pepperanne7

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1. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   pepperanne7 replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   If you love this area of nursing, I would say STAY!! you have to do what you love! Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed before a shift I leave a couple of minutes earlier and sit in the parking lot at work listening to my favorite music and the moment t...

2. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   pepperanne7 replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   :):heartbeat Thank you all for being so supportive! What we do is so hard and demanding on our bodies and minds. Add crazy families, bow tie wearing "hitler" MD's, estrogen, sharp tongues, and chaos. Even though its been rough, I have learned so mu...

3. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

   pepperanne7 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

   I know that care plans seem like torture. But they truly are an essential part of learning your nursing process and interventions. We retain 75% of what we write down. When you write a care plan , you are ingraining those simple concepts into your me...

4. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   pepperanne7 replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   Hi, I am one of those new grads struggling. I think it has been harder for me because, I was a tech, and I am now an RN. I feel as though expectations for me as an RN were set sky high, so with these expectations I feel like all I do is fail!! HELP!!...

5. First day of clinicals at a hospital!! o_O Any advice??

   pepperanne7 replied to HannaRae's topic in General Students

   Hi, first of relax and take a deep breath. Be confident in your knowledge and be proactive. Show up on time, have all your equipment with you. My first clinical day was stressful but I learned to ask questions, make good relationships with your CNA's...

6. Care Plans - What's their purpose? - What do you think of them?

   pepperanne7 replied to jjjoy's topic in General Students

   I know care plans are awful and they are long and tedious, but they serve a great purpose. Care plans solidify your knowledge base. We retain 75% of what we write. They also teach you logical steps for caring for you patient and understanding the pat...

7. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

   pepperanne7 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

   I tried the trick and it was true, I passed

8. Literally just took the NCLEX and it wasn't pretty

   pepperanne7 replied to champ01's topic in New Nurse

   Hi, I am sure you passed. I also had only 75 questions. I had a lot of SATA's, our instructors told us that getting these types of questions means you are answering questions correctly. They are the most difficult questions