Ruadh

Ruadh

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Ruadh has 4 years experience.


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  1. New grad RN, absolutely hate nursing

    I wholeheartedly agree with “Everline”—-nursing is stressful and at times exhausting, as are most jobs. One aspect that sets nursing apart from other careers is the satisfaction you gain from helping another person. When you put their mind at ease ...
  2. vivitrol injection

    To Aleonard13: I don’t think the 2 comments given knew the actual med you were referring to...Vivitrol does NOT come as a “prefilled syringe”, cannot be drawn with a filter needle and ideally should be placed in the ventrogluteal muscle. I’ve been ad...
  3. I recently began working in our county clinic and am giving many IM injections. Not only in the deltoid, but for meds that require injection into a larger muscle & instruct either dorsogluteal or ventrogluteal placement. Of course, we were always...
  4. Conflicting opinion

    Thank you for that great suggestion, 'Canoehead'. It is a little awkward for sure, although we gotta' do what's right now don't we? Currently, there is no other RN on the floor so at the time, I couldn't ask another colleague AND I didn't want to c...
  5. Conflicting opinion

    Need some advice on PPD reading. I've placed 100's of PPD's in LTC with most having been negative---some with minimal redness, but rarely induration. Fast forward to my new job in a public health clinic. I'm working with my supervisor who has many...
  6. Hey All! I'm here working on my C229 (WGU's Community Field Work) and would like to know if anyone out there has ever be "audited" by their course mentor and what that entails. Some of the phone #'s I have to supply are somewhat generic and I'm not...
  7. Thank you, "BUYER BEWARE': I needed a good laugh today. "I never feel smart enough to be a nurse, only dumb enough. Sorry if not right answer". .....Ha Ha Ha, ain't that the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!
  8. (In regards to Kimdesiree's message): I really think at times we can all say we've had moments of self doubt. I've been an RN for only 2 years and had that creeping feeling on & off through nursing school and beyond. But, I must tell you that ...
  9. not able to pass

    Ten times! You must have nerves of steel. I did Kaplan, Saunders & Hurst prior to NCLEX. Try different angles. Kaplan was classroom, Saunders was practice questions and I listened to Hurst audio as I'd go on long walks. Kinda' drummed it int...
  10. Terminated After Two Months!!

    As a 'second career nurse' I spent about 1 1/2 years in LTC. You learn prioritizing, juggling, multi-tasking and consistency, all of which are attributes you'll need as a nurse wherever you go. You learn to manage your time and ways to NOT forget t...
  11. Well, that's the trick "Samari2"....there is NO sample paper. Unless you have a Facebook account (which I don't)---then I believe you can join WGU on Facebook and supposedly there's a sample paper there.... good luck!
  12. I finished it last month and even though it seemed endless, when I look back it was just time consuming--oh! and confusing as heck at times too. But, basically what you want to do is go through the assignment step-by-step and answer each area to the ...
  13. Thank you for your insight, "TheCommuter". The cheating angle didn't actually occur to me. When I did my ADN program they always supplied an example paper for us to get a better idea of the format they wanted used. This WGU project has extensive, ...
  14. Anyone out there willing to forward the Task 1 from Facebook for WGU's "Community Health & Population" class ? I know it's lame, but I've been living without Facebook this long and would REALLY like to keep it that way---all except for getting a...
  15. Death of a Dream

    I know just how you feel. At least about the "conditon" rearing it's ugly head when you least expect it. It certainly nerve wracking, no doubt. I try to take one day at a time, sometimes one moment at a time. You mentioned that you feel your epil...