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Start now,STUDY every day.I recommend Saunders and Lippincott,I used the study discs,passed with 75 questions,the 1st time.I did study every day for a month,at least 20 questions daily.

yes!yes! got to.

Double time for 10 holidays.

Double time for 10 holidays.

You did the right thing.Keeping the MDs informed is our job.Continue to do it,document your actions.I just love to put this:MD informed of ____________,no new orders rec'd.Will continue to monitor and report.This has saved my bootie many a times.Be as specific as possible of course.When and if they become ugly,I let it go in one ear and out the other.They chose to go into medicine and taking calls is part of the job.Dont hesitate to call.You did the right thing.We are patient's advocates.

First born,ETHOL abusive father.Thats me.

Yes,this feeling is normal.I graduated 2 years ago and all my classmates that I talked to felt the same way.We thought the instructors were out to get us.We would mark our answer sheets to make sure they were not changing grades.I have a friend that teaches at the college level.After I passed NCLEX,she told me that they over teach to make sure you pass NCLEX the first time.The high pass rates reflect postively on your school.As previously mentioned,just take it one exam and assignment at a time.Personally I think we should be paid a WHOLE lot more for all we have to go through to claim RN after our name.

I work on a cardiac unit,just the basic math stuff.For instance,Morphine 10mg/ML available,4mg ordered,amt ML given.

Remember your pharmacology,MOST of the (BEHAVIORAL MEDS)can not be taken with OTC meds,you even have to be careful with the diets they recieve i.e pizza,smoked meats,extra salt,caffeine.I know it seems like a nice non stressful enviroment,but that will quickly change.Keep us posted on the outcome.I too for awhile just loved it.Iam now back in the real world with rules and regulations.I realize the rules are not only for the safety of my pts but also for ME.

Maybe truly sick 1 day every 2-3 years;but I use my sick time at least a day every 4-6 weeks for a mental heath day.My rationale,Im sick of being at work.

RNOTODAY,when I read your post it reminded me soooo much of my situation when I was working at the facility for youth.I I,too was on call for free.Iam ashame to say.Staff would call me at home as needed and I would go on site and assess the situation.If I was at the site for 30 min or whatever that is what I would get comp time for,NOTHING ELSE.Looking back it is not worth it.Too many what ifs,not to mention the lack of compensation.We went to school to make a living,we are professionals with many opportunities.Now I intend to be compensated for services I provide. I dont know where to get requlations;but I do know to stay within my scope of practice and that does not include dispensing meds without an order or performing procedures without the same.The administrator offered to write a letter stating I was instructed and given permission by him to dispense these unauthorized meds.I did not feel that would help if worse came to worse,b/c I knew better.Sometimes we as nurses just have that gut feeling that something is not right or something bad is going to happen.I had that feeling at the facility,sure enough it did,I thank God that I was not there.FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

I agree with you SmilinBluEyes it is a scary situation,sounds like practing medicine.I did work in facilitity for youth that had this policy.The nurse was suppose to decide what OTC meds to dispense.I refused to do this,only would give meds that were prescribed.I told the higher ups that this practice was against the state board of nursing.I was told that they did not believe me.I offered to pay for the long distance call to the board of nursing to confirm this.Then they wanted me to put the med in envelopes for security officers to dispense,Again I said NO WAY.Needlesss to say I found employment else where.Think about it these are children with behavorial and emotional problems,how are you going to confirm allergies,etc.I worked too hard for my liscence.

When you say give Tylenol,cough syrup or whatever,isn't that prescribing medication,which is outside of your scope of practice?Iam just curious bc I used to work in a similar enviroment and I always had a problem with that concept.

I graduated from LPN school in 1981.I remember when we gave soap suds enemas until clear preop for cataract surgeries on med surg floors.

Go for the BSN.You will have more opportunities.