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  1. Very mad but most of all humiliation

    Orenda posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just need a place to vent out all of this. The day shift nurse forgot to do an order and as a night shift nurse I picked up the mess. I called the doctor to verified the order and was written up for...

  2. Very mad but most of all humiliation

    Orenda replied to Orenda's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks everyone. I refused to write the letter and told her that the day shift is responsible for it not me. I don't know what she thinks about it. She said she will check with the day shift nurse...

  3. ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor

    Orenda replied to pipersjo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't be too nervous about the test. I found ATI predictor test very easy and not trustable. I know many friends in nursing school who didn't pass the ATI predictor but passed NCLEX. My advice to...

  4. How long did it take you to get NCLEX results?

    Orenda replied to I RN A's topic in General Nursing

    I got my result within a day by checking the website of my state board of nursing. I paid about $3 to get the result. I took my test through Pearson Vue so I can also check on their website by...

  5. Nursing home (random thought)

    Orenda posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if it's me or because of the nursing home. I had volunteer and work at several nursing home before going to nursing school; in nursing school, we did clinical in several nursing homes...

  6. NCLEX ? in different states

    Orenda replied to ORhopeful's topic in General Nursing

    NCLEX is a national test. I have a friend registered in Colorado and she moved to California, all she did was just registered with the California board of nursing and pay the money to be licensed in...

  7. Can an RN school hold your transcripts....

    Orenda replied to acceleratedstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I heard of school holding transcript because you owed them money but never heard of holding transcript if you are not getting a passing score on ATI comprehensive. Unless the ATI comprehensive is...

  8. needlestick from hep c and HIV + patient

    Orenda replied to Proverbs 16:3's topic in General Nursing

    Last semester, my instructor shared with the students about her story of getting stuck by a HIV needle more than ten years ago. She followed all the procedure and report to the hospital health nurse....

  9. so it's not okay to show emotion in clinical?

    Orenda posted a topic in General Students

    It was one of my clinical rotation at a hospital and the patient was a 60yr old male who got into the car accident three days ago. The doctors recommended the family to removed the life support...

  10. so it's not okay to show emotion in clinical?

    Orenda replied to Orenda's topic in General Students

    Thank you everyone for your comments. If I'm a nurse I would reacted differently because I believe I am more experienced in term of where I stand on certain sensitive issues. As for now, I'm still...

  11. so it's not okay to show emotion in clinical?

    Orenda replied to Orenda's topic in General Students

    I think the nurse was upset because I refused to help with the extubation and my clinical was upset about how I reacted to the

  12. Today I actually broke down during sign off report. (long)

    Orenda replied to JessicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I want to give you a big

  13. NO LUNCH? NO BREAKS? Is that common in nursing?

    Orenda replied to CleveRN2008's topic in General Nursing

    I have the same question as you too. I worked at Wal-mart and Home Depot while going to nursing school and my supervisors said you have to take a 15 minutes break for every four hours you are...

  14. Need some advice

    Orenda posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was doing clinical on this floor with my fellow students. The nurse managers came by and talked to us about wanting to hired us. We really want to work on this floor because it's a great floor to...

  15. ATI RN Comprehensive Predictor

    Orenda replied to pipersjo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did my ATI predictor and got 93% but I am not sure how accurate it is. I know in my nursing class that we disliked ATI. We think it's a waste of time and

  16. what makes nursing school so hard?

    Orenda replied to kgheen09's topic in General Nursing

    Some are married and have family so it's hard for them. To me, the hardest things about nursing school are too much information but you have too little time to study, the stress of...

  17. I feel like a failure

    Orenda replied to Withgodshelp's topic in Nursing Career

    It happened to me before too but I picked myself up because I know I really want to be a nurse. I hope you can do it too. There are a lot of people that are supporting you don't give

  18. Hospice care....

    Orenda posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    This morning I was in the middle of an argument between a hospice nurse and an administrator. I have a resident who is on hospice care. They have been giving her Roxinol and Ativan every two hours...

  19. pay for LPNs

    Orenda replied to Betty_SPN_KS's topic in General Nursing

    I make $16.25 an hour plus $1.00 on the weekend in Andover,

  20. Can I get some advice??

    Orenda posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I know this thread probably posted before.....but i am new to this forum. I am a new nurse just graduating. I got a job as a nurse at a nursing home simply because I love working for the old people....

  21. What's wrong with being a nurse?

    Orenda posted a topic in General Nursing

    When I first graduated from high school, everyone ask what I want to be? and my answer was "to be a nurse". They laughed at my answer and...... I don't care. Now I got my licensed to be a nurse, my...

  22. What's wrong with being a nurse?

    Orenda replied to Orenda's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for everyone's encouragement. I love my job and enjoy working with the old people. I am not into the "workplace political" so I am an outcast to them. I think I have to take it easy on...

  23. Hospice care....

    Orenda replied to Orenda's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for replying, my patient has a big wound on her leg. They stopped all her treatment two days ago and only give pain medicines. She never opened her eyes to look at the family. She looks like...

  24. Can I get some advice??

    Orenda replied to Orenda's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for everyone advices. I hate to quit the first job of my nursing career but I don't see the point of staying where I have no

  25. Anxiety Prob/3 months into job

    Orenda replied to keludtke's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So THESE ARE signs and symptoms of anxiety attack!!! OMG, I just found out that I am experiencing anxiety attack too. I thought I am just over stressing myself when I am working and on my days off....