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We always use alcohol pads, comes right off. Good luck.

I took acls for the first time in March. I had been working on the telemetry floor for about 10 months. I found that knowing how to interpret the EKG strips was a big help. I think if you review your rhythms, the easy ones and harder ones you will be ok. When you take the course make sure you pay close attention and study those algorithms. Good luck!:)

I agree with what the previous poster said, ignore it. It really isn't worth your time and all her lies will come back. I believe in karma. Good luck. :icon_hug:

I think it sounds like a good plan. Some colleges have a plan for students that are seniors in high school to take some of their pre reqs while still in high school and get on the waiting list a little earlier. You would have to check with the counsler though to find out if there are programs like this around where you live. Good luck.

A time share would be nice, but I would want to know other things like: 1. what is the patient/nurse ratio 2. what is the pay$$ 3. what is the schedule 4. what type of unit is it The time share just sounds too good to be true.

I work on a telemetry unit night shift and this happens a lot to us. We do not accept admits during shift change, so pts can be brought to our floor until 7 pm or 7 am. Between 7 and 7:30 we don't accept them though due to report. It is difficult when they bring patients and drop them off at 6:50 and we have so much left to do as far as paperwork goes. Good luck I know how frustrating it is.

I work on a tele unit and we have both pyxis and medication drawers. I do not pull multiple patient meds at once becaus I have to pull each drawer out and get their meds, pull up insulin, and get some of the narcotics they receive from pyxis. I am too afraid of making a med error by pulling out the wrong meds. The only advice I can give is to make sure you check your meds in the room next to the patient, armband and all.

I have been doing 12's for six months now and I love it. I get one four day weekend every four weeks, and work one weekend out of every four weekends. I usually work two days in a row during the week, but seldom work three in a row unless I make it that way. Five days eight hours would probably burn me out. After working two twelve hour shifts in a row I am ready to have a day off, so I could not imagine five in a row. Hope this helps.

I agree with everyone else. This looks bad on you if you decide to do it. If the job is anything like when I started my job your first two weeks will be mostly learning about things like HIPPA and disaster preparedness and basically what is and isn't policy. You won't actually start on the floor as a nurse for about a month, that is if they do things the way my employer does them. So, I don't think you will really have an idea if you will like the job or not for a month or so. I had two job offers and took the one that I thought would be a good fit for me, the place I felt most comfortable at. Good luck. :icon_cheesygrin:

when i talk to patients about things like lab values, i make sure not to diagnose them. for instance i had a patient with a positive troponin level and it was around 10 at night. i called the doctor the results and received new orders for her. i had to tell the patient why she was getting a new medication, but i just explained that her troponin was high and this is what the doctor had ordered. she wanted to know a little more about an elevated troponin so i printed her the patient education papers on troponin levels and what they mean. the next morning the doctor rounded around 7 am and she received his diagnosis. when it comes to patients that are unable to respond, i always double check to see who is the power of attorney or listed on the list of who i can give information to. i have had a few occasions where the person asking isn't allowed to know anything. i am sure you will do a great job as a nurse. good luck.

you have to do what you want to do. this is one time when you can't ask someone else what you should do, because you are the one who will have to go into work everyday and face your job. if nursing is your true passion, then go for it. everyone else will get on board just give them time. they don't have to live with this decision, you do. good luck!

I had a hard time studying for the NCLEX too. I don't like to read, never really have been big on it. Here is how I studied. I had some NCLEX review flash cards, which worked for me. I would study for small amounts of time then take breaks. I knew I was ready when I could get at least an 80% on my flash cards consistently. I just would pick out randomly twenty cards, the ones I got wrong I would put into a pile. If I got something wrong I wanted to know why so I would look up the information on that. It worked for me. Just remember 90% of the things we worry about do not happen. Good luck.

good luck! my thoughts are with you. go out and have some ice cream that always makes me feel better when i am stressed.

We have a doctor who is known for being rude. He had been paged one night for a hgb 6.5 and a couple of other things. When you page this doctor he doesn't usually call unless you page three or four times. Well he was finally reached, orders received. Two hours later he called back from the earlier pages, so the nurse asked for some pain medication because he didn't want the doctor to get upset since he hadn't paged him again. Later on the doctor needed to be paged for another critical lab and another patient had some issues going on. He told the nurse that he had been paged countless times for not good reasons and these things could wait. When the higher ups confronted him about his behavior (because we did an incident report for his behavior) he said we called for a tylenol order. Anyway, doctors can be very mean and I am not sure why when they know we are looking out for their patient's best interest. The way I look at it is I am here for the patient and he can be angry at me all he wants I will call if I have to. Good luck!

i graduated in march. nursing school was the hardest thing i have ever done, and just started back in aug. for my bsn. i have five children and my husband is in the military and deploys a lot. graduating was hard and i wanted to quit many times. here is how i did it. i told myself that when i graduated it would be worth it and no one could take it away from me. i made a schedule of when to study and when to clean, the kids even had a schedule of when to clean and do things and we stuck to it. i worked when i could, and my family helped out a lot. they babysat for me and would keep the kids for me when i had big tests or clinicals early in the morning (what a life saver). i think if you put your mind to it you can do anything. good luck!!!!