Lucky0220

Congrats!! What a fantastic and inspiring post. I took the NCLEX back in 2009 and I was so lucky not to have gotten many SATA questions! I hope that you get another promising position...you deserve it. Best of Luck You!

That is a GREAT one for the "Say it Correctly" thread, that's somewhere on this site. Maybe the nurse was thinking about C-Diff! LOL

Oops, put my response with the wrong post!

I stated above that I did not go in as a new nurse. I had 3 years of experience.

Maybe this should give you a good indication of St. David's organizational culture,and what it might be like to work for! I didn't go in as a new nurse and they didn't even have someone to just orient me to the unit. The hiring process takes forev...

Just lovely.....this is what we went into nursing for! I love that phrase.."defensive nursing". Might have to borrow it for our next staff meeting!

I couldn't agree more with this observation. I truly believe that the OP and other new grads, including myself, when I graduated 4 years ago, were totally unprepared for bedside nursing when we graduated. Unfortunately, I didn't know that I was so ...

With an ADN and/or an ASN, you graduate with a DEGREE, not a diploma. ADN stands for Associate Degree in Nursing. ASN stands for Associate of Science in Nursing. Both are the same education-wise. It just depends on on where you live and the sch...

You know, I just read somewhere that if you roll your eyes as much as you do, they just might stay like that; with the pupil and iris facing the retina. Then you'd have to walk backwards for the rest of your life!

For ktwlpn: Maybe you have not worked at many different hospitals, but in at least 2 hospitals I worked at, new hires had some sort of identifier, showing others that they were new. While I did not have a sticker, I believe I had a thin green strip...

I just cannot understand why more hospitals don't invest in an admissions RN for each shift. To me that would be such a help for the floor nurses. We have one where I work, but only from 11a to 11p and only 3 days a week. It is just one position...

Do not encourage 'mindlor' by responding to his posts which are always argumentative. Read some of them...and you will see what I mean. He likes to push everyone's buttons.

fyi it seems that the op has not answered our questions as to whether he/she is hourly or salaried. in any case, since this is an important topic, i thought i would paste this info from the wage and hour division of the dept. of labor: wage and ...

Based on another one of your posts, where the thread was asking what hospital and what salary, you gave an annual figure. That suggests to me that you are not an hourly employee. Is this correct? If so, then unfortunately, they do not have to pay ...

It's sad, but true, I guess. Just like many candidates do not prepare for their interviews, some who are responsible for either doing the interview or setting it up, also do not prepare. I would be be proactive and say something to the person who is...

It's sad, but true, I guess. Just like many candidates do not prepare for their interviews, some who are responsible for either doing the interview or setting it up, alsp do not prepare. I would be be proactive and say something to the person who is...

I might be wrong about this, but I'm thinking that by hitting "cancel all meds", it made it look as if no vicodin was pulled at all. But you originally pulled out two, then returned one, so the count would be off, making it look like one pill was mi...

I looked it up and I think it means "out of hospital cardiac arrest". I found it on Medscape... Management of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) here is the link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/533755_10

If you truly think this is an excellent suggestion, and are not being patronizing towards Grn Tea, I suggest that you go back over some of your past posts and really do some thinking. You state that you are starting your final semester in Jan, 2012...

it just amazes me how some people are so eager to post their opinion, that they do not even give the op the respect of carefully reading the original post. gila, not to single you out, but for you and the others who said basically the same thing, pl...

Did I miss something?? Did they have you take a drug test when this was first brought up? You said that you took your own store bought test, but what about a test that the facility sets up? I'm confused:confused:

i know that you are getting flamed, but honestly where have you read this, as you state above?? pneumo is either caused by a viral or a bacterial organism. this is nursing 101. if these docs are just patronizing these uninformed patients, rather than...

You're very welcome!

xtxrn: Well I guess it is time that I finally tell you.....I LOVE your posts:redbeathe So glad that you joined this forum!

I did not attend that school, but I do know that two of my former instructors now work there and they are wonderful med surg teachers. I learned everything one could learn about MedSurg, from one of them. If you want more info, PM me.