cute_cabbage2005

cute_cabbage2005 has 5 years experience.

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1. Help!! all you experienced nurses!! How to survive orientation??!!

   cute_cabbage2005 replied to sparketteinok's topic in First Year After Licensure

   CHANGE PRECEPTORS!!!!! You DONT need to put up with that. Find a preceptor that is WILLING, CARING, and SUPPORTIVE. New nurses NEED that....not one that is there to take advantage of you. Your...

2. This is Too weird...

   cute_cabbage2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Okay - I have this patient....a male, young, 23yrs. He has a private room. There's a young woman there with him. I assumed its his wife/girlfriend by the way they're acting towards each...

3. Lack of communication....This is NOT RIGHT!!!!

   cute_cabbage2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work 7p-7a. Last night I got a patient from a nurse who was leaving at 11pm. He didnt bother to tell me I was getting a patient from him and didnt bother to give me a shift report. The charge nurse...

4. Giving bolus Medications via IV port.

   cute_cabbage2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a question. Im a new nurse. When I was a student nurse, my preceptor then always diluted her many of her bolus meds in 10cc normal saline before she injected into the IV port. As a grad nurse,...

5. Should I rock the boat??

   cute_cabbage2005 replied to anggelRN's topic in General Nursing

   As a new grad nurse, I had a preceptor who yelled, screamed and flew off the handle over the littlest thing. She would roll her eyes if I didnt know how to do a nursing skill (one that Ive never had...

6. Will It Always Feel This Way???

   cute_cabbage2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I started my nursing job as a new grad nurse on a cardiac unit that is intense and fast paced. I have been on this floor a month. This job has been EXTREMELY stressful and overwhelming. My training...

7. Getting turned down......unexperienced RN....

   cute_cabbage2005 replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in General Nursing

   I want to thank you all for your suggestions. I was ready to give up. Just want to let you know that I interviewed for a nurse rotational internship at another hospital...a VERY respected teaching...

8. Getting turned down......unexperienced RN....

   cute_cabbage2005 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all...I graduated Dec 2005....passed NClex in 2007. Im having a tough time getting work now coz so much time has passed. I did not work right away after graduating from nursing school due to...

9. How do i study for the Board?..HELP!

   cute_cabbage2005 replied to nyunrse2b's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I used Saunders CD for med/sug Q's with rationale. I had a study sheet on priority/delegations. I studied 100-150 Q's per day. Overall total was 3000-4000 q's. I studied on/off or about 6 weeks...

10. Just took nclex and about to panic!!!!

    cute_cabbage2005 replied to Tjames's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Try not to think about it...coz the more you think about it...the worse the feeling becomes. I took all 265 q's and sat there for over 5 hrs!!! Those feelings you're experiencing are normal. I went...

11. How long til you received your ATT?

    cute_cabbage2005 replied to TNUp2Jen's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I got my ATT the same day I registered on the Pearson website. A friend of mine didnt hear from BON, so she called Pearson and found out that BON had already notified Pearson and not her. They had...

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

    cute_cabbage2005 replied to lpn2rnMay2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    1. how many questions did you take on nclex?passed with 265. 2. what study materials did you use? did you take a test review course? saunders. did not take a review course...though i thought...

13. Scared to take NCLEX!!!!!!

    cute_cabbage2005 replied to soontobe_RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I graduated from nursing school 18 months ago. Last week I took NCLEX for the first time. Today I just found out I passed. You have to have faith yourself. Those little doubts you have can manifest...

14. I Finally Conquered The Gorilla In My Closet!!

    cute_cabbage2005 replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    This was my first attempt. I was SO nervous. Eighteen months had lapsed since I had graduated. But even at that amount of time I was out of school, I still DID IT! Know your priorities and...

15. I Finally Conquered The Gorilla In My Closet!!

    cute_cabbage2005 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I PASSED NCLEX!!!! I graduated back in 2005, so can you imagine what it took to get me back on track. Yes I was worried, but I kept trying to thinking positive. My test was hard, bit I stayed...