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  1. CA/ State Prison RN job question

    Hi, I am interviewing for San Quentin on Teusday. I am so nervous because I don't interview well. can anyone tell me how the interview process goes and what type of q's they ask? I am also wondering...
  2. VA Palo Alto New Grad Program

    I'm a BSN grad with 8months LTC exp. as an RN. When I emailed the nurse recruiter and asked about the progress this was her reply, "I am still doing some last minute review and negotiation for new...
  3. New grads how did you land a job?

    What I want to know is, what makes one person stand out above the rest? For hiring managers, why does one person get offered 4 jobs or even lots of interviews, and others apply to every job possible...
  4. VA Palo Alto New Grad Program

    Just wondering if anyone has gotten a call for VA Palo Alto yet?
  5. Dear Morning Glory, Thank
  6. Dear Lifern, I didn't say I couldn't cope with it. I really want to be anurse and do believe that I will be a good one, I'm just confused right now, and certainly don't want to make another mistake,...
  7. Karen, Thanks for your reply. I don't mean to sound like it is the "end of the world." I am just a little discouraged right now. I have bills to pay, can't find a job, not retaining nursing knowledge,...
  8. Help me cause my head is spinning! My story is pretty much the same except that I got fired due to med error. Let me just state that the pt is fine, no adverse rxn's. But I freaked at the time, and...
  9. VA Palo Alto New Grad Program

    I emailed the nurse recruiter yesterday. She said that she is still sorting through applications, and hoped to be done this week. When the nurse managers get them, they have to sort through them and...
  10. Palo Alto VA- any new grads

    I applied to the VA Palo Alto Versant program starting in September. I was just wondering if anyone else had? Has anyone heard anything yet? Any calls for interviews? The waiting is killing me!!
  11. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    airborne precautions-measles, sars, chicken pox, tb Throbocytopenia-petechiae, bruising, fatigue, malaise, bleeding that is hard to stop from a wound. Precautions-(prevention) injury, s/sx of...
  12. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    1-b 2-4 (indication of
  13. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    Can anyone post a question on
  14. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    1) cath. in the arch of the aorta. 2) biopsy 3) pap smear 4) I dont like any of these options, but would have to say #4. How about informing the
  15. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    Irreversible syndrome-delirium tremens (autonomic hyperactivity characterized by tachycardia, sweating, tremors, htn, dellusions, hallucinations, and extremely agitated. can be fatal if not treated....
  16. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    3-pt experiencing fluid
  17. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    esophageal atrasia-want to make sure baby has good
  18. I'm feeling dumb........

    Dear Hopeful, I know exactly how you feel! But ya know I think we put alot of uneeded pressure on ourselves to get "it" right, right away. We are still learning, and maybe if we learn to not take...
  19. New Grad RN and Cannot Find employment

    Thanks
  20. New Grad RN and Cannot Find employment

    I am in the same boat, athough I did work for 8 months in LTC. This sucks!!! But, indeed.com has alto of listings for new grad programs throughout the country. You can also try nurse.com and...
  21. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    gonorrhea
  22. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    padded clamp used for clamping the tubing if it is dislodged from the drainage system, and gauze w/ vaseline to cover the insertion site incase the tubing becomes dislodged from the
  23. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    falls??
  24. Study Group Question - Do you think you know it?

    Warfarin is used to prevent stroke. INR should be checked, and between 2.0-3.0. I've seen Amiodorone used to tx a-fib. Need to check heart rate because meds used to tx a-fib can cause
  25. SURVEY for 75 questions on NCLEX RN

    I passed it in 75 q's. Had about 5-7 math q's, which I didn't know the answers to (thought for sure I had failed just cause of that!). It took me about 2.5 to 3 hours. Then I started freaking out, and...