Abishag

Abishag specializes in One day CCU maybe!.

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1. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   Abishag replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I'm starting to think my experience and training have only set me up to keep me opressed. Hmm. Maybe I need to take that course on abuse in the workplace. I wonder if I'm just getting old school info...

2. ICU/CCU fast paced??

   Abishag posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

   Hello, I'm a fairly new grad and have been working the last 6 months in Med-Surg. It is so fast-paced that I don't sit down AT ALL. We're not supposed to sit anyways but if we were allowed to, I still...

3. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   Abishag replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I won't argue that my perception or how I react will or won't change. I am new to nursing and thanks for saying I'm young. I still feel young lol. But after 8 years in telephone customer service and...

4. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   Abishag replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   carolmaccas66 I was not talking about accepting abuse by individuals that are in their right mind. However, you can tell the ones that are abusive in general by how they treat their family members,...

5. NCLEX Pass Rates For Charlotte Area Nursing Programs

   Abishag replied to tryingtobeanurse's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Nick - Our final semester we had clinicals and class lectures on ICU. We rotated and took patients in the CCU, MICU an and SICU. I did my preceptorship in the CCU as well. Our instuctor had many...

6. What's your reason for putting up with it?

   Abishag replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I can tell you why I put up with behavior like that. I was taught in nursing school that patients and families are sometimes dealing with an extreme amount of stress and don't know how to handle it....

7. NCLEX Pass Rates For Charlotte Area Nursing Programs

   Abishag replied to tryingtobeanurse's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   As a former MSON graduate, I can tell you that we were constantly being told by nurses at the hospitals that compared to other schools we were way ahead of the game. Apparently the other schools did...

8. Shaky hands and IV starts?!

   Abishag replied to wbrogers's topic in General Nursing

   I have shaky hands naturally as well. I'm a first year RN. I can tell you...shaky hands is the least of your worries. Catching rolling veins and not blowing crappy ones on the other hand...sigh. I'm...

9. Do you think this med error was preventable?

   Abishag replied to pn2rn08's topic in General Nursing

   What kind of insulin was it? If it was Lantus I probably wouldn't have given it unless they were over 120 just out of habit. Even if there was no rule or perameters saying to hold if Even when there...

10. ?? for labor & delivery nurses in Triangle area

    Abishag replied to blytheny's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Hey, I'm a new grad here. When I did my clinical rotations they were at the CMC-Pineville maternity center in Charlotte, NC. They have a level III NICU I believe. I know that the RNs in that maternity...

11. I just might projectile vomit while waiting for my NCLEX-RN results

    Abishag replied to nursgirl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You know I just don't even understand why we have to wait 48 hours when they know the results almost instantly. But God forbid I lived in CA!!! I can't imagine waiting longer than 48 hours for my...

12. NCLEX in 5 days- any help would be great!!

    Abishag replied to Faith0203's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Do you know what your pass rate is for you school? The reason I ask, is because if you guys have 100% pass rate, then try not to worry so much. Your faculty prepared you well for the NCLEX-RN. Don't...

13. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Abishag replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It is true! I just checked and I passed! The pearson trick worked for me. :) Also, for any that are concerned that their questions were getting easier at the end. Mine definitely got easier. Almost...

14. Need help!!! Recruiter/Hiring mgr question...

    Abishag posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I received a phone call from a recruiter this week wanting me to send in my goals & objectives for the new grad position along with clinical references. I've been applying since October and this...

15. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    Abishag replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took it today. Had 81 questions. Mostly drugs I had never heard of and tons of priority questions. I had 8 SATA. I tried the Pearsonvue trick and so far I have the good pop up that I can not...