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  1. Graduation announcements/invitation etiquette

    LETRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Mine are a combination of announcement and invitation and I'm feeling weird about sending them to people that I know won't be able to come. Yet, I want to shout from the rooftops my achievement of...

  2. At what point do you stop feeling stupid?

    LETRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a recent BSN graduate and just took and passed my NCLEX last week. I started in the ER about three weeks ago, and I'm finding the learning curve quite steep. I did nearly 300 clinical hours my...

  3. what are the duties of the ER Rn?

    LETRN replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto above, I would be here all day if I detailed everything In a nutshell, administering meds (sometimes mixing my own drips), assisting the ER physician with laceration repairs and lumbar...

  4. New Nurses! Post here, Lets get to know one another!

    LETRN replied to avidhunter3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all :) I graduated from a BSN program in May, passed my NCLEX-RN the following June. I've been working in an ER in the midwest since then and love every minute of it! I'm married and have a 6 and...

  5. Amount of debt upon graduation?

    LETRN replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    I got my BSN from a private college and initially owed about $42,000. I signed a 4 year agreement with the hospital where I work and they paid off $10,000. I'm on the extended repayment plan and pay...

  6. Average Cost of Insurance

    LETRN replied to Quark09's topic in General Nursing

    I opted out of benefits at my workplace in order to be paid 25% more (it comes out to about $5 more an hour). The insurance offerred wasn't that great anyway, monthly premium for a family was around...

  7. Bipolar-Should I ask for ADA accomodations?

    LETRN replied to AZRN2112's topic in General Nursing

    Count me in as another who doesn't understand the Friday shift = weekend. You can obviously do what you want and contact who you want, but you asked for input and you received it. It makes me...

  8. New grads resigned to night work?

    LETRN replied to Stcroix's topic in General Nursing

    I was told in my interview to expect nights, which I assumed would happen and I was fine with it. After my 16 week orientation they offerred me a midshift position (11a-11p), but I chose to take the...

  9. Night shift then caring for twins all day?

    LETRN replied to Spode's topic in General Nursing

    Dude, there is no way...you would never sleep! And the cat napping you would get with two 2 year olds would be minimal. I have a 6 and 7 year old (both in school), get home at 8am, and have to get...

  10. Order for EKG?

    LETRN replied to eveningprimrose's topic in General Nursing

    There are several advanced nursing protocols in place that we're allowed to implement without an order, and there have been many times when I've had a patient (usually female) complaining of vague or...

  11. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    LETRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Working with techs/aides that have been at their job longer than I've been alive, and think because of it they should be calling the shots. If you want to be the nurse you should have gone to NURSING...

  12. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    LETRN replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Bonus! Good

  13. IV starts in nursing school

    LETRN replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in General Nursing

    We were not allowed to do them on eachother either...which is why I sucked at it big time in school. I had one opportunity in clinicals at school do start an IV, and it was a major FAIL. Luckily it...

  14. Who starts IV's at night at your workplace?

    LETRN replied to NoblePath's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We do all of our own lines...if something is especially difficult and we can't find anything even on the feet or EJ, we use the ultrasound and someone in the departmenet that is credentialed will use...

  15. new RN - income questions

    LETRN replied to sheryl1304's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The base pay at the hospital I work for is $17.25...I'm in the Midwest. I'm a new nurse as well and make $25/hr because of a program in which I can opt out of benefits at work (25% added on my base...

  16. How often do you do dosage calculation?

    LETRN replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    I do dosage calc everyday. When I worked on an inpatient floor I never did...pharmacy prepared everything and it was all packaged nicely and neatly in the exact dose. The IV pumps were preprogrammed...

  17. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    LETRN replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Graduated with my BSN in May of 2010 and started working on June 1st, passed NCLEX on June 17th. I had my job secured before I graduated I'm in

  18. Need advice for night shift

    LETRN replied to TinaL29's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been on nights for a couple of months, and the transition is brutal I had good luck with taking a nap during the afternoon of the first day of my 3 in a row, and every night on my way to work...

  19. IV push concerns

    LETRN replied to eyeball's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've done the same as well, but like the previous poster said I don't turn off the infusion (granted it's compatible). If I'm giving something that needs a longer push (like Compazine or Pepcid), I...

  20. How do you sign?

    LETRN replied to Mashira's topic in General Nursing

    I don't sign RN unless it's on verbal or telephone orders...I don't really see the need to do it on anything else, but that's just me. I'm proud of my BSN, but that would just be

  21. "size of the paycheck"

    LETRN replied to agnesj23's topic in General Nursing

    I would say, 'CLEARLY you do not know who I am. If you did, you would know that I'm pretty much a big deal...hence the reason I get paid more.' Some people just need to know how important I actually...

  22. Two codes in my first week of nights during orientation

    LETRN replied to fsv1024's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My advice would be to take ACLS...if your employer doesn't offer it, look into taking it on your own. It really helped me with my confidence during

  23. Questions for New Grads

    LETRN replied to lifelearningrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    May 2010 BSN I had a job secured in April before I graduated ER

  24. How easy is it to get the job of choice right after graduating nursing school?

    LETRN replied to smithjen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    They have our L&D nurses take PALS because they routinely float to the nursery and Peds. But everywhere is different :) Someone said it before, but ACLS is advanced cardiac life

  25. IV push question

    LETRN replied to desertgal's topic in General Nursing

    If you've got a good line in and the fluids are going in quickly, I don't think it's necessary to pinch it while pushing the med...I never do. I give it from the highest hub in the line and push it...