Amy10BSN

thanks for your help! i did look in my EKG class and ACLS book and it gave me the answer that the chest leads which would be V1-V6 can seem unusually big up to 2 lg boxes on the ekg strip.

Hi, I am a new grad nurse who graduated in May. I am in CCU and CVICU. My question is why does the T wave in the anterior leads on a 12 NORMAL lead ekg look so much larger in size compared to all the leads t- waves? is it because its reading right from the front of the heart that it looks so much bigger. Often when I look at my pts 12 leads, I want to jump and say ST elevation in V1-V4 but its only that the T wave is big. Here is an example of what I am talking about. http://ecglibrary.com/norm.html I have looked a lot online and most things i find are on google are all about ST elevation, it doesnt give me what I am looking for Thanks for your input, Amy

...maybe this is why we newbies are told nurses eat their young OP.... just saying

Hi ! i am was a new grad, passed boards in june! I work in PA, if you are practicing as a GN in PA you have your own temporary grad nurse practice permit that is what holds you liable. The hospital should not let GN's begin unless they have that. I worked as a GN with my practice permit and did everything because i was under my own name and liable for myself this way. ((NY does this also, that is where I went to school)) Hope this helps

I would have to say I was "Chosen," I wanted to be in an ICU when i got out of school (i graduated in May). At the hospital I work at they have a nurse intern program after junior year of school and I applied saying I wanted ICU or ER. Well it ended up a spot was open CVICU post open heart unit and I was sooooo scared (Cardiac definately intimidated me in school) but love it and still work there now that i graduated in CVICU/CCU. Basically I was thrown into it and love it now!

hi! i graduated in may and have a similar problem but sometimes it just happens randomly. What I did was get a pair of ted hose which really help with venous blood return, dont stand with knees locked to long (shift your weight if you're standing in one place for a while), and drink plenty of water. Otherwise I would get expose to watching the things to making your nauseous and it wont bother you so much anymore.

we did do something similar to this in nursing school, it is all part of the routine. I do feel they should have the option to use a dummy though, not just eachother.

thanks! i was looking on our online drug guide at work (lexi-comp) and it gives parameters. i know that i will learn it all eventually with time and experience, thanks for your help.

I am a new nurse working in a CCU/CVICU area and was wondering if some of you seasoned nurses can give me some input about how long certain IV's should go in such as calcium, potassium, mag, etc. I know a lot of this comes along with experience but these are the types of things i sit around and think about Thanks, any input is appreciated!

i passed ! guess the pearson trick works!:w00t:

I just took my nclex rn at 2:00 (its 5pm now) and boy was it crazy. I stopped at 75 questionns. I used saunders, exam cram, kaplan, and davis plus 3 cds and none of the questions were even comparable to the level of difficulty that the boards was. I did the pearson trick and according to that i passed, so i hope its true. keep your fingers crossed for me!

oops i meant isnt easy for me and i dont expect it to be... sorry :)

to reply to some of the posts... kaplan for me is easy and i expect it to be but if you read rationales of kaplan compared to other books rationales, they kinda suck! i do understand the decision tree and how to answer questions and kaplan has helped me with that so i am glad in that way that i took it, however if i had the to do something else i would. and also you should look into how to get the money back gaurantee if you fail cuz its not just doing question trainers. You have to do ALL qbank questions, ALL question trainers, ALL alternate format, and i believe even listen to all the audio reviews. You literally have to do everything on kaplan, not just the question trainers. I guess i will just be hopeful and do my best on the test. I however do not take kaplan seriously as determining my readiness because if i did pay attention to the percentages I would never be ready according to them.

I know there has been a lot of discussion of people who use kaplan program and the qbank for test prep. Unfortunately, my school required us to do this program. I have always felt that i scored poorly with kaplan qbank and question trainers (way more than any other books/cds i am using).... I am less than a week away from boards and feel like i should do all of the kaplan questions trainers and practice exams but feel it really ruins my confidence and makes me doubt myself. What are others opinions? Should i continue with kaplan or just use my other sources which include saunders, mosby, nclex 3500 and exam cram? Thanks for all the help!

Congratulations!!!! How did you get your results so quickly starfish? did you do the payment for quick answers? I know they say wait two days but that's sweet if you can get the results that quick! I will be taking mine soon too before the end of the month...getting anxious!