anneuhbanana

anneuhbanana has 3 years experience and specializes in ER, Med-Surg.

Latest Activity

1. Floor to ED transition

   anneuhbanana replied to guest901464's topic in Emergency

   Well, as someone who moved from floor to ED... the best advice I can give is just to fly by the seat of your pants. Don't expect routine, and don't get upset when things change. It was the best thing I ever did, I've honestly become a better nurse be...

2. Is floor nursing making you fat?

   anneuhbanana replied to OCRN3's topic in Stress 101

   YES!! We are all getting fat with the exception of the few outstanding fitness freaks we probably all work with. When I first started working as a nurse the stress really got to me, binge eating after getting off was (and still is) a major problem. I...

3. what are the best divisions in hospital to work in?

   anneuhbanana replied to jtoms's topic in General Students

   Well there is pretty much everything you can imagine. There is usually at least one med-surg floor, there is one for post-op patients, orthopedics, cardiac, renal, trauma, oncology. The bigger the hospital the more specialized they are, the smaller t...

4. Good pair of shoes

   anneuhbanana replied to MsAlba's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Dansko's all the way! I didn't discover them til my first nursing job but I highly recommend them, worth every cent. I suffered and suffered throughout nursing school, now I have no pain and can last 12+ hours on my feet with no issues.

5. Most challenging moments in Nursing school

   anneuhbanana replied to Onco_NT's topic in General Students

   To me one of the hardest things was having to say no to seeing my friends, I felt like I had NO LIFE. I graduated in May and I'm still playing catchup! At some times it was hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel with the neverending work, but...

6. Drawing up

   anneuhbanana replied to tony.quinn's topic in Student Assist

   Sometimes it's easier to look at it without formulas. I say how many ml are in each mg. So 0.2ml in 1mg and you need 0.5mg so how many ml is that?

7. Insulin drip/hourly BG checks

   anneuhbanana replied to Elvish's topic in Medications

   I work on a medsurg floor where it's a 5:1 ratio and we get insulin drips. They usually try to give a nurse only one, but your four other patients could have heparin drips etc and you still have your hands full.

8. Hurst Review Q Test Score

   anneuhbanana replied to aphillipi's topic in NCLEX

   I took mine Monday and passed. I had 75 questions as well and it felt like half were SATA. I feel like the Q reviews really did help.

9. Hurst Review Q Test Score

   anneuhbanana replied to aphillipi's topic in NCLEX

   I've taken 2 Q reviews and I have gotten 77% and 82%. I take the NCLEX Monday as well so we shall see how this compares. When I am taking them I have noticed that the questions tie in with the core content review so I'm not sure how good these quest...

10. Hurst review

    anneuhbanana replied to maia718's topic in NCLEX

    I did the live review but I HIGHLY recommend it. The videos are pretty much just like the live thing, they have different speakers for every section. I watched almost all of them. They are very good, and I was very enlightened....I kept thinking WHY ...

11. Why would someone with a PEG-tube recieve Protonix

    anneuhbanana replied to leeanna_9899's topic in General Students

    I'm not exactly sure but I would say that because they have a peg-tube it could be more for prevention of any GERD side effects. They may not have had GERD before but with a peg-tube it could automatically increase their risk. They drilled in our bra...

12. BSN Students= Community Woes

    anneuhbanana replied to Pneumothorax's topic in General Students

    We also have a project that is forever long and a huge part of our grade, and class time? Don't get me started...the most boring lecture you could ever have. However I guess I lucked out because the health department I get sent to lets us do soooooo...

13. Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    anneuhbanana replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    Thank you person, who doesn't study for any test until the morning of for bragging about it like you are so cool. Like your 72 was pretty good considering. I do not care. You will never be my nurse and I pray that you do not pass the NCLEX. To the ot...

14. Testing help please!! (reading vs.practice tests)

    anneuhbanana replied to samera's topic in General Students

    I usually just skim over the chapters and I highly recommend using the website that comes along with your book. Usually it's evolve... but sometimes they have chapter reviews (and they are very good) and practice quizzes. The quizzes are good and I l...

15. Senior year!!

    anneuhbanana replied to morningdew's topic in General Students

    me me me!