iridius

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  1. By the way do you work bedside still or are you 100% informatics? or vice versa?
  2. Nice, I didn't think I'd find someone interested in or doing the same thing. I wasn't sure about the no overlap aspect, thanks for clearing it up. If that is the case I may start on the informatics MSN first, and then decide (If I haven't become com...
  3. Hello, I am considering the following: Beginning an MSN in Informatics and simultaneously pursuing an NP as FNP. I like both the medical/nursing as well as the computer/information technology aspects of nursing and don't want to pigeon-hole myself in...
  4. Tommorrow I'm "On my own" !!!

    Well, I made it... tho.... it was.... well.... it was what it was. I had 3 pts. to start... the normal ratio. Then one was DC'd. 2... I'm happy now... can do all my stuff... I was told I was a god send... which is always nice... and was asked if I'd ...
  5. Dilantin (phenytoin) & food/enteral feedings?

    I ask the pharmacists stuff a lot... I like different points of view and opinions... I like to take an weighted average of all the responses I get (weighted on how much I trust the person's knowledge level) and then add my discretion and read a bit a...
  6. I need help deciding on my preceptorship!!

    I am a new nurse and I think that no matter where you go you will probably be learning a lot of transferable skills in that first year. I mean I have not stopped learning things for the first 3 months so far that I will be able to apply to any floor/...
  7. Night Shift Jet Lag??

    I recently started nights and the following helped me, I usually sleep from 0900-0500, i keep this schedule even when not working: - blocking the light on window with a huge dark blanket - using eye covers - using ear plugs - exercising once I wake u...
  8. I am reading Davis's Drug Guide and don't understand something. It says for PO Dilantin: "Adminster with or immediately after meals to minimize GI irritation" ... "Capsules may be opened and mixed with food or fluids for patients with difficulty swal...
  9. i'm nervous, tommorrow night i am on my own. i have been precepting for my new job in the rcu (respiratory care unit - think icu with hemodynamically stable patients, not long-term care). i am a new grad rn, i have worked as an emt-b and er tech in a...
  10. TNCC in 2 days!!! CEN in 6 Days!!!

    littley, 1st don't get too stressed if, as a new grad, you don't get an ER position in Miami. If you have connections you may, but otherwise, just apply to any and all jobs, that's what worked for me. I'm working in Lauderdale though, because nothing...
  11. Job interview in a Surgical Unit

    Tell me about yourself? (Note, they don't typically want to know your biography, but rather, what about you can help them and their company, so don't waste time saying stuff like I grew up in.... I have X brothers/sisters.... I like ..... I want to.....
  12. 3.25 GPA required for new grad position???!!

    Both of my interviews asked for GPA, I have a good one so it wasn't an issue, but I am in the boat of people that didn't have work or have children while in nursing school. (But I did move down to Miami the day classes started, without a car, my wife...
  13. Living/working in/around Ft Lauderdale

    I don't live in Ft. Lauderdale, but will be working at Broward General starting next month. 1. I have heard good things about BG on this board and from nurses at other hospitals, but more importantly the dozen or so people I have met there have bee...
  14. I need a job! Help me please!

    Thanks for the link dcgrrl. I have been offered a position and am waiting on results from another before making my decision, I appreciate the link though. I am very happy about my current situation and feel that all the time, money and effort has pa...
  15. I need a job! Help me please!

    I hope you are feeling better, it is very stressful, I know. I would recommend taking classes. Any nursing class you can take that gives you new knowledge, skills and certifications will help you maintain/increase your knowledge, network, and decreas...