nightshifter

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1. Bilingual nursing

   nightshifter replied to mamy's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an area that hosts seasonal migrant workers, most of whom are Spanish-speaking. The only Spanish I know I learned from Sesame Street, and that doesn't take me very far. I have had a couple of funny experiences with Spanish-speaking pts. On...

2. double checking insulin doses

   nightshifter replied to pjhopfer's topic in General Nursing

   I work med-surg in southern Illinois. The only things we double-check are blood products, narc wastes, chemo, and nurse preparation of IV piggyback meds (not IV push). On one hand, I like the idea of double-checking everything because it would have ...

3. Nclex Result Poll

   nightshifter replied to lesliee's topic in General Nursing

   I also shut down at 75 and passed, but I know a lot of people who have taken all kinds of odd numbers. I do know one person who had to take the maximum number of questions and still passed. It's sort of a craps shoot. Try not to stress (ha!), what's ...

4. my first day as RN

   nightshifter replied to vampyreg's topic in General Nursing

   I feel for you. I graduated at the top of my class only to discover I really didn't know anything at all (at least it felt that way at first!). I was terrified at first as well - I used to say a little silent prayer on my way to work every day that I...

5. new grad in ICU.?!

   nightshifter replied to spitfire's topic in MICU

   Hi! Congrats on passing! I work on a busy med-surg unit, working straight nocs now, but have done day/noc rotation. I haven't worked ICU, but I can tell you that as a new grad, it might actually be less stressful to only have two very acute patients,...

6. CAN ANYONE SPARE AN ENCOURAGING WORD?

   nightshifter replied to MICH's topic in General Nursing

   Biscuit, I have been an RN for three years. I changed careers to nursing from banking, and I have to laugh when I remember why I thought nursing would be a good career choice. I basically thought "Well, I have a strong stomach, and how hard can it be...