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  1. Problems with ER

    Our policy is if the admitting nurse can't take report right away then the charge nurse has to. They will absolutely not send the patient up without report.
  2. Pregnancy and 3rd shifts

    Speaking from personal experience, I rotated 7p - 7a and 7a - 7p while pregnant. I actually did better on nights, it was slower, etc. When I was on days it was so busy, sometimes I didn't take a break until 3pm, I wasn't able to sit down because it w...
  3. How to prevent falls

    We use a fall risk score and most of our total joints come up with a high fall risk score and require a bed alarm. We actually had an alert and oriented patient fall and fracture their wrist on POD 0 because they didn't want to call anyone and ended ...
  4. how many patients

    I'm an RN, but our aides have between 12-14 during the day and up to 22 (or more!) at night. This is on an ortho/neuro floor. It's so ridiculous...
  5. I took it back in July...75 questions in under an hour.
  6. Does going to a well reputed 4 year BSN program

    A high percentage of students that started with me for new graduate orientation (maybe half) went to a very respectable university that does clinicals at the hospital and has some instructors affiliated with the hospital as employees. Most of the res...
  7. How long is the average wait before an offer?

    I had a phone screen middle of May, interview June 5, shadow interview two weeks later, and was not offered a position until July 29, started 8/19. It was a long process. This is for a new graduate position. I have a friend with experience that wait...
  8. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    1. Connecticut 2. New graduate (BSN) 3. Ortho/Neuro 4. $30.90/hr 5. 12% evenings; 20% nights; +$2/hr weekends 5. Non-union
  9. We could not use a calculator, and had to get a 100% on our last dosage exam. All you can do is practice, practice, practice; it will make it easier!!
  10. Med Tech to RN

    I worked as a med tech and the only thing it was helpful for was that all my prerequisites were done to get to nursing school, as well as my general studies that would have been required in nursing school (history, sociology, etc.). It took me 3 year...
  11. What do you use for personal alarms on psych units

    I've worked at two different places that utilized panic buttons which we wore at all times. I've never had to use it but had coworkers who have. It initializes a code so security will report to the unit ASAP.
  12. Out of town clinical sites?

    We had to drive one hour each way for our pediatric and psych clinicals. We carpooled and took turns driving. One facility also cost $20 to park per clinical day. We split it up.
  13. Tell me about a time....give example questions.

    I will be perfectly honest and say I have made up scenarios or bended the truth to answer these questions. There is no other way, especially coming from someone with little to no experience.
  14. Starting Salary [new grad]?

    New grad BSN in Connecticut. 30.90 per hour, 12% eve differential, 20% night differential, +$2/hr on weekends.
  15. INR results might get me fired