andrea3434

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1. Help! Preceptor Issue

   andrea3434 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, major reading comprehension fail. That’s what I get for reading posts in the middle of the night?

2. Help! Preceptor Issue

   andrea3434 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I disagree. If you are on orientation you should have a preceptor available. I could see getting someone else to precept if your original went home. i don’t think it’s safe to leave a new Rn without a preceptor when still on orientation (isn’t that...

3. Am I Fit for Nursing?! HELP

   andrea3434 replied to reignbass's topic in Pre-Nursing

   You don’t have to be sweet and selfless to be a nurse. What you do need is a strong support system in order to get through nursing school with a baby. This doesn’t have to come from family. Also, it doesn’t matter what other people consider “real nu...

4. New Grad Nurse Anxiety PLS HELPPPP.

   andrea3434 replied to raaaachel's topic in General Nursing

   A good preceptor should not make you afraid to ask questions. do you have an educator on your unit or someone else you can talk to about this? I have a friend who requested a new preceptor. The original actually later apologized. I get not wanting...

5. New Grad LTC Med Pass Problems

   andrea3434 replied to Itswesley's topic in General Nursing

   Lol if you worked in a hospital you wouldn’t have to give 25 patients their meds! That was a ridiculous question from your DON.

6. I hate fake call outs.

   andrea3434 replied to KonichiwaRN's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital doesn’t give full annual raises for more than 4% call ins. Really cuts down on them I tell ya!

7. I was slapped by a patient

   andrea3434 replied to FNPStudentLife's topic in General Nursing

   Somehow the topic of reporting a patient to the police has never come up in any of my modules ?

8. Getting hired with no experience

   andrea3434 replied to romans8:28's topic in General Nursing

   True at my hospital as well. Not to mention group homes. Many of my aids either work side jobs or started at group homes for mentally challenged adults.

9. Advice from experienced nurses please

   andrea3434 replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Nursing

   I’ve only been a nurse for 7 months but I too feel like I’m drowning still. I swear it’s become worse in the past month. The issue with the aides is absolutely unacceptable. They don’t respect you. Have you asked other nurses on your unit if they a...

10. Advice please

    andrea3434 replied to ert01479's topic in General Nursing

    The only practice we got with IVs in nursing school was on fake arms. I've worked as an RN for 4 months now on a medical-oncology floor and have never started an IV. At our hospital we have an IV team that does all ivs except on labor and delivery....

11. I can't do it all (mom rant)

    andrea3434 replied to missmollie's topic in General Nursing

    My son (also fifth grade) has similar issues. It is draining and stressful. What helps is therapy (my husband and I alternate weeks taking him) that is both play and talk-based, a supportive school system, and medication (diagnoses ADHD and we lite...

12. NCLEX June 2018

    andrea3434 replied to sch19's topic in NCLEX

    Hey, you might want to edit. We aren't supposed to ask for copyrighted information and the mods have been deleting these types of posts.

13. NCLEX June 2018

    andrea3434 replied to sch19's topic in NCLEX

    I took mine today. My stopped at 101, I had 25 select all that apply, no ecg and only a couple of med questions. No dosing calc or delegation which surprised me. Got the good pop up about 3 hours after I finished. Good luck everyone!

14. Where are all the nursing jobs?

    andrea3434 replied to neurogirl77's topic in Career Support

    Minnesota is awesome. I moved here from Colorado 10 years ago and I'd never go back.

15. Where are all the nursing jobs?

    andrea3434 replied to neurogirl77's topic in Career Support

    Or really anywhere in Minnesota. Most of my new grad class has been hired at good starting salaries.