NJNursing ASN, RN

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    at my wits end

    NJNursing replied to extraordinary067's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I felt this way starting in Maternity right after being a new grad. However they were nice to my face and back stabbing behind my back which sucked even more because I had that false sense of...
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    ASN the "easier" route to RN

    NJNursing replied to mydee's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I agree with the above. It took me 4 years at a cc to get my ASN. It could have taken me 3 if I had gone full time from the start. The pre-req's take a good year by themselves and then the...
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    Wanting to change specialities

    NJNursing replied to kenesha212002's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'd do the internship program, personally. There is SOOOO much to learn about L & D. The post-partum part I think is the easiest. Labor is harder, but with your CCU experience it'll help with...
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    Pill That Eliminates the Period Gets Mixed Reviews

    NJNursing replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I took Seasonale for a while - the whole quarterly period thing. It was great at first - Didn't have a period for 3 months, but then after I got that period, I continued to have spotting. I continued...
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    antibiotic schedules

    NJNursing replied to dayshiftnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I typically see Vanco at q 12, Zosyn at q 8, Levaquin q 8, Zitrhromax at either q12 or q 24 (depending on severity of infection), Ancef q 6 or q 8. As for timing it, if they're a post-op I'll time...
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    Intellidot

    NJNursing replied to nightnurse7's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our hospital is also considering the Intellidot system to start later this year or early next
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    Depo-Provera

    NJNursing replied to BowlerRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I had a friend who spent 18 months on the depo shot and also had spotting after ending it. She did eventually get back to regular periods, but not until after 9 months or so off of
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    Most RN's first borns?

    NJNursing replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    An only child, so I guess that does make me 1st born. No alcoholism in my parents. My aunt was an alcoholic, but my parents pretty much kept me away from her for the most part. I was, however, a...
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    Best footwear for Nurses

    NJNursing replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in General Nursing

    I don't recommend Nursemates at all. Everyone I know who ever has owned a pair (including myself) said that it's nice for about 2 weeks and then there's no arch support. I myself have a pair of Nike...
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    discouraged

    NJNursing replied to beba42's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    If you're really adamant, I agree with the others - the squeaky wheel does eventually get greased and sometimes they just see so many applicants that it all blends together after a while. Keep...
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    Fingerprint Question NJBON

    NJNursing replied to luv2yoga's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Oh goodness no. I graduated May 27th and I took my NCLEX on July 13th. I could have had a quicker date, but I took the Kaplan course first and wanted time after that was done to study extra. I had...
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    What did u buy your first year of nursing?

    NJNursing replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't really "splurge" on anything except necessities. I paid off a lot of bills, paid back a lot of family that helped to support me while I was in school. I went to a lot of doctors on health...
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    Starting night shift...

    NJNursing replied to samarooni's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree with the above poster. I made the shift from nights to days and I like it but I hate it. I like it because like the above, I'm soooo not a morning person and I had a heck of a hard time...
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    Report from Recovery Room

    NJNursing replied to sharann's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We get verbal report and if there's any additional questions I ask when they bring the pt up and then I typically read through the intraoperative and pacu reports just for any additional
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    What exactly is a pyxis?

    NJNursing replied to TraumaGirl1018's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I LOVE the Pyxis. It's very user friendly and much easier than the old-fashioned med carts I encountered at one hospital unit. Basically all hospitals here have a pyxis machine. You touch screen...
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    method to give lovenox

    NJNursing replied to Purple Princess's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I also find giving it more laterally than towards the center helps as
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    hello! ... IN NEED OF AN EXTERNSHIP! is it too late????

    NJNursing replied to KristenCarrollNJ's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    You'd be hard pressed to find an internship this late. I know all of the hospitals in Mercer County start looking for interns in February/March and all decisions are made by at least late March if...
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    Interview this Friday at Virtua-Mt. Holly

    NJNursing replied to alexillytom's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Oh good, they upped it to be more competative. I think my friend works on one of the stokes
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    Interview this Friday at Virtua-Mt. Holly

    NJNursing replied to alexillytom's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I was going to go there, but they offered one of the least amount of money which last May was $22-24 an hour. One of my classmates got a job there right before their strike and she said that she...
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    discouraged

    NJNursing replied to beba42's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I tried to get a job as a unit secretary when I started my nursing clinicals and I also found it hard to get a job. After getting hired as a nurse, I found out from someone in HR that they don't like...
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    Anyone in my predictament? What are your chances of getting in?

    NJNursing replied to rujason79's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Everywhere has high demands on nursing programs. Everyone knows that everyone is hiring and that hospitals are paying pretty good money these days. I was lucky to get in before it really got hot and...
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    Fingerprint Question NJBON

    NJNursing replied to luv2yoga's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I only did this last year and I'm already having a brain fart of the order I did everything in. I graduated, then send in the money to Pearson-Vue and the State. Then I got something from the state...
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    Charge nurses?

    NJNursing replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I've never seen the charge nurse precept new grads where I work - not on any unit. I never even seen it at the hospitals I did clinicals at
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    Cold sores & stress

    NJNursing replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    I swear by Valtrex. Whenever I feel that soreness before it erupts, I call the dr. and they give me four 1 gram pills. I take 2 immediately then 2 more 12 hours later and that knocks it out before...
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    Fingerstick Glucose Testing-Do Alcohol Wipes Interfere w/ Results?

    NJNursing replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    I always carry with me 1 alcohol wipe, 1 cotton ball, the monitor with the strip already in it and the sharp. I wipe with the alcohol, dry with one side of the cotton ball, poke, get the blood then...