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1. How long did it take you to get your first RN job?

   yoga pants replied to coffeemama0112's topic in Job Hunt

   Interviewed the Monday before my graduation, got a job offer 2 days later and it was my "dream job". Took NCLEX over a month later. Most people in my class (probably about 90%) had jobs before graduation. I only know of a couple who were still lookin...

2. Nasty nurses

   yoga pants replied to Sabr's topic in Relations

   I could not agree more! Everyone deserves your respect, but not everybody deserves your trust. To the OP, this sounds like an assertiveness problem. If it's time to go on your break, you better speak up! While she probably knew you were taking your b...

3. **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

   yoga pants replied to Bell13's topic in New Nurse

   1) DFW 2) $25 during internship, $27 after + shift diffs - $2.50 evening / $3 nights / $6 weekends 3) New grad BSN 4) ICU

4. Skills Checkoffs and Anxiety

   yoga pants replied to sparky605's topic in General Students

   I don't really have any advice to give you, but I just want you to know that you are not alone and I think that is completely normal. I was always SO prepared for check offs, and no matter how much I practiced I would ALWAYS freak out a little bit. M...

5. What is your quote or mantra when it gets tough?

   yoga pants replied to Lola Lou's topic in New Nurse

   "If Britney Spears can make it through 2007, I can make it through this day"

6. I felt belittled by a Dr.

   yoga pants replied to telealli's topic in Relations

   Uhh I didn't realize that the purpose of nurse-to-nurse handoff was to make the oncoming nurse an expert on the pt. I don't know about you, but even if I receive what I consider to be a "good" report, I still don't know a lot about the pt, and I'm pr...

7. 8s vs 12s and the evening shift

   yoga pants replied to PCnurse88's topic in New Nurse

   I would rather work a 12 than an 8 any day! That 4 extra hours goes a long way - you have a lot more time to get stuff done. I'm not sure where you're from, but I have to drive through a big city to get to work and I rarely have any traffic problems ...

8. New grad

   yoga pants replied to OUxPhys's topic in Neuro

   I was told by some people to start in med surg, and others to start in ICU. I was offered a position on a med surg floor and in an ICU, and I took the ICU job without a second thought. If you're offered a job in the ICU and that's what you want to do...

9. Be honest please, Am I Kray Kray?

   yoga pants replied to cee cee g's topic in General Students

   Learning spanish will definitely benefit you in your future practice, but I wouldn't take any non-nursing classes while you're in nursing school if you can help it. Nursing school is very different than the pre-req classes. Not only does it require a...

10. Pathophysiology

    yoga pants replied to SunkissedRN2b's topic in General Students

    I would wait to take patho until after you've taken A&P 2 and micro. IMO, you need to have a pretty good understanding of the human body to really be successful in that class.

11. Please, need HELP and Advice

    yoga pants replied to brokenursingstuden's topic in General Students

    I would definitely continue! Since it's only you're first semester you still have the rest of nursing school to get your GPA up. I think at this point you should just focus on getting your GPA above a 3.0, which you will probably be able to do if you...

12. Question about METOPROLOL!

    yoga pants replied to xiongmao's topic in Medications

    I mean, while it's not an ideally worded order and not an order I've necessarily seen written before, it makes sense to me, especially considering the pt's history. I'm assuming if this is PRN the pt is already on a scheduled antihypertensive? Especi...

13. Plum Pump Air In Chamber Or BackPrime?

    yoga pants replied to 909Martha's topic in Medications

    I would do what the previous poster said - grab another bag of maintenance fluid, squeeze the chamber, and back prime. And I would probably set VTBI to like 30-40 so I have time to grab another bag.

14. Furosemide & KCl

    yoga pants replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Medications

    Why isn't the nurse worried about it? That is a lot of lasix, but maybe she knows something you don't know (like the pt's K+ level) or like a previous poster said, has orders for prn lyte replacement or a sliding scale lyte replacement protocol.

15. Parkland SICU Residency

    yoga pants replied to TWU80's topic in Texas

    Unless they change things up before the july residency, ER and all the ICUs are together for the residency classes, so I'm sure ya'll will see quite a bit of each other!