Instead of “how did the patient do last night?” Ask a specific question, maybe a question about something that you are concerned about or that you need to understand better. That will show the nurse that you did do your research on the patient before...
I’ve taken both and there’s a lot of similarities. If you know CCRN stuff you will definitely pass PCCN. CCRN includes all that was tested in PCCN plus titratable drips, vents, ICP monitoring, invasive hemodynamic monitoring. PCCN was easier in my op...
Northern California (not Bay Area though). $70/hour. Other hospitals in the area pay up to $90/hour for same level of experience but don’t have the same benefits.
I live and work in Sacramento. I make roughly $63-66/hour depending the shift differencial I'm making that day. Just bought a 1600sq ft home for $375K. If you have money for the down payment you can do it. I am a single mom and was able to do it. But...
It seems to me you don't have a good understanding about the roles of an RN. You need to know all of this. Knowing pathophysiology is a must. Knowing how to do nursing skills is only one part of the job. Everyday physicians are asking for my input wh...
I'm so jealous to hear a lot of people get to pick the days they work! I have to work whenever they tell me I do get my schedule at least 2 weeks in advance but I never know which days I will work.
In my unit, new grads get 12 weeks of orientation and nurses with experience in med-surg or tele transferring to ICU get 6 weeks. 14 weeks seems a reasonable amount of time. With that being said... try and do your best not to leave so soon. It will ...
Wow that is a lot of studying. Good for you for the effort, it paid off. I took my NCLEX years ago. I did no studying the weeks before the test, passed with 75 questions too. I feel we all know the information - we all spent at least 2 years in nurs...
Why the patient is here; what has happened so far; what is the plan. Then important orders or things that need to be clarified. And any significant assessment findings. Then I answer any questions they might have and I do refer them to the pt's cha...
Yes it is doable. As long as you have some flexibility with your work schedule because you won't have with your nursing classes and clinical s. They will pick the days/times you need to be in the classroom and hospital and you need to work out everyt...
Nursing management that needs to be implemented: ask for a CBC, a lactic acid, BMP. Those are important pieces to the puzzle that will help figure out what is going on, otherwise you are pretty much just guessing around. Do something about that low B...