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1. Day Vs. Night Ratio?

   windowrn replied to DEgalRN's topic in Med-Surg

   I am a new grad (4 months in so far) so take this for what it is worth. Both days and nights are very busy on our unit. I work a medical tele unit in a 900 bed hospital that takes 5 both days and nights. During days, we have a UC, charge with no pati...

2. Experiences with rude staff at clinical sites

   windowrn replied to SdntNurse's topic in General Students

   Really? You stand by the decision not to tell the nurse information about her patient? I don't care how rude she is; how difficult she is to work with or how hard she is to get along with. You are a studen tasked with assisting the staff in their ...

3. Is the second year of an ADN program easier than the first?

   windowrn replied to 777RN's topic in General Students

   I wouldn't necessarily say it was easier, but definitely more familiar. I graduated this spring under a quarter system. First quarter was crazy hard because it was new and unfamiliar. The method of testing was new and the information was difficult...

4. Columbus Ohio=no new grad rn jobs

   windowrn replied to leaBSN's topic in Ohio

   I don't think that there are any hard and fast rules. I often read that X hospital only hires grads from Y program or only hires BSNs or ADNs or people who work there, etc. I think that there are a lot of things that you can do as either a BSN or A...

5. HR Interview

   windowrn replied to windowrn's topic in Job Hunt

   I am thrilled to say that you were right. I was hopeful that the whole thing last week was just a big formality, and it was. The HR recruiter asked the standard -- tell me about a time when you had a customer and what you did, what you did when som...

6. HR Interview

   windowrn replied to windowrn's topic in Job Hunt

   I am hopeful that it is on the formality end of things. But, I don't want to make any wrong moves, etc.

7. HR Interview

   windowrn posted a topic in Job Hunt

   So, I'm looking for some help. I have my first interview scheduled in 3 days and I want to make sure I am well prepared. I graduated last month and have been in ongoing discussions with the Nurse Manager of the floor where I had my preceptorship. A...

8. New Grad malpractice insurance

   windowrn replied to caliheartRN's topic in New Nurse

   Okay, regardless of whether you have your own private policy or whether you are covered through your employer, you have insurance. The plaintiff in a lawsuit already knows that, as an employed nurse, you have some sort of insurance. But, they are n...

9. Priority: Allergic reaction or toxicity?

   windowrn replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

   You are welcome. We spent a lot of time on prioritization questions. Stable v. unstable Acute v. chronic actual v. potential newly diagnosed v. diagnosed 24+ hours ago fresh surgical v. old surgical or medical unexpected symptoms v expected symptoms...

10. How to avoid conflicts with instructor.

    windowrn replied to kelli class of 2013's topic in Student Assist

    I think Ashley said it all beautifully. The only other thing I wonder is that you said that the instructor is rubbing you the wrong way, yet your classes don't even begin for a week. I am wondering what necessitates enough contact with an instructor...

11. Priority: Allergic reaction or toxicity?

    windowrn replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Students

    Absolutely those are all possible signs of a severe allergic reaction, but just because you have itching or a red rash does not mean that the patient is in the middle of a severe allergic reaction. At this point, this patient has a potential problem...

12. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    windowrn replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Med-Surg

    The tele floor where I am hoping to start next month has 30 beds is 1:5 days, 1:6 nights with techs at 1:10, plus a unit secretary and charge nurse who does not take patients.

13. "Negative dilute" drug test?

    windowrn replied to afterseason's topic in General Students

    I actually had basically the same thing happen to me. I went to go get my test and my kids were with me. Well, the lab wouldn't let me leave them in the waiting room by themselves (at 8,6 and 4) for the minute it takes to fill a cup. So, I had to ...

14. What are nurses allowed to do?

    windowrn replied to HelpthisSN's topic in General Students

    I wonder what your other choices were. There are things that you can do for a patient with a high potassium level that are neither transferring (which is very rarely the right answer - instructors and NCLEX want to know what you know, not have you p...

15. What was your experience in school?

    windowrn replied to laski's topic in General Students

    I had all of my pre/co-reqs out of the way before starting the nursing program. I am also a non-traditional student with 15+ years in a previous career. I also have 3 children who were 8, 6 and 4 when I started the program and a husband who works l...