Brittany, RN

Brittany, RN specializes in Pediatrics.

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1. Do you draw blood of peripheral IVs?

   Brittany, RN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

   On my peds unit, if there are labs ordered, we will almost always draw from the PIV. The only cases we don't if we are doing blood cx from multiple sites or on some of the older "peds", 17-19yo that...

2. Intimidated...

   Brittany, RN replied to beachbum3's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Wow, it's nice to read that others are feeling the same as I am! I feel like I could have written that post! I had my first day on the floor today and I was just shadowing and assisting with some...

3. What would make you say "I could never do that"

   Brittany, RN replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

   Psych - after I did my clinical rotation, I was convinced I had a mental disorder for a few weeks after. Also, it just freaks me out the measures some patients will go to commit suicide. OR - started...

4. How far did you travel?

   Brittany, RN replied to Lylesmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I currently drive 70 miles ( about 65-70min) one way to my job. It isn't so bad, sometimes I can even find it relaxing. It can be a little rough if you are tired though. There are many closer...

5. What was your job before you became a nurse?

   Brittany, RN replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

   Not such a long list for me but here is goes.. Babysitting Cashier/Photo Tech/Beauty Advisor at CVS for 5 years Student office assistant at various college departments Unit Coordinator in an ER...

6. What type of nurse works with babies?

   Brittany, RN replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

   During my preceptorship in April-May, I worked on what was called an Infant Medical floor. It was a medical floor with 90% of the clients being

7. How many miles do you drive to work each day?

   Brittany, RN replied to nurse2b2007SC's topic in General Nursing

   Just under 60 miles one way, 90% highway driving. Will be moving closer in a few months, probably will be 10-20min round trip.

8. How long before license # is posted on-line????

   Brittany, RN replied to iToniai's topic in New York Nursing

   Mine took 14 days to show up. I don't think that this is a common occurrence but I just wanted to point it out in case anyone is getting nervous as to why it is taking so long, I know I was!

9. Does this mean I failed?

   Brittany, RN replied to NHGN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I don't think having 1 med calc means you failed at all, many of the posts I have read have only had 1. I had 2, the first one I KNOW I got wrong (put in a random number cause I had no clue) and then...

10. What i love about pediatric nursing

    Brittany, RN replied to deepurple's topic in Pediatric

    Also, they told me at the Children's Hospital I precepted in that if a baby is discharged from the NICU and for whatever reason becomes critically ill and need to be admitted, they will be admitted to...

11. Passed Nclex.

    Brittany, RN replied to New Creation's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yay! Congrats

12. How Many Questions do you do per day?

    Brittany, RN replied to SeekingSuccess's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My review course recommended no more than 150/day split up into 50 question tests. I started off following that but it got to be too much on some days and I felt I wasn't retaining the information...

13. No delegation?

    Brittany, RN replied to Pink Scrubs, RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hey, you should be fine! Your exam sounds a lot like mine was and I passed in 75! I had no delegation questions and a bunch of meds I never heard of. Good luck and keep us posted on the results! :)...

14. New Grad Orientation - How Long...

    Brittany, RN replied to rosstat2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That is REALLY not enough time. With my job, we are getting 2 weeks in the classroom followed by 3-4 months on the floor, depending on how you progress. Like some above posters stated, we will start...

15. Let's introduce ourselves...

    Brittany, RN replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey everyone.. i'm Brittany, i'm a long-time reader of the boards but a brand new poster! I just passed the NCLEX on July 17th with 75 questions! Hardest part of jnursing to date! I will be starting...