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I've also been out of the field for a long time (8 yrs) and have researched refresher courses. I recommend looking at the board of nursing site for your state and see if they have any recommended courses listed. If not, you could try calling or email...

I wasn't sure where to put this, so hopefully I'm posting it in the right spot! So it's come time to think about where I'm going to work (graduating in June-yay!). I am debating between Harborview Medical Center and Swedish, both in Seattle. I like t...

I've certainly made a few major ones and about a jazillion minor ones...but one that I freaked about was that I admitted a patient in the morning and gave all of her am meds once the MD ordered them (of course checking the MAR against the orders) but...

That's horrible. It really makes me appreciate my unit and how great my co-workers are! I'm not saying that to brag, I'm saying that to show that there are places out there that treat new-grads well and set them up for success. Obviously I can't giv...

I passed! Just found out this morning! The more I thought about it, the more I felt like I did indeed pass, but the waiting is killer all the same! And yes, the NBBG has great food, it was one of the few good places in North Bend to eat. I actually m...

Ahahah, woman, I could have written those words! When I got up to leave my testing computer I kept giggling and the lady asked me what was so funny. I wasn't laughing because anything was funny, I just got even more nervous and apparently giggling wa...

Pegbord, Where do you live, I seem to remember having a conversation with you a long time ago when we were both about to start nursing school. Are you in Washington? I'm sure you've had enough people respond to this to make you feel better, but just ...

I'll be honest, the only reason I'd consider working at Group Health is because they are within a few blocks from my house, so no parking, buses, etc. I know patients tend to love them or hate them, but does anyone have any experience working for the...

Littman is a great product, so you're good there. As for the nursing kit, don't spend any extra money on special cases, unless you're sure that you'll need it. Trust me, with all the books and stuff you'll be buying, you should save any money you can...

So I've been to Harborview for my psych clinicals, and I've decided that the crazy people are on the street outside the hospital, and less on the psych unit! That being said, I do like Harborview a lot more than I anticipated, even given the overly-f...

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Thanks Justine, That's good to hear (well not the part about Swedish :) )! I'm still very interested in Harborview, it was actually my first choice for a while, I just got nervous when I started hearing stories about violence against employees. I'm a...

Do you work at Swedish or have you just heard that they don't usually hire new grads?

We had to do these too, although I hope we don't next year, they are such a bore! Ours are different from the ones in the examples, it is the one with the circles and triangles that suebird mentioned. And then we have the pathology info, drugs and ot...

Most of these are scattered throughout allnurses forums, but here are the ones I found so far. The last one I made myself, and it seems to work well for me so far. Good luck. my report sheet.doc report sheet (2 pt.)-1.doc Report sheet2...

Oh and also, I agree about Evergreen being an awesome place. I'm not sure if I will stay in this area after I graduate, but if I do, I think Evergreen will be a great place to work. The nurses there are really great to the students, and I think that...

Ami-tay, what school are you going to? I'm doing clinicals at Evergreen right now too on Tuesdays and Wednesdays on the med-surg floor!

I have actually found a few. If you PM me your email I can send them as attachments (there are like 5) so that might be easier than attaching them here...

I did a search under Organizational reports and something came up.

I'm looking for this too! Let me know if you ever find a good one!

i certainly hope that the people applying/getting into school want to be nurses, i can't imagine going through all that trouble getting in without having some sort of desire to do the job! and if that isn't enough, the workload alone would certainly ...

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I didn't even post the question, but I'm thankful that you guys answered it so well! I do fine with dimensional analysis when it comes to everything except IV problems...they trip me up every time, and I have to pass the test on Tuesday! This helps v...

I know that our instructors are always reminding us to explain to our patients what we are about to do. Probably a minor detail, but just thought I'd throw it in...also, you might want to do the BP lying down since that will more than likely be the p...

Ha ha, I didn't notice that when I responded! Oh well...