Laurenslovely

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1. Help with taking/giving report!!

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you!!!!!! This will help so much! I appreciate it a lot :}

2. Help with taking/giving report!!

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you! Yes... I am a visual person too. That's a problem in the morning because I haven't seen the patients and hearing report on them w/o seeing them first throws me off. I guess I have to learn to get around that. You gave me a good outline th...

3. Help with taking/giving report!!

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you Tait!! I think I need to practice... Maybe to myself or nursing school friends.

4. Help with taking/giving report!!

   Laurenslovely posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi... I just started my preceptorship (shadowing) on a cardiac floor of of a busy NYC hospital and I'm a month until graduation. One thing I'm not so good at and nervous about having to do is give and take report, but everything else is going well. I...

5. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

   I do want to take ACLS, PALS, TNCC. A nurse in the ER I was shadowing suggested I take the classes b/c hospitals prefer not to pay to send you and it would be a bonus if I took them on my own. I don't mind continuing education. I hear you on the lear...

6. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

   Hi... I'm in NYC, but I am from CA (bay area). I have a lot of RN friends over there who received their ADN and still don't have jobs years later!! Its hard to believe! I don't think there is very much diff in ADN and BSN, but I hope BSN will help me...

7. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you @ fmxkrazyone. I had a clinical professor tell me you don't really get comfortable for 5 years... So I think what your going through is normal. I was the same, not wanting to work on a med surg floor, but I think it is the most realistic "c...

8. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

   Thank you! Yay... That is SO good to hear! I'm so ready to be out of this never ending program!!! I forgot what life is like w/o this stress! Praying to be done-- in a few weeks!!! :}

9. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

   Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

   Hi Christine, I haven't had a day off either, between family tragedies and nursing school. I don't believe it will be this stressful even when I do have a job. Thank you, I look forward to breathing as well. :}

10. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

    Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

    Yes, I definitely will be planning a vaca!!

11. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

    Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

    Thank you!!! I definitely know it is not stress-free being a nurse, I am just so ready to be done with this program. It does seem intimidating to have patients of my own (on my own), but I will do my best and I feel so privileged to be given that res...

12. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

    Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Stress 101

    Thank you!!! Ya I have those nightmares too... I wake up worried about tests and studying, I really do think it belongs in the category of PTSD! Now I just can't really believe it may soon be over!

13. Did you have more stress FREE TIME after you graduated? What did you do?

    Laurenslovely posted a topic in Stress 101

    I'm just curious... I never thought the end would be near ((2 weeks-- then preceptorship!!)) I've sacrificed taking care of myself (mentally and physically) SO MUCH in nursing school. Did life get better for you when nursing school wrapped up? Maybe ...

14. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    Thank you. He was put on Lovenox. It's true. I do have anger I'm trying to displace on the nurse. :-/ but after reading the responses, I see he was actually doing a good job, so I'm just going to focus on my dad now. I wouldn't want to stress him wit...

15. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    Laurenslovely replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    Aww... Thank you :~} I wouldn't actually report him. I'm just wasn't sure correct procedure with IV's. I know it really does take intuition to be a nurse. He did make my dad relax a bit. :)