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I work at an outpatient oncology clinic where we give chemo, iron infusions, IVIG, etc. We have several patients who recieve therapeutic phlebotomies on a regular basis. Our protocol is to watch them for 30min after the procedure and provide them w/ juice, water, crackers, etc. if need be

Wow 6-7 patients? I couldnt imagine that ratio, I am in a GN internship on a med-surg floor and our ratio is 1-4...very rarely is it 5 pts...this is my 3rd week on the floor on orientation and I am taking 3 out of the 4 of my preceptors patients. I very rarely have down-time but I get everything done including charting...I must admit I prefer for it to be busy, I like to stay active :) Hope everything worked out for you, I have found my internship very helpful so far (thank goodness for an AWESOME preceptor)...my internship is 3 months long and intern graduation is May 7! I feel ready already...it was also helpful that I did clinicals my last semester of nursing school this past fall before graduation so I was pretty familiar w/ the way things worked there. I find it helpful to get to work early and print out handoff reports and list all my pts meds by time 0900, 1100, 1300, etc and then as I pull them from the pixis i put a dot next to them and then when they are given to the pt I check them off and then I put a list of new orders at the end of each pts page and will mark those off as they are done. we also have computers at the bedside and so i chart right then and there as i am assessing the pt and chatting w/ them in the AM so that kind of helps.

So not going to be helping the situation any but here goes...graduated dec. 15 2011, had a job on nov. 24th 2011 BEFORE graduation...pending passing HESI and NCLEX of course but both are done and I've been working a med-surg internship since Jan. 30...

I took my test on 2/14 and did the PVT trick and I got the good pop-up, less than 2 days later before I could pay for the PearsonVue quick results, my BON for my state posted my RN-license #....for any of u worry-worts out there, the PVT is 100% accurate, if u got the good pop-up go and celebrate :)

The PVT does work, just got my results today on the TX Board of Nursing website (before Pearsonvue quick results were available) and I took nclex on 2/14 and got the good pop-up and now it's offical :)

I hear y'all...waiting on Thursday...I don't necessarily trust the PVT even though I kinda am already celebrating lol...hoping I'm not jinxing myself haha

Just took my exam today at 1:00pm, went home and got the good pop-up! I am still skeptical lol...stopped at 75qs with LOTS of select-all-that-apply questions...i tried to register for the quick results and for some reason I can't...i go to current activity and it shows my exam date but it wont let me click on it or anything to pay for quick results....any thoughts?

Hi everyone, I graduated from Cy-fair on Dec. 15th...it is possible to do this lol...and I GOT a job at Methodist Willowbrook so it is possible to do that too...anyhoo, I have lots of nursing school books that are up for grabs, including several care plan books that are general comprehensive care plan books and I have a peds one as well as a maternity one. If anyone is interested let me know. The only books I plan to save are my fundamentals book as well as med-surg.

Graduate nurse...am hired without have taken nclex yet, (am waiting on the board of nursing to send my authorization to test).... when you graduate you get a GN permit from the board which covers you to practice on the floor until you take and pass NCLEX

Well I am a GN and am set up to do a med-surg internship at a hospital starting Jan. 30 and I can say that I will be getting paid the same rate as a RN-1 and also will receive benefits from day one. My internship lasts 3 months and afterwards I am guarranteed a position as a RN-1.

Well I am a certified 'newbie' to med-surg. I graduate NS this Thursday (Dec. 15th) and have accepted a position for a GN internship on a med-surg floor. I will be an 'intern' for approx. 3 months and then when I pass my NCLEX, will be labeled as a RN. I did clinicals at this hospital and absolutely loved it, although I thought I'd never see myself in med-surg, I am looking forward to the experience because: the morale/working environment is AMAZING, staff is always happy, 4-1 nurse/pt. ratio, I get to apply EVERYTHING I learned in NS in med-surg, and this is where I expect to hone in on my skills, time mgmt, etc. Can't wait :)

I keep thinking, "Ok I need to study...there's something I'm missing, etc." I am done and it doesn't feel real...these past 2 years have been non-stop and now it's like STOP lol...really? It's ok for me to play farmville instead of studying lab values and doing case studies? I am going to take a break for a bit and let my brain recouperate and then will start preparing for boards. I start my job on Jan. 30, so I have plenty of time.

Congratulations! I just took the exit HESI today and passed woot woot! My pinning ceremony is next Thursday and I have a job as a GN for a med-surg internship! Life can't get any better :)

I got a call from Methodist Willowbrook on the 23rd, offering me a GN position for their med-surg unit starting on Jan. 30. I hadn't really applied, I was asked by the nursing director of med-surg while I was doing clinicals there this semster to call HR and from there on I got an interview on Nov. 14th. I graduate Dec. 15th with an ADN but already have a previous bachelor's degree. I am so excited! What a load off!

lonestar cy fair? if so, i barely made it in back in jan. 2010 w/ an 11.489

My pinning ceremony is in December :yeah:Hard to believe that it's sooo close! We finish up clinicals a bit early in November and then have that time to prepare for Hesi and NCLEX in January. I am planning to take the Hurst Review course in December to prepare for NCLEX. Congrats to everyone who has survived and THRIVED!

