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  1. When will I get the hang of it?

    hica19 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry for another vent. Just been fustrated with myself at work lately. I've been working on my own as a RN for a month and a half, and I'm still not able to take a full patient load. There have been...

  2. NCLEX results in California

    hica19 posted a topic in California Nursing

    Hi! I'm going to take the NCLEX this coming Saturday at 8 AM. Does anyone know how we can find out if we passed or not without having to wait 2 to 4 weeks? I know a lot of you have found your results...

  3. You're a nurse! How unfortunate

    hica19 replied to Anesthetize's topic in General Nursing

    great

  4. When will I get the hang of it?

    hica19 replied to hica19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes I do seem to be taking care of more complex patients these days. I don't really mind that because that's how I learn. And there's still a lot of skills I have never done before or still not...

  5. What's your favorite type of patient?

    hica19 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    Nice alert and oriented patients who have really intersting stories to

  6. ipods at work

    hica19 replied to RNfloatpool's topic in General Nursing

    when I worked night shift, I used to bring my cd player with me, but use it only when I'm on break. That's because breaks for night shift are different than breaks on dayshift. When people go on...

  7. Oh God, A NURSE is my pt!!!!

    hica19 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I've had plenty of patients who are nurses or have family members who are nurses or doctors. Most of which actually work in the same hospital I work at. I've never had any problems with them. In fact,...

  8. Moving a patient after hip surgery

    hica19 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been searching the net for information about this, but I could not find what I was looking for. I know about not rotate the affected hip internally, and when sitting, keep knees below hip. But...

  9. Lunch and Dinner Breaks

    hica19 replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    lunch breaks are mandatory where I work. Each morning, one of the first things the charge nurses do is ask us what time we want to take our breaks. When the time comes, they pretty much tell us to...

  10. Help on adjusting to being new grad

    hica19 replied to elfinM's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks so much everyone as well! I'm in exactly the same boat as you all...new grad for 2.5 months...on my own for about a month or so. Some days I felt myself really progressing. But then there are...

  11. Nursing Stressful......Says Who?

    hica19 replied to MISS_TCM's topic in General Nursing

    well nursing is a highly unpredictable career. You never know what you will be getting into each work day until you get there. And the stress level really fluctuates. Each time I work, my mind is...

  12. Tip for new nurses who need help with time management

    hica19 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    On my days off, I like to play computer games. I stumbled across this game called Carrie the Caregiver and it really reminds me of what life as a nurse is like. Have to balance patient care with good...

  13. Eight or Twelve Hour Shifts

    hica19 replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work at schedules the staff very well. Very very rarel do nurses work three 12 hour shifts in a row. It's usually one 12 hour on, one day off, two 12 hours on, and 3 days off. I find...

  14. Patient is a famous star

    hica19 replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wonder what kind of patient Britney Spears was when she had her children lol. Compliant? Noncompliant? Not that I would like to be her

  15. Rotating Shifts?

    hica19 replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a place that has rotating shifts. Our shifts are always 12 hours but we usually rotate between day shift and night shift every 4 weeks. I find it easier though to trasition from day shift to...

  16. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    hica19 replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Recently I got quite a few presents from my patients. One told me I was her favorite nurse, and before she got discharged she gave me a vase of orchids. It was so pretty! And another patient kept...

  17. Patient is a famous star

    hica19 replied to Lara911's topic in Nursing Humor

    Anthony Fedorov! The 4th place finalist of American Idol season 4. I've already told him I want to be his official tour nurse if and whenever he goes on tour LOL. He's had his share of medical care...

  18. Has anyone felt like this soon after being off orientation?

    hica19 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been off orientation for one week so far. First day was pretty overwhelming. I had three patients that were all new admits. Two came to the floor close to change of shift and one came to the...

  19. Has anyone felt like this soon after being off orientation?

    hica19 replied to hica19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. I am now 3 weeks off orientation and things have gotten better. Still ask a million questions though, but everyone said it's much better to ask a million...

  20. Tip for new nurses who need help with time management

    hica19 replied to hica19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you don't have to download the game in order to play it. On addictinggames.com, they have the online version. Only difference is that you are only allowed to go up to a certain level. To tell you how...

  21. How busy is your unit this Christmas?

    hica19 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    On Christmas Eve, we only had half our beds filled. Hower it was still very busy mostly because we had no CNA to help

  22. to buy a new drug book or not??

    hica19 replied to tx2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The only drug book was the one I got when I was still a student. I had thought about getting a PDA when I started working, but I held off on it becuase I didn't know what kind to get. Now that I...

  23. Eight or Twelve Hour Shifts

    hica19 replied to outcomesfirst's topic in General Nursing

    I am still a new grad nurse (been working as a RN for 2 months). I really like the 12 hour shifts. It's only 4 hours longer than a 8 hour, but you get an extra day off. I've also done 8 hours before...

  24. Thank you's - memorable ones you've received?

    hica19 replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I got another thank you today from a patient. She kept telling me how wonderful I was to her, and how happy she was that I was her nurse for two days. Each time I went to her room, she always had some...

  25. How does your facility handle low census?

    hica19 replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Yea I was wondering about this also. If a floor gets overstaffed and an oncoming staff member gets called asking if they want to take a holiday. What does this really mean? Does one still get