spongebob6286 BSN, RN

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    should i work at a secondary hospital?

    consider yourself fortunate that you will have a job. grab
  2. try st vincent hospital in marikina. hope this
  3. chances of being hired or to be on the training is slimmer bec. you do not have the necessary reuirements yet, they might tell you have it completed first or they will keep your file, but i doubt it....
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    whats next after passing the NLE?

    congrats!first, enjoy the moment, and welcome to the long line of applying in the hospital and trainings. you may want to do your BLS
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    Seizure Pts: what to do when it happens?

    stay with the pt then ask somebody to call for help. observe the pt's seizure, note the length, check 02
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    Sick of being a nurse in the Prison

    at the hospital i get stressed out with the workload and at the jail i get stressed with the
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    NEW US Nurse on first hospital job orientation

    i am also a foreign educated nurse. grab every nursing procedures that you will encounter at work. ask help of other nurses whenever you are unsure of what you are doing. i also do my own researches...
  8. i started working as a new grad rn and sad to say im not enjoying my job anymore bec, of the poor management. nurse pt ratio is 1:9, sometimes they forced us to take IMC patients with no cna, workload...
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    after 7 months of working as a new grad RN...

    majority of our IMC pts are on vents which makes it harder to turn them when there is no cna to help us, we would have to wait for another rn which will take time bec they themselves were busy
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    MS nurse to work as IMC nurse

    can a MS nurse can work as an IMC nurse without taking the course first? we are understaff with IMC nurses and our facility forces us to do so. they said we will be charged abandonement if we refused...
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    NCLEX-RN: 265 questions and PASSED!

    cant imagine answering 265 questions! my brain would be tortured! lol
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    Sick of being a nurse in the Prison

    some IM treats us as if we are they private nurses. they are not only manipulative but very demanding. some of them dont even know how to say thank you for checking them out each time they tell COs...
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    Pay for Correctional nurses?

    28-30/hr
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    Jail Opiate Withdrawal

    in our jail we only use librium for alcohol and benzodiazepines
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    Jail Opiate Withdrawal

    we have it for BID x 5days and provides meds with the symptoms like APAP for body aches, loperamide for diarrhea,
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    Med/ Surg Patient to Nurse Ratio

    we have 1:8 the minimum and unluckily 9. we do our own charges. only 1 CNA per hall. i must say its very
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    nurse pt ratio law?

    is there such a state board policy as to how many pts we can handle? in our hospital before we only have up to 6 pts but now they are making a new memo that we will be having as much as 9 now. both...
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    Panel Interview question - New Graduate

    be
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    ATTN: New Grads in Las Vegas

    what do you mean by they were going a different
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    Faking high FSBS?

    i am very particular to blood sugar and repeat it when it reads HI because you dont want them to give insulin and later on found them unconscious or passed
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    Finally landed a job (new grad) - couple questions

    Congrats
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    do the correctionals hire new grads?

    its really tough to get in in a hospital so maybe ill try to be a nurse in the
  23. the original question wasnt
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    Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    absolutely
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    New graduate and prn position?

    i worked as per diem on my 1st job, they will call you when they need you. sometimes they will call you at the middle of your sleep or when you are out shopping and tell you, "someone called in, can...