ExTechie

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1. How Long is your New Grad Orientation at your facility?

   ExTechie replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   We had 4 weeks of classroom and 2 weeks on the floor with a preceptor for an extremely high acuity med-surg floor. Not nearly enough in my opinion. Should have been 2 weeks classroom and 4 weeks with a preceptor. I came off orientation kicking and...

2. Multiple Sclerosis

   ExTechie replied to kmrmom42's topic in Disabilities

   Ok - some wonderful posts. So....my burning question is does working an extremely stressful, demanding position in nursing lend to worsening of symptoms or bring on flare-ups? If I chose a really low-key position with less stress would I actually b...

3. Multiple Sclerosis

   ExTechie replied to kmrmom42's topic in Disabilities

   Karen: I am sorry to hear about your MS. I was also diagnosed during nursing school and felt like my life ended. I am 42, graduated in May/07, have two kids 19 and 22. The hardest part is not knowing what I am capable of. I was terrified t...

4. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

   ExTechie replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

   Update: I spoke with my clinical trainer (responsible for orientation) before I went to work yesterday and told her what my night before had been like and that the level of acuity is too high for me...(based on the training I have received thus far)....

5. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

   ExTechie replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

   I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate your responses. Thank you so much. I need to get in the shower for work and try to decide how to proceed!!!!

6. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

   ExTechie replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

   Let me clarify that....two weeks of shadowing on the floor. 6 additional weeks sitting in a classroom learning about hospital policy, advance directives, paperwork stuff, policies and procecures, protocols, etc.

7. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

   ExTechie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Desperately seeking advice. I am a new RN and started on a Med-Surg floor that is extremely high acuity and bariatric. As new orientees, were promised "hand-holding", shadowing, and "support" from charges and floor nurses to gain the skills necessa...

8. Disturbing to anyone else???? NEED HELP.

   ExTechie replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

   BIG clarification. Thanks Timothy - it is anticholinergic drugs. I apologize!!! Well, I have taken the majority of your advice and while she reaches new heights in unprofessionalism (especially for a Nurse Practitioner), I am choosing to lay low. ...

9. Disturbing to anyone else???? NEED HELP.

   ExTechie posted a topic in General Students

   Last week in our first 4 hour lecture with our Psych instructor (2nd yr NS) she apologized up front if she offends anyone because she is used to letting the "F" word fly and hopes it won't be a problem. She also told us a simple way to remember the S...

10. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    ExTechie replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

    Thank you so much for the response and for posting the sites. At least now I have some actual calculations to practice. We were given one sheet but I have already memorized the answers!

11. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    ExTechie replied to ExTechie's topic in General Students

    Thank you so much for the replies. My contention isn't with the fact that we have to pass the math, I agree how important it is...it is the fact that we aren't given any instruction whatsoever and they keep changing the wording and look of the tests...

12. Fail math exam and we are out!!!! Help!!!

    ExTechie posted a topic in General Students

    I am a second year nursing student with a new Director of Nursing. She has turned the program upside down and changed everything. She instituted a policy for 2nd year nursing students that we are given a proctored dose calc, iv calc, peds calc exam...

13. Do you have a diagnosis of mental illness?

    ExTechie replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree with disclosing. I have been looking for work and the first thing a prospective employer asks for is a physical. The physical shows my diagnosis of MS and I don't receive a call. I think they would do the same with bipolar. Employer...