nursekatie22 RN

I don't know about any of you, but my med-surg floor is overrun with pts who got bit by a spider and developed cellulitis (sometimes, really bad cases) and since I'm new, is that something that's seasonal or is it just a fluke? I don't know if there ...

I was just wondering if any of you were from that area...

i've been on a medsurg/tele unit (and floated to oncology as much as possible) for the past 14 months since i got out of school. i've accepted a position in the icu and now i'm just wondering if there's any advice any of the "old hands" can give me ...

yikes!!

it's funny that you should emphasize that you're never alone cause i had the hardest time remembering that when i first started on the unit i'm on now. i thought that when i was off orientation that that was it and i was all by myself. it's so not ...

this is all very helpful!

thanks a lot for all the good tips! i really want this transition to be as smooth as possible and i'm scared that they're just a dumb med/surg nurse who doesn't know anything (they don't think a lot of out m/s unit for the most part). i'm just goi...

thanks for the advice! i do have one thing on my side....i never hesitate to ask questions if i'm not sure of something. i'd rather ask first, and not screw something up! :)

thanks a lot....will do! :)

quick question....there's an aide at my hospital that challenged the lvn boards and passed. trouble is, she doesn't have any experience, etc. she's going to start applying for lvn positions and use it to get into an r.n. program (which i totally un...

i just applied for a job in the tnicu at the hospital where i've been working med/surg/onc/tele for the past 8 months. i don't know if i'm going to get an interview, but i'm kind of afraid of what they might ask, including "why do you want to work i...

i know that for the schools i went to it wasn't a requirement, but the people who had prior experience as cnas, nas, etc, were a lot more comfortable than i was around patients during personal care and such during the first part of school. i think t...

hold on a minute! it says on the u.s. army site that medical personnel don't have to do basic training. they just have to attend certain classes and pass the physical fitness test that the enlisted folks do. you really have to do all that other stuff...

thanks for the reply! i stopped checking on my post cause no one was saying anything so i figured people thought i was being loopy! they've since posted another job on my hospitals' site and i've applied for that one too, but with no reply.....bum...

amen! it goes by super fast! i'll hit a year on june 18th and even though i'm not there yet, it still seems like it's just flown by. insane......

i took mine last july and i went up to 236.......needless to say, i didn't feel good about it!

i got a job as a gn when i graduated before i took the nclex and worked for just under a month before i took (and passed ) my boards. the only thing that was stressfull about that situation was having to study for the test and work at the same time...

no problem, hun...i thought that might make you feel a little better! good luck on the final!

i hope things get better for you. if you have a teacher worth anything (and i had one who honestly couldn't do this) he/she'll be able to give you pointers on what they're looking for and ways to approach the material. also, the suggestion about ta...

ha! to those people i say, "********!!" (with an emphasis on the **** part!)

i know that when i have a catheter kink, it's usually because i've hit a valve, and wasn't ready to float it through. congrats on trying though....i remember how hard that was. thought i was gonna pass out! each time you try, though, and even whe...

i remember feeling like that in school at times.....and it still happens! that's another reason why i like the night shift more. i've worked days and pms and with all the family, docs, pt, etc all pulling me different directions, plus trying to jus...

there were people in my original nursing class who cheated and it infuriated me....it was so obvious and the teacher wasn't doing anything about it. it was in my last semester and it was avdanced med/surg. most of us were having a really tough time...

lost weight. i work nights which makes me ultra paranoid about eating during the day cause i'm never sure about what i'll eat at night! i bring stuff like: - fiber one with cut up strawberries and yogurt (the strawberry fibre one is amazing! - i k...

i was lucky. i was all about doing acls the second i was hired, but my boss wouldn't let me and now i know why. there was a basic tele class we all had to take, then we worked for another couple months, and then we were signed up for acls. if i'd ...