are you working? I just got hired on at S&W in temple and base pay is $24.47 for grad nurses in their internship program. I'm also working out in another smaller hospital where base pay for new grads is $20, which is not too shabby, but I...

14. Pearson Vue Trick - Does it Work Every Time? Part 2

    mkblakley07 replied to Silverdragon102's topic in NCLEX

    I took the test on Wednesday during the rolling blackouts in Texas... The power went out for thirty minutes during my exam (I was on question 65) then I got the blue screen of death not even ten minutes after the power came back on. I panicked beca...

15. New grad job in Temple texas

    mkblakley07 replied to tryharder's topic in Texas

    I think there were a couple of more new grad positions available on 5 South too. They were older postings (still from 2011) though. I don't know if they've been filled...