Julesmama28 replied to Nurse2bViolinist's topic in General Students
I did it. It's a good program and an amazing way to ease into nursing. I was taught by some great preceptors and had some really great hands on experiences. I was treated like a nurse, it was awesome. The pay doesn't hurt either. Downsides? Not great...
Julesmama28 replied to OBwonKnewbie's topic in Ob/Gyn
We are opening a new unit and are super stoked to have it available to our laboring moms. We haven't started yet, so I'll have to let you know how it goes!
I've had 6 miscarriages. Every one was awful. I'm so sorry for your loss. I found message boards very helpful, lots of women going through the same kinds of things. Take care of yourself physically and take time to grieve emotionally. It takes more t...
Julesmama28 replied to jk2185's topic in Stress 101
I lasted a year in ICU. I'm working L &D now, hoping to heck that I'm not too jaded to still be a good nurse. I loved trauma/Icu, I hated the dying, especially the long, drawn out deaths. My last one was the day before I quit. It still haunts m...
I did my senior capstone at night too. I only had one day of class a week so it wasn't too hard to work around that with my preceptors schedule. I did 12 shifts with her. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.
We check q4 hours and reinfuse anything under 500 ml. Seems like a ton but really isn't. If it's greater than 500 then we usually stop feeds for a while and check to ensure they don't have other reasons for not digesting.
I didn't buy them or bought used, old editions. Never had a problem and saved a ton of money! Talk to some upper class men. My professors used their own power points and as long as I showed up and took good notes or printed the power points I was gol...
If you have a connection somewhere, like where you did your senior specialty- I would reach out to the manager. Let them know you graduated and when you'll take the nclex. That's how I got my first job.
Western Colorado Large hospital ICU 1 year exp. plus $25.39/hr 4$ night, 2$ weekend diff COL seems a bit high here too, we own a 1900 sq ft home and pay 1500 a month mortgage. Rent is at least 6-700 a month and up.