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  1. Curious female here! :)

    ltmja posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I was just wondering how many gentlemen out there chose nursing as their first profession? I just graduated in May and in my nursing program of 85 people, there were eight men. All of them, but one...

  2. For the "bad test takers" I passed the second time

    ltmja posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I believe that I have to be one of the worst test takers ever. I get down to those two questions and usually pick the wrong one! I passed the second time at 215 questions. Last time I got 158 and...

  3. 1st yr student & working mom of 4...

    ltmja replied to Kempochic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My mother and I are both RN's. I have no children but I remember my mother going through nursing school. She started when she was 45 yrs old with me at age 8, my younger sister age 6 and younger...

  4. Cell Phones: Help or Hindrance?

    ltmja replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I HATE the cell phones. Most of the calls are peddy things that the CNA can handle. I would be in a pt room giving lasix and a call comes in.....so and so needs help to the BR. That's nice, where...

  5. New RN- thinking of quitting and going to another hospital- but in orientation- HELP!

    ltmja replied to kittle81's topic in Nursing Career

    My friend from nursing school started at this hospital on orientation and knew it was not right for her so two weeks into it she quit. Now she works at a different hospital and likes it. Please...

  6. 7 months in, is anyone else's med/surg floor this way? HELP

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

    Thank you for your suggestions, that is what i needed. It does seem to get better with time. I can't imagine how some of the people who commented me have anywhere from 8-10 pt per night. If I get 6...

  7. 7 months in, is anyone else's med/surg floor this way? HELP

    ltmja posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    it's just a really hard floor. I work graveyard and start off with 5 pt. Then between 8pm and 2am i get my 6th pt. Our floor is the only floor in which the charge nurse has 4-5 pt. The majority of...

  8. failed nclex

    ltmja replied to 102985's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    HI, I know how you feel. I have been an RN for 7 months now and I failed the nclex the first time. I hated especially having friends from my program pass and I needed to feel happy for them. It...

  9. Kaplan 180 Question Practice Exam

    ltmja replied to NathanDH's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have been an RN now for 7 months and I did kaplan. To pass; because I took the test twice, do all of the practice test. The first time I did the nclex i had just done practice made up quiz which...

  10. How many times have you cried???

    ltmja replied to CareBayer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've cried a few times. Once when i first started and then a couple after the shift was over. I think I just dread going into work more than anything. It's not knowing how the night is going to go...

  11. new med/surg grad. Don't want any enemies, got a new preceptor, need advice

    ltmja posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    so i have worked on the floor for 8 days now, new grad. I worked three twelves in a row on days and then will be working nights shortly. The first week on the floor was really busy. My preceptor...

  12. 6 months and feeling down:(

    ltmja replied to NewNurse16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    someone told me to keep a journal and look back at it every now and then. i might just start myself. is there really a new grad out there under a year experience that feels like they r not completly...

  13. LONG - Incompetent, me? Nah - just inept

    ltmja replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wow, sounds like my typical day at work. i just got off orientation myself and since i work night there is always an admit. i won't be halfway through my night meds before er wants to call report....

  14. "1 Year" Anniversary in Two Days: My Experiences

    ltmja replied to EnigmaticParadigm's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hahahahahaha yeah, those IV bags, gotta love them!

  15. Preceptor issues

    ltmja replied to billlee2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know if this is too late if you got a new preceptor or not but I had the exact same thing happen to me. She treated me the same way as you explained. Our personalities just clashed that's...

  16. I look at doctors differently now!!! And what is it about their handwriting

    ltmja posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I am a new grad and have only worked to floor for 9 days. I have called four different doctors now about pt and they get pretty impatient. They are really nice to their patient's but then I talk...

  17. I look at doctors differently now!!! And what is it about their handwriting

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

    to lorabel: i am a very nice person myself. i made mistakes so far but had one lady say i was the best nurse she's ever had and the other one give me a rose at the end of the day. my problem is that i...

  18. Having trouble precepting new orientee

    ltmja replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and my preceptor didn't work out. Can you be my preceptor!!! :) Wow, sounds to me she thinks she has more experience than you with her having 20 years experience and you having a...

  19. had to change preceptor, she'll find out today, what to do when i see her next

    ltmja posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    so i have worked on the floor for 8 days now, new grad. I worked three twelves in a row on days and then will be working nights shortly. The first week on the floor was really busy. My preceptor...

  20. had to change preceptor, she'll find out today, what to do when i see her next

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

    thank you to those who have responded so far. i can always count on the nurse's from this website to make me feel better about a situation. thank you

  21. new med/surg grad. Don't want any enemies, got a new preceptor, need advice permali

    ltmja posted a topic in General Nursing

    permalink so i have worked on the floor for 8 days now, new grad. I worked three twelves in a row on days and then will be working nights shortly. The first week on the floor was really busy. My...

  22. new med/surg grad. Don't want any enemies, got a new preceptor, need advice permali

    ltmja replied to ltmja's topic in General Nursing

    thank you to all of you who have posted so far. i need to hear this. i am a nice person and sometimes im too nice that i let things go further then needed. i just hope that in time i will learn to...

  23. I look at doctors differently now!!! And what is it about their handwriting

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

    To lorable, I had to change my preceptor and I know another girl who also changed her preceptor. Either that person is having a bad day or you guys just don't mix, it's no excuse. Change and that...

  24. I can't wait to "lose my loser" preceptor

    ltmja replied to anfe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, when I was reading your thred I thought for a quick second that it was something I wrote. I am on my 9th day on the floor and i know EXACTLY what you are going through, let's talk. So I left a...

  25. need advice badly please help

    ltmja replied to RN0707's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad, past my boards on october 6th :). I have finished my 9th day on the floor and OMG!!!! I became a nurse because I want to make a difference. Nobody likes to be at the hospital but if...