RedSoxFan84

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  1. Problems with ER

    Our policy is if the admitting nurse can't take report right away then the charge nurse has to. They will absolutely not send the patient up without
  2. Pregnancy and 3rd shifts

    Speaking from personal experience, I rotated 7p - 7a and 7a - 7p while pregnant. I actually did better on nights, it was slower, etc. When I was on days it was so busy, sometimes I didn't take a break...
  3. How to prevent falls

    We use a fall risk score and most of our total joints come up with a high fall risk score and require a bed alarm. We actually had an alert and oriented patient fall and fracture their wrist on POD 0...
  4. how many patients

    I'm an RN, but our aides have between 12-14 during the day and up to 22 (or more!) at night. This is on an ortho/neuro floor. It's so
  5. I took it back in July...75 questions in under an
  6. A high percentage of students that started with me for new graduate orientation (maybe half) went to a very respectable university that does clinicals at the hospital and has some instructors...
  7. I had a phone screen middle of May, interview June 5, shadow interview two weeks later, and was not offered a position until July 29, started 8/19. It was a long process. This is for a new graduate...
  8. RN Salary Survey 2013: Post here!

    1. Connecticut 2. New graduate (BSN) 3. Ortho/Neuro 4. $30.90/hr 5. 12% evenings; 20% nights; +$2/hr weekends 5.
  9. We could not use a calculator, and had to get a 100% on our last dosage exam. All you can do is practice, practice, practice; it will make it
  10. Med Tech to RN

    I worked as a med tech and the only thing it was helpful for was that all my prerequisites were done to get to nursing school, as well as my general studies that would have been required in nursing...
  11. What do you use for personal alarms on psych units

    I've worked at two different places that utilized panic buttons which we wore at all times. I've never had to use it but had coworkers who have. It initializes a code so security will report to the...
  12. Out of town clinical sites?

    We had to drive one hour each way for our pediatric and psych clinicals. We carpooled and took turns driving. One facility also cost $20 to park per clinical day. We split it
  13. I will be perfectly honest and say I have made up scenarios or bended the truth to answer these questions. There is no other way, especially coming from someone with little to no
  14. Starting Salary [new grad]?

    New grad BSN in Connecticut. 30.90 per hour, 12% eve differential, 20% night differential, +$2/hr on
  15. INR results might get me fired

  16. I got very similar scores with a 72% on both QT6 and QT7; these are very much similar to how the NCLEX was. I took the NCLEX on Saturday and passed in 75 questions...I found the test to be very...
  17. Patient Sitter

    Sorry for the long post... I am currently a nursing student and am trying to get my foot in the door at a couple of hospitals doing different things. I recently started as a patient sitter at a large...
  18. What are your study techniques?

    This doesn't work for everyone, but I've had a lot of success just reading the chapters/class notes over and over and over until I feel like it's sticking. I've tried everything else: typing things...
  19. I called in today, no I mean ..I called Out! / huh??

    Me and most people I know say "called out" here in Connecticut. The only other phrase I've heard is "called in sick" but never just "called
  20. I have a biology degree (I graduated with a 3.7 GPA) and had originally planned on going to medical school before changing my mind because of the difficulty I would have with financing it and a few...
  21. The worst thing about my nursing school

    Hey, I'm a new member, but just had to say I completely agree. I am fearful every time I have to go to my college because I know that it's going to be one problem after another. Today was no...