⚕annanonymous⚕

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1. Nurses that "eat your lunch" during report!

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

   I am a new nurse and I ask a ton of questions during report. It's not because I'm trying to catch the former nurse doing something wrong or that I'm trying to critique her, I'm just trying to learn and make sure I understand everything. When I give...

2. ICU vs PCU

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to glamgalRN's topic in MICU

   I know this is old, but our PCU has vents and drips to titrate. Some of our patients are awake and alert, others are not. If they don't require hourly vital checks, they don't need to be in ICU.

3. How do you get a job before graduation/nclex????

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to DGood's topic in New Nurse

   She liked me as a student because I was a "team player" I noticed she was having a really busy day and although I wasn't assigned to work with her, I offered to help with some of the mundane things, like removing a patient's monitor... getting them ...

4. Practice NCLEX test scores vs. actually passing NCLEX

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to azco0402's topic in New Nurse

   I averaged between 70%-80% and passed.

5. Is a Nclex review course really necessary?

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to motivated2nurse's topic in New Nurse

   Nope, I don't think it's necessary. I think doing review questions from Saunders is a great choice and helps you get into test mode.

6. CALLING---Those who have Jobs- WE need you!

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to k.morris's topic in New Nurse

   PCU in Michigan. I got hired while I was in my last semester of clinicals on the same floor. I was lucky enough to have one of the nurses introduce me to the nurse manager. My advice is to get contact info for the nurse recruiter where you would l...

7. The most horrible things instuctor's say...

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in New Nurse

   The head of our nursing program told us during orientation to look left and then look right... the people sitting next to us would most likely not make it through the program. We were told if we worked during school, we would fail.

8. Hesi Exit Exam-RN exit exam

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to MaresRN2B's topic in New Nurse

   We had to take HESI and get >900 in order to be eligible to sit for the NCLEX. If you didn't manage a >900, you could pass with an >850 but you had to take the test three times and do 30 hours of MedsPub OR take an approved NCLEX Review cou...

9. Leave a staff position to travel in this economy??

   ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to hagmayer's topic in Travel

   Thanks for sharing your experiences with travel nursing. My boyfriend and I eventually want to take assignments together, but realize now is not the time. Just means more time to gain valuable experience as a staff nurse!

10. Did you always want to be a nurse?

    ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing was never something I thought I'd get into. I wanted to be a veterinarian, writer, secretary, or computer programmer. I went to college for the latter, but didn't want to deal with the Calculus. I decided to become an RN for the widely tal...

11. Maybe I'm not nursing material?

    ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to stewiegriffin's topic in New Nurse

    I'm new also and not confident about my assessment skills at all. I know they'll get better with experience. I bought a better stethoscope and it helped. Also, make sure the room is as quiet as possible while listening. It's okay to ask the patie...

12. First job where? and Length of orientation?

    ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to debblynn13's topic in New Nurse

    1. Progressive Care 2. 6 weeks, but received more due to the BON taking so long 3. 1:4 - 1:5 usually

13. New grad needing advice on how to start strong in telemetry

    ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to MjusticeRN's topic in New Nurse

    Learning strips was so much easier on the floor than in school. The nurses make it more real world than instructors do. The more you analyze them, the better you'll get. You won't be expected to be a pro right away! ACLS will teach you quite a bi...

14. picc lines????

    ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to erin01's topic in New Nurse

    We flush our PICCs each shift with 1cc of Heparin

15. How do you get a job before graduation/nclex????

    ⚕annanonymous⚕ replied to DGood's topic in New Nurse

    I was interviewed on the floor where I had my last clinical rotation, thanks to one of the floor nurses who introduced me to the manager. I was offered a grad nurse position. I graduated and began work during the same week! It was hectic, much lik...