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I have been working in pediatrics for several years now and I love it. However, I have a low FTE and due to the union contract I must work up to a higher FTE. This is hard to do since we have a low turnover and everyone seems to want to increase thei...

I work in Pediatrics but we frequently float to NICU. I like going there. I don't take care of the really critical babies. I usually have the babies that are just getting bigger before they go home. I don't think it is depressing. I think its a real ...

I personally knew somebody that was abusing alcohol when I went to school. I believe this person drank a lot. She didn't show up for most class days. Only ones that were required. She still did well on tests and was pretty good at clinicals. She had ...

I work in Pediatrics and I am just now being trained into the Pediatric ICU (we are one unit and must be trained into both areas). I am not familiar with some of the medications but I do know in the PICU that we usually have compatibility charts prin...

+1000, lectures, powerpoints, watching the clock, lectures, powerpoints, watching the clock, for the first two weeks

it depended on how comfortable i was with the material. my studying greatly decreased as i continued in nursing school. i never studied every night. review books helped more than the textbooks. graduated with a 3.8 GPA

yes, no doubt. but earlier in my life. the more i work as a nurse, the more i love nursing!

I took the test yesterday. I looked at the BON website today and I passed, yay! Shut off at 85 questions. Lots of pharm and SATA questions. I didn't feel like I passed yesterday. But i did yay!

Very similar to saunders. I don't know which questions I was doing good on. I would say 90% of the questions I did not know for sure. I just made very educated guesses on. There were some repeated areas. I actually know I got one right on vitamin def...

Minnesota. Yes it was fast. 24 hours from my exam appt. I couldn't even buy the quick results yet.

I used Saunders Comprehensive Review. I just looked over the sections that I thought I was weak in. I also used the CD with questions a whole bunch. I also just finished pathophysiology this summer. Patho was an optional class, but I think it helped ...

I passed my NCLEX-PN! I took it yesterday. I looked on the BON website today, and it says I passed. Yay! One more year of school and then I get to pass the NCLEX-RN.

Yeah pretty much what Strawberry said. Basically do basic nursing skills. Things you learned in your CNA classes. Anything above and beyond that they tell you and help you out if you need it.

:ancong!: Good luck!

I know someone who is a student who wants treatment for their addiction but they are scared about the repercussions when they try to apply for their license. Is it better for them to wait until they get their license or seek treatment now?

When I applied for my PN license there were questions about alcohol and drug abuse. Those were reasons for denial of your license. She abuses alcohol. I think she has done other drugs, but she does not abuse them. I am pretty sure she would not diver...

Good job. That gives me some hope! :hpygrp:

I have three kids- 6 year old, 2 year old, and 11 month old. I get a lot of help from my husband. He has a very understanding boss that schedules his hours around my school hours. So one of us is always home. My kids go to bed at 8:00 too. I have to ...

I forgot one thing on my last post. Learning all those medications.

Ambien 5 mg PO HS PRN sleep MR x1 Can anyone tell me what the MR stands for? I feel like I should know this. I have tried looking it up, but cannot find anything. Thanks for the help:D

1. Lack of time. Not enough time. I have a bunch of assignments due.....which one do I work on first and for how long. Also a test and a presentation coming up. When I feel like I am finally catching up more things come up. Not having enough time for...

I hate arguing but, there have been patients in the room that do not have consent to know everything about the patient. And why are we assuming that the father is in the room. My husband is a little squeamish. He was not in the room for a lot of thin...

I am no expert but I don't know if you should have to tell the father. Isn't the only patient the mother and the baby? Isn't their HIPPA? I am not saying the father isn't important but I think that D is wrong. I am still a student, so I would like an...