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  1. I feel rotton

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

    o_O

  2. Admitted I should step-down...your advice?

    hica19 replied to supernova004's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am on the exact same boat. I had a position in acute pediatrics where the patients on the floor were sick enough to be in ICU in any other hospital. I first thought it was a great place to learn new...

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

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

    I got another thank you this past weekend. It really helped because I felt down in the dumps the other two nights I worked (don't know what happened, but there were certain things I didn't pick up on...

  4. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

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

    Thanks for all the advice! I am a new nurse who has been on the floor for 4 weeks. There are times when I get really flustered, and have made a few mistakes already (one time I accidently dropped...

  5. How much more busier is days than nights?

    hica19 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi Everyone, I am a new grad nurse who started orientation on the floor 4 weeks ago doing 12 hour nights. However I will be starting day shift this coming Thursday. I know everyone says day shift is...

  6. What's In Your Pocket?

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

    now that I've been working on the floor a bit longer, I've added more things to my pocket. I've had too many experiences where I was giving g-tube meds and y-connecting IV tubings where there were no...

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

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

    So far, all of mine have been verbal, but they still touched my heart. 1. When I was a student in my med/surg clinical, I had this one patient who had hip surgery. Man this patient loved to talk....

  8. What is your nurse to pt ratio....and how many is too many?

    hica19 replied to crb613's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I like that term as well. It's better sounding than "nursing assistant". After all, at the hospital I work at, they are treated as equals. They work together with the nurses to make patient care run...

  9. What is your nurse to pt ratio....and how many is too many?

    hica19 replied to crb613's topic in Medical-Surgical

    In the hospital I work at, average patient load is 2-3 patients unless we are extremely extremely short staffed, then maybe we get 4 patients. I work in acute pediatrics but most of they really are...

  10. What's In Your Pocket?

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

    alcohol wipes, betadine wipes (we care for a lot of central lines where I work), tape, black pen, sharpie, pen

  11. Night shift naps

    hica19 replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am a new grad nurse who just started working night in pediatrics 3 weeks ago (and I love it!). At the hospital I work at, people are allowed to take naps during their scheduled breaks. There's these...

  12. My long agony

    hica19 replied to snow8k's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    it took me 13 days for me to get my result. Most of it was because there was a problem with my transcript. Been through a ton of stress. To make a long story short, the way I found out my results were...

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

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

    I just recently graduated nursing school and haven't started my new grad program yet. However during nursing school, I had several touching moments. They were all verbal, but they really meant a lot...

  14. It's a MIRACLE!!! =)

    hica19 replied to eimaj's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Whoohoo!!! Congrats!! I agree with you, the CA BON really is unpredictable. Took me nearly 2 weeks for me to find out my

  15. Babies cut during c-sections?

    hica19 replied to rbytsdy's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have actually seen a c-section for a previa where the placenta got cut. It was during one of my preceptorship clinical days. You were right, it was a mess. But after being born with apagars 3 and 2,...

  16. The Oprah Show (NICU related)

    hica19 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Did anyone watch yesterday's Oprah show? It was the show which had Celine Dion and Anne Geddes as guests, and talked about miracle babies. Anyways, in one part, they talked about this one mother with...

  17. Verifying trascripts

    hica19 replied to AnaBanana12's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    as you have read my other posts, the same exact thing was what held me up for 2 agonizing weeks. No matter how many times I called my BON, I never got a clear answer. As a last resort, I drove...

  18. After two agonizing weeks of waiting.....

    hica19 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was told I passed the NCLEX!!!! Finally my wait is over! Big huge relief! =D Thank you guys so much for your

  19. After two agonizing weeks of waiting.....

    hica19 replied to hica19's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks guys!!! This really has been a big load off my shoulders.

  20. I did it!!!!!!!!!

    hica19 replied to pri4fun's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    whoo hoo!!! Congrats!!!! I have the same exact feeling also! I found out just today I

  21. After two agonizing weeks of waiting.....

    hica19 replied to hica19's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    my transcript seemed to have either been lost or misplaced. I had my school resend a copy to the board. How I found out was that I physically went to the Board of Nursing to ask after I found out they...

  22. After recieving transcripts, how long till BON post NCLEX result?

    hica19 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So I took my NCLEX July 1, and still don't know whether I passed or failed the exam. I found out that it was due to my transcript missing from my BON file. I went back to my school to have them...

  23. california NCLEX results today

    hica19 replied to californianclextaker's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yea, the computer shut off at 75 questions for me. Hmmm. A part of me feels I passed, but then another part of me feels I shouldn't act so confident. I called my school too. They had sent my...

  24. california NCLEX results today

    hica19 replied to californianclextaker's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took my exam on July 1, and I still didn't get

  25. california NCLEX results today

    hica19 replied to californianclextaker's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    ARghhhhhhh...this wait is so agonizing! I just spent 20 dollers yesterday to have my transcript sent to BON again. Today I called BON and they said they recieve 200-300 transcripts a day and it can...