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  1. should potential employers use credit checks?

    pers replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also against using a credit check for employment. I agree with much of what has already been stated but also because many people have errors on their reports. I'm in the process of disputing...

  2. Calling in sick too late...feeling horrible about it.

    pers replied to Katie_Bell's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to chime in and say that I would much prefer a coworker call off late than show up on time only to go home. We've had people not want to call off late so they show up for work and then...

  3. Would you work a shift as an aide?

    pers replied to AF_BOUND's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard this argument before as a reason to not work as a tech with a nursing license but I still don't understand it. As a floor nurse, I am not responsible for every patient on the floor. I am...

  4. What are some reasons why some go for their LPN before they go for their RN ?

    pers replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in LPN to RN

    LPN schools in my area take just shy of a year to complete while an ADN is two years minimum. One of the schools allows their LPN students to go straight to the RN program so the first year is the...

  5. Telemetry nursing

    pers replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose it depends on the facility as to what role a telemetry floor fills. In some hospitals it may function as a step down unit for the ICU or in a really small hospital even be the upper level...

  6. Telemetry nursing

    pers replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also work telemetry and have never heard it referred to as critical care. My unit certainly isn't, nor are the telemetry units at the other local

  7. Do you sleep before your first nightshift?

    pers replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I also stay up the night before working my first shift back. I work straight 12's and try to keep them grouped together (working every other night is brutal!) which helps a lot. I'm a night owl by...

  8. Telemetry nursing

    pers replied to DroogieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Telemetry is included with cardiac

  9. New Grad Back Pain

    pers replied to NiesyLuv's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really careful about raising beds and lifting patients but there were days when I would wake up and had to stretch before I could even get out of bed because I hurt so bad! I bought a couple...

  10. Graduated May2010 and have barely studied for NCLEX!

    pers replied to MaleRNin2010's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I liked LaCharity (did the whole book) and Kaplan (did the question trainers and a couple of videos). Honestly, I wouldn't stress too much if I were you (easier said than done I know!). To put your...

  11. Lab orders not did not get ordered! :(

    pers replied to nicetomeetyou's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To clarify, were you supposed to have an additional nurse working with you so you had double the patient load or were you supposed to be on orientation so had to work on your own due to the call off?...

  12. How many of you NGs are on nights?

    pers replied to netglow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work 12 hour nights and wouldn't have it any other way. I don't like 8 hour shifts in general because I feel like I work every day when I do that, would much rather stay an extra 4 hours and have 2...

  13. i took the nclex without reviewing

    pers replied to babinski123's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats on testing! Having been in a similar situation myself (more than ten years between graduation and NCLEX) I completely understand how the fear of taking the NCLEX can keep you from doing it....

  14. NCLEX prep for students out of nursing school over several years

    pers replied to ajax61's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used Kaplan and LaCharity, strongly recommend them both! Waited more than ten years between graduation and the NCLEX but passed the first time in 75 questions. I don't think you are crazy. I did...

  15. starting on my own tomorrow-off orientation

    pers replied to Starfish1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One thing that helped me was not trying to do my initial assessment and med pass at the same time. I go in, introduce myself, give the patient a quick assessment, make sure they don't need anything...

  16. Best NCLEX review guides, figured I would ask folks who have passed!

    pers replied to StudentAmie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Another vote for Kaplan. More than ten years between my education and NCLEX, passed in 75 questions on the first attempt. I also used LaCharity and highly recommend completing it as

  17. Is a Refresher course really necessary/helpful??

    pers replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

    I waited more than ten years between graduating and taking the NCLEX. I had looked into refresher courses but they aren't mandatory in my state and there was nothing close by and affordable so I chose...

  18. My God, these family members!!

    pers replied to SoundofMusic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    These make me crazy too! Families who absolutely insist that Mom/Dad/Grandma/Grandpa get admitted because "something" is wrong. ER doctor finally agrees to a 24 hour obs and when we go to discharge,...

  19. New Grad Jobs

    pers replied to LoveMyDaughters's topic in General Nursing

    We have seven new grads that were hired on my floor and of those, two of us worked there previously. Two (different) nurses did clinicals on our floor and one of those two did a preceptorship there...

  20. Name issues--legal issue?

    pers replied to CherryRed23's topic in General Nursing

    I know several nurses who go by something other than their legal name. Sign the name that is on your hospital documentation/license but on your badge and what people call you should be the name you...

  21. Any New Grads working Per Diem?

    pers replied to hopeful81's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My facility won't hire anyone with less than one year experience for per diem

  22. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

    pers replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Nurse Management

    That's the case at my facility. We don't have a nurse management position between charge (which isn't considered management, the position rotates through multiple people without a pay increase) and...

  23. Charge nurse with less than a year RN experience???!!

    pers replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in Nurse Management

    Not a stupid question at all! It varies by shift and location. New grads doing charge on my unit at night is not a big deal. The only additional responsibilities of charge is to assign new admits...

  24. what color is your scrub-achute?

    pers replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry to hear you had such a bad experience. I, along with a great many other nurses, was a patient before I was a nurse as well. Personally, I make a point of introducing myself to all of my...

  25. what color is your scrub-achute?

    pers replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    Unless every facility in my area went to color-coding with nurses (or at least RNs) wearing white, it would be a reason for me to switch jobs. I'd do it because I hate wearing white but we have a lot...