Jen2010

Jen2010 has 3 years experience and specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Cartoon Caption Contest WIN $250! Nurses Week 2018

   Jen2010 replied to Brian S.'s topic in Announcements

   When you find out the patient you've been taking care of all day comes back positive for TB.

2. Losing your First Patient

   Jen2010 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work as a float pool RN in pediatrics. Yesterday, I called in to find out where I was going and I was told to go to the heme/onc unit. No problem; I've been going to this unit many, many times over the past two years. You know you shouldn't, but yo...

3. New grad in the float pool?!

   Jen2010 replied to lelms's topic in Med-Surg

   I've been a pediatric float nurse for a year now; hired as a new grad. I float to three different med-surg units, heme/onc, and the NICU. We're being trained to go to PICU and the ER in the next coming months. My orientation involved going to each un...

4. Not taking a break

   Jen2010 replied to Yellow90's topic in General Nursing

   I've been working as a float nurse for a year now and I had to miss a few breaks because of how crazy the unit can get. I usually get one hour of unpaid break time. However, on the times when I'm unable to get to take a break, I'm working for free. M...

5. Advice for a new peds nurse? :)

   Jen2010 replied to stmnurse01's topic in Pediatric

   Congrats on your new job! As others have said, the patient's parents can be hard to work with sometimes. I've learned upon admission and change of shift, I always tell the parents the plan for the day and what goals we're looking to reach. If you hav...

6. I passed in 75 questions!

   Jen2010 posted a topic in NCLEX

   Hey everyone!! I'm very excited to say that I passed my NCLEX in 75 questions as of yesterday! The two days after my exam were absolute torture as I decided against using the PVT and wanted to get the actual results. Just wanted to share what I did ...

7. Kaplan Diagnostic & Q Trainer

   Jen2010 replied to suzw's topic in NCLEX

   I took the Kaplan live review class, and our instructor told us to complete Question Trainers 4-7 after our class finished. I had two weeks worth of class. I did one question trainer per day after finishing up. And your scores are great so far! :)

8. Kaplan Scores & NCLEX

   Jen2010 replied to Jen2010's topic in NCLEX

   Thank you, missmollie! I'll have to come back & let you all know how I do :) And thanks, mzrRN - I only did the first two sample tests so far. I'll have to do 3 & 4 tomorrow for sure.

9. Kaplan Scores & NCLEX

   Jen2010 replied to Jen2010's topic in NCLEX

   Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement! I took my QT7 today and got a 61%, so I made it over the recommended 60%, but it makes me worried that I wasn't able to do better especially considering I'm testing in only a couple of days! Can't b...

10. Kaplan Scores & NCLEX

    Jen2010 posted a topic in NCLEX

    Hey everyone! I'm just a few days away from taking my NCLEX exam and my nerves are definitely getting the best of me. I watched Hurst videos for review of content, did some questions from Lippincott Q&A, but Kaplan has been my main focus. I had t...

11. Is it too early to apply to jobs?

    Jen2010 posted a topic in Job Hunt

    Hi everyone! I'm very excited about graduating in just a few short weeks. My professor has been asking all of us if we've started looking for jobs yet and I just wasn't sure if it was too early? All of the jobs I've seen say that you must have your b...

12. PE/DVT Care plan HELP!

    Jen2010 replied to FrankieJLetchworth's topic in Student Assist

    Did you perform a peripheral vascular assessment on the patient? What other info can you share about the patient's circulation status?

13. ATI Testing for BSN Students

    Jen2010 replied to Jen2010's topic in General Students

    Thanks everyone for your input! I guess I just have to give it more time. I wish I had a rep come to my school. We had a "webinar" on how to use ATI but our connection was spotty so it was difficult to hear anything the rep was saying. We did get a b...

14. Help With Physiological and Psychosocial Nursing Diagnosis

    Jen2010 replied to Joni's Mom's topic in Student Assist

    Hey everyone: I just have a quick question. I'm doing my concept map and care plan right now for my clinical rotation and I'm stuck on trying to decide a psychosocial nursing diagnosis for my patient. I was thinking: Self-Care deficit r/t impaired mo...

15. ATI Testing for BSN Students

    Jen2010 replied to Jen2010's topic in General Students

    Thanks, fteralynn3! I'm hoping that I can get used to it. I was spending hours and hours on one exam and still getting 70% correct. It was very frustrating for me considering how much time and effort I put into completing the exam. My professor won't...