mrsshifflette09

What a beautifully written post. I work in neuro and I have seen this time and time again. It is a terrible thing to see someone go like that. Bless you for being so supportive of your father. I know it means the world to him.

I took it yesterday and failed by ONE point. I was SOOOO ******, but I decided that I am going to retake it. I hope I can pass this time. I want to get my CNIII and my $1000 bonus for passing the test!! We can do this!

I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism in my second semester of nursing school. I was doing really bad in class prior to my dx, and I was sleeping all the time, couldn't remember a thing, and I gained at least 20 lbs. After I got on my meds and started ...

I try to do 1-2 shifts per pay period as well, only because my husband is in school and I am the sole income. We have plenty of overtime shifts, but I don't judge people who dont do them, I just really need them! So the more openings, the better it i...

On the floor that I work on, we do a full head to toe Neuro assessment every 2 or 4 hours, depending on the stability of the patient. We do one full head to toe assessment each shift. I don't always feel that it is necessary to do a full head to toe ...

I think that since you know how you feel it should make it easier for you to be a nurse if you want to be. I feel like you would be a good fit for the SICU or the OR. You would have less families and awake patients to deal with and you could do your ...

Oh and one more, I am glad that you had time on your night shift to look through my charting and medications to try to find the slightest mistake to call me out on. Meanwhile, I am in our patients room first thing in the morning cleaning up poop that...

"No, you don't ALWAYS get the crappy assignment. I don't think you'd be happy with ANY assignment." My ABSOLUTE favorite comment!!! It drives me NUTS when the same nurses always come in complaining about their assignment EVERY day. Seriously? Is ever...

I also work on a Neurosurg floor and we are very hesitant to give anything that may give a person sedative side effects if they have any type of brain injury. You were thinking right to not give the patient any Benadryl, because you need to keep a go...

I wish I had advice for you too. My mom has type 1 diabetes and she always wanted to be a nurse. She was diagnosed at 12 years old. She was afraid to go to nursing school and become a nurse because of her fears of her disease. I am interested to hear...

I would study one of the two days before, and relax the others. I studied until my husband and I got to the hotel we were staying at in the town where I was taking the NCLEX, then I stopped and relaxed, went out to dinner, and had a drink before bed....

Call 919-684-8111 and ask to speak with someone on Nurse Recruitment, NOT HR. You won't need to talk to anyone in HR until you get a job. That number is the main number for the hospital. And it won't make you sound bossy, it will show your dedication...

I had this issue at first too. I applied to Duke, WakeMed and Rex, and then I called Nurse Recruitment often to see if I had any chances for an interview. I got really lucky, and I got an interview at Duke after searching for a few weeks, and I got t...

yeah this is going to happen. The best advice I can give, and I don't mean this in any type of rude way, is to just get over it. Laugh about it with your colleagues, and move on. I have a friend that I work with that is very hard headed, but she is a...

I was 20 years old when I first started working as an RN. I worked pretty hard to start that early!!

Haha I love this thread!! I love Lisa Frank notebooks and things!! They keep you in a good mood! I am an RN now and I work on a Neuro Floor, and I have 2 lisa frank stickers on my name badge. I don't think I will ever grow out of it!!

I got one the other day: "Can we get some lemon sherbert?" Sure thing, to go along with your ribeye and loaded baked potato....

Hello everyone. I am a New Grad as of May 09 and I start my first RN job next Monday, one week from tomorrow. I am VERY nervous right now about several things. First, I want to know if it is normal for a new grad to feel like they don't know nearly e...

I'm sorry.....but that is just plain rude. I work at Duke along with a ton of great nurses. We work there because we like our jobs, and I am pretty sure that patients come to Duke for the world class care. Can't say the same for UNC or Rex...

Peds Urology MD, Dr Weener... different spelling, but I'm sure the kids get a kick out of it!! First time I met him, I was in the elevator with about 10 other adults and all of us were snickering like 5 year olds, then burst out laughing when he got ...

I work on a neurosurg floor, and I very rarely ever have an issue with getting a break. Once I didn't eat until 4 pm, and my charge nurse was really mad at me....made me go at noon the next day lol. I feel like you can't perform excellent care for yo...

Another reason is that you don't want your patient to try to get up out of bed on their own and fall instead of calling you because they didn't want to "bother" you. That's the main reason I never tell a patient that I am busy, because it will usuall...

I never sign off on my meds until the patient has actually taken it. The patient has every right to refuse the med so I just wait till they have done it. I always put a line through the X on the sheet so I know that I actually have the med with me, a...

I work at duke as a new grad and I make $20.32 starting out. Its a bit lower than NJ lol.

Personally, I thought nursing school was fine. I had no trouble with the classes, my then boyfriend is now my husband and I am working at one of the top hospitals in the country. On the other hand, I did not really like my classmates. I did not get i...