shyne

shyne

Telemetry, Stepdown

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About shyne

shyne specializes in Telemetry, Stepdown.


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  1. What's In Your Pocket?

    pen marker candy chapstick cheat sheet hospital pager
  2. PT after Orientation?

    That would be up to your unit manager. Most places would like for new grads to start working full-time for the experience. Just ask your manager to see if it would be ok to switch to part-time.
  3. So are you staying where you are? ~A Poll

    I'm currently working on a medical floor and my year is up in August. I'm planning on looking for some outpatient surgery nursing positions.
  4. Night Nursing

    It's not hard for me because I'm a night person. Try darkening the room to keep the light out so you can sleep.
  5. I work in another town so I haven't been in touch with any of my classmates in awhile. However, I've heard of a few people switching jobs already. I have been on my job for the entire time, 8 months.
  6. I've graduated last May from nursing school and have been working on a stepdown/tele floor for almost 8 months now. I've been interested in impatient PACU and outpatient recovery since observing these areas during nursing school. I've have heard fro...
  7. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

    1:4 and 1:5 on a stepdown floor
  8. Need a little bit of positive...

    I felt the same way when I started orientation. I thought that I could never manage without my preceptor, but I am so far. I've been off orientation for a week now and surprised on how well I'm doing. I still have a long way to go and will ask a lot ...
  9. Dayshift vs. Nighshift

    I think it all depends on if the person is a night or day person. I'm a night person so it works out great for me. Day shift was too busy and hectic, but what made it worse was that I came into work with only 1 hour of sleep. Now that I'm working nig...
  10. Let's introduce ourselves...

    I'm Tracy and I've graduated from an ADN program this past May. I took the boards in June and passed which makes me a RN! In Sept, I will be working on a Nephrology floor at a great hospital that has a three month new grad orientation. I'm very nervo...
  11. Anybody actually like nursing school?

    I liked it and was excited in the beginning, but hated it towards the end. I just wanted to get it over after that.
  12. The Verdict Is In!!

    Congrats! I knew that you would pass it!!!!
  13. I did it!!

    Thanks everyone!! Good luck to everybody else who is taking the test as well!!
  14. Scores on Practice Tests

    I wouldn't besides a lot of people seemed to have those same scores before they took the test.
  15. Taking The Nclex-rn Tomorrow 7/15

    Just relax and don't do anymore studying. Good luck to you and I'm sure that you'll do fine!