sabRN2b05 BSN, RN

Are you a single parent or are you married? How many kids and how old? Not trying to be nosey, just trying to get more detail about your family. Are your kids younger (toddler, preschool) and more dependent on you or older (upper elementary/middle/hi...

Did you say "type A?" ....gee, I've never been called that!

I am glad someone else asked...I was wondering myself

Don't ever change either...had another nurse that I worked with on med/tele who was such a b**** one day about all the stuff that I had in my pockets. She told me that once I was a nurse about a year, that I would quit carrying all that. Well...I've ...

I have a "Critical Care Made Incredibly Easy" book, a "Hemodynamic Monitoring" book, drug guide, my journal, makeup bag, personal hygiene items (toothbrush/toothpaste, hair spray, makeup, deodorant - hey 12 hrs is a long time - feels good to freshen ...

I started in ICU about 3 months ago (1st night off orientation is tomorrow night - scared to death!!). Shortly after I started, we had a code and my preceptor made me get up front and center (another RN had the pt that day). I pushed the atropine and...

I can't stop laughing at this one!!!

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My test cut off @ 75 questions but 2 of my classmates that I know of took all 265 questions (they were devastated!!) and still passed. Just think positive!! Let everyone know when you get your results!!

Chadash, I firmly believe that you are going to be a great nurse!!

I agree! Marie, you just tell it like it is!!! My kind of girl!!

All our charting is computerized (even med administration)..I love it!!

Got my results in 2 days!!! 6-8 wks....UGH!! My m-i-l is a retired RN. She took the paper and pencil boards.

This is how I am getting ACLS certified too. American Medical Response has a class that I am attending in July. Our hospital had a class scheduled June 8-9 (and I had specifically asked off those days to attend!!) and then that got postponed until ne...

HAHAHAHA!!!! I'm there! I was off yesterday, thank goodness!! Can't wait until July 22 to transfer to ICU!!

At our hospital, our docs/nurse practitioners are responsible for checking a box ("C" for continue and "DC" for discontinue) on the MAR and THEN they have to look at the "home meds" sheet and check "C" or "DC" (e.g., some drugs may have been on hold ...

I used a Prestige dual tubed stethoscope in school (bought it in the bookstore on campus)...forget what I paid for it (maybe around $15-$20). I used a Littman lightweight right out of school. Relatively inexpensive (around $40). Like a previous post...

I've had insomnia on and off for MANY years! I've tried OTC stuff (Benadryl, Nytol, Sominex, Melatonin), just ended up hungover or wired (esp with Benadryl). Ambien does not work for me. One of our internists was nice enough to give me a Rx for Lunes...

I understand your point. Our unit is very "educational" and "hands on" with our techs/PCA's as far as helping with procedures (hence, the word "helping"), but I am not saying that they should be able to do all nursing skills, just a few (and I do und...

Valuable advice!! I learned that in nursing school from my experiences with some nurses in clinicals (those nurses/nursing instructors who would take you under their wing, let you jump in on procedures, and those BAD nurses who snubbed you because "y...

I have been a nurse just over a year now and if it's any consolation, I still get nervous when I start IV's but I am gaining confidence daily. Used to be, I would just go get a veteran RN and not even try to start an IV if a pt had bad veins (which m...

The hospital that I work at has somewhere around 400 beds. We DON'T have a program like yours, but I will certainly bring it up in the next staff meeting as an FYI. Stupid question but what is a midline?