BertinaRN ASN, RN

I am a floor nurse on Med/Surg. I am in my eighth year and I still love it. I love seeing different diseases, ages, and surgeries. I am also a preceptor for my Alumni College and a trainer for newly hired nurses. I hold a position on a few committees...

I work in Med/Surg in an area that has a high volume of drug addicted, ETHO, suicidal,mental illness and so on type patients. We do not have the resources in this community to fix or help these patients. I always review previous admission documentati...

I work a busy Med-Surg unit normally but last night I was sent to CCU. Talk about being a fish out of her tank...LOL. Anyway I had a GI bleed pt which for me is second nature, but then they asked me what should have been a simple question, I later fo...

I worked part-time during school. It is really just making sure you set your study time, and never put it off. You have to make it more important than everything around you.

We also do the peri-anal in some cases, and I have never had to do one on a patient who had a negative result for nasal, they always screen the nasal first.

This is very common on my unit, many of the people admitted are elderly and have no idea what medications they take, when or the dose. I ask for the pharmacy they use. We have 1 24hour pharmacy in my town, I work 15-2330 shift, so if they utilize tha...

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I graduated from Gateway, I really enjoyed the clinical rotation's. I enjoyed my third semester experience so much that I inquired about a position and was offered a full time nursing job before I had even finished school. I feel confident that I rec...

Lately we have had an influx of drug seeking patients on the unit, most of them are frequent fliers, and seek pain medications. I even had one pt who told me straight to my face "I might as well feel great while I am here, and man these drugs are gre...

We have to have another RN or pharmacist witness, but there is no reminder from the computer, it doesn't know what you give so I make sure to have a witness right away so I do not forget, other wise when you go to chart the med given in the computer ...

Some helpful tips I have learned just in the last 3 months Read the H&P on your pt, learn why they are there and their past medical Know their labs, xray results, UA results, ct results etc. before you call the MD Know their allergies,your MD may...

At my place of employment I had blood work, ua, and a complete physical, which included weight, lifting ability, vision and hearing. Then when I was on the unit, there was more, I had competencies that I neded to be checked off on. I finally finished...

I am in love with MOBB brand, they are comfortable, they have lots of pockets. https://cheap-scrubs.com/ They are great for me. They are a little pricey, and it takes about 3 weeks for them to come via snail-mail. I did buy a few of the other styles ...

The unit I work on we have three nurses with very bad asthma. They let everyone on the unit know, my supervisor inforces the no perfume rule, and we do not use the santiation wipes around them. I would just be upfront with your co-workers and superv...

I work med-surg. Passed boards in July have been on the unit full time since. We have the 6-1 ratio and is it really busy all the time. I am second shift which made the transition from graduate to RN a little easier. I have had a great expierence, it...

Just wanted to let everyone know I did pass state boards, I am offically an R.N. Thank you for all of the support, Bertina:yeah:

I found out I passed today, I took it with 75 questions!!! Thanks for all of the great support here. Bertina R.N.

A girl I work with had 75Q and did not pass, there is no saying if someone passed based on the number of questions.

I took mine yesterday, I had between 30-35 SATA, the test stopped at 75Q. I really do not feel like I passed, I hope I am wrong, I studied for 3 weeks straight, doing questions like crazy, reading the rationals on the ones I got wrong. The Kaplan tes...

I took the NCLEX today and I must say it has been the worst day of my life. It was as if the computer knew my weakness before I sat down. I do not think that I passed, if I did by some miracle I will thank the heavens but I am honestly hitting the bo...

A classmate of mine took the boards and passed on the 7th of June. As a rule no one can talk about what is on the exam, but they said there was a lot of select all that apply, prioritizing, what would you do first, medication contraindications and in...

I am scheduled to take the boards on July 1st. I know I know the material, I review every day, but I must say this is the most nervous I have ever been in my life. I wake up out of a sound sleep dreaming about the boards. I have worked so long and s...

Well lets see... Waitress after high school, The I was a Home care assistant for extra money. Well I needed insurance so I started working for Jockey International as a Sewing Machine operator, then the plant in my city closed so... I started my jour...

I used to smoke, and I can tell when a nurse comes in smelling like a fresh cigarette and it really turns my stomach. I quiet after smoking for 24 years and I am thankful that I picked the right time in my life to let that habit go. BUT, I will neve...

I work on a Med/Surg unit and I was told that I could wear anything I like that there is not a specific color or uniform for Nurses. I responded with I plan to wear my whites. I was told by another RN that was listening to the conversation that white...