Hospice care does by no means imply 'hastening' of a person's death... Hospice just means making one comfortable until their time comes naturally, hospice nurses don't run around with syringes full of Kevorkian drugs to 'kill' patients before it's their time....in fact, most people enter hospice care way too late and are only on hospice for a matter of days before they die, if more people understood what hospice means and how benefitial it can be, then this senseless prolonging of pain and suffering will continue to occur for people who could have expeirenced a more dignified and pain free death.

Congrats to all of you who just started the incredible journey of NS.... with that being said, you all are too cute w/ all your first semester worries (trust me I was in the same boat)...I am about to start my LAST semester woot woot! I remember thinking how the heck can I do this and being so overwhelmed, now it's strange to actually be a senior! You all can do it, keep your chins up and remember that crying in front of an instructor is OK, just show up the next day! :) Good luck on your journey.

So I'm kind of sitting here in shock because my 38yr old cousin is about to be removed from life support d/t a ruptured brain aneurysm that occurred yesterday morning. He woke up yesterday, was holding his 6mo old son, and turned to his wife and said, "I have got a terrible headache, it feels like I'm going to die, I don't know how people live w/ these."....then lights out. He fell unconscious and remains in a coma until now. He had a crani yesterday and ended up having to remove 1/2 of his brain d/t continued bleeding. This morning it was determined that he was indeed brain dead and so the decision was to remove life support at 1:15est today b/c 115 was his motocross number when he was younger. I am just having a hard time wrapping my brain around how someone could be here one day and 'poof' gone the next, especially when they are literally the picture of health. Does anyone know anything more about aneurysms or experience something like this before?

One time I had this sweetest little old lady who just loved having a student so i could take her and her 50lb oxygen tank for walks down the hallway, so i had to unhook the O2 from the wall unit and attach it to the portable one and anyways we got back into her room and i was reattaching it to the wall unit and she put the cannula in her nose and i turned on the O2, but no one had showed me exactly how to configure the dial on the wall so i must have turned it up all the way and i hear this massive air blowing noise and the little old lady goes 'oh my' and nearly jumps outta her wheel chair...oops my bad

Haha...well I am going to be starting my last semester of nursing school in August...and I have shockingly (to some degree) gained 20lbs over these past 4 semesters...I was lean before, perhaps a bit too much, but I am not used to weight gain and this seems a bit extreme. Although, I must admit that my reward for surviving some of the NS stress is a 'good' meal lol... i.e.: a cabana bowl from Taco Cabana :) I have 2 kids (3 and 6) and my hubby works 2 jobs to support us while I'm in school so I have VERY limited time to myself..I try my best, but life is what it is, I wish I could be more dedicated like some of you guys...

Where I'm at pts have to get permission from medical records to even look at their own charts...can't imagine the legality in being able to access it at anytime at the end of your bed

This is my 4th semester of NS and I've gained 18lbs...I started off a bit underweight (I have never had a prob. w/ weight in my life and could eat the whole neighborhood and nothing would happen)...i started off at 122-123 and now am anywhere from 137-140! My problem is that whenever I have to do something really stressful, and after I accomplish it, then I reward myself w/ really good food lol...grr...once my life gets back to normal I think I'll be able to work on it better

1.2 in a 4mo old boy...presented to ER for seizures and staff members were not as concerned about the seizures as they were about his pallor, tachycardia, and lethargy. Took a blood sample, came out like a chunk of jello, thought he might have cold agglutinin disease, sent to PICU for blood transfusion, blood washed and sent through a warmer, parents were told that he had a 50% chance of living d/t possible reaction to new blood and in that course they'd have to stop the transfusion but obviously he could not survive w/o any blood products. Kid was baptized and thankfully he had no reactions. Several more units of blood were taken and cold agglutinin disease was eventually ruled out and new diagnosis of Warm Antibody IgA-mediated Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia, high dose steroids were prescribed and eventually 2 treatments of IVIG d/t anemia becoming refractory to steroids and then a chemo regimen was implemented. Cyclophosphamide and Vincristine q week x 10 weeks. Disease went into remission after many ups and downs and many HgB going from 9.0 or so to 5.0 overnight...kid is almost 3 today and has had a stable HgB w/ no meds since 8mo old. THIS WAS MY SON! :) this is what made me want to become a nurse.

I bought a book called "Fluid and Electrolytes Made Easy" for my first med-surg semester a while ago and that seemed to help clear things up.