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I left a medical ICU and transferred to a PACU. In my facility we extubate w/o the Dr at the bedside and we get central lines and art lines. The volume of patients is very high because I work in a 1000+ bed facility. We recover children and adults. I...

Recently I was traveling in Florida with my family to Disney World and a cement truck traveling in the opposite direction, on I 10, had a catastrophic blow out of a front steer tire. He started flipping and went through the median and hit us head on....

Well here's to an awesome new year! So excited to be moving on. I went to PT today for my foot and knees and was released...Whoot Whoot! Said he thought I'd be 100% in no time. It sure is nice to get some good news. Nurses thank you for all of your s...

Well my slap tear repair was a little more complicated then we first thought, it seems as though that has been my lot in life lately. There were multiple tears on my labrum and my rotator cuff was torn. Anchors were installed and tears repaired....ph...

Sorry I haven't responded sooner, I've since had double knee surgery and I go in Friday for shoulder surgery. GOD was with us and I thank you all for being kind and reading my long post. I'm ready for this nightmare to end. I can't wait to get back o...

I am an LPN/RN-grad with only 8 months of experience and that experience is in the PACU.I have worked as a Cardiac Monitor tech for 2 years and an ORTHO-tech for 1 1/2 years. While in the PACU I was responsible for caring for at least 1 of our 2 assi...

I graduated in December there were a total of 4 of us out of 20 that completed the program. In my opinion the first two semesters allowed for me to take 2-3 extra classes and work 20 hours per semester. However, level3 and 4 were killer and I would r...

I have been in the Pt program since Summer of 2009 we were the first class ever.I will graduate in December. I think since its inception they have decided to just allow students to take classes at their own speed rather then have a PT program. The st...

Thanks for the reply ladies! I applied for Fall externs and I am really hoping that something will work out. I took summer courses so I could fit in an extern. I really don't know what specialty I am desiring now, I loved the PACU and I just did Lead...

I am currently a Nursing Student and will graduate in December, God willing, and I have small children. I explored the possibility of doing an externship at some of the various hospitals this summer. However, I realized that my youngest will be star...

I know this is an old thread but I need this prayer now more then ever. My whole semester hinges on a test tomorrow. If I do not pass I will have to repeat the semester and I will not graduate in December I have never straddled the line of passing s...

i am in the midst of my 3 out of 4 semesters of ns. i just finished my l&d rotation and i will start oncology/hospice on monday. i am getting so burnt out and i have never looked so forward to spring break in my entire life. i keep thinking kee...

Just got my OB grade and I made an A. That was a temporary boost to my get up and go. However we started Oncology/End of Life this week and although I enjoy this content I have a terrible time staying focused. I want to be playing with my kids and h...

Thanks for your reply. I will do Peds clinicals this Friday and then I have a break for a whole week. No work or school = rested and relaxed MOM! I can't wait. 8pm Friday night clinicals will be over and Spring Break will officially begin.

9 months!!!! I can't believe it's almost here. This is my Christmas gift to myself and my family. All of this craziness and stress will be traded in for a profession I can be proud of.

I recently took the HESI, 2 days ago, and I was really perplexed by my scores. I took a version written for my school which I scored 809. On the same day immediately following that test we took a version called SP Fund which was a national exam that...

We are required to do correlation maps on 11x17 paper and show how each of our diagnosis relate to our major diagnosis or the reason our patient decided to go to seek care. Has anyone else been required to do these maps? If you did what resources d...

I am a level 2 Med/Surg student that had 89.4 average in Fundamentals last semester and I started Med/Surg this semester. I was told it was tough and that it was unlike anything that I have ever done before and everyone struggles with this semester,...

Thanks for all of the well wishes. When all the dust settled 90% of our class ended up failing and the lowest possible grade we can get and pass is a 76% and only one person received that grade the other students scored 63-66% so that is very consis...

I used to NCLEX books Saunders and Lippencot, I used our Perry and Potter study guides and our med/surg text study guide and I thought I had the material. When I got the test the questions were odd and didn't seem like it was using critical thinking...

I was applying to Nursing school and I had one last requirement and that was my CNA so I needed to get it done fast and I used Wings in BA. It was cheaper then some of the other schools and I got it done in 2 weeks. I was hired by SJMC right out of...

As an employee, CNA, of SJMC I am so excited that when I graduate from Nursing school I will have the opportunity to work at a Magnet hospital. As a new grad, I think this status will attract new nurses because this distinction says SJMC cares about...

Daytonite- THANK YOU! I spent a bit of time looking over the sites you recommended and upon reviewing the sites at related to my main DX I feel I have a good grasp. I made an A on my 2 care plans and I feel that the general statement may have been f...

I am entering Med Surg/OR this semester and I was told that the adjunct that we had last semester did not adequately prepare us for care plans. Our facilitator said we need to do a lot of work on them before next semester. I have my basic principle...

I am entering my 2nd semester NS and I am working in Ortho/Neuro as a CNA this experience has helped me immensely. I was able to jump into clinicals w/o hesitation. I was familiar with the layout of a hospital room. It gave me a huge boost of confid...