Xiomara

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1. Incident Reports

   Xiomara replied to RheatherN's topic in General Nursing

   I definitely think you need to pick your battles with the whole incident report issue. I come across things almost every day I could 'write up' if I wanted to. . . missed/forgotten medications, unbathed patients, writing the blood glucose from 2am a...

2. Will an RN accept an interview?

   Xiomara replied to ScottLytle's topic in General Nursing

   I am available for an interview, although it seems like you have enough candidates so far. I will be available by phone after 8pm ET tonight. (working shifts you see) Xiomara

3. CCRN help!

   Xiomara replied to Xiomara's topic in General Nursing

   Old Laura Gasparis videos I borrowed from a classmate, the AACN core curriculum, accompanying questions, and Gasparis' question book (also borrowed, and a few years old). I was a cardiac nurse before ICU. It's just that I'm surprised how I could be ...

4. judgemental nurses/students

   Xiomara replied to k_r_ah's topic in General Nursing

   Perhaps because the same 'critical thinking' that makes good nurses makes us extrapolate and assume things about the people we come in contact with. Perhaps because as nurses, we get burned by patients and their families on a daily bases, and it's o...

5. CCRN help!

   Xiomara posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am less than a week away from sitting for my CCRN. I have used up my extensions and can't procrastinate any more. I consider myself intelligent and a good test taker but am still getting many of the practice questions wrong. Any tips from those o...