shyne

shyne specializes in Telemetry, Stepdown.

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1. What's In Your Pocket?

   shyne replied to AmyD_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

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2. PT after Orientation?

   shyne replied to ittybittybabynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

   That would be up to your unit manager. Most places would like for new grads to start working full-time for the experience. Just ask your manager to see if it would be ok to switch to

3. So are you staying where you are? ~A Poll

   shyne replied to SteveNNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm currently working on a medical floor and my year is up in August. I'm planning on looking for some outpatient surgery nursing

4. Night Nursing

   shyne replied to kenesha212002's topic in First Year After Licensure

   It's not hard for me because I'm a night person. Try darkening the room to keep the light out so you can

5. Spring '05 grads-1 year in-how many new nurses you started w/ are still there?

   shyne replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I work in another town so I haven't been in touch with any of my classmates in awhile. However, I've heard of a few people switching jobs already. I have been on my job for the entire time, 8

6. Question for Recovery Nurses

   shyne posted a topic in Operating Room

   I've graduated last May from nursing school and have been working on a stepdown/tele floor for almost 8 months now. I've been interested in impatient PACU and outpatient recovery since observing these...

7. What nurse/patient ratios do you work with?

   shyne replied to heather1999's topic in First Year After Licensure

   1:4 and 1:5 on a stepdown

8. Need a little bit of positive...

   shyne replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I felt the same way when I started orientation. I thought that I could never manage without my preceptor, but I am so far. I've been off orientation for a week now and surprised on how well I'm doing....

9. Dayshift vs. Nighshift

   shyne replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I think it all depends on if the person is a night or day person. I'm a night person so it works out great for me. Day shift was too busy and hectic, but what made it worse was that I came into work...

10. Let's introduce ourselves...

    shyne replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm Tracy and I've graduated from an ADN program this past May. I took the boards in June and passed which makes me a RN! In Sept, I will be working on a Nephrology floor at a great hospital that has...

11. The Verdict Is In!!

    shyne replied to Jen2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! I knew that you would pass

12. I did it!!

    shyne replied to shyne's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks everyone!! Good luck to everybody else who is taking the test as

13. Scores on Practice Tests

    shyne replied to MarySunshine's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I wouldn't besides a lot of people seemed to have those same scores before they took the

14. Taking The Nclex-rn Tomorrow 7/15

    shyne replied to mye614's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just relax and don't do anymore studying. Good luck to you and I'm sure that you'll do

15. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

    shyne replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks! I used the 2005-2006 Kaplan review book and it costs about $35. It has about 180 questions inside the book and 180 on the cd as