Ami_J

Sounds like you work on my floor! Except I am in Minnesota... we are a peds floor with a bunch of adult over flow in the summer. Usually Hyst's or appys, stuff like that. We sometimes have an NA if we have more than 6 pt's on the floor AND another f...

I was wondering what everyone's floating policy was, and how you like it? Does it work well? I am on a board to work out the problems in our policy, particularly our floor being dumped on. I work on a 16 bed pediatrics unit, our policy says we are ...

Wow that is a good idea! I am for sure going to bring that up. I think that would maybe work for our unit... at least a little, because there are some people that don't mind floating. We take turns the same way... we write down the date of the last t...

I work in a non-union hospital, and it is VERY common on my floor to be put on call 2-3 times per pay period. They have started floating us to help us keep our hours (but personally I would rather stay home than float so often) Are you able to floa...

I had health insurance through my schools health services, check online there are companys that provide cheap insurance for students... I think I paid around $250 per semester for mine.

My summer internship made a huge difference according to my boss... also many internship programs offer you a job after graduation!

We use a system called voice care. It is a taped report by phone. We enter the phon number, and our user name and password, and then either listen to report on just the room number you enter or record report on those rooms. It cuts down on having ...

I didn't do even close to 100/day... on a good day I maybe did 80, but usually I did 25. It's better to do a few and get them RIGHT, or if you get it wrong truely understand what you did wrong. Passing the NCLEX is more about how you reason things ...

Flash cards work well. I also bought the book "Pharmacology made incredibly easy"... and found it to be very helpful

Yes, I lived off my student loans. I worked part time for awhile, but clinicals made it hard to get hours. With the costs of school plus what I took out for living I now owe $60,000 which I will begin paying next month! Yikes!

I took the test and passed with 108 questions, my friend had all, what 265? Both of us thought we failed... but we passed! Almost everyone thinks they failed because the questions get harder with each one you get right... so they are ALL hard!

That is a cool test :) I took it and many of the top answers are things I am interested in... I work in pediatrics now, and that was 6th on my list, and number 1 was psych and I am VERY interested in doing that later in my career!

My friend got 3 dwi's while in nursing school (dumb her) but it didn't have any impact on career. She did have to write a statement on her application for her license but that is it... but maybe it depends on where you live.

Pediatircs Floor day shift 3-4 pts, no techs Minnesota

I get the same way, when it looks like something that is painful for the pt. Blood and wounds don't bother me at all but if it looks painful I get all tight in my shoulders and neck and if I don't notice my tension I get lightheaded. I have found i...

Spend more time on NCLEX style questions and critical thinking skills. When I took my test I felt like it wouldn't have helped at all to even have all my books in front of me, because it doesn't test on that kind of material. It tests on how you wo...

Check out nursing homes, they are usually looking for help. And if you aren't already a CNA the test is easy because you have already learned everything in school. Check out the ads in the paper and see if anyone needing home care, many times they ...

As a peds nurse a few things I find that work are: 1. don't talk to children like they are babys (I've watch nurses talk to 16 y/o like he was 2!) 2. tell the child what you are going to do before you do it ex. "I am going to listen to you breath" 3...

A gift I received was a little kit with a pen, scissors and pen light and it has really come in handy. Or you could make your own kit with things like tape, scissors, pen light, calculator (things that nurses keep in their pockets all the time) Anot...

After my first semester I worked as a CNA in a nursing home. I hated every moment of it BUT I learned a TON!!!! Personally I don't like working with the elderly and it wasn't "my thing" but I would really look into it. It really fine tunes all the ...

yeah it seems that in the last month you have wanted to be Anesthetist, and OB/GYN nurse, and now a teacher all within 20 days! Not only that but you state you have a low GPA, no one likes you, and you are hard of hearing. It seems you use the post...

I graduated in December and I didn't get interviews until AFTER I updated my online applications or called the hospitals with my license number. After you pass the nclex expect the interviews to come pouring in. I had 2 interview a week after my t...

I had an interview at Mayo, but wasn't offered a job. I applied for quite a few positions, because they make it easy by just filling out an online application and then whenever a job comes up that you are interested in you just select appy for posti...

I had only one on my test (out of 108 questions) and of all the new type of questions I had I think 4

I'm a new grad, and from MN. I get $24.20 base pay