healinghearts84

we have cordless phones assigned to us each day. its very convenient for patient care because we can just hook them on our pockets and go. however, it gets quite annoying because at any one time doctors could be returning pages, lab could be calling...

i too am a new grad...and i am very nervous about nclex. everyone says that i did so well in school i will do fine on the nclex...but is that true??? will i do fine?? i only hope so

hello? didn't we learn to prioritize in nursing school? isn't that what the NCLEX is all about? sounds to me like you definitely had priorities...esp. if the child was bleeding from the mouth and needed to be suction. his phone call could have waited...

as a nurse extern with a certification in phlebotomy...i learned a lot! kudos to you! do those blood draws baby! :balloons::monkeydance:

only 1 week of orientation in a nursing home is not acceptable to me. where i am from its usually 6-8wks and you can ask for more if you feel like you need it, this is for a hospital. it should be no different in a nursing home...i think that's kind...

that was bullsh**. i can't believe someone in your family said that...what an oxymoron! they should be proud that you graduated with honors and passed the NCLEX that's quite an achievement. i agree that you should have had your moment of glory. if i...

i attended loyola university chicago...class of 2007, i graduated two weeks ago...go ramblers!!! :balloons::monkeydance:

as nurses we are all professionals because we save people's lives...that ANA stuff is a bunch of hooey...she should not have said that right in front of your son, that was UNprofessional!

i have to say that some of these are hysterical!!! i have to say that the worst visitor i had was during my last senior rotation where i did an internship in L/D. The patient was pregnant but also had a bowel obstruction so bad that she almost perf...

don't get discouraged, nursing is a tough field for all of us. i remember my first day of having a team of patients on my own as just a CNA...it was awful!!!! however, with bad days come good days and those are the ones you need to remember. also i...

my best advice for you is to learn how to be a pardon me..bullshiter. haha, but seriously...make sure you are dressed professionally like in a business suit. my experience has been they always ask you why nursing and why this institution or hospital...

i feel asleep at a red light and then had cars honking when it was green!!! i was also assaulted on the el (the transit system in chicago, IL) by a drunk man who thought my name was regina! but that story is for later

I got mine in two weeks. I made sure I signed up and such before graduation but it sounds like you are on top of that! I don't think it will be long for you but I'm sure it varies from state to state. Good luck and wish me too!

:balloons: congrats! i take mine in about a month...scared to death, but i know i can do it! happy nursing!

I have to say that previously, I was kind of ripping on CNA's earlier and would like to apologize for that. I had a few bad experiences with some of my fellow CNAs and experienced nurses while I was a nurse extern and performing the same CNA duties ...

hi! i went to loyola university for my undegrad degree, i know that they offer A&P over the summer because i know a close friend who had to because she transfered into our program a year late and had to catch up. however, i received my BSN from t...

i would describe clinicals as your hands on experience of what you learn in class. its days set aside by your university or college so that you spend real time in a hospital practicing with staff and your colleagues. I really enjoyed clinicals during...

i really hope they throw the books at him...seems kinda psychotic to me after experiencing a rape kit in the ER because i had to witness with a male physician...i hope he burns in hell...no woman should have to go through that

im sure you heard by now...don't leave the pills on the table with the client alond, im sure you have learned from that by now. anyways...as a nursing student i worked as a cna over the summer in between semesters. the cna's and the older nurses bot...

good for you! in high school i enjoyed drama and choir and had a decent singing voice...more opera type than american idol lol...anyways, everyone asked me why i didn't do acting or music as a major and i was proud to tell them i was a nursing major....

ouch! that sounds horrible! sorry about that! ours were all white, white scrub top, white scrub pants, mandatory white shoes and white socks. of course i had to pay for all of it, and they turned from stark white to dingy yellow with stains all over...

hi! if i were you and you could absolutely help it...i would take a break from studying and read something you enjoy like a fictional book, they don't call it vacation for nothing! but seriously if you had to study... i would do the anatomy especiall...

first of all, congrats on your final year, it really flies by...i just finished mine :). anyways, in response to your question, i also took 19 credit hours all at once. however, i didn't work during the school year, have no children, and lived on cam...

PS. I hope it isn't 95% that scares me, do newly graduated nursing students know or remember 95% of what they learned in nursing school? Even with a review class that seems impossible. If that is the truth, then I better start studying harder!

Hey that sounds good to me! Only 50% to pass, that makes me feel less nervous, seeing as how with my review class I have been averaging in the 50%-60% percentile based on the credentials of the class. However, I agree with you when you ask what does ...