LatinaRN978

Thank you so much moneybug for your response! I will take your advice with me.

Hello to all! After a year of graduating nursing school, I finally got a job! It's a new grad program and I start in 2 weeks on a med/surg floor. I will be working 3/12s, but not sure if it will be days or nights. I am excited yet nervous! I am re...

Hi All!I have an interview Monday!! I am excited but nervous. I am prepared for behavioral type questions. But am wondering if as a new grad will I also be asked clinical type questions? If so any tips or examples?Thank you so much in advance! ?

Thank you both so much for your input! I will focus more on behavioral questions, and hope that I do not get asked a whole lot of clinical/theory questions! Any other input is appreciated!! Thanks to all!

Is anyone out there on the wait list or in the nursing program at Yuba College?

Hello my fellow nurses, I am looking into getting my ACLS certification. I found a option for taking it online with ACLS Certification Institute. Just wondering if any of you out there have heard about it and what your thought are. Thanks!!

Same here.... A year since graduation and nothing....nada....Yes very depressing.

Mazy- Just want to send you a "cheer up" comment! Be thankful for having a job in this bad economy. Make the best of your days and try (although I know sometimes it’s hard) to see the positive, the light, the goodness in all things. Try to relax w...

Second that! I'm sure you enjoy the time with your family after a long shift! Great to hear you enjoy your work!

I just want to vent. I am currently a Kaiser employee and find it very disturbing, frustrating, and very discouraging that they will not give me a chance to prove my skills as a new grad RN! I have tried to talk to so many people and all tell me th...

LobotRN, Wow! Great input! Thank you so much for the reply! =) Good stuff, especially the brain sheet!

Hi LobotRN, I am curious what do you have on your laminated card? Please share it would help me and I'm sure many others! =) Thanks!

Hi Buenavida RN! I just took the kaplan questionnaire test 7 and got a 55! I take my test next week. I am bummed about it but I am praying that all will be OK!

Hi need some help please!! My patient is diagnosed with strangulated inguinal hernia repair, and I need to get a nursing diagnosis related to either nutrition/fluids or oxygenation/circulation. I have having a difficult time please help!

Hi all, I am in need of some advise. I am a first semester nursing student. Things were going good until I started clinicals last week. The day went well. I did what I had to do and my patient was really good to me. But NOW I find myself getting...

I too feel very very overwhelmed and I am just beginning! I am a first semester nursing student. I am so stressed about everything and the thing is I didnt start feeling like this until we started clinicals this week! My first day was not too bad,...

hello everyone! i am a first semester nursing student, and in a couple weeks we start clinical. i am excited yet, as you can imagine, nervous!! can someone out there give me some pointers? i don't know what to expect as of yet. as far as i know we t...

Hello, I am in need of some advice. I just started nursing school in Northern California, and am not sure how to study for my class which is Nursiing Fundamentals. Our instructor has given us a outline for the first unit. I read the chapters and g...

Hello All, I was hoping for some help!! =) Here is the question A magnesium sulfate solution 0.2 ml/kg body mass is prescribed by a physician. How many ml will a 160 lb. patient recieve? Thanks in advance for any help!!:typing

Thanks to all that replied!!

That's great !! I start 8/17 as well. How did your orientation go?

Hi! It's great to hear that SOMEONE out there is on the waiting list at Yuba! So you take your Hesi soon huh? What are you doing to prepare for it?

Thanks for your reply! The part that I am really worried about is Chemistry! Hopefully I will be ok.

hello! i just received a letter from the nursing department to take the hesi a2 exam! i am very happy yet totally nervous!! does anyone have any tips on how i can pass this so i can actually start my nursing carrer!! thanks in advance!!