I've been a pediatric OR nurse in Columbus, Ohio for 8 years. The first 4 years I worked as a staff nurse. I was later promoted to specialty leader (I oversee all ophthalmology, oculoplastics, and neuro ophthalmology operations), which is the positio...
Emily Suzanne replied to Emily Suzanne's topic in Operating Room
Thank you all for the responses. I thought that what I did was the right thing. The nurse that I relieved felt otherwise--- and expressed her disapproval to management, but I'm in very good standing with the manager so nothing came of it. She is a yo...
Emily Suzanne replied to Emily Suzanne's topic in Operating Room
Thank you so much for your reply. Our policy (or any policy that I can find) states what to be done in my specific situation. The case hadn't yet started, but everything had already been counted. The timing was just so weird. The case was minutes fr...
The situation: As the relief RN, I came into the operating room at 1500. The case was a port placement and a nephrectomy. The supplies, instruments, etc, were opened and had already been counted by the previous team, but the case had not yet begun. P...
Emily Suzanne replied to umslalum's topic in Operating Room
Hi there! I haven't posted on this site since my NCLEX 3 years ago. Now that I have a little experience...maybe I can help. I'm an OR RN at a childrens hospital. It sounds like you're already off to such a great start. It's a good thing to be able t...
Emily Suzanne replied to april31099's topic in NCLEX
I signed up for the 3 week course 3 weeks before my NCLEX (passed by the way) and I thought the questions were some of the best and most challenging out there. (I did ONLY the questions, by the way...I did not read the outlines at all). The questions...
Emily Suzanne replied to racknroll's topic in NCLEX
All of the anxiety, insomnia, and worrying are part of what makes finding out that you passed (and you will pass) so much sweeter. Did you know that almost 90% of first time NCLEX-RN takers in the United States pass the first time? Odds are in your f...
Emily Suzanne replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX
Took my exam on Monday 02/15 and finished with 75 questions in 1.5 hours. Tried the Pearson Vue "trick" and got the "good pop up". Next afternoon got my official results on the BON website. PASSED. So it seems to be true! Like I think several people ...
Just wanted to post some thoughts on the HESI. Might be useful to anyone who is going through this (or is going to go through it). The CD that comes with the HESI book. Do it. Expect to score low on the practice CD. If you score in the 70's be very...
I just took the Hest Test (passed) and here are my thoughts... My school requires this exam 4th quarter with a passing score of 800 (in order to move forward to 5th quarter) and again 7th quarter with a passing score of 850 (in order to graduate). T...
Just wanted to see if I could get a little input from a few professionals. Just finished up an exam and there were 2 questions that were a little...questionable. I'll try to quote them from memory the best I can. 1) A new mother who is breast feeding...
This is my first post here, so hopefully I'm in the right place. If not...please, someone gently guide me the right direction. I'm a first year nursing student and am assigned to crease a nursing care plan (for the postpatrum patient). Part of out pl...