RNRapunzel1029

If a student has been running high blood sugars and does not finish their meals all of the time (so it's never exactly known if to dose for the full meal or not) do you dose right before the meal to counteract high sugars and correct low if needed or...

Young/picky just because of age. Plan is to carb count and dose for lunch. So I figured I should count carbs actually eaten instead of full meal because it can differ by a lot.

Tomorrow. :)

congrats! I'm re-joining school nursing after working in a hospital for a little while and being a SAHM for a little while. Trying to get back into the swing of things.

So I've been trying to stay positive so far-I'm in my 2nd week on my own. Well, my last shift just took it all out of me. The shift started on such a bad note and it was all downhill from there. It's so hard not to feel incompetent when that's how ot...

So after 6 weeks of orientation, tonight will be my first night on my own on my med surg floor. I am so nervous. Hopefully, tonight will go well. If anyone has any pointers I'm all ears. I'm just afraid I'm going to be as slow as a turtle. :)

Zosyn, dilaudid, ancef, norco, Ativan, protonix, heparin, beta blockers, insulin, lasix.

I survived. I'm beating myself up over a few mistakes I made, but all 6 of my patients were stable during my shift and when I left. I guess that's a win! I'm gonna write some of my thoughts out on the shift and hopefully think of some improvements I ...

Mom: "I think our new nursing student forgot to set her clock back. What's an extra hour on a 12-hr shift anyway, right?"

Silly question, but I'm still gonna ask so I have a definite answer. When spiking a levaquin bag (the one with the two plastic tabs), do you twist off the bottom tab and spike it through the 2nd tab? It leaks until the spike is all the way in, which ...

Thank you. I had never used a bag with the plastic twist tab before so that is helpful to know.

I PMed you Concerto about a question on another topic, I graduated in 2010 and I'm still looking for a hospital job. It's very rough out there.

Yup I tell them it's not ready to come out yet, but if it does fall out at school to come back to my office (they like getting the treasure boxes and such) :)

I am a new school nurse and new RN too. It is overwhelming, but luckily I have had experience working in a schools setting before. If any other of the new (or "old") school nurses want to form a little 2012-2013 survival group outside of this forum (...

Hello, I recently interviewed for a position that would be for nights on a med-surg floor. One of the floors may even be telemetry (interviewed for multiple open med-surg positions). I was told that during nights I will have up to 8 patients. I am g...

Hello, I am graduating in June and I am wondering if anyone knows much about Edward Hospital in Naperville. I am doing my externship there for my last quarter and I am also looking at hospitals around the area (including Edward) that are hiring new...

I graduated in June and I have not found a job yet either. It is frustrating. I do not know what I will do if I don't find one by this summer....I am in IL by the way and I graduated with an RN license.

I know how you feel. I graduated in June with my RN and still nothing. I've been here all of my life too. I just figure one day something will come *shrugs*

I am looking right now and no places are really hiring. Its disappointing.

Quick results said I passed. I'm an RN. an R-N. RN. hehe. I won't stop saying/writing it. :-)

I passed! PVT works.

I PASSED. YAY!

#1. Do not think you have to invest in some really expensive class to pass. You don't. If you have good study habits and those have worked for you in the past, then use them. However, if you know you are a bad test taker (as far as mechanics go) then...

Well I got 75 ques and the good pop-up. Finished in like 35 minutes. I thought me going fast would=me failing but I guess not. Totally didn't feel like staring at the questions forever. And yes I also felt like I failed after the test.

Took test today. 75 questions in 35minutes. Got the good-pop up when I got home. I will tell you Monday if it works (but of course I believe that it does!)