jules1326

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   jules1326 replied to BaByNuRsE07's topic in North Carolina

   Did you do any clinicals at either hospital? I did clinicals at Rex and hated every minute of it. The nurses were very anti-student, I figure if they could be that mean to students, they must have plenty of nursing help. This was about 9-10 years ago...

2. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

   jules1326 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree with what everyone posted here. As a matter of fact I would not printing out this entire post and having my "experienced" nurses read it. All the medication information is very true. My biggest pet peave is nurses who go into a room a...

3. How much do you pay in Tuition??

   jules1326 replied to madascanbeRNtobe's topic in General Students

   I have been out of school 9 years but at the community college I went to my most expensive semester was $202.

4. shift ends at 7, but you leave at 9? Why?

   jules1326 replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Nursing

   sometime there are things that you need to finish up, usually it is paper work of some type. Best advice I have for students and/or new nurses--Do not leave your charting till the end of your shift. For a couple of reasons 1st it is harder to chart ...

5. Pain Scores Effective or not

   jules1326 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   pain is subjective, it is what the patient says it is. I will try to re-explain the pain scale to my patients, especially if they say "10" and they are eating, laughing and watching tv. I ask them if I were to push on or hit the area that is hurting ...

6. salary

   jules1326 replied to KatieBell's topic in North Carolina

   I started at a new hospital between greensboro and charlotte with 6 years of experience, not a trauma center, at around 22.50/hour with raises at 6mos and 1 year. sign on bonus of $2500. hope this helps

7. working sick...need advice:)

   jules1326 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

   I learned a long time ago that going to work sick does no one any good. plus if you start to feel worse they wont let you leave. Ino longer feel guilty about calling out sick, but I do not call out sick unless I am sick and I do nothing except rest i...

8. Anyone new to WakeMed in Raleigh?

   jules1326 replied to EricG's topic in North Carolina

   I have worked at WakeMed for 11 years, I love it. I still travel about 2 hours every other week there to work casual. I will answer any questions you may have.