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our hospital has prevacid scheduled at 7am as prophylaxis for most patient. I had this one patient who doesn't wake up to eat her breakfast until 8:30 or 9am ish.. since Prevacid is normally recommend to take 30 minutes before breakfast.. is it stil...

I am 7 month into my job, I was asked by the unit manager to write a peer review for one of our charge nurse/team leader for her annual evaluation because they want to hear from a new grad's perspective. one of the questions they asked was "how is h...

new grad here, I recently had a pt with pulmonary fibrosis, not doing so well, and family just agreed for pt to go to hospice. He was going to transfer to hospice the next morning and not yet on comfort measure. Last ABG showed that he's hypoxic, h...

oops.. nevermind.. I found the answer.. (don't know how to delete the question, thought might as well post the answer) Peak: 1.5 - 3hr Duration: 24hr Half-Life: 1.5 hr so it still works, just less effective...

I'm recently hired on a medsurg floor, from hospital statistic, near 45% of of hospital's RRT calls comes from our floor.. I'm terrified just thinking about when I am off orientation. I can feel my brain freeze just thinking about - eg. What if my p...

I am a new nurse working on a med/surg floor We have dialysis pt every now and then. Just want to hear from the experience or dialysis nurses - 1. what are some important things and tips to know/monitor/be mindful of when caring for dialysis patien...

[COLOR=#660000]thanks esme12 for your encouragement and brainsheet! I am modifying my current brains and yours examples are really helpful. I know this coming year won't be easy, sometimes I wish I can skip the first year learning curve and downloa...

I am a new grad - on week 3 out of 6 of my orientation on a very busy/heavy resp/tele unit. I am orienting on day shift, but will eventually switch to night. There's a chance they might keep my on days, but I am so scared because I know I will need ...

I'm a new grad recently started working in a busy respiratory/tele step down unit. My preceptor is very type A and is following me 24/7 - even when I chart! He stand right behind me and watches me. He takes over things - eg. dressing change, ileostom...

I have a panel interview coming up with 5 people: managers from 4 different unit (Cardiac telemetry, Respiratory, Med-Surg & Pre-Op.) and the recruiter. I've been wondering, how to prepare answering the questions - such as why do you want to work...

haha thanks for the RELAX katinme!! :) lol I will make sure to not rush my answer!! and can you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by "you need to address everyone in the interview"? do you mean I should prepare a question for each of the manager?...

I applied to the Med Surg unit at a local hospital. Last week, a recruiter called me and asked me to an interview. I was sooo excited at first, until I asked her who will be at the interview she told me it was the DON of postpartum/L&D unit. Sh...

To make sure the message get to the recruiter in time, I sent an email. Thanked her, very briefly touched on why I declined the interview in a sentence, expressed my goal/desire units & interest for the hospital, asked for another chance. Ended...

nope, I didn't, because I didn't want to apply for OB.

haha no and yes. No, because I am thankful for all the honest opinion. Does it sucks to repeatedly hearing how bad I've messed up? Yes. Feeling even more stupid and like an idiot especially after all these comments. Thank you all, you guys really...

ya.. I thought about that too... but too late now =( I think call the recruiter back request for the interview would make me look even worse at the moment.. right? anyway, on the bright side, now I won't make the mistake again!

I was thinking - if I knew I was going to say no, why bother waste both of our time? I'd be faking, and I think they can tell. I did told the recruiter, I'm interested in all units except women's health. oh well.. lesson learned. Can't do much rig...

Been trying to apply for hospital RN position - no luck so far. So, I am thinking about getting a part time job at the doctor's office. I use to work at a doctor's office as office assistant - we do everything..front & back office.. check in pt...

anyone works at the Kindred hospital in Ontario or Brea, CA? how are the staffs? working atmosphere, and how is the orientation like for new grad BSN?

i am asking for lor from my clinical instructor as many rn residency asks for it. i graduated last year may, when i emailed her last week - she replyed "unfortunately, the clinical instructors in the accelerated program are not allowed to write let...

Thank you for all the suggestions, I will try to contact another instructor, and also the office hopefully they will let me get a copy of my evaluations as well as a proof of the statement that they do not allow LOR be given out. :)!

thank you so much for all your help!! I will include the cover letter and I deleted the "my name is"!! thank you for letting me know :)!! (*edit* oops, logged in with friend's computer..)

been out of school for a year now. for personal reason i was just recently able to started looking for job. any suggestions is appreciated! thank you for your time and help in advance :)!! 1. should i include the total hours for clinical rotation ...

@jmira - thank you SO MUCH for the prompt and detailed reply! This is really helpful!! ahh -- I'm getting nervous about the essay!! (slow writer > thank you!! and Congratulation on getting the job at the other hospital!!!! :)

thank you so much for your help and encouragements! I think I am going to take ACLS/PALS too! tho expensive.. hope it will be worth it!