AmyLiz

The hospital where I work has the OR staffed 24/7, but even so, everyone (except the "outpatient/ambulatory" staff take call (the hospital has a Level I Trauma Center). We're assigned call, but most people who want extra can get it from the people w...

Here in southwestern Ohio there are several hospitals that have OR training programs. A couple in Cincinnati & a couple in Dayton that I know of are really good. I am in an internship right now & have been really happy with it.

We use pre-printed sheets for counting our instruments. We use another pre-printed sheet for counting sponges & blades/needles. It works quite well for us.

This is straight off of our hospital's website for their requirements for nurses who want to apply for flight nurse positions: Education - BSN required or actively pursuing. Licensed to practice professional nursing in the State of Ohio. Certificatio...

I graduated from nursing school this past November. I started an OR internship at a local hospital last month. It's important that the hospital you work at has a good training program. If you interview for a position in the OR, be sure to ask abou...

Heck, I didn't study much either. Didn't have any motivation to study until one of my friends failed it. That lit the fire under my butt to study a bit! :) I really only studied for about a week...a few hours a day (ok, maybe 1-2 hours a day...i...

Depends on the hospital. A classmate of mine is now working as a new grad in an ER without any prior experience (other than observing once in nursing school). A few of my former classmates are getting into ICU, NICU, CICU through internship program...

I work for a large clinic (24 chairs, total of around 150 patients). We have several buttonholes that are just fantastic...really easy to pop those needles in. Others...well, we had to give up on because they would just NEVER establish the tunnel! ...

You can start looking at the job boards now. Maybe start sending those resumes out in February or so. I graduated at the end of November & some folks started sending them out in late September, early October with some good results. Others wait...

Not sure if this is possible for you, but in our clinic we have a few pts who have issues with clotting who cannot be on heparin (and some who have clotting issues even with heparin!), so we put them on a saline drip at 200cc/hr per plum pump hooked ...

Just had to share...I got pinned last night! :smiley_aa It was such a neat ceremony. I was on the pinning committee, so I was in on the planning, but it turned out so much better than I imagined! Everyone I talked to said how impressed they were w...

Thanks! :smiley_aa I'm still on cloud nine! It's been a long, hard road! Now I just have to pass the boards!

That is WEIRD that your school doesn't teach venipuncture! I don't know of any hospitals around my area that teach you...they figure if you passed nursing school, you know all the skills. I'd definately take a class, just to get some experience. ...

Well, people did tell me this, but you never seem to believe it...until you get there: You will have no life while you are in school. Forget about cleaning, cooking, etc...you won't have time. Especially if you're working as well. I'm almost thro...

Usually glucose molecules diffuse by simple diffusion, but GLUT1 is a passive transporter found in erythrocytes and GLUT2 is found in the liver. Both are involved in importing glucose quicker than by the simple diffusion. Is this what you're look...

I'm sure you can do it. But something did come to mind...you mentioned that you were interested in the mental health field...have you thought of maybe entering a psych tech program? Our local community college offers it & with it you would be a...

Don't know much about MSJ, but I have heard that Xavier's got a great nursing program. It's kind of pricey to go there, but it's a great school.

I'd say it would be good experience. I work as a dialysis tech currently while going to nursing school (graduating this fall...yeah!). You may want to look around...sometimes there are PCT positions that just work you on the weekends, so you can h...

It depends on your unit. I work at a 24 chair chronic outpatient unit as a tech (graduating from nursing school this fall) & it can be quite stressful. A couple friends of mine work at a different outpatient unit & say it's really laid back...

We are required to pass a dosage calculation test consisting of 10 questions every term of the quarter. We have to get 100% on the test each time or we fail the class and are out of the program. I don't see how that's unfair though...I mean, when y...

I just got to see a prolapsed uterus repair and an open chole. The chole was awesome & the CRNA let me stand back with her at the pt's head. It was amazing! The docs were great & the CRNA explained a lot of what she was doing to keep the p...

I'd look over your notes from last term...review skills and lab values that you need to know. I start back next week & have been working on our required review...4 chapters to be read & 40 or so pages in our resource packet. Ugh. Only 15 ...

Give yourself some time. When I started clinicals last year, I felt lost too, but after a couple weeks, I felt much more at ease. It just takes time! :)

I have a bachelors in psychology & am working on my ADN currently.

I was one of two students in my class that got to experience the ER. I loved it! It was rather slow the night we were there, but I did get to assist a doc in putting in a femoral cath. I loved it too, and am seriously considering going to the ER e...