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  1. Pros and Cons of Working in the OR

    Awesome!!!!! thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!!!!
  2. Pros and Cons of Working in the OR

    Thank you so much for this answers, they help a lot. As well as the previous nurses, I will pretty soon start a perioperative program, and I am very excited but also nervous. I want to do my best in order to have a smooth transition. I know it will b...
  3. Hi fellow nurses, Well, I applied and got 2 interviews for the chance to be part of the perioperative program at Memorial Regional in Hollywood, Fl, and even thought, I think i did well in the interview process, I am now anxious to here from them, si...
  4. thank you for your comment, yes they said to wait until August 7th, but also said that that is the time they have to turn of the paperwork for the selected people. It has being about a 1 week since the last interview...and nothing, no call, no email,...
  5. Don't let your pt use the call bell...

    Thank you guys for your feedback. Soldiernurse22 thank you soooooo much for your sheet. :)
  6. 5th week into my orientation at the Tele unit. I am taking care of 4 pt by my own (I know there are not as many as other nurses have to take care of) I am still under the supervision of my preceptor. She is there whenever I have a question. My facili...
  7. New Grad / Difficult time

    Nowadays, there is no more nursing shortage and getting a job as a nurse is becoming a harder task Did you wrote on your resume or application your clinical hours? they definitely count as experience. I learn this in school, and I wrote them as exp...
  8. 1st med mistake....feeling :'(

    I am soooooooo depress and feel super stupid, more than stupid. The thing is that I am 3 weeks into my orientation and yesterday I gave my pt Aldactone PO without even checking his K levels and I just realized about that today (which is my day off) T...
  9. Night shift dinner time

    Hi there, I was wondering what do night nurses eat during their shift? (when they are lucky enough to enjoy couple minutes of dinner time) If I would look at your lunch-bag what kind of snacks could I find in there?
  10. Night shift/inservices

    Maybe you can schedule the mandatory training in your day off. I hope you have days off
  11. Hi guys!!! As a new grad registered nurse I have been blessed by finding a job 2 weeks after I found I passed my NCLEX I am very happy since this new job is at the hospital that I love and on a cardiac unit. Yey!!! But I am scare, since I am no lon...
  12. Night shift dinner time

    Thank you all for your feedback. Now, I do have an idea of what to buy and how to organize my night. I agree with Anotherone, TheCommuter you are impressive; my husband also think that it will be a good idea for me to go to the gym after the shift. I...
  13. My first job is a night shift

    Thanks everybody for all your replies!! I am very excited to start this job. I also believe in positivism, so needless to say I will start my shift thinking positive. I will keep you posted on how I am adapting or I am feeling. Thanks again :)
  14. New to Cardiac

    Thanks Do-over. Thank you very much!!
  15. Nursing is not related to gender

    Totally agree, the quality of nursing doesn't nothing to do with the gender of the nurse. I have 3 friends that are male nurses and let me tell you they are amazing. There patients love them and they are awesome team players. When I was in school I m...
  16. New to Cardiac

    Congratulations in your new job Avaloncar. I am so glad you posted this, since I am in the same boat. However I am a new graduated and the Cardiac unit will be my first job in an acute care facility. I also need my ACLS, and the nurse manager told me...
  17. New job on a neuro-tele unit

    I also graduated in May. Congratulations for your new job!!! I can understand how you are feeling because I also feel the same, since pretty soon I will start a night shift at a Cardiac unit and I have never work at night and my previous experience w...
  18. I am an RN now!!!!

    I took the NCLEX last Monday and on Tuesday I got the official news that I passed the test!!!I am an RN now!! yey!!!!. I also wanted to let you know, that I believe the Person Vue trick really work because, an hour after my test I tried it and I got ...
  19. hello! well, so now i have a job as a nurse and i am very happy about it, no more retail!!! yeah! anyways, i start this job about 3 weeks ago and i like it, so far the nurses and ma's are very nice and really helpful, especially for a new nurse like ...
  20. Broward College LPN-RN Transition May 2011

    Hello everyone!..Did anyone registered for Peds for the fall? I have a question can we register to any nur 1304L? the one that they mention in the email that they sent us on 06/01/2011 is already full and I saw another that is still open andit is in ...
  21. Broward College LPN-RN Transition May 2011

    Well you still have some time to find the appropiate pants, if you are in the transition program at North campus, since I do not think we need to use our uniforms for regular classes. I was reading the web page of our NUR2000 professor (Dr. Mendoca-C...
  22. Are you glad you got your LPN first?

    Hello! First, I have to say that everybody is different, everybody has their own priorities, so at the end is up to you. I got my LPN first and now thanks God I am about to start my RN bridge program yeahh!!. As a LPN what I experience was a shortag...
  23. can i get accepted to a nursing program?

    You did not mention the college or state where you are trying to go to school, what I can tell you is that to apply for Browrad college here in south Florida, you will not nedd micro to apply but yet is a class that you will need to graduate. Physiol...
  24. Broward College LPN-RN Transition May 2011

    Sorry I forgot to mention that I am going to the North campus like you. Thanks for the information about the uniforms. Did they send you any email about the orientation day? I did not receive any other email since the one that we received before the ...
  25. Broward College LPN-RN Transition May 2011

    I was accepted too into the transition program. Yeahhhh!!!:yeah:I can't wait to start!!!!!! I am excited and nervous at the same time. I have a question, do we need to wear our uniforms the very first day of class even though this is only a math clas...