edisonnurse

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1. I can't take one more day of psych!!!!

   edisonnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I have been a psych nurse for 10 years now. To say I hate it would be a HUGE understatement!!! Honestly, I deal with very few true psych patients and more with drug addicts. I have zero respect for...

2. so burned out

   edisonnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I graduated nursing school one year ago and started working in psych upon graduation. No med surg for me!!! (although I question that decision daily). I really thought had I worked med surg I would...

3. Question about Seroquel

   edisonnurse replied to BoogiePop's topic in Psychiatric

   I work as a psych nurse in an adolescent facility and I distinctly remember our medical director, who has been a psychiatrist for over 29 years, telling a patients family that very same thing...the...

4. A big mess!!!

   edisonnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I just recently graduated from nursing school and went immediately into psych nursing because it is my passion, but something happened today and I'm so upset. I was told that when giving Ativan to...

5. Am I selling myself short???

   edisonnurse posted a topic in Psychiatric

   A little about me....I just graduated nursing school May 11th and took my Nclex on June 13, passed, and got hired in an adolescent behavioral unit. I just completed my first week of work last Friday....

6. 4th day and I made a MAJOR mistake, what would you do?

   edisonnurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Well today was my 4th day and I made my first big mistake. Here's the story... We have a book with the names of the people who are allowed to talk to the patients on the phone. The people in the book...

7. tomorrow is the big day...YIKES!! HELP!!!

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

   Hi,I am a nurse who graduated from Edison in Ohio...I wish it were Florida!!!!

8. Is it bullying or am I too sensitive???

   edisonnurse replied to Pumiky's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I don't have any expert advice, I just had my first day today, but I just wanted to say I'm so sorry that you are being treated that way. You graduate, you are excited to start a new career, then BAM,...

9. tomorrow is the big day...YIKES!! HELP!!!

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

   Thanks everybody...well I did survive. I really just watched and tried to take in everything. Obviously some of it I have already forgotten, but thankfully they don't expect me to come in tomorrow and...

10. need help with priority questions

    edisonnurse replied to Ms.RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    wow i knew the answer when it wasn't even there!!!!..guess all that nursing school did teach me

11. need help with priority questions

    edisonnurse replied to Ms.RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    my two cents...pain... I would have picked vitals first, but that wasn't an option..my rationale..the question doesn't say anything about them losing blood or experiencing any fluid volume deficit so...

12. tomorrow is the big day...YIKES!! HELP!!!

    edisonnurse posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello everybody...well tomorrow is the BIG day...my first day of work. I wrote another post a while back about how stupid I feel. That has changed somewhat. I certainly don't feel ready, but I did...

13. Anyone else feel like this?

    edisonnurse replied to cherokeesummer's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I felt that way the entire time I was in nursing school!!! It was so much new information that after each test I felt like I cleared my brain of that information in order to make room for the new...

14. New grad taking NCLEX soon!

    edisonnurse replied to aqualunni's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I too graduated in May (the 11th to be exact) and took and passed my nclex on June 13th. I remember thinking to myself, wow!! why did I wait until I graduated to start studying for the nclex...I...

15. Here's a stupid question.....

    edisonnurse replied to Justme123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That is NOT a stupid question. I was thinking the exact same thing. Why in the world did my SON require me to buy all those books that have NO questions like I took on my Nclex. We used ATI which I...