cygni519

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

   cygni519 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in Med-Surg

   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 13 yo daughter and said..."Your mother is wonderful...

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 take vitals but may occasionally go answer a call ...

3. Bradley County Area questions

   cygni519 replied to kararn's topic in Arkansas

   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 the ONLY floor I've worked at JRMC I must admit fee...

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 LPN's at the hospitals where I did my clinicals in...

5. The weekend that blew up

   cygni519 replied to newnurse51's topic in New Nurse

   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. I returned to work and my charge nurses, co-worker...

6. HSV and working.. need some help

   cygni519 replied to tmp1936's topic in New Nurse

   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 the benefits your facility offers, if they are re...

7. Feeling like a failure (long)

   cygni519 replied to cygni519's topic in New Nurse

   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 beyond words and I cannot express my gratitude enough ...

8. Feeling like a failure (long)

   cygni519 replied to cygni519's topic in New Nurse

   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 computer and then check it ONE more time just for my peac...

9. Feeling like a failure (long)

   cygni519 posted a topic in New Nurse

   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 I was completely finished with my 2 patients, char...

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

    cygni519 replied to FreshRN05's topic in New Nurse

    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 rural hospitals totally different from this situa...

11. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX

    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 study consisted of taking questions (our instructo...

12. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX

    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 means you had the harder questions".....who knows...

13. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX

    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 system, that has seemed to hold true. If you are...

14. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX

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

15. Stressed about NCLEX

    cygni519 replied to sigshaRN's topic in NCLEX

    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 and it was incredibly DIFFICULT.