at_wits_end

at_wits_end specializes in PACU.

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1. I passed with 18 Select all that apply!

   at_wits_end replied to DisneybearRN's topic in NCLEX

   I took mine today and had 32 SATA out of 75...yup, no joke. The rest were multiple choice. I was shaking when I left and am just ready for Friday to come so I can find out and be done with it all!

2. Just got a position in PACU

   at_wits_end replied to NurseVN's topic in New Nurse

   Congratulations! I graduated in December 2010 and was just hired to a large hospital PACU as a new grad...I'm excited but also scared to death! All I keep hearing is that you need ICU experience before working in a PACU so I think that has upped my a...

3. Night shift: Tired all the time ?????

   at_wits_end replied to TangoLima's topic in New Nurse

   My fiance and I both are nurses (although i consider him a murse) and although I work day shift, he does night shift in the ED and is ALWAYS tired. His unit self schedules, so he's able to get 3 days in a row and then 4-5 off, but he can't seem to ad...

4. New Grad in the PACU

   at_wits_end posted a topic in PACU

   I've been reading through this site for a while and when it comes to new graduates in the PACU, the general consensus (sp?) that I get is that they don't belong there. That being said, I just accepted a job in the PACU of a HUGE hospital as a new gra...

5. what do CNA's do in a hospital?

   at_wits_end replied to daisygal's topic in CNA/MA

   I am a CNAII in NC on a med-surg unit and we ARE allowed to insert and remove Foley's and straight cath. Doing so is a part of orientation for all CNAII's in the hospital and we all had to be checke off by our preceptors to do so (which for me wasn't...

6. FED UP CNAS!!!!

   at_wits_end replied to marineswife0809's topic in CNA/MA

   I just starting working as a CNAII at the beginning of the summer, and I'll be honest, I HATE it. I'm a nursing student in the middle of my BSN (I'll graduate in 2 semesters) and thought working at the local hospital as a CNA would be a good experien...