cygni519

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1. One of your best moments in Med Surg is...

   cygni519 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I have two: Took care of a teenage girl in clinicals, really incredible experience for me.....about 6 months later in a local store I saw her mother....she updated me on the patient and turned to my...

2. unit secretary question

   cygni519 replied to scooter65's topic in General Nursing

   Our unit secretary answers call lights, processes orders (enters in the computer, faxes to pharmacy, copies them to nurses), files lab reports, etc. into charts, answers unit telephones. They do not...

3. Bradley County Area questions

   cygni519 replied to kararn's topic in General Nursing

   Hey Penny.... I am really liking Ortho, enjoy the people I work with and I swear I learn something new every day....LOL!!! The ONE thing is being cancelled because of low census.....and since it is...

4. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

   cygni519 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am an LPN and in my hospital I can take VO/TO, hang blood, do IV push meds, access central lines, initiate and D/C foley's. Hanging blood, IV push and accessing central lines cannot be performed by...

5. The weekend that blew up

   cygni519 replied to newnurse51's topic in First Year After Licensure

   First let me send you hugs and prayers...... I am also a new nurse, and made a crazy med error with Morphine a few weeks ago and I posted about it here and received alot of support and great advice....

6. HSV and working.. need some help

   cygni519 replied to tmp1936's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hi, I am sorry you are feeling so apprehensive when this should be one of the happiest times of your life.....about to graduate AND expecting a precious bundle of joy. My advice is to really look at...

7. Feeling like a failure (long)

   cygni519 replied to cygni519's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am starting to realize that I am probably harder on myself than anyone else will be.....and the fact that people I don't even know have given me such wonderful advice and encouragement moves me...

8. Feeling like a failure (long)

   cygni519 replied to cygni519's topic in First Year After Licensure

   THANK YOU BOTH.....SO MUCH.....I have resolved to make sure that every IV push med is double checked by another nurse for awhile......and to triple check my order against the pyxis against the...

9. Feeling like a failure (long)

   cygni519 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   This is so hard.......but here goes. I am a new LPN, just completing my 3rd week of Orientation at a busy hospital. Last night I made a med error and feel like my spirit is broken. It was 7:10p and...

10. I'm feeling dumb........

    cygni519 replied to FreshRN05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I TOTALLY SYMPATHIZE because I feel the EXACT same way......last week I had a very tearful drive home for this very reason. I am not confident in my technical skills....my clinicals in school were at...

11. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I honestly didn't read the booklets.....they bored the heck out of me, but I did do my tests and our teachers made us re-take them to get to a 100% passing rate....which REALLY helped.....My pre-test...

12. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My instructors told me they would be worried if we came out feeling confident that we passed......LOL. I also felt as though my questions were from the outfield somewhere and my teacher told me "that...

13. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe that it helped me, and our instructors strongly believe that the ATI scores are a reliable indicator of who will pass boards the first time, and for the past 2 years they have been using the...

14. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    To: Thally Our class did the ATI system during school and finished with a Comprehensive Exit

15. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    To: oldernrsgstudent My classmates and I all had near nervous breakdowns over the NCLEX, but we passed......I wish you luck and wish you didn't have to wait SO long.....we only had to wait for 2 days...