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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...

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 ...

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% accu...

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 ac...

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...

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 N...

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 g...

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...

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 val...

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 ca...

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 Decembe...

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 th...

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 thi...

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 sai...

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 ba...

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 thi...

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 13...

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 ...

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.