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  1. Questions for Nurses with Less than 5 Years of Experience

    kxvc replied to SillyInScrubs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    - I still have a little anxiety when I have a very critical pt. I never let it get in the way of what I'm doing. Once I hand them off to more experienced nurses in the ICU the anxiety is gone. -...

  2. first med error

    kxvc posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Last night was going great. Typical busy night in the ER, but I had an awesome tech helping me. 0600 came around, almost time to go home, got a new pt with tummy pain. So, I pull my meds...pain med,...

  3. Reality Shock...

    kxvc replied to xoblondebananaox's topic in First Year After Licensure

    funny u should ask because I just posted about my reality shock on another thread about something else. My reality shock has been the amount of responsibility that is on my shoulders. As an ER nurse I...

  4. No one told me....

    kxvc replied to Reese17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    They told me, but it never really sank in until I started how much responsibility is on my shoulders. The day after the end of preceptorship I was expected to be able to handle whatever came through...

  5. new grad questions - when does it all come together?

    kxvc posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had a terrible night last night in the ER. Had 2 very, very ill patients who were septic. The ER was so full my other beds had to remain open so I had my septic patients on cardiac drips and all...

  6. without a paddle

    kxvc posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hate to admit I'm only here to read the new grad horror stories. I, myself, am a new grad 5 months fresh out of NS. I work in the ER - my dream job. I'm here as a reality check to myself that I am...

  7. without a paddle

    kxvc replied to kxvc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I will have some time off next week so I scheduled myself for 5 to prevent my check from being too short. Normally I work 3. Well, it was my birthday on the 11th so Sunday and Monday night, after...

  8. Question for all the new nurses

    kxvc replied to smilealot's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in August. Nursing is everything I thought it would be and then some. I got my dream job in the ER I wanted to work at. What I had not realized is that I was looking at it through rose...

  9. 700 pages of reading, per week, for one class

    kxvc replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Students

    As a recent graduate I would advise you listen in lecture. Read up on topics you don't understand. If you can form a study group assign each member a certain section to read and take notes on. When...

  10. Share Your Saying

    kxvc replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    These are a few of my favorites: May the fleas of a thousand camels infest the crotch of the person who screws up your day and may their arms be too short to scratch. -Unkown Small things amuse small...

  11. Glucose Fingerstick

    kxvc replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a whole lot being a student myself. What you have looks great to me. The only thing I see is that as far as we've been taught HgA1c's are not used to diagnose DM, but are used to check...

  12. The long term effects of being fired

    kxvc replied to Poochee's topic in General Nursing

    I had a job when I was 18 in a peds clinic once doing their medical records. I wasn't fired, but I didn't fit in. I believe they were trying to shove me out the door by making it impossible for me to...

  13. Anyone have a dad for a nurse?

    kxvc replied to Shan Dannon's topic in Men in Nursing

    My mom was a nurse in our native country. She met her 1st husband, my father, while she was in NS and he was in med school. Mom's love of nursing must have impacted her 2nd husband, my nightmare for...

  14. How to NOT cry at work

    kxvc replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know about anyone else, but I'm a pretty proud individual. If I know someone is out to get me then I do everything in my power to not let them see me cry. I'll smile - because they hate to see...

  15. Adn's Who Don't Care

    kxvc replied to nursing4me23's topic in General Nursing

    I have no desire to get my BSN. I plan to get my Bachelor's Degree in Spanish after getting my ADN and pursue a career outside of nursing. The ADN is a wonderful option which gives me the opportunity...

  16. Liked L&D

    kxvc replied to rn2btoo's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Well, I'm not a guy (and I really don't like OB), but if you like L&D and want to work there then I say go for it! So many of the OB docs at our hospital are males so why not a male nurse?...

  17. "Big Money"

    kxvc replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have my growing list of things I'm going to do/buy when I finish NS. No, I didn't go into nursing for the money, but I wouldn't be a nurse if it was minimum wage either. Lucky for me I will get to...

  18. Do you say you're a nurse...

    kxvc replied to picurn10's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Well, I say I'm in nursing school. Our program was designed for PN exit after 2nd block. In other words...as soon as I finish block 2 I will be doing whatever it is I need to do to get my LPN....

  19. You know you are in nursing school when ctxt

    kxvc replied to tnstudentnurse's topic in General Students

    When you start wondering if you were somehow teleported back in time to high

  20. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    kxvc replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    1) Just because you know I dislike you doesn't mean I start nasty rumors about how you and your friends cheated on the test. Actually, the *friend* you talk to every day is the one that started the...

  21. Medical Advice

    kxvc replied to Natingale's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get asked as often as I used to. My trick was to give them the cluless stunned face and say something like, "Wow, no I have no idea what that could be. Maybe you should go to your doctor, or...

  22. What do you want to tell Nursing Students?

    kxvc replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    I am a student I would like to tell students to... -Seek out the RNs who are willing to teach -Understand even the nicest RN can become curt when stressed beyond our understanding -Respect their...

  23. If you could have a different profession...

    kxvc replied to anurseuk's topic in General Nursing

    *ED doc (actually plan on pursuing this one after RN) and if it had to be outside of medicine... mechanic do auto body work automotive

  24. help me love what you do as much as you do

    kxvc replied to kxvc's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks! I have been learning a ton today! I work with the most wonderful bunch of ED staff and that includes the docs. One of the docs today has been providing me with some OB research topics, and I...

  25. help me love what you do as much as you do

    kxvc posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a nursing student with several years of hospital experience to back me up. Med-surg has been a breeze these first 2 blocks. We are now entering the OB and peds portion of block2. I am finding my...