dawn.b-RN

I got very fortunate to have landed a days tele job at a hospital I did a student-internship at. I am fairly familiar with the facility, some of the paperwork, charting, etc. I just finished the general nursing orienation yesterday. Wednesday is my...

How do I get over this! I am already nervous about being a new Rn, starting a new job this week and now I can't stop thinking about someone dying on me and me having to do post-mortem care!? I think this allllll goes back to when i was 13 and my mom ...

THank you all for the kind words and good advice. It is TRULY appreciated!!:redbeathe Yes, we have to notify the Sheriff and Coroner of ANY death and they will let us know if we can pull anything or leave them as they are....so in some cases the car...

Maybe it would be to my advantage during my orientation to ask to help with post mortem care IF the situation arises with another RN's patient. Maybe to get a little more used to the idea. yes, seeing dead family members, blue, especially parents wh...

I will be on a tele unit with some step down patients (I am not experienced enough to get any step down). This unit has the most codes typically.

well, yes, I don't mean that in a bad way...I am just scared. I know it sounds stupid to the experienced Rn's and pct's, etc...but I get anxious thinking about it.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have spent the day studying cardiac meds...I just feel like I should study something! Two more days to mentally prep myself!

I graduated mid-December...took NCLEX January 18th, passed, had a job interview on Monday, got the job offer yesterday. I was "in" already because they had a student internship program I did participate in....so that helped. But let me tell you, I A...

I'm sorry! That has to be hard. My other question is do you not have your FB privacy settings adjusted? Mine is set so NO ONE who I'm not "Friends" with can see ANYTHING of mine. If you plan to keep your FB I would suggest making it private...and ...

I believe you have to do it in a class in a live setting because when I took it we had to run a code and use the manequin and do CPR, and analyze his rhythm's etc...you had to pass all this to get your card (AHA card). Personally for me, I read most ...

I just found out I passed NCLEX yesterday...amen. I am a student nurse intern (not graduate intern program) here at a hospital. So, there were 10 of us hired as interns. I was the first to graduate and I called the nurse recruiter as he told me to ...

Cardiac Telemetry Unit

Thank you! I realized reading my own quotes that I am being totally negative about this! Yes, I actually enjoy talking to patients, holding their hand if they need it. I AM a GREAT listener. I genuinely CARE about people. I do like teaching patie...

So, it was right for me, I got my quick results and PASSED! Take that SATA q's!

I took mine yesterday and I swear I had at least 20 SATA. Mine varied from being content based, to interventions, etc. They were all hard, and all different...PVT says pass for me. I won't believe it til tomorrow.

OMG, did we have the same test? I had so many SATA questions it was unreal...seriously I think I had at least 20.

I took mine this afternoon (1/18). I thought I FAILED and I got the "good pop up". I am still soooo nervous that it's wrong for me! I just want this wait over

I took NCLEX today....I feel SICK to my stomach. I had HARD questions, and PVT says I passed. I believe in the PVT for everyone else, but not for me

Thank you both, what a pain! I'll add that to my list of things to do....

Does anyone know if in IL you have to have your finger printing done in order to get your ATT? I paid my $91, waiting for my school to send in our info (I am a Dec. grad); I think our director of Nursing Ed. said we don't need to get our finger print...

Thank you. I feel like I know the material we have studied so far...I tend to do poorly on the select all that apply q's and the prioritization. I guess that is something to focus on practicing.

I am in my last semester of nursing school (just started this week). FOr my nursing program we have to do 100 NCLEX style q's per week. I used my Davis Review book CD. The first quiz I got a 50% (I did 50 q's), second quiz, I got 64% (I did 100q's). ...

I'm not really sure, but most places I have applied (I'm not thru with school yet, but for PCT positions) their online app has a place to upload a resume and sometimes a cover letter too. I think most places expect a resume along with an applicatio...

For my student nurse internship I applied in March...heard nothing.....got a call in mid-May, went to the interview like three days later, it went fairly well....heard nothing for a week, then another, then another. I called to follow up and got voi...

I read most responses, but not all....here are my thoughts: After having my daughter I was obsessed with everything woman, pregnant, baby, etc, but I kept my crappy office job, not even thinking about nursing...finally while pregnant with #2 and supe...