Up2nogood RN

Up2nogood RN RN

pulm/cardiology pcu, surgical onc

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  1. New nurse needs help

    Up2nogood RN replied to daisy84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yikes! I have no more than 5 pts at night! Day shift starts out w/ 3. I can't imagine as a new grad attempting to be responsible for that many pts; totally unsafe. I would search for a hospital w/...

  2. Is this normal ??????

    Up2nogood RN replied to Joebrown's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This is exactly how I've felt also. I was an aide for 17 yrs and had seen and dealt with it all. Now being a nurse is a little different but there are some skills that I already know that come in...

  3. help... making mistakes

    Up2nogood RN replied to seaglass123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Being a newer grad you will make mistakes no matter how good the ratios are. It's just part of the learning process. You are in no way incompetent, you've kept your pts safe but made a few minor...

  4. Is every hospital like this ???

    Up2nogood RN replied to roadtorn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Welcome to nursing baby :scrm:The hospital I work at has magnet status and is pretty good but some floors are worse than others. You will always run into those nurses who shame the profession and Dr's...

  5. New nurse feeling incompetent

    Up2nogood RN replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know about the area you live in but where I'm at a nurse has to have a minimum of 1 yr med/surg exp before they will even be considered for a hospice position. And it really does make sense...

  6. New Grads of EC what are you going to do about employment?

    Up2nogood RN replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I was hired in the hospital where I had worked as a CNA (even after I was an LPN I kept my CNA job b/c they don't hire LPN's in hospitals here), in surgical oncology and I didn't have to wait for an...

  7. FCCA Update

    Up2nogood RN posted a topic in Online Distance Learning

    I passed analyzing lit clep (Whew!) yesterday. The FCCA will be sent to me in a paper and pencil format for me to return within 10 days than I am done-WooHoo! It's open book and costs

  8. FCCA Update

    Up2nogood RN replied to Up2nogood RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    it's pass or fail if I remember

  9. Let's vent, I am first!!!!

    Up2nogood RN replied to sweetpeanurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There's just some places that nurses with morals and a conscience just can't handle working in. I loved the residents at the LTC I was at and I had done clinicals there also but the management was BS...

  10. Let's vent, I am first!!!!

    Up2nogood RN replied to sweetpeanurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    HaHa, I picked up extra shifts in a LTC for 2 months and I could write a book LOL. Actually it's not funny, I decided the extra money wasn't worth losing my RN license that I've worked so hard to get!...

  11. VENT.....transferred out of icu 6 weeks into orientation.

    Up2nogood RN replied to stanquim's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I totally agree with all you've said. I too am a new grad on a surgical floor and I think I'd rather pull my hair out than work in ICU. Although the pt to nurse ratio is awfully tempting :wink2:. I...

  12. New nurse feeling incompetent

    Up2nogood RN replied to americanlatina313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think all new nurses are in the same boat. I'm VERY fortunate to work on a unit where everyone supports me and is helping to train me. I've been in this hospital for about 10 yrs as a tech so I've...

  13. EC CPNE Prep

    Up2nogood RN replied to Ruby819's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Oh and please don't sign ANYTHING with the college network. You don't need them to do this program! There are many threads r/t this topic. Unfortunately, I didn't know about this site until it was too...

  14. EC CPNE Prep

    Up2nogood RN replied to Ruby819's topic in Online Distance Learning

    There are MANY Excelsior students that do not work in acute care and sail thru without problem. I was a new LPN doing peds home health when I started in January and still working PT as a tech in the...

  15. FCCA Update

    Up2nogood RN replied to Up2nogood RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I remember case studies, delegation (kinda tricky-important to read THEIR interpretation of delegation), and discharge planning. There wasn't any multiple choice and not a lot of room to write answers...

  16. Having trouble finding a JOB!!!!! HELP

    Up2nogood RN replied to Sheila1214's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wasn't serious about the $7/hr for an RN . Our minimum wage is over $7/hr here. LTC facilities are starting to pay comparable to the hospitals to attract new grads. I was lucky enough to land a job...

  17. Having trouble finding a JOB!!!!! HELP

    Up2nogood RN replied to Sheila1214's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm sure there are LTC facilities in your area that might pay you a little more than $7/hr??? The nursing shortage is everywhere but in acute

  18. Not happy in 1st year

    Up2nogood RN replied to HURN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've worked in the hospital for 10 years as a tech and seen literally at least a few hundred nurses go thru this. I'm guessing nursing schools do not prepare their students well for the harsh reality...

  19. Where to start....MED SURGE???????

    Up2nogood RN replied to unclebenny20's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL....Boring? Have you ever worked on a med/surg unit (not counting

  20. Not happy in 1st year

    Up2nogood RN replied to HURN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've worked on several different types of floors and surgical post ops I feel are the best by far. When you have a mixed med/surg unit it can be a nightmare. It's the dumping ground of the hospital...

  21. feeling helpless...

    Up2nogood RN replied to ewilson3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't think that having 10 pts could be legal!!!! IMO I'd be looking for a new unit or another hospital that has realistic and safe staffing ratios. I'm in surgical oncology and we have 5-6 at...

  22. Worst case scenarios

    Up2nogood RN replied to firegrrl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    And I have to say that setting up a mock lab at home and practicing everyday exactly how I would do it at the CPNE helped tremendously. It has also been a benefit in practice on the floor. I do not...

  23. Worst case scenarios

    Up2nogood RN replied to firegrrl's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yes, you can start over! I had to start over with the IV push and IM injection d/t bubbles in the syringe I didn't see at first but caught before I had CE verify dose. Remember to tip syringe upside...

  24. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

    Up2nogood RN replied to ashfost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will be starting as a new grad in Portland Oregon w/ base rate of $28 and noc shift diff of $5.50/hr and wknds

  25. Got a Date!

    Up2nogood RN replied to Medic15251's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I tested there last August and it's a nice small, older hospital. The CA and CE's were all real friendly but it is still pretty much all by the book. Go in there confident, know you're critical...