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  1. NCLEX RN on Monday....can't Sleep!!

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So....here I am with my NCLEX about 2 days away sitting at my computer freaking out. I haven't been able to sleep good for a few weeks but its getting worse!! I need to just relax. I feel confident...

  2. Away from Bedside 4 1/2 years

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Dear AllNurses, I would love any advice, thoughts, experiences, and constructive criticism. I graduated from nursing school with my associates degree in May of 2011, at 26 yrs old. I passed my...

  3. Not happy anymore

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

    First, please don't judge. I've been an RN 2 1/2 years now. I work in Tele and have had the same position as when I started as a new grad. I swore up and down I wouldn't get burnt out and so on. I'm...

  4. Not happy anymore

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your

  5. Not happy anymore

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

    I started applying in December. No luck yet. I'm thinking I want something in the peri-op area but it seems they all want you to have experience in that area. I thought doing over two years of tele...

  6. Burned....

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today was another 14 hour day. No lunch. Peed once in the morning. Felt like crying by 3pm as I knew by then I wasn't getting a break. I didn't even sit down to chart...i charted on the go. I feel...

  7. Burned....

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

    @Malina9559. I work on a tele neuro unit. Our ratio is supposed to be 1:5. That's what it was when I started there. In the last year or so its always 1:6. If I start with 4 or 5 you bet ill get 6...

  8. Burned....

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in General Nursing

    @cardiacrocks I went in today. I only call out if really sick. Today was better. Got a 15 minute break. July will be 2 years for me as a nurse. I'm still on the same unit i started on. I'm thinking I...

  9. Where to go next?

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. Just looking for a little input. I've been a nurse for a year and a half. I started on a tele/neuro floor and after just a year and a half I'm feeling a bit burnt out. I was told in school that I...

  10. No gloves ever?!?

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So I'm in my last rotation of nursing school and I followed a nurse in CVICU today. Well from the getgo he mentioned he's "old school" and that's fine with me. In fact I get excited when I hear that...

  11. When to hold cardiac meds?

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi. Im a brand new nurse 3 mos in and am having some issues with when I hold cardiac meds and when to give them if there aren't any parameters. Or even whether to hold one and give another. I ask my...

  12. When to hold cardiac meds?

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Its just on my floor I'll have a pt on Metoprolol, Lisinopril, and Norvasc all at once and NO parameters. So when my preceptor says hold Lisinopril on one pt then next time hold the metoprolol it has...

  13. New nurse needs advice

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So...I am a BRAND NEW nurse. I've been in my hospital for 2 months and with my preceptor for maybe a month of it. I have been taking two patients of course with the help of my preceptor when I need...

  14. New nurse needs advice

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So....continuation of my troubles with this PCA.... Yesterday it was 12:00 and I looked for the BGL of one of my patients with Accuchecks every 6 hours and it wasn't charted yet. So I called her to...

  15. New nurse needs advice

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I completely agree with you all. Honestly it was a complicated day for me. My preceptor gives me the most complicated pts so I get the most out of my orientation which is good for me. There is much...

  16. First day ever as an RN....tips please...

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi! So I had two days of hospital orientation last week and I am shadowing someone for the first time Wednesday. I will be on a Tele floor. Any advice? What should I bring my first day?? Getting a...

  17. First Day On The Job!

    dizzyray822 replied to sn543's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have no advice as my first day is Wednesday but wanted to say GOOD

  18. Yay!!!...75 questions, good pop up!

    dizzyray822 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow!!! What a vague and un-nerving exam!! But it's over and I got the good pop up so I hope it's true so I can relax.

  19. The dreaded wait.....

    dizzyray822 replied to N1colina's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi! Honestly, I heard of a few strange numbers from my friends. One got 76, one got 144, one got 91. So I think you can pass with any

  20. Yay!!!...75 questions, good pop up!

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thank you! N1colina- it was horrible. I also got some meds I've never heard of nor that had any clues in the name of the meds about the class or type of med. I got about 15 SATA and one math. The rest...

  21. PVT Good pop up!!!!!!!!!!!

    dizzyray822 replied to nesu0204's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good

  22. NCLEX study guides

    dizzyray822 replied to alwayschanging's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This is exactly what I did. Taking mh NCLEX in 2 hours. Hope it was enough! I think the LaCharity book is a

  23. NCLEX RN tomorrow!!!

    dizzyray822 replied to N1colina's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Ill share your anxiety! I test tomorrow at 1pm. I feel confident but scared to death at the same time. If that's possible?!? Good luck to

  24. Got ATT.... but am I OK to schedule?

    dizzyray822 replied to jelly221,RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would call pearson vue or your board of nursing. I was told by my school in May that I couldn't apply or register even until they sent my transcripts because we wouldn't be able to get our ATT...

  25. NCLEX RN on Monday....can't Sleep!!

    dizzyray822 replied to dizzyray822's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    So I think I'm done studying. I tried to do more questions today and I just felt like I'd already done them before. So I stopped at 40 questions. I'm just worn out and I feel like theres nothing more...