kcardinalrn

kcardinalrn has 5 years experience and specializes in Medical-surgical, ENT, bariatrics.

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1. MedSurg Certification

   kcardinalrn replied to luvbug080688's topic in Med-Surg

   How many hours you have worked. For ANCC you had to have a minimum 2000 of practice hours before taking the exam.

2. Help with med/surg

   kcardinalrn replied to Tsatalstrana's topic in Med-Surg

   Why are you getting a full patient load on your fourth day? How many patients? At my facility, you start with two patients and work your way up to 5-7 depending on the shift you work. Is your preceptor helping you at all? You really need to speak up ...

3. MedSurg Certification

   kcardinalrn replied to luvbug080688's topic in Med-Surg

   I don't know which is the best, but I took the ANCC med surg certification exam in march. It was pretty much like taking your RN boards again! I do remember that the instructor at the study classes recommended the ANCC, and that's why I chose it. Let...

4. A week from Monday is my certification exam. I'm nervous!

   kcardinalrn replied to tokmom's topic in Med-Surg

   You too! On my unit there was a binder with information from a previous study session that was held. It had an outline of different areas to study and about 10 CDs that had the study session recorded on them. I listened to the CDs while using the out...

5. A week from Monday is my certification exam. I'm nervous!

   kcardinalrn replied to tokmom's topic in Med-Surg

   There were a lot of research an evidence based practice questions on my test. There were also a lot on specific meds and their side effects! Which really threw me as I didn't know any of them and couldn't figure them out from the suffixes or whatever...

6. Help with med/surg

   kcardinalrn replied to Tsatalstrana's topic in Med-Surg

   You will be surprised how much you will learn during your orientation. At my facility, there is a minimum of 14 weeks of orientation for a new grad. During that time, you should be asking questions about what you are seeing, especially things you are...

7. A week from Monday is my certification exam. I'm nervous!

   kcardinalrn replied to tokmom's topic in Med-Surg

   I took the ANCC med surg certification exam late march. I was a total wreck! I took the study class in September and waited until almost the last minute to finally take it! Fortunately, I work well under pressure and I crammed all week and passed! I ...

8. Med/surg patient worksheet

   kcardinalrn replied to jogimada's topic in Med-Surg

   Can you send it to me also? Work on a very busy surgical unit, that would be very useful I'm sure! [email protected]