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It works. Passed after 75 questions.

Funny.....the people most qualified and most experienced to suture in my ER are the medics. I would trust them with my life.

Not to toot my own horn, or at least terribly bad, but I am a pretty damn good nurse. I have worked as an LPN for the last 6 years. My experience includes Med/Surg, Ortho, Urgent care, and for the most part ER!!!! I got involved in the ER rather q...

What about advice nursing? I work in a fast paced clinic with some amazing RNs who act as advice nurses, many of whom are old (not age wise..you know what I mean) ER nurses. As for me...I am going back to ER. But when I graduate with my RN...advic...

ULTRASCOPE!!!!! It is sooo much better than a Littmann (in my opinion) and I am hard of hearing at times...lol (older age). Plus it has a LIFETIME warranty...seriously. Every couple of years, I order new tubing with earpieces for $7 to cover s/h a...

So true. I know when I am in the patient role, I want to be able to understand my providers and I want to feel confident that we are all on the same page. Words mean different things in different languages, so i feel it is a valid concern. It does...

AMEN!!! God love us pit nurses!!! And we wouldn't dream of doing anything else!! I jump into my big girl panties, not one leg at a time, but both!!

LOL...that is funny.

Got one to add: If you are going to fake a seizure...do it right....seriously at least pee in your pants and don't get caught casually lying down before you start convulsing. It's embarrassing...and to the kid that did it once on my career...it real...

True story: They call her BG for Baby Girl. :icon_roll

Too funny!!! I wonder how many will say, "I will NOT go down there!" Not many can tolerate the pit like we can.

I agree. Take it from someone who has been there......you do not want to be their change agent. For anyone, this role sucks and you end up being miserable. Grown folks don't usually change unless they want to. For a whole floor to change, you w...

ROFLMAO!!!! :chuckle Too freakin funny and true!!! I am so guilty of doing the happy dances.

Sounds like you are very disgruntled. Seriously, come work with some of us in the ER. We are always looking for good help, but remember you will have to tend to more than 2 pts of all different acuity levels. Just because you get assigned to lower...

Can't help but add my 2 cents. Change is hard for everyone and to top it all off, it has always seemed that nurses in specialty areas always seem the worse to budge and do things differently (myself included). We always seem to think our job is the...

Just got accepted to Hopkinsville's nursing bridge progam. I start in Jan and am really nervous and excited. My prtoblem is books are sooo expensive and HCC has their own weird way of running things when it comes to their financial aid and to top i...

Just got accepted to Hopkinsville's nursing bridge progam. I start in Jan and am really nervous and excited. My prtoblem is books are sooo expensive and HCC has their own weird way of running things when it comes to their financial aid and to top i...

Not during a code, but I was asked to start an IV on a pt whose internal defibrillator kept misfiring and after I got access to the vein and was withdrawing the needle, his defibrillator went off and shocked the bejesus out of me. It was the crazies...

I used that program when I was in school for LPN. It was amazing!!! I had two small children and was married, and still got help. I would not be where I am today if it weren't for that program!!

TYHank you!!! jobsinme.com is an awesome website. I feel confident now in leaving TN!!!!

AMEN!!!!!!!! Could not have said it better myself.

I used Saunders I believe (it was a long time ago). But what a bunch of us did was use the cards and play trivial pursuit with them. Each color a subject...worked out perfect and we had fun while we learned.

Thanks Jules. I am working on it through distance learning.

I am a LPN with 6 years ER experience. Also some med/surg and ortho. I have had to train new grads (RN) and always am asked to take RN students because I love to teach and I know my sh!t. I also know theirs...lol. I know I could challenge the boa...

Remember your ABCs. When in doubt, look to those first. Works every time. :) Good Luck