ERRN5778

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1. Howdy!!!!!!!

   ERRN5778 replied to almostrecruited's topic in Texas

   Hey Dreamon, I am orignially from New York, Westchester County to be exact....and I live in Corpus Christi.. I've been to San Antonio and Houston...and this is what I can tell you...you'll probably like Houston more than San Antonio...Houston has a ...

2. Howdy!!!!!!!

   ERRN5778 replied to almostrecruited's topic in Texas

   Hello, I am from south texas, Corpus Christi, to be exact, I'm 25 and work on a Tele unit...been an RN for 1 year...

3. "foreign" objects?

   ERRN5778 replied to mollyB's topic in General Nursing

   I heard this story from a friend of mine who used to be a paramedic.....they got a call to this guy's house and found out that a shampoo bottle got stuck in some place it shouldn't be...his explanation as to how it got there...."I slipped in the show...

4. First Year As A Registered Nurse

   ERRN5778 replied to ERRN5778's topic in New Nurse

   My first year as a RN.... Well I remember when I first started, I was overwhelmed with taking care of 6 patients (now it's okay). Everyone kept on telling me, "You'll find your routine don't worry..." and I have, I've learned how to prioritize my p...

5. First Year As A Registered Nurse

   ERRN5778 posted a topic in New Nurse

   This September will complete the first year that I will be working as an RN. I am just curious as to see what everyone else's first year as an RN was like.

6. How long did the NCLEX take you?

   ERRN5778 replied to vaughanmk's topic in New Nurse

   2 hours for 75 questions and I passed.

7. Did anyone do the Kaplan online course

   ERRN5778 replied to peaceful2100's topic in New Nurse

   I took the Kaplan Course at a facility....and I suggest you do the same only because you can get "into the groove" of studying when you see others study. But anyway, as far as the course goes, I didn't think the lecture was at all helpful because at...

8. are you on anti-depressants?

   ERRN5778 replied to 1996RN's topic in General Nursing

   Passing thru, I think it's time for you to refresh your memory on what depression entails and how it can be managed. Depression if you recall is most of the time genetic and therefore one can't just snap out of it. Would you say that to a cancer ...

9. Got To Vent! I really hate Cell phones!

   ERRN5778 replied to Totone656's topic in General Nursing

   My boyfriend and I recently found a way to quiet those people who feel the need to speak loudly into their cell phones......join them in their conversation! They may look at you badly but I guarentee that they will lower their tone of voice!

10. Got To Vent! I really hate Cell phones!

    ERRN5778 replied to Totone656's topic in General Nursing

    Cell phones are my BIGGEST pet peeve on the tele floor i work on....sometimes i just want to tell the patients family members, "Can you NOT read the 20 "Do NOT USE CELL PHONES" signs that are strategically posted everywhere on this unit!!!

11. Where do you nurse?

    ERRN5778 replied to beckymcrn's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a hospital on a tele floor...here we handle everything from heart cath patients to CEAs, pre and sometimes post CABG, to r/o MI to CHF, and every now and then med surg type patients:)

12. Bullies in the workplace

    ERRN5778 replied to Milehighnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I have had similar experiences from which I think I have been a vicitim of being bullied. For one, while I was getting report about a particular patient from another nurse, this patient had just gotten new onset of Afib HR 150s, was febrile, and anx...

13. doctors and their "confused" patients

    ERRN5778 replied to Anagray's topic in Cardiac

    hi anagray, i've had a similar situation happen to me, i was taking care an elderly woman was very sick....blood work was done and so were other tests...well it turned out that this patient was in renal failure...md found out, literally went into th...

14. I passed the NCLEX!! YIPPEE!!

    ERRN5778 replied to xantha31669's topic in New Nurse

    Congrats Lori! I remember last year when i learned that i passed my boards, i wrote my name over and over again each time ending in RN!!!

15. studying 4 NCLEX....AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!

    ERRN5778 replied to warhawk's topic in New Nurse

    hi warhawk this time LAST year i was in the same boat as you...i acutally took my boards on monday july 28 at 745am (yeah they really made that much of an impact on me)...anyway...i know what you are going through...all i can say is, take your time ...