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  1. What does your username mean?

    prudence09 replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, mine's a Beatles song and the year I graduated nursing

  2. Taking BP on a shaking patient

    prudence09 replied to SwedenRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you used a electronic dinamap I would be very careful in believing the results. If you took it manually I wouldn't worry to much. When in question do it manually always. Most doctors prefer a...

  3. Getting floated

    prudence09 replied to Nurseinprocess's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most the the time where I work if it is a completely different unit like ICU you are there to help not take patients. You may help pass meds and things like that. Where I work our nurses from the...

  4. Everything is under control until...

    prudence09 replied to R.NICU's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Welcome to the world of

  5. When are you no longer a "new nurse"?

    prudence09 replied to nursesaurus's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When this years new grads are

  6. Need advice.

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So last night I got a text from one of the nurses that I worked with the night before that one of my patients surgery was not scheduled. I have never in the year that I have been working have had to...

  7. Sometimes I'm so sick of the crap at work

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I go into work tonight get into my mailbox and find a nasty letter from one of my patients wrote and my boss copied it and put it there along with to good letters I got from 2 other patients. I just...

  8. New Grad Scared Witless of high pt load

    prudence09 replied to TheEmmyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work med peds and our ratio is 7 to 1 with no CNAs. I mean no help at all. I have had seven patients many times and yes it's hard but you will learn time management skills. Just give it some time....

  9. Where do you put your STUFF

    prudence09 replied to DAMomma's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I found the best thing for me was buying a vest that had 2 pockets on it. I carry everything in those pockets. Alcohol pads, lancets for accuchecks, tape, pens, etc. When I started working I wondered...

  10. Confession time: Is nursing what you thought it would be?

    prudence09 replied to BabyLady's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to agree with what student2registered posted we do get blamed for alot. My manager actually told me that we she started nursing was a profession that people respected but now no one respect...

  11. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    prudence09 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    What about the patient who comes in for chest pain even though the patient admits to snorting alot of cocaine. Wonder why you have chest pain now? The patients I honestly can't stand and do think are...

  12. Malpractice Insurance?

    prudence09 replied to 1uvakindmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Go through NSO. They have great rates for new grads. When you do get covered just make sure that you don't tell anybody not even coworkers that you have it

  13. Nursing Documentation-if you didn't document it, you didn't do it!

    prudence09 replied to ChiSmile6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I actually had a conversation about this topic with one of the seasoned nurses I work with. She was involved in a case many years ago. She has given me many help full tips. Like never write ERROR...

  14. How far do you work from home?

    prudence09 replied to DAMomma's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I drive about an hour both ways to where I work. It's not worth it but it was the only place hiring new

  15. Struggeling New Grad working in the med surg floor.

    prudence09 replied to Mochafrap_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same exact way. I have been working for 3 months and it has got better. The best advice I got from one of my fellow nurses was start early. That crap they feed you in school about you can...

  16. How much information do u really retain

    prudence09 replied to shynurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have to agree with the nurse you spoke to. I really don't remember much. Every now and then something will pop into my head. I went to my doctor the other day and he asked if I was still in school...

  17. Has anybody gotten out of a contract?

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was just wondering if anybody had gotten out of their contract before the money was given to them. I am thinking about going to HR and telling them I want out of mine. I want out for many different...

  18. I just Need to vent!!!

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I've been working on the same floor for about 3 and a half months. I am out of orientation. Some days are better than others. There is just one problem. The person that trained me. She is always...

  19. Did ATI help prepare you for NCLEX?

    prudence09 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I was wondering for those who have taken the nclex and used ATIs in school if they felt the ATI helped them to prepare for the nclex at all. I really hate the ATI test but all my instructors say it's...

  20. working nights as opposed to working days

    prudence09 replied to tolerantgirl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work nights and I love it except for what I explained in a previous post. I worked days for three weeks and it was hard and I was just learning the ropes of the floor. It was just so caotic. The...

  21. Any words of advice?

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been working for about a month. I just passed my boards and got my first 3 patients 2 days later. I wasn't on my own but my preceptor isn't that great. She actually sat there and read a book for...

  22. Holy Moses!! Took NCLEX-RN today

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well guys and gals I took the NCLEX-RN today. I went in nervous and came out even more nervous. It shut off at 75 and I just don't know what to think. I feel like I didn't know any of the answers. The...

  23. CALLING---Those who have Jobs- WE need you!

    prudence09 replied to k.morris's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1.Med-Peds 2.TN 3. A classmate of mine helped me get the job. She gave me the number to the manager of the floor and I just called and got hired that day. I've worked for the past 3 weeks and take...

  24. HELP! How to become a L&D Nurse

    prudence09 replied to BridgetGC's topic in General Students

    So glad you decided to become a nurse. Let me start by saying that I am not a L&D nurse but also want to be one. I have my 2 year degree in nursing but haven't taken boards yet. I am working on...

  25. OMG!!! Just realized

    prudence09 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been doing orientation all week. I will be working on the Med-Peds floor and it just hit me yesterday that I am going to be a pediatric nurse. All day yesterday during orientation and the...