lencialoo

Latest Activity

1. Overwhelmed!

   lencialoo replied to travel920's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   travel920... I'm so very sorry for your hard time in the NICU. I am also new in the NICU and almost 1/2 through my training (40 weeks). Our training is 1 day of class and 2 days in the unit. We have...

2. Hazing, what to do about this...almost ready to quit.

   lencialoo replied to lencialoo's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Thank you traumaRUs and Humbled_Nurse for your supportive replies !! I know that there are alot of nurses who do care and we have many of those on day shifts. I have heard of other NICUs that have...

3. Hazing, what to do about this...almost ready to quit.

   lencialoo posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Hi All, I thought I would ask this here since this seems to happen most often to new nurses. Sorry for the long post but I want to give some background. I am a new nurse still orienting in the NICU....

4. Has this happened to anyone before??

   lencialoo replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Purdue Nurse...could it be that you have "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo" caused by tiny crystals (otoliths) that have formed in the inner ear and when they start floating around they cause...

5. Preceptors looking for someone to interview.

   lencialoo replied to travel920's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   travel920, Our Educational Coordinator meets with us regularly to see how things are going on with our learning and with preceptors and she believes that a mismatch puts learning way behind. I just...

6. Preceptors looking for someone to interview.

   lencialoo replied to travel920's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   hi travel920, i can answer some of your questions from the "preceptee" point of view, i'm a new grad in training for the nicu and am 1/2 way through my level 2 training. i have had 3 different...

7. Night shift naps

   lencialoo replied to NiteRocker's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   alb123 I am also a new grad. (one of 8 in our class too). I also have 40 weeks of orientation and am in my 7th week for the level II babies. I just started my rotation to night shift. After having...

8. Poll for those who have already taken NCLEX..

   lencialoo replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   1. how many questions did you take on nclex? 75 questions 2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? saunders, ncsbn learning extension, lipincott (pda), kaplan 3. did...

9. Tell me about it.

   lencialoo replied to wheeze's topic in Colorado Nursing

   Wheeze, I'm a student nurse, graduating in May...this is some info I can give you about Colorado Springs.... Woodland Park is a very nice place, it is still small but growing fast. I have heard the...

10. ERI Testing

    lencialoo replied to lencialoo's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hope, Thanks for your reply....it does seem like nursing school is getting harder all the time. The ERI is a testing company that is supposed to help guide students in studying for the NCLEX....

11. ERI Testing

    lencialoo posted a topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi All Colorado Nursing Students ! This semester my school PPCC started making passing the ERI testing at 4% above the national average as part of our requirement to continue with school. Prior to...

12. Failed the HESI exam again!!!

    lencialoo replied to blueiwahine's topic in General Students

    To Everyone !! Please dont give up on your Nursing Career dreams because of all these exit tests. My school (PPCC - Colorado Springs) started out by making us take ERI testing at the end of each...

13. Only 4 periods a year!!

    lencialoo replied to Rudegal2020's topic in General Nursing

    i have heard that the less periods a woman in her lifetime, the better it is for her health. when being asked about history for my periods i was told that if you are late in starting your period and...

14. Anyone starting the RN program at PPCC this Fall?

    lencialoo replied to RNNoMore's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Lynda, I think it's a good idea to be open about going back for a BS or MS after getting the ADN. An advisor at PPCC looked over my records and said I would have to just take a statistics class and I...

15. Anyone starting the RN program at PPCC this Fall?

    lencialoo replied to RNNoMore's topic in Colorado Nursing

    LOL....John, it's good to know that sometimes nursing school can be fun too and not always just hard work and studies....it's all in your attitude :chuckle I have looked into Regis for my RN to BSN...