ms_miyagi replied to vintagemother's topic in Psychiatric
In an effort to emphasize how important it is for my patients to continue to take their medications after discharge, I advise them that their illness is just like any other run of the mill illness that requires daily medications, i.e., HTN, Diabetes,...
For my drive into work at nights, at a Behavioral Health Hospital, it's always: "Highway to Hell" by AC/DC and for the drive home: "Welcome to the Jungle" or "Wonderful World" Depending on how bad the night was and how absolutely rotten traffic is.
ms_miyagi replied to tylerspeedster's topic in Psychiatric
I fell into Psych nursing right out of nursing school. I had sent out 100's of resume's and this one, little, free-standing Psych Hospital, was the only call I received in response to my application. Funny thing, when I was in nursing school doing m...
ms_miyagi replied to NurseAlwaysNForever's topic in General Nursing
LOL, Just a reminder that if you don't have a sense of humor, nursing isn't for you. My first job out of Nursing School was in Geriatric Psych. One of my all-time favorite patients was Findley. Now Findley was a very tall, lean farm with a world cl...
ms_miyagi replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in Professionalism
Please start to realize that if you are getting the SAME patients for your 2nd and 3rd shift of the week, you do not need the minutiae of what brought the patient into the hospital in the first place, that hasn't changed. However I will be more than...
Here is what I do with angry, belligerent doctors. When they pause their tirade long enough to take a breath, I very politely state, "Dr. when you calmed down enough to speak to me in a civil tone of voice and as one professional to another, please ...
You will not be able to pay or see your quick results until a minimum of 48 hours after your exam start time. If you are lucky, your license will be up on your BON prior to have to spend another $8. At least that is the way it is working here in Te...
ms_miyagi replied to blessedrn2012.'s topic in NCLEX
For all the soon to be nurses in their 40's. Please let me assure you that passing the NCLEX is an achievable goal. I passed mine last week with 75 questions and I am almost 48, so if I can do, so can all of y'all! Best of luck to all that are taki...
ms_miyagi replied to christinedimopoulos's topic in NCLEX
I mostly used the NCLEX 3500 (you can find the link on here) and Saunders 5th edition (yellow book) and I took a Kaplan assessment to see areas I was weak in and focused on those areas. That's pretty much it, I didn't really study that much, because...
ms_miyagi replied to christinedimopoulos's topic in NCLEX
Also, know your nutrition information. Foods that are high in potassium, calcium, sodium. Know your Lab values with criticals, write them on your white board when you are allowed to do so, this keeps them at your fingertips and you don't have to thi...
Word of advice from one who as been there and done that....breathe!!! The NCLEX-RN is so random there is no way to know everything that will be asked on the test. Your best defense is to know how to answer the questions. As a general rule, you can...
ms_miyagi replied to christinedimopoulos's topic in NCLEX
Took my NCLEX-RN last week, cut off with 75 questions. No matter how many questions you get, you will walk out of there feeling like you failed! Focus on Select All That Apply, prioritizing, delegation and infection control. Know your basic med cal...
ms_miyagi replied to >--stethoscope--o's topic in NCLEX
The NCLEX 3500 has a great bank of SATA questions. Some one has posted a link to it here on AN. You should be able to search for it on here. I used it exclusively for questions because the rationales are awesome and I used www.quizlett.com for fla...