SkiingCait BSN, RN

I am on facebook and enjoy using it to keep in touch with family and friends who live far away. With that said, I have nothing on my page that I wouldnt want my bosses to see. I use my account to keep in touch with my friends and very rarely say a...

I'm in the same camp as you. VS at triage, and unless the temp is elevated or low, I usually won't re-check it. If we are holding the pt in the ED for an extended time, I will get one q6h. We use oral/rectal temps...I wish we had temporal/tympanic...

As the others said, if I am giving 60mg, I always give it in the gluteal b/c it is 30mg/mL. The 1 or 2 times I gave 30mg IM, I gave it in the deltoid, and the pt didn't react.

MentalHealthRN - I agree that it is quite confusing! Where I work, however, LNA's really function in the same capacity as CNA's, they just also work under a license (and therefore are required to get CE's, renew their license, etc). As for the more...

That is most definitely possible. In my state (NH), nursing assistants are licensed, and called LNA's. In my ADN program, after completing your first semester of nursing school you could apply for your LNA license (and many people did). If you don...

Where I work we can only draw off an IV as it's being placed, before the saline lock is connected. I would definitely suggest checking the policy where you work. Good luck!!

We just got on in our Pedi ED that I have used on both peds patients and hard adults sticks - it's amazing! I'm a new nurse (started in July) and in the ED - so I've only been starting IV's for a couple of months, but every time I've used the AccuVe...

YaY! Congrats! It's an amazing feeling, huh?

I originally got the "On hold" response, then a few hours later got the "good" pop-up. Excited to say I looked at the BON today, and I am officially an RN! While I knew that it wasn't guaranteed 100%, it certainly did help ease my worries a bit whil...

Just got my results - I passed!! Soooo excited! Hope you did as well!!!

Lilkk - How did it go!? I just finished...had 75 questions and finished in just under an hour. Now, the waiting game begins!! Hope your exam went well!!

I am also taking the exam on Wed and am so nervous that I am not ready. I know that logically I probably am as I have been studying consistently and doing pretty well on practice exams, I just can't believe that my test date is finally approaching! ...

What we do at our facility, is on the EMR, when doing the final check before medication administration, there is a section that says "Co-signature - Student Use". You click it, then enter the name of the person who is co-signing your meds (your inst...

I agree with the others that you most certainly are not out of line in being upset at this. I am graduating next week, and the way it worked in my program is that our instructor was the one to sign off on our meds, unless we had arranged something d...

I chose to take ethics as a week-long intensive course over Winter Break and found that to be the best way to do it. I still had a few weeks off for break and didn't have to write papers all semester long. I have heard from some other people who to...

Hooray!! Enjoy your break! Today was my last day of lecture...only 1 more clinical day, 1 final, 1 Hesi and the boards

Congrats - glad to hear the interview went well!! I am in the same position as you - I am graduating in a few weeks (eeeeek!!) and my dream job is in the ER. None of the hospitals in my area are hiring new grads right now, but I did submit a resume ...

Is this on a handwritten prescription? Are you trying to type out a dot with a horizontal line under it, with another slash below that (kind of like a division sign?) If so, some doc's will write that to mean 1 tab (with the number of dots and slas...

Congrats to you all! I'm graduating from NHTI this year, and the program is great. Very intensive, but definitely a great experience. Good luck!

Congrats!! I am sooooo jealous (and happy for you!!!) - the ER is my dream job but they aren't hiring in my area. Congrats and good luck!!!

YAY!! I am SO excited - Pinning and Graduation are on the 14th - can't wait!! Congrats to you all

I'm finishing up the last semester of nursing school and with all of the stress of passing my last round of clinicals and finding a job, I needed a reminder of the excitement I had when I first found out I had been accepted to NS. I was Thanks for ...

I would suggest trying HESI or NCLEX type questions regularly. Not only will it help when you are getting ready to take the boards, but in my program, our exams are "NCLEX style" questions, so I have found that practicing NCLEX questions helps me on...

My guess is to label the syringes after she had drawn them up? ( I was wondering this, too...)

I'm guessing a "U" is the equivalent of "clinical warning" in my nursing program. Last semester (my 3rd in a 4 semester program), I was pulling my meds for one of my two patients. It was only my 3rd week in this hospital, and they use a different P...