So I work night shift on a med surg floor and have just graduated RN school this past December and passed boards about 3 weeks ago. I got my schedule today and in two weeks my nurse manager has me...
I definitely dont glove up for vitals unless there is visibly body fluid somewhere or the patient has an infection (and in those cases most have their own blood pressure cuff and etc.) i think it is a...
When she scheduled me charge..i am the only RN on the unit the rest LPNs. If for some reason CCU or ER needs drugs or anything from purchasing (ie catheters) or an old file then i am the only one with...
When I administer IV "pushes" I do not glove up...nor have I ever seen one glove up when doing such. when it comes to everything else...i pretty much glove it
I used the new Hurst Review for NCLEX-RN. It gives plenty of test taking strategies and great little tricks at remembering things. If you go on Amazon.com you can type NCLEX-RN and find great...
My clinicals in LPN school were awesome. I had a wonderful instructor that cared about the students and let us know that she was not expecting us to come in their knowing everything. she was great....
I am 20 years old and a registered nurse...the youngest at my hospital...I enjoy it. I have strived and worked hard to get where i am today and i think as long as you are a competant and safe nurse...
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I dont smoke but our hospital has a "butt hut" that is so many feet away from the hospital and is the ONLY place where you can smoke at the hospital. Patients even have to go out there if they want...
In my opinion as long as you have a safe person with you being the nurse that nurses were taught to be then i am all groovy. However i work night shift and last night i was the only female. there...
I am a night shift RN. I work 3 on and 4 off. and every other weekend. The way it sounds you would be working every saturday and prob not have a real weekend because you are going to need to catch up...
Hi. I am a LPN who just took the NCLEX-RN yesterday. I stopped at 120 something and I think I got the last question wrong and I am freaking out. When I took the LPN NCLEX I went all the way and...
when i took my LPN and passed it said "congratulations, you passed!" and then i went to RN school and took NCLEX-RN and it said "Results: Failed" i just took mine Monday so i am hoping i didnt fail...
I also took the NCLEX yesterday (RN). I went all the way and took all of them. I am going crazy. Dont know what to do to occupy myself. Alabama has quick results and so i should know tomorrow....
i took hurst review in december and also took my test and failed (and I studied it). they gave me my money back which was good. i thought it was a good review, but dont rely on it