rosstat2

rosstat2 specializes in medical/surgical.

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1. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

   rosstat2 replied to madwife2002's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for this support stickie, I am a new grad nurse going on 6 months on a med/surg floor and still feel overwhelmed. We have team nursing where we have 10 pts., 5 of them are RN pts and the other 5 go to the LVNs but I am still in charge of all 1...

2. RN Follow Up Visit

   rosstat2 replied to rosstat2's topic in Home Health

   Thanks Cookie102, I called my agency and was told to discharge her from my care as she is no longer homebound. Thank you for your advise. Now I just have fill out the oasis. :typing Have a great day.

3. RN Follow Up Visit

   rosstat2 posted a topic in Home Health

   Hi everyone, I have a question. I'm new to HH and just started seeing this pt. The first 7 days, I had to see her for IV antibiotic therapy. Then she was to be seen by an LVN after the IV therapy was done, but she refused and requested me to do the f...

4. If I can't handle medical, am I weak?....

   rosstat2 replied to RN_Newbie's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for this post. I too am a newbie RN. I am on a med/surg floor with team nursing and TPC. When I have Team Nursing, I have a total of 10 patients and if my LVN is not from my floor but a floater, I have to assess and chart on 10 patients. As f...

5. ready to quit

   rosstat2 replied to mark3274's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for all the advise here. I am a new grad and I too work in a med/surg unit with 8-10 patient ratios . We do team nursing, but even with team nursing, I still have to assess all 8-10 patients that night, give ivp pain meds, charting, etc. It ca...

6. New Grad Orientation - How Long...

   rosstat2 posted a topic in New Nurse

   ]Hi everyone, ]Just wanted to find out what is a typical time frame for new grad orientation at other hospitals. I am in california and I am working in a med/surg unit which I previously worked on under my IPN. When I passed my RN boards this April 2...

7. New Grads And Homecare Visits

   rosstat2 replied to carthier68's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry about my post. Trying to type too fast and did not proofread.:loveya:

8. New Grads And Homecare Visits

   rosstat2 replied to carthier68's topic in New Nurse

   I live in California and I also want to work home health, but everyone company I have called has told me home health RN's must have a year's experience before they can do home healthy. I don't know what state you are in (forgot to look), but this is ...

9. Third night of orienting...needed to vent

   rosstat2 replied to rosstat2's topic in New Nurse

   I work on a med/surg floor. Acuities run from 3-4. My duties are IV's IVPB and pushes, do new admits, update charting, call mds as needed. The LVNs give po meds and dressing changes, accu checks, call meds regarding BS. The techs are vs, passing out ...

10. Third night of orienting...needed to vent

    rosstat2 posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi everyone, Appreciate a little input. I am a new grad nurse and on my second week of orienting. Started my third night this Friday (yesterday) with a preceptor. We had a total of 9 pts., with an LVN, and nurse tech. My preceptor told me I was read...

11. New to Home Health.... many ?'s

    rosstat2 replied to NewEnglandRN's topic in Home Health

    Hi, I'm new to home care and discovered this site. What I want to know is: 1. Does the company give you supplies or do you have to purchase them? 2. Did anyone start out with a preceptor for orientation and how low did did the orientation last? Any ...

12. Used Suzanne's Plan and passed!

    rosstat2 replied to mariposamimi's topic in NCLEX

    Congratulations!

13. I failed NCLEX for the #rd time please Help

    rosstat2 replied to lady lucy's topic in NCLEX

    I failed the NCLEX my first time (190 questions) using the Hurst Review. Some of my classmates used the Hurst review and passed, but Hurst just did not work for me. Then I went on the allnurses website and read about Suzanne's Plan. Followed her st...

14. I Failed Nclex Again...

    rosstat2 replied to cubano30's topic in NCLEX

    Suzanne, Received your pm. Oops a little ---> :brnfrt: regarding copyright laws. Again thank you. :bowingpur

15. I Failed Nclex Again...

    rosstat2 replied to cubano30's topic in NCLEX

    i too failed the exam on my first try. then i found out about ms. suzanne's plan and used this to study for my second time. thank you a million times ms suzanne!! i also used the following strategies from kaplan. some of these strategies do work fo...