Amy10BSN

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1. ? about 12 lead ekg i've been wondering about

   Amy10BSN replied to Amy10BSN's topic in CCU

   thanks for your help! i did look in my EKG class and ACLS book and it gave me the answer that the chest leads which would be V1-V6 can seem unusually big up to 2 lg boxes on the ekg strip.

2. ? about 12 lead ekg i've been wondering about

   Amy10BSN posted a topic in CCU

   Hi, I am a new grad nurse who graduated in May. I am in CCU and CVICU. My question is why does the T wave in the anterior leads on a 12 NORMAL lead ekg look so much larger in size compared to all the leads t- waves? is it because its reading right fr...

3. It seems probie's can't take a joke or laugh

   Amy10BSN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

   ...maybe this is why we newbies are told nurses eat their young OP.... just saying

4. precepting GN's

   Amy10BSN replied to newwavegirl89's topic in General Nursing

   Hi ! i am was a new grad, passed boards in june! I work in PA, if you are practicing as a GN in PA you have your own temporary grad nurse practice permit that is what holds you liable. The hospital should not let GN's begin unless they have that. I w...

5. Did you choose....or were you chosen?

   Amy10BSN replied to Lovelymo79's topic in General Nursing

   I would have to say I was "Chosen," I wanted to be in an ICU when i got out of school (i graduated in May). At the hospital I work at they have a nurse intern program after junior year of school and I applied saying I wanted ICU or ER. Well it ended...

6. student with vasovagal problems

   Amy10BSN replied to pabrocc's topic in General Nursing

   hi! i graduated in may and have a similar problem but sometimes it just happens randomly. What I did was get a pair of ted hose which really help with venous blood return, dont stand with knees locked to long (shift your weight if you're standing in ...

7. Nursing school: Bizarre practice in learning to bed bath..

   Amy10BSN replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Students

   we did do something similar to this in nursing school, it is all part of the routine. I do feel they should have the option to use a dummy though, not just eachother.

8. what are common times to run IV's in ?

   Amy10BSN replied to Amy10BSN's topic in CCU

   thanks! i was looking on our online drug guide at work (lexi-comp) and it gives parameters. i know that i will learn it all eventually with time and experience, thanks for your help.

9. what are common times to run IV's in ?

   Amy10BSN posted a topic in CCU

   I am a new nurse working in a CCU/CVICU area and was wondering if some of you seasoned nurses can give me some input about how long certain IV's should go in such as calcium, potassium, mag, etc. I know a lot of this comes along with experience but t...

10. just took nclex..awaiting results...

    Amy10BSN replied to Amy10BSN's topic in NCLEX

    i passed ! guess the pearson trick works!:w00t:

11. just took nclex..awaiting results...

    Amy10BSN posted a topic in NCLEX

    I just took my nclex rn at 2:00 (its 5pm now) and boy was it crazy. I stopped at 75 questionns. I used saunders, exam cram, kaplan, and davis plus 3 cds and none of the questions were even comparable to the level of difficulty that the boards was. I...

12. kaplan really messes with my head this close to boards! anyone else agree!!

    Amy10BSN replied to Amy10BSN's topic in NCLEX

    oops i meant isnt easy for me and i dont expect it to be... sorry :)

13. kaplan really messes with my head this close to boards! anyone else agree!!

    Amy10BSN replied to Amy10BSN's topic in NCLEX

    to reply to some of the posts... kaplan for me is easy and i expect it to be but if you read rationales of kaplan compared to other books rationales, they kinda suck! i do understand the decision tree and how to answer questions and kaplan has helped...

14. kaplan really messes with my head this close to boards! anyone else agree!!

    Amy10BSN posted a topic in NCLEX

    I know there has been a lot of discussion of people who use kaplan program and the qbank for test prep. Unfortunately, my school required us to do this program. I have always felt that i scored poorly with kaplan qbank and question trainers (way more...

15. Just finished NCLEX

    Amy10BSN replied to Starfish1's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations!!!! How did you get your results so quickly starfish? did you do the payment for quick answers? I know they say wait two days but that's sweet if you can get the results that quick! I will be taking mine soon too before the end of the...