lilbeans

lilbeans

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About lilbeans

lilbeans has 4 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.


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  1. A job I love or pay the bills

    I have been working in pediatrics for several years now and I love it. However, I have a low FTE and due to the union contract I must work up to a higher FTE. This is hard to do since we have a low turnover and everyone seems to want to increase thei...
  2. How is it working in the NICU

    I work in Pediatrics but we frequently float to NICU. I like going there. I don't take care of the really critical babies. I usually have the babies that are just getting bigger before they go home. I don't think it is depressing. I think its a real ...
  3. Nursing Student with a Drug Addiction

    I personally knew somebody that was abusing alcohol when I went to school. I believe this person drank a lot. She didn't show up for most class days. Only ones that were required. She still did well on tests and was pretty good at clinicals. She had ...
  4. IV Compatibility

    I work in Pediatrics and I am just now being trained into the Pediatric ICU (we are one unit and must be trained into both areas). I am not familiar with some of the medications but I do know in the PICU that we usually have compatibility charts prin...
  5. First job

    +1000, lectures, powerpoints, watching the clock, lectures, powerpoints, watching the clock, for the first two weeks
  6. How much time do you *really*spend studying?

    it depended on how comfortable i was with the material. my studying greatly decreased as i continued in nursing school. i never studied every night. review books helped more than the textbooks. graduated with a 3.8 GPA
  7. yes, no doubt. but earlier in my life. the more i work as a nurse, the more i love nursing!
  8. Passed my NCLEX-PN

    Very similar to saunders. I don't know which questions I was doing good on. I would say 90% of the questions I did not know for sure. I just made very educated guesses on. There were some repeated areas. I actually know I got one right on vitamin def...
  9. Passed my NCLEX-PN

    Minnesota. Yes it was fast. 24 hours from my exam appt. I couldn't even buy the quick results yet.
  10. Passed my NCLEX-PN

    I used Saunders Comprehensive Review. I just looked over the sections that I thought I was weak in. I also used the CD with questions a whole bunch. I also just finished pathophysiology this summer. Patho was an optional class, but I think it helped ...
  11. Passed my NCLEX-PN

    I took the test yesterday. I looked at the BON website today and I passed, yay! Shut off at 85 questions. Lots of pharm and SATA questions. I didn't feel like I passed yesterday. But i did yay!
  12. Welcome to NCLEX August 2009 Group!!!

    I passed my NCLEX-PN! I took it yesterday. I looked on the BON website today, and it says I passed. Yay! One more year of school and then I get to pass the NCLEX-RN.
  13. Yeah pretty much what Strawberry said. Basically do basic nursing skills. Things you learned in your CNA classes. Anything above and beyond that they tell you and help you out if you need it.
  14. I DID IT!! (Well most of it anyway)

    :ancong!: Good luck!
  15. Student and Treatment

    When I applied for my PN license there were questions about alcohol and drug abuse. Those were reasons for denial of your license. She abuses alcohol. I think she has done other drugs, but she does not abuse them. I am pretty sure she would not diver...