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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!!!!

We place a sign above the bed that states no bp, or needle sticks in right or left arm. We also put a pink band on the arm that we are not able to use. For falls we place a magnet on the door that says moving safely, put a yellow band on them, and give them red slipper socks instead of the blue or tan ones. We use black and white striped bands for DNR and place a sign with an A on it if they are DNRCCA and a C if they are a DNR. For allergies we place a red band on an arm to let everyone know the patinet is allergic to something.Hope this helps. :welcome:

I hope this helps you!! Good luck.

I went to school full time with five children. My youngest was 2 when I actually started the nursing program. I went part time while I did my pre req's. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done. There is not much time for things you enjoy to do with your kids like movies and going out places, but the pay off in the end was worth it. My kids hated that I was gone and that when I was home I was studying or doing homework. But now that I am a nurse they are happy and I spend my days off doing things that we all enjoy. I hope everything works out for you. Good luck!!

Definitely not too late. I am 28, just graduated in March and have five kids. Life doesn't end when you are thirty. I don't think you are even close to old. A lot of people I graduated with were in there early 40's some in their 50's. Nursing is a great choice, if your heart is in it.

I just graduated from nursing school in March. I started out working three days a week but as school went on I found it harder and harder to manage study time and five children with a house. So we cut lots of things. We went to what we had to have. The kids no longer got to buy lunch at school because Mom packed peanut butter and jelly. We found lots of things we really didn't have to have but were nice and I also took out some student loans. I got lucky and found an employer that pays back all of my student loans. Don't give up on your dream. Good luck!

I know when I was interviewing for jobs they all asked hard questions. Ones that I couldn't come up with answers to before I got there, I really had to think on my feet. One question that really got me was, "Tell me about a time when the patient had an unfounded complaint." That was hard for me because to me everyone's complaints are right in their minds so how can I call it unfounded. Another one was, "Tell me what you would do if you didn't trust a co-worker, but had to ask them to do something for you." Those were just a couple of my job interview questions. I guess no real wrong or right answers just be honest. :)

I have worked with Alzheimer's patients for 8 years now and I love it. I don't mind the frustrating times as much because I know that I did my best to make their last days as good as possible. I can't seem to handle the full time five days in a row thing much anymore, I get frustrated like others have said. But you have those good moments when they say, "I know you." Or my favorite is, "Thank you so much for helping me." Because even though they have "memory problems" they still realize (sometimes) you are there to help. I think it is really rewarding.

I think getting A's is a good goal to set, but don't be upset if you don't obtain it. Nursing school is hard, hard work, a B is an awesome grade to get. C's are hard to obtain too. I think if you put your mind to it and you do your best you should be happy with your grade. Some quarters my grades are lower than the "smarter" people in the class, other times I do better than they do, so comparing yourself to the rest of the class isn't fair to you. Just keep on trying and those A's just may come! GOOD LUCK!:Santa1:

I have been a CNA for 8 years now. I graduate in March 07 with my ADN. The last 7 years I have worked with Alzheimer's patients and that has been wonderful. I think working as an aide has made nursing school easier clinically. I was not afraid to go in to a patient's room and say hi and introduce myself or give a bed bath. I think being an aide was a great tool for me going into school. GOOD LUCK to everyone!!:typing

nursing school to me has been really hard work, but worth it! it has been a journey that nobody can take away from me and the things i have learned. i am a mother of five, so nursing school has been a real challenge but well worth it. i graduate in 2 more quarters which is exciting!! i think the best things about nursing school are the people you meet, not just the friends you make but the lives you touch. the patients you see smile when you help them feel better and see them go home. those moments to me remind me why i want to be a nurse.