Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler BSN, RN

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  1. How many Pt do you take care of?

    Nightcrawler replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a critical tele/ cardiothoracic stepdown, 12 hour nights. We have 3-4 patients, primary

  2. Providence St. Joseph's, Burbank?

    Nightcrawler replied to newgrad05's topic in California Nursing

    I graduated last december and have a classmate who went, or I should say is still undergoing training at St Joe's for the ICU. She loves it and says that the training, classroom and on job is...

  3. how did you KNOW you were meant to be a nurse...having a conflict!

    Nightcrawler replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    Like some of the other posters have said, patient education is one of the most important parts of the career, in some areas I feel that it is THE most important part. I work on a busy telemetry floor...

  4. What did you buy yourself for a graduation present

    Nightcrawler posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    One thing that I always have a problem with is hanging on to pens. Either I put them down or loan them to someone, and then I can never tell which ones are mine..... I have been known to go through...

  5. What did you buy yourself for a graduation present

    Nightcrawler replied to Nightcrawler's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey guys: I haven't been around for awhile, with NClEX and starting a new job, I have been a little busy and stressed out, but now I am happy to say that the RN on my pens is finally true!!!!! A few...

  6. Am I going to be able to test?

    Nightcrawler posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    During all of the paperwork that I have had to fill out for the BRN and Nclex testing, all we were ever told by our school was that we had to have everything exactly the same on each form. For...

  7. nursing school really FULL TIME???

    Nightcrawler replied to brandy119's topic in General Nursing

    You may not be in class for 8 hours on class days, but there is always a paper, care plan, group project, test to study for, uniform to clean, meeting to attend, or mandatory volunteer work to...

  8. pinning ceremony speech

    Nightcrawler replied to NurseHeather's topic in General Students

    I have a couple of pieces of advice for you. If you have more than one student speaker come up with a list of topics among you and assign them. In the course of planning our pinning ceremony I...

  9. Am I going to be able to test?

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

    Apparently this also has to do with which company your state has contracted to give the tests. The BRN told me that they would have probably accepted the middle initial, but that it is Pearson Vue...

  10. Am I going to be able to test?

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

    In California it is not as simple as going to the DMV and having a new one made. After it is ordered it is MAILED to you within 6 weeks. Doing the name change with the BRN is a much quicker

  11. I got my NCLEX results today...

    Nightcrawler replied to pie123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Im very sorry to hear about your result. As with a few of the other threads going around the student forums, it is often harder to be so close to what we really desire, whether that be a grade or a...

  12. How long to get NCLEX results in CA?

    Nightcrawler replied to ZZTopRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I posted a reply to this in the general discussion area, but what I didn't say is that they might already be posted online. What you need to do is go to their site, click the link to verify active...

  13. Am I going to be able to test?

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

    Thank you all for your responses, I called the BRN first thing this morning, and apparently this is a big deal, and I would have been turned away at the testing center. So now I have to do a formal...

  14. CA RN NCLEX result?

    Nightcrawler replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard of people who were able to confirm that they had a license by doing a search for their name as early as a day or two after they took the exam. If you are a new grad though, and your...

  15. failed three times..........

    Nightcrawler replied to MelRN80's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Im confused. I just read another post that was started by you this month where you said that you had just taken NCLEX and failed it for the 2nd time. I thought that they made you wait 90 days...

  16. O2 saturation question

    Nightcrawler replied to kaseysmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Many, Many, Many older patients will have O2 sats well below 98. With some patients, for example those with COPD, the doctor will order that their sat be maintained between 89-92 with 92 being the...

  17. Is there something comparable to Toradol that can be given IV for pain?

    Nightcrawler replied to bellehill's topic in Pain Management

    I did a clinical rotation through a local ER where the attending doc would routinely order ativan and toradol together, esp for chest pain. I even heard that he was trying to find a way to market the...

  18. 6 Rights of Medication Administration

    Nightcrawler replied to betsy1963's topic in General Students

    All of those that have been posted are correct. For my program we were taught that documentation was the 6th, but that various hospitals were adopting various

  19. Telemetry staff ratios

    Nightcrawler replied to lee1's topic in Cardiac

    I am a new grad that will be starting at a teaching hospital in Feb. The majority of our pts come out of the CTICU and are either post or preop heart and lung transplant pts. We see some CABG, but...

  20. Do you know of any Night/Weekend Nursing Schools?

    Nightcrawler replied to Maliatc's topic in California Nursing

    Glendale Community College has a evening/weekend program. You do have to remember that it is NOT part time, merely taught during different hours. All of their programs are under great demand, and...

  21. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

    Nightcrawler replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

    This is a sore subject for me right now. I am graduating this December, and while my sister says that she is proud of me, she is always saying that she knows just as much, or maybe more than me...

  22. Do You Have Any Favorite OB Myths?

    Nightcrawler replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Both of my grandmothers thought that my mother was incapable of breastfeeding because her breasts were small. I can remember my mom talking to my grandmother on the phone, trying to convince her...

  23. Fibromyalgia Support Thread

    Nightcrawler posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am starting this thread as a response to the one that has been running for the last couple of weeks. I finally grew tired of searching through the disbelief and prejudice for the jewels of wisdom...

  24. Fibromyalgia

    Nightcrawler replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I was thinking of this thread in class today as I listened to the lecture on CNS disorders, most of which have no "definitive, objective test". By the definition of some of the users here, that means...

  25. Fibromyalgia

    Nightcrawler replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    I have suffered from FM since I was 18. I am 34 now. Through my research and personal experience i have found that narcotics do not work. Sometimes muscle relaxants help, but not all of the time....