lunakat

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1. 5150 patient absconded from the ER........

   lunakat replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   I am sorry that that happened. We are a rural ER without a psych facilty as well. But we have a few more beds. Our policy recently changed regarding 5150's. We were told by our hospital that we cannot...

2. PBDS panic (long)

   lunakat replied to km5v6r's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain, i hate the pdbs. I am a new grad and had to take pdbs during orientation. I sucked bad, I didn't put down enough detail about what I would do. Some of the stuff I had no idea and for...

3. patient satisfaction

   lunakat replied to RNLex's topic in Emergency

   We just had a big meeting about this the other day, Thankfully our current administration finally listened and we are getting a new group of docs in (the last bunch was horrible, 2 hours for medical...

4. Starting Ed Soon

   lunakat replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in Emergency

   As TazziRN said ASK QUESTIONS! As a grad and a new ED nurse I can't tell you how many questions I ask on a daily basis. Like today, I asked many questions because I was unfamiliar with something or...

5. First full day in the ED...

   lunakat replied to Lurksalot's topic in Emergency

   Lurksalot, I am in the same boat with you. I am a new nurse and am on my own now. I didn't get much precepting due to the staff shorted but I did extern there for about 7 months. It definitely feels...

6. Rules for the ER (long)

   lunakat replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

   OMG these are so true! I had one of those days today! Thanks for the

7. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

   lunakat replied to ashfost's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I live in San Joaquin valley in CA. New grad ip nurses start out at 19.11. When I take boards and hope pass, it will be bumped up to $28. Another hospital nearby pays $31 for new

8. What is "orientation?"

   lunakat replied to epg_pei's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Our orientation is lengthy. We have 2 weeks of class stuff (hospital orientation, wound care, pain mgt ect. We Even got certified on peritoneal dialysis). The some of us have even longer class time...

9. So how long did you study before taking the NCLEX?

   lunakat replied to IvoryLena's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   crzmomof3boys I know how you feel. Every time I even think about boards I get a little panicked. I have 4 books to study from and a couple of programs. I feel like all I am doing is studying....

10. Kaplan, yay or nay?!?!

    lunakat replied to GrnHonu99's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am taking hurst review tomarrow. Our school told us not to take Kaplan becasue of the problems in the past. The class before us had arranged for Kapalan to come to our campus. On the first day, the...

11. Pinning Ceremony Music Suggestions

    lunakat replied to m1m2givens's topic in General Students

    "let it be" by the Beatles is nice. It's what we are using for our pinning ceremony. Also using beautiful day and I believe I can fly... Everything is so close to being finished I can't believe

12. Arterial blood gas interpretation

    lunakat replied to luvmypatients's topic in General Students

    try this link:

13. Aching legs and feet... Advice?

    lunakat replied to StudentC's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I just plopped the j.rubios shoes into a search engine and didn't find nuthin. Ya got a website for

14. Any one familiar with either facility

    lunakat replied to CrazyNurseIrene's topic in California Nursing

    I live near Porterville and have had a couple of clinical exp. at sierra view. It is a very nice hospital. The third floor is dedicated to valley children's, nurses are employed by valley kids (the...

15. Nursing Diagnosis for Trichotillomania (Hair pulling)

    lunakat replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Students

    My sister suffers from trich, she doesn't feel pain when she pulls. For her its more of a tension releaser. Ineffective coping is a good one. Also realize some people eat the hair the pull which can...