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 have easier veins/better tolerance. We always just ...

2. Intimidated...

   Brittany, RN replied to beachbum3's topic in New Nurse

   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 stuff and I was just thinking, "wow I'm never going to...

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 out thinking it was pretty cool, but slowly starte...

4. How far did you travel?

   Brittany, RN replied to Lylesmom's topic in New Nurse

   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 hospitals but none have pediatrics which is what I really ...

5. Survived my first week!!

   Brittany, RN replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

   Congrats on your first week! In my school, we didn't learn to place IVs at all so you are lucky to get it at some point. I just started RN orientation for my job and I was the only one in my group that hadn't placed an IV. Brittany

6. 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 Student Nurse in an ER Registered Nurse on a Peds surgic...

7. 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 Brittany

8. 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. Brittany

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

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

   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! Brittany

10. Does this mean I failed?

    Brittany, RN replied to NHGN's topic in NCLEX

    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 towards the end it asked me the same type of quest...

11. 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 the PICU because the NICU does not take admits fr...

12. Passed Nclex.

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

    Yay! Congrats RN!

13. How Many Questions do you do per day?

    Brittany, RN replied to SeekingSuccess's topic in NCLEX

    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 fully. So generally I did 100/day and occasionally ad...

14. No delegation?

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

    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! :) Brittany

15. New Grad Orientation - How Long...

    Brittany, RN replied to rosstat2's topic in New Nurse

    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 with 1 low-acuity pt and work up to a full patient ...