gt4everpn

gt4everpn BSN, RN

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  1. LPN Gets No Respect

    gt4everpn replied to Angela.RN2B's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    angela,one piece of advice for you, never, never base what you want to do off of the opinions of others...yes lpn's are a level below rn's but that only titles. i live in ny and lpn's can work in...

  2. Is it common for nurses to get a job at a hospital without any experience?

    gt4everpn replied to JulieRoseRN2b's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes it is very common, depending on what region of the country your in. Some hospitals even have new-grad programs for new grads and nurses with limited experience, but like I said it really all...

  3. How much nursing experience for per-diem position?

    gt4everpn replied to Sammi15's topic in General Nursing

    Having 1 yr of experience under your belt can get your foot in the door, employers don't compare the status of a position to work experience, meaning that whether the job is full time, part-time,...

  4. Assessing Bowel Activity

    gt4everpn replied to CarolS Boyz123's topic in General Students

    I just finished learning this and according to my assessment text book, you can assess bowel activity by listening for bowel sounds in all four abdominal quadrants RLQ, RUQ, LLQ, LUQ. Listen for bowel...

  5. Allowing Family members to watch loved ones be resuscitated in the ER

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey all, i was reading an article from advance for nurses and they had an interesting article entitled '' at their side'', about allowing family members into the ed while loved one's were being...

  6. Nebulizer treatment

    gt4everpn replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    The only one's I've seen are clear, didn't the doc give him the name of the med to add to the neb

  7. Who hates nursing, honestly????

    gt4everpn replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    so true, i think once you've been a nurse for a number of years you just want to write the orders yourself and have the docs just sign off on it. when you and the docs , and the other rns and nm have...

  8. Who hates nursing, honestly????

    gt4everpn replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Nursing

    it's something people hate to admit, but it's good to be honest, although patients stress me out, staff members stress me out, nm stress me out, administrations stresses me out, i still enjoy nursing...

  9. ATI Comprehensive NCLEX test?

    gt4everpn replied to Becksalmost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well when I was in school for my PN licensure, we had to take ATI after every course we took, IMO, ATI is very accurate, it should give you your score and then convert that score into an NCLEX...

  10. When Staff members don't get along!

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    it also possible that nm can play favorites with certain staff members... i've seen this before

  11. Allowing Family members to watch loved ones be resuscitated in the ER

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Very true soon to be, I'm also not scared of blood etc.. but I know I'd be hysterical seeing my family member in a certain state, I just can't see how someone could watch their loved one in that...

  12. Allowing Family members to watch loved ones be resuscitated in the ER

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is a very personal issue and that can make it difficult to accept,I'm just wondering if someone was in a MVA and was badly injured would it benefit a person to see the loved one in that...

  13. Need Help passing the HESI exit exam

    gt4everpn replied to bds7572's topic in General Students

    Ok I got it its

  14. Need Help passing the HESI exit exam

    gt4everpn replied to bds7572's topic in General Students

    There is a HESI book that you can use... I forget the ISBN#, but it has a blue cover and my friends say it's real good, let me find out for you, I'll be

  15. 2 sciences together?

    gt4everpn replied to swtstephy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It really depends on how good you are in science, If your just good with science you can do it, but it'll take work. I remember my last semester before nursing school I was taking two sciences (bio...

  16. Should i call ?

    gt4everpn replied to Rascal1's topic in Nursing Career

    Always call back, HR offices can be real slow or real busy sometimes.. Chare, I may have to disagree with you, lol, One time when I was inquiring about a med-surg position I had to almost badger the...

  17. Is there a physics section on HESI A2?

    gt4everpn replied to goopsy's topic in Texas Nursing

    No I don't think there is, my school has HESI A2, I didnt have to take it, I've heard that it isn't a difficult test and I didn't hear anything about physics on the test, mainly because my school...

  18. can i take the LPN boards

    gt4everpn replied to stressingout101's topic in New York Nursing

    sorry hun, they recently changed the rules, RN students can no longer apply or take the LPN boards, here's the link to what the NYS office of professions enacted......

  19. what have you heard about LIU nursing program?

    gt4everpn replied to iwant2banurse2's topic in New York Nursing

    clinicals are spread out over manhattan, brooklyn, and like 1 clinical site in queens, I wish you could choose where you go, but you can't really unless you want to rearrange your entire schedule just...

  20. Your young, you should do it all!

    gt4everpn replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    you tell em scrubby... ah, i remember the days when i was just a baby faced new grad... still baby faced, and running the unit too!! if nurses can't eat their young, they sure find a way to taunt em,...

  21. understanding how a cardiac arrest leads to respiratory arrest

    gt4everpn replied to chrissy student's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiac arrest= no blood supply to medulla region in brain which controls breathing which can lead to respiratory arrest due to starvation of oxygen to medulla, as well as lung

  22. Am I over reacting?

    gt4everpn replied to Fiducia78's topic in First Year After Licensure

    its, tough being new to a unit, especially when you work with less than competent nurses or when someone forgets something and you pick up the shift on a bad start. orientation never teaches you...

  23. what have you heard about LIU nursing program?

    gt4everpn replied to iwant2banurse2's topic in New York Nursing

    not even the worst enemy??? damn...:stone i see where you're coming from though, my fellow

  24. Are NCLEX passing rates misleading??

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Students

    hey everyone, good to be back!i'm almost done with my first year of nursing school and i know alot of people consider nursing schools based on their nclex passing rates, but i'm starting to think that...

  25. Are NCLEX passing rates misleading??

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Students

    i understand where you are coming from gillytook, but i think statistics can be misleading and alot of people may weigh their decision in picking a school heavily upon passing rate, and nothing more,...