trgrahek

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1. After 15 years - I may be one more nurse to add to the shortage

   trgrahek replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, it is very difficult to accept giving up your life for "theirs" only to be rewarded by being forced to leave or the threat thereof. Each day many of us come in never knowing if today will be our last. I have worked for an organization for ove...

2. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

   trgrahek replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

   I have met several nurses that have married and supported their spouses during med school, residency, and/or established in their profession only to get burnt by divorce/separation for a another (usually new younger) partner. I only know of one nurs...

3. Kaplan Review-prestest...

   trgrahek replied to RNmaria's topic in NCLEX

   Hi Decartes-I did take the all day NCLEX review and used the CDs that came with it. That was it. As for the boards I envisioned myself sitting at the at the dining room table pretending it was only a "homework" assignment.

4. Kaplan Review-prestest...

   trgrahek replied to RNmaria's topic in NCLEX

   Hi, the testing does not mean a thing-all the practice pre-tests I took I failed and I was discouraged and very worried. When I took the boards I aced it in less than 45 mins. The tests are not a reliable source of whether one will pass or fail. G...

5. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

   trgrahek replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

   Gator RN, I was inpatient for a abscess (thanks to staff & Docs poor sterile technique and short cuts) that developed after abdominal surgery. I began to have chest pain, SOB, nausea during an MRI. I begged the tech to stop and his response was...

6. What's your holiday bonus?

   trgrahek replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   Last year $1200, this year $499.

7. I woke up during surgery, Have you?

   trgrahek replied to GatorRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have awakened twice, once during foot surgery and once during a D&C. During foot surgery it hurt and I said hey, I feel that and they put me back under. During the D&C it did not hurt and I jumped up stating that I had to get to work (brain...

8. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   trgrahek replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   decapitation from a boating accident...

9. Will they hire me?

   trgrahek replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

   I was there six months as an internship for critical care training and after seeing numerous short cuts, charting ahead of time, signing off meds before given, things like central line dsg chgs consisting of going in taking off the tegaderm and putti...

10. Will they hire me?

    trgrahek replied to fathernurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse Mike-have not read the entire forum-just happen to catch your last paragraph about staying calm. I worked for a short time in a cardiac step down unit and when things went bad I stayed calm and collected and took the necessary trained steps-ev...