AllieRat

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1. Grad party idea for my wife

   AllieRat replied to acaringhusband's topic in General Nursing

   I did the syringe jello shots, I made up Hazardous Waste buckets for a game, I got these darts from a dollar store and made up a dart board showing a MD's BUTT, and made a pinata out of my old ATI books that we beat to all heck.. I ordered some bloo...

2. Completely panicked and failed to react appropriately to an emergency situation

   AllieRat replied to calastro's topic in New Nurse

   I do the same thing.. If it's not my patient I can think when it's mine I go into shut down mode..

3. Becoming Charge Nurse in less than a year?

   AllieRat replied to Nurse 2009's topic in New Nurse

   At my old hospital I was post-grad newbie at six months and was placed in charge.. Then was subsequently in charge afterwards because of the fact I was the only RN on staff during that shift.. I HATED it and still HATE doing it but it's part of t...

4. First year coming to an end and boy do I have a few opinions!!

   AllieRat replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in New Nurse

   Almost to my first year... I too worked my way up was a nurse extern (basically a CNA but was shown helped out with nursing activites) before getting my RN... Kudos on the aides comment..

5. As a new nurse I had my first patient death experience

   AllieRat posted a topic in New Nurse

   I have had a few deaths I've assisted with as an extern going through nursing school but it was never the patient I was caring for or that I had developed a bond with through providing care for days on end. Well yesterday morning I came into report ...

6. How many times have you cried???

   AllieRat replied to CareBayer's topic in New Nurse

   Per day or week? Man I've had one hell of an orientation.. my original preceptor got put with an extern whose in her last year. I get whoever wants me which means I'm doing their job and learning on my own instead of them showing me how to do thin...

7. Just finished my NCLEX

   AllieRat replied to AllieRat's topic in NCLEX

   I Passed!!!! Whoo Hoooo although I could pay the $7.95 for the unoffical results my license number popped into the state site this morning. After nearly suffering a nervous breakdown and dealing with three years of nursing school drama it is offic...

8. Just finished my NCLEX

   AllieRat posted a topic in NCLEX

   OMG I never thought I'd wish for an ATI exam. Mine shut off at 75 questions I lost track of the number of SATA's but they seemed to come one after the other which is either a good or a bad thing. I had two drug calcs and about four pharm questions ...

9. Do you have Senior-itis?!?

   AllieRat replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

   ~~~YES~~~ Major Senioritis going on here Course it could be because I'm in the last fifteen weeks :w00t: of my program and clinicals don't start for me for another week and a half. Finding it really hard to stay motivated and being called off from...

10. How to patients react when...?

    AllieRat replied to FuturoEnfermera's topic in General Students

    Yup always lead with the yes I've done it before since mostly it was done in the clinical setting on each other or on dummies. For instance this semester we are going to be doing alot of venipunctures in the clinical setting for home health. In ord...

11. Background Check?

    AllieRat replied to 2bNursewith7kids's topic in General Students

    Our university requires it every year. Luckily we only have to pay $7 but its a pain in the butt to have to do it every year.

12. Nursing Student HATES Nursing Assistant Job

    AllieRat replied to PeachyERNurse's topic in General Students

    LOL I blame my brains which are currently recovering from being fried... I bow down to the CNA's though that is some tough work.. my poor bod is still sore I just don't know how they do it and I for one will remember what I go through as an aid so ...

13. Nursing Student HATES Nursing Assistant Job

    AllieRat replied to PeachyERNurse's topic in General Students

14. Nursing Student HATES Nursing Assistant Job

    AllieRat replied to PeachyERNurse's topic in General Students

    LOL almost sounds like last night. I'm an extern on a renal med-surg floor and due to my education I am constantly abused ie:nurses know what I can do so they know I'll volunteer to do it. Last night the nurses had me doing their dressing changes b...

15. March of Dimes Walk a Thon!!

    AllieRat replied to la bellota's topic in General Students

    Wow good job! I've only managed to raise about $100 which is short from my goal last year of $250 but I figure every dollar they get helps :)