MarcyRN3385

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1. Just got my first job in OB...VERY excited but nervous too...

   MarcyRN3385 replied to MarcyRN3385's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thanks for all the replies and advice :) My first day on the floor was yesterday and it was an awesome day! I watched a c-section and then went with my preceptor to help with postpartum care. I know this is what I meant to do. The feeling I get when ...

2. Just got my first job in OB...VERY excited but nervous too...

   MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've been an RN for 2 years now and just landed my first job in OB....my dream job! Before I even started nursing school I knew this is what I wanted to do. However, I didn't know how hard of an area it is to get into. After being unhappy working on ...

3. First big med error....feel terrible!!!

   MarcyRN3385 replied to MarcyRN3385's topic in Med-Surg

   See I thought the same thing...I thought glyburide was more to help maintain blood glucose levels...kind of like lantus does. No...I will NEVER do that again!

4. First big med error....feel terrible!!!

   MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   About a week ago I had a patient came to our unit after a peripheral angiogram (I work on a med-surg unit). The patient was quite lethargic but began to come around a bit after he got settled in his room. He was diabetic (type 2). I got a set of VS a...

5. How do I get hired into OB?? Please Help!!

   MarcyRN3385 replied to MarcyRN3385's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you so much for all the replies...I know a wonderful person in HR that may be able to help, also a nurse educator who really likes me with ties to OB. I will look into AWHONN and getting certified in NRP and basic fetal monitoring...I am alread...

6. How do I get hired into OB?? Please Help!!

   MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Ok so here is my story. I am an RN and have been since May 2008. My first job was on a med-surg unit and I worked there for approximately 7 months, then had a baby and during my maternity leave was offered a higher paying job at a plasma donation cen...

7. half way through and feeling bleak

   MarcyRN3385 replied to leopold's topic in General Students

   Just hang in there ok? I also agree that you may need to take some time off for yourself. Just one day could make a HUGE difference. I wish I would have done that. I was like you...studying all the time and was SO stressed out. By the end of my first...

8. Contemplating going back to nursing school....could use some advice or encouragment.

   MarcyRN3385 replied to MarcyRN3385's topic in General Students

   I also forgot to add I was getting a B+ in the fundamentals and I know that's considered pretty good. So I'm not too worried about being able to pass. I know I could do it :).

9. Contemplating going back to nursing school....could use some advice or encouragment.

   MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in General Students

   Ok here goes....I started the ADN program in Jan of this year. I was so excited and so happy about becoming a nurse. Then about mid-semester I lost all of my ambition and felt as if I was in the wrong field. BUT I was also suffering from an eating di...

10. Start clinicals on thursday!

    MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm SS nervous!!!! I've never worked in a hospital and I have no idea what to expect. I'm still not completely comfortable with taking BP's. I just really hope I do ok. I'm going to be a complete wreck that day!! :uhoh21:

11. What do you think has been the hardest/easiest classes you've taken in nursing school

    MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in General Students

    What was in your opinion the hardest/worst class you've taken in nursing school (med-surg, peds, OB, fundamentals, geriatrics, etc.). What was the easiest? I'm a new student and only in the fundamentals so I can't answer but I'm just curious to know ...

12. hours of study time

    MarcyRN3385 replied to avsgirl's topic in General Students

    I study 2-4 hours a day. Not as much as some of you do but that's all I really need. If I studied more than that my brain with be overflowing with so much info it would explode and I wouldn't be able to remember anything. These past several days I ha...

13. I got an A on my very first nursing exam!!!!

    MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm so happy!! I got a 92%. I missed 7 out of 98 questions. The test was challenging but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. My next test is the 23rd. I'm not going to let my good grade get to me though and make me think I don't have to study ...

14. Very first nursing exam....done and over with!!

    MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in General Students

    On Monday I had my very first nursing exam (I'm in the fundamentals). It was challenging but not too bad. I think I did pretty good. I know I over studied a bit. On Sunday I studied from the time I woke up to the time I went to bed so yeah I overstud...

15. Feeling better......

    MarcyRN3385 posted a topic in General Students

    I'm feeling alot better now about school. At first I was so stressed out and overwhelmed that I just felt like locking myself in a closet and crying for a few hours (in case you didn't read my first post I'm a new nursing student just started the fun...