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Thanks much for the replies. I was fortunate to run into one of my favorite docs and just asked... He was so gracious it made me wonder what I was worried about in the first place!

Hi all... I recently interviewed for a position and they are asking for an MD reference. I work in an ICU where I deal with many different docs. However, I work an off shift and therefore only see the docs if there is an issue with my patients. I'...

Okay all, I have exhausted my internet research abilities and cannot find a reasonable answer to the patient situation I encountered recently. I need your help because I can't stand not knowing what was happening to my patient... Pt had been sever...

hey all, the sicu i work in is considering learning to do our own crrt. currently, a micu nurse comes over and does it for us so we still have a two patient assignment... if we start doing our own crrt the crrt patients will be 1:1. for those of y...

It's not just you... I think it's the 'nature of the beast.' You can't predict how a shift will go and there will always be those individuals who follow you and don't feel you did enough with the new admission, etc. At the end of the day you have t...

so, i ran to my first code alone last evening.... the adrenaline was flowing and i was feeling pretty good when i was the first one there after the resident and i started cpr, was pushing epi and atropine, and really participating. we intubated, drew...

Thanks everyone for your support and suggestions. It's much appreciated!

I didn't read all the earlier posts so this may have already been said... My biggest personal mistake during orientation was to not ask enough questions/not facing my fears. Tell you preceptor what you don't know. Ask for those patients that scar...

Here's one I had to google the other day because even in context I couldn't figure it out... MAE = Moves All Extremities Just when you think you know the lingo you find something else you didn't know! =)

Recently my unit has been experiencing this d/t the trauma docs not feeling comfortable with the care pt's are getting on the floor. We have a pt who is completely stable that trauma has said we aren't allowed to transfer to the floor only to d/c to...

babs and zoe: thanks for the replies and words of encouragement. i've been fighting with the insurance company for the last few days to try and get them to ok the program my doc recommended with no luck (unless i can pay for half of the apprx $20k)...

My understanding is you can just run them in "full strength". I'm interested in what others do...

hello all... i'm an rn in pennsylvania and my doctor has decided i need to be placed in a partial hospital program and out of work for a month or so due to a severe exacerbation of my depression. do any of you know if i'm at risk for loosing my rn ...

Warning: This is long and will likely be hard to follow as I've got many thoughts swirling in my head... I am a newer RN (graduated about a year ago) who works in a critical care unit that sees a wide variety of patients. My orientation was less tha...

Thank you all for your words of encouragement and advice it's greatly appreciated. I am in counseling, but not as regularly as I probably should because of my schedule. I recently had an adjustment made to my meds and it is helping somewhat. I'm ge...

Has this happened to anyone else?? I just got home from taking boards for the first time and the computer shut off at 75. The problem is I KNOW I missed at least one question because I made a stupid math error on one of the med calculations. Is it ...

Thanks for the support, but the more I think about it the more I convince myself that I missed a LOT of questions and that I may have actually failed at 75 miserable questions. The not know is going to drive me insane! Thanks again for the vote of ...

A friend of mine took her's on a Thursday and had her results on Saturday (not sure what time). I think it's worth checking... Good luck!

Thank you both!! I feel MUCH better now. I know there are no guarantees, but I feel pretty good about things now... Thanks again! :cheers:

Just curious how long it will be since graduation when you take NCLEX... My school made a big deal about how if you wait more than 90 days after graduation your chances of passing go down. I'll be about a month outside that window when I test and I...

I'm taking it Nov 17th and am now terrified. I graduated in July and they emphasized the increased pass rate if you take boards within 90 days of graduation. Well, that day is long gone and I'm going to be more than 120 days out when I actually sit...