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  1. Is there such a thing as postgrad depression syndrome?

    Quilter0225 replied to I RN A's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What you are feeling is so normal! Another facet to this for me is going from being an expert to a newbie again. At the end of nursing school I was an expert at what I was doing. My GPA was a 3.71,...

  2. First Year needs help!!

    Quilter0225 replied to misswatten's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Formulary is what is normally carried by the hospital's pharmacy. For instance, a hospital may use Prilosec over other medications that do the same thing, so when one of those other meds is...

  3. What types of things you wished you saw and learn more of in as a student?

    Quilter0225 replied to RN28MD's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Procedures are always cool. I got to see and help with a thoracentesis and a bone marrow biopsy as a student. What I really wish would have been done differently, though, was that I be given a...

  4. NCLEX-RN review book suggestion?

    Quilter0225 replied to AnnaC's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Saunders is definitely the way to go. I also used NCLEX 4000. I passed the first time with 75 questions. My school also offered a review course with Mark Klimek. Mark Klimek's course helped me a...

  5. HESI exit exam

    Quilter0225 replied to The_umph's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I used the Saunders review and NCLEX 4000. They were both good. The Lippincott is too

  6. Pros vs. Cons: Starting Career in Psych?

    Quilter0225 replied to JerseyGuy2's topic in Psychiatric

    I see what you're saying. I had a job in telemetry. At the end of the orientation I was told it was not a good fit and to look elsewhere. In my area right now no one is hiring new grads for...

  7. Pros vs. Cons: Starting Career in Psych?

    Quilter0225 replied to JerseyGuy2's topic in Psychiatric

    Thanks to everyone on this post. I am in a similar situation to Jersey Guy. I will be entering pedi psych next month after a very bad 3 month experience in tele. I think I am meant to do psych and...

  8. Teaching psych, what is most important/valuable?

    Quilter0225 replied to ruralnurs's topic in Psychiatric

    I am a new grad starting out in pedi psych. Could anyone suggest books, websites, sources of CEUs, etc. that they found to be helpful? I completely reread my psych textbook cover to cover. It is a...

  9. Adolescent psych and a NEW RN????

    Quilter0225 replied to tj_Medic_RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Tammy, I am following this with interest. I am also a new grad. I start orientation on Feb. 2 for a psych unit serving kids 8-13. I have 8 years of experience with elementary school age special ed....

  10. Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    Quilter0225 replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I only read about 14 of the 20 pages of posts, so maybe this has been said already. I think it depends on where you are in your life. When I was 19, with no kids, no car payment, and no mortgage, I...

  11. Did anyone start out in Psych?

    Quilter0225 replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Great news! It's not official yet, but I got the pediatric psych job! I talked to the nurse recruiter today and all they are waiting for is one of my references to fax the form back. I called them...

  12. Advice for new grads searching for work

    Quilter0225 replied to Tay245's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I totally agree that you have to keep calling them over and over. I have been calling the person I interviewed with and sending e-mails, but no response. I decided to back up a step and call the...

  13. Is it to much to ask.....

    Quilter0225 replied to KalipsoRed's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I totally feel for you. Tele can be very rough. I started my first job on a very busy, high acuity med-surg tele floor. I too did not get the support I needed. At first my preceptor told me how to...

  14. First year in nursing really that hard???

    Quilter0225 replied to R.NICU's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think the swimming analogy is a good one. One thing that is difficult for me is keeping track of all the information. You have medical history, diagnosis, assessment data, medications, general...

  15. Did anyone start out in Psych?

    Quilter0225 replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tell me more about the psychiatric NP. Does the NP usually work with inpatient or outpatient populations? What can you do with it? I didn't even realize there was a psychiatric NP as a possibility....

  16. Did anyone start out in Psych?

    Quilter0225 replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same way. I paid all that money to go through nursing school. I don't want to forget it all. I think if we go into it knowing that that is an issue, and take steps to keep it from...

  17. Advice for new grads searching for work

    Quilter0225 replied to Tay245's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I, too, am a new grad looking for work. I have interviewed with a hospital that is looking for a replacement for a nurse going on maternity leave, but everyone else says they are not hiring new grads...

  18. In the beginning do ADN's get paid as much as BSN's?

    Quilter0225 replied to jagsterr's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my area the pay is the same, but BSN's are able to advance to mgt. or educator positions. Most hospitals in the area offer RN to BSN programs and even RN to MSN. You have to work full time while...

  19. Did anyone start out in Psych?

    Quilter0225 replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I finally got to do my shadow day yesterday, on New Year's Eve. I was on the adolescent unit for kids in acute crisis. It was a wild day! There was someone in the quiet room when I got there around...

  20. Support Stickie for New nurses who are not coping

    Quilter0225 replied to madwife2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

  21. HESI exit exam

    Quilter0225 replied to The_umph's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you take the NCLEX tomorrow, spend today being good to yourself! I went and got a massage and got my hair done. Don't study today. You already know everything you need to know. I packed a bag...

  22. Help about CE's and the process .....

    Quilter0225 replied to mdcp's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Another question: Someone told me you don't have to do CEU's for the first renewal. Is this

  23. New grad needs advice

    Quilter0225 replied to Neaner22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you are right to do a full assessment. You can do a good head-to-toe in 3 minutes once you get your system down. I would look at it this way: They are sick enough to be in the hospital, and...

  24. HESI exit exam

    Quilter0225 replied to The_umph's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At my school we had to pass the HESI exit exam to graduate, too. We had to do 1000-5000 NCLEX questions based on our previous HESI scores and our GPA's, too. I passed the exit exam on the first try,...

  25. looking to learn from life lessons

    Quilter0225 replied to LilpoRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This story makes me feel better about my mistakes. It's one of those OMG-I-would-NEVER-do-that! stories. My sister-in-law (a nurse) told me about when her mother was a brand new nurse 27 years ago....