iliang

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1. What are your common psych prn meds?

   iliang replied to lovinghands's topic in Psychiatric

   in our unit its mostly 5 and 2 which is haldol 5mg or ativan 2 mg PO/IM lately a lot of doctors orders prn zyprexa..I heard the makers of thorazine does'nt make liquid PO thorazine anymore..we have patients who got used in the usual neuroleptics that...

2. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

   iliang replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   got this attending in the unit that every nurses dreaded to work with..he is well known to underestimate capabilities of new nurses..though ive been working there for a year now..I always have the feeling that he doubt my assessment skills..one day w...

3. Foreign Nurses from the Philippines

   iliang replied to hael171972's topic in Philippines

   hi there Pinoy RN here in Albany, NY passed my NCLEX last march took the usual road to get here..pass all my exam, visascreen, find an agency, get here, orient in the hospital and sit for the exam..everything is doin great..I am working in an intensi...

4. Nurses: Are you where you started in Nursing?

   iliang replied to NursesRmofun's topic in General Nursing

   I started working in general ward after graduation and passing my boards in the PHIL shifted a year after and became a police officer working as an RN in a drug treatment facility and now I am a Psyche nurse here in Albany after hurdling the thousand...

5. For all of you night nurses

   iliang replied to BaystateRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've been working nights for a full month now and gee you are right..i always mess my atm pin putting the pin number for the access door in my unit..huh :uhoh21: you should see my face when i am in a grocery line and i am trying to figure out what t...

6. have you had an abortion?

   iliang replied to cutecat's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I never had one..never crossed my mind when I discovered I am pregnant after being treated with a bout of pneumonia and asthma..I was on avelox and prednisone and the doctor is unsure what will happen to my baby..abortion is not legal in my country b...

7. I took My NCLEX Today

   iliang replied to LuvaNurse04's topic in New Nurse

   thank you very much this group really had helped me to be where I am now..I could attach RN now after my name..I passed the NCLEX!!! yipeeee :balloons:

8. I took My NCLEX Today

   iliang replied to LuvaNurse04's topic in New Nurse

   huh mine shut off at 110 I can't remember much about the questions I got..I was calm all throughout the exam and start freaking out when it shut down bec I wanted to answer a lot more thinking that 110 is not enough to proove my capacity..I'm working...

9. NCSBN review course

   iliang replied to amanda44's topic in New Nurse

   i tried this online review course and hopeful that it prepared me on my upcoming boards though I reviewed kaplan critical thinking strategies, saunders and mosby..I find kaplans questions the hardest while those at learningext not so tricky but strai...

10. Need Advice - cope working night shift

    iliang replied to gij1's topic in New Nurse

    its my third night..and yeah the mind is willing but the body is weak..i havent sleep for 3days for more than 4 hours and its driving me nuts..I should try the apples cant drink coffee i promised to abstain from that not until i passed my boards... :...

11. let's talk about nclex

    iliang replied to obnurse2004's topic in New Nurse

    yah sure..the answers will be right in front of me I just have to choose between the four..but I do get nervous..I think it is normal to be nervous..isnt it :uhoh21: i will take nclex on march 30..wish me luck guys!!! (I know its not only luck I nee...

12. Did any of you leave nursing for another profession?

    iliang replied to guest27716's topic in General Nursing

    I left nursing for a while and became a police officer in my country. I trained for 6 months and study basics of public safety. It is nice to know other field and I actually enjoyed the training..the markmanship..rapelling..commando training..cool. A...

13. Racial discrimination in Nursing....

    iliang replied to Barbie38's topic in General Nursing

    That was a real long thread and I do understand how one could be pissed off hearing somebody else beside you talking in another language and of course you get a little paranoid thinking they are talking about you..I apologize for my fellow Filipinos....

14. Welcome, New York Nurses!

    iliang replied to Ted's topic in New York

    hello I'm an RN from the Philippines landed a job here in Albany NY as a nurse extern in a psyche unit. I love it here.

15. Took NCLEX this morning...shut off at 75..HELP!

    iliang replied to Red251078's topic in New Nurse

    you scared me guys...im planning to take the nclex on march and just reading your posts made my heart beats faster as if I'm the one who took it..wish you the best