chuck1234

chuck1234

Nurses who are mentally sicked

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  1. new grad and preceptor

    Talk to your nurse manager. I think it is time to have another preceptor. Good
  2. ICU and New Grads!

    The most important thing is...if you don't know something, stop and ask your preceptor or any senior nurses on duty. One year med-surg will help, but it is not necessary these days... You will be a...
  3. shift ends at 7, but you leave at 9? Why?

    Good documentation....this is the reason why you don't leave on time. Should there is a lawsuit against anyone....yourself included....your documentation, including nurses notes, will be read by the...
  4. Suffolk County Community College

    I don't know much about the program.... But I am very happy to see that you have been accepted.... Good
  5. albany medical center

    Don't know how to answer your question, but good luck
  6. Pace University: NY

    Then...this is a pretty good reason... I would do the same thing if I were you.... Anyhow, good luck to whatever you do in the
  7. Living poor to living middle class!

    I thought about quitting it....it was too much.... Look....today I am still a nurse and I like what I am doing.... You have to try another hospital/setting if the current one almost makes you...
  8. Doctor's Office/Surgical Group

    I don't know much about it.... Anyhow, good
  9. Saint Vincent School of Nursing In Staten Island

    I don't know much about the program... Anyhow, I wish you will get what you want... Good
  10. Don't know the answer... But good luck
  11. NY + NJ dual licensure??

    You may get the licenses in all 50 states... Unless you are a travel nurse.... It is really wasting your $$$$. If I am not wrong, hospitals in the City of New York pay more than
  12. Beth Israel School of Nursing

    To those who applied....Good luck! I hope you all will get into the
  13. Pace University: NY

    You have been accepted... Why are you still looking around for that perfect one... Some people don't even have a chance to get
  14. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    I went to an LPN Program because after I tried other RN Programs so many times over a period of one year....I gave up! The LPN Program required a good entrance exam scores and a good interview...
  15. If you were/are overwhelmed as a new nurse...

    You don't learn much from school...only the very basic.... You must willing to learn and you must not afraid to work hard... Getting along with others...never try to put yourself in the center... Good...
  16. New here and venting already

    For an easy way out....call the doctors and document it because the patients don't trust the nurses no
  17. Pace University: NY

    I wouldn't just want to apply one college only....What happen if there are 500 people applying for the program. To increase the chances...you must apply as many as possible. That is what I did.......
  18. LPN salary for NEW YORK

    An agency sending you to a nursing home...$22/hr to $28/hr...plus overtime after 40 hours.... I was an LPN working for an agency....plus overtime...$69,000/yr. Not bad!!! Most college graduates...
  19. New here and venting already

    For an easy way out, I would probably call the M.D. and document it in the nurses notes... However, ladies and gentlemen, we the nurses spend 24 hours a day with our patients and the doctor only spend...
  20. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    You may try another school, but when they look at the transcript...I am not so sure if they like it... Good
  21. Do you think this is true?............

    Never heard of the study... As a matter of fact, yesterday, we have 5 nurses in the step-down ICU... We were so happy...No
  22. Nursing (free tuition) vs. OT (many loans)

    I hope your mother is going to be ok after the 3rd chemo....I will pray for her.. I think that you should spend time with your mom for now. It seem to me you are having a 2nd thought about OT.......
  23. New here and venting already

    Hehe! You really have a cattitude here...no cat fight. Unless the doctor is in the building, you doctor is not going to come to talk to the patient anyway. So...why bother to agitate the doctor while...
  24. Failed boards in 2 states

    I think it is the way you studied... You have to take the refresher course, and after that take the Kaplan. You definitely need help. You have been away from school since 2004. Take the same test in...
  25. New here and venting already

    unless the vital signs of this patient has become unstable or the mental status has changed, most doctors do not want to be called. in your case, i do not think i would call the doctor just because...