ttreeds

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1. What do you call the Doc?

   ttreeds replied to Flipper911's topic in General Nursing

   If they are resident doctors i refer to them by their first name; if they're attendants i call them Dr

2. Nights or Days better for New Grad

   ttreeds replied to jefang5's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I would say days is better for a new grad. I was able to orient on days and nights and they are at two ends of the spectrum. Nights was so boring for me. I only had a couple of meds to give and just a...

3. Ok... I'm going to ask a dumb question....

   ttreeds replied to wifeandmomoftwo's topic in General Students

   I currently work in an acute inpatient rehab unit. If a patient calls to use the bathroom and i have never seen them ambulate before, or i'm not sure how they transfer out of the bed to a wheelchair,...

4. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

   ttreeds replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

   A young girl, probably in her early 20s was admitted to the ER cuz she had a frozen hotdog stuck in her a** hole!!!! I was mortified to say the least

5. Help with Cardiac Meds

   ttreeds replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

   I would highly HIGHLY reccommend a book by mosby called "pharmacology memory note cards"...not only did it help me throughout nursing school it really helped me for my nclex. It is only 27 bucks, it...

6. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

   ttreeds replied to wonderwomanchels's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Ohaumedic??...lol!!!!! that was

7. Please help!! Will I pass NCLEX with 50-60% on kaplan Q bank??

   ttreeds replied to *Butterfly8*'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I Scored a 90% once on the kaplan Q-bank and that was with 50 questions. On average i scored about 65-73% for each 50 Qbank questions i took. Sometimes i scored much lower than that. Honestly...

8. Waiting for ATT number

   ttreeds replied to kfarinato's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   it depends on what time of the year you send it. if you send it around May or Decemeber it might take longer than expected because they are swamped with applications from new graduates around that...

9. I truly need help from all of you

   ttreeds replied to kokoro's topic in First Year After Licensure

   SCHOOL NURSING DEFINITELY!!! AND THEY ARE VERY OPEN TO HIRING PEOPLE WITH LITTLE OR NO EXPERIENCE (well i guess depending on where you live; mine is

10. New Grad Fired Before Orientation is up? Will I be able to find employment now?

    ttreeds replied to chocolateskye's topic in First Year After Licensure

    kiss ass? I totally totally agree!!!!!! People might be quick to tear your comment apart...but i believe you always always have to pick your battles, instead of trying to fight every battle and...

11. 2 weeks til 3rd NCLEX such a wreck cant even study

    ttreeds replied to murphyal555's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    hey murphyal...does it say contact you state board of nursing? If its says that...its a good

12. C in Adult 1!!!!

    ttreeds replied to Missy89's topic in General Students

    Before i got accepted into the nursing program. I was a straight A student and I had a solid 4.0 G.P.A. Well when i got into the nursing program, I started struggling with one of my classes, which was...

13. New grad accepted in Inpatient Rehab Unit

    ttreeds replied to ttreeds's topic in Rehabilitation

    Thank you so much for the response!!! It was highly

14. New grad accepted in Inpatient Rehab Unit

    ttreeds posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    I was recently offered a position on the Inpatient Rehab unit at a major teaching hospital in my city. I was given a brief description of the job. However, i was wondering if anyone can shed some...

15. New grad RN finds job at ltc, but getiing paid as LPN

    ttreeds replied to newbiehere's topic in General Nursing

    Ok i think we are straying away from the issue. The manager agreed to hire you as an RN right? but pay you an LPN's salary. So technically you are working with your RN license but getting paid less...