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I always do head to toe assessments with my students and let them chart the assessments in EPIC. We are allowed to chart and will utilize the opportunity for learning.

My ortho floor switched from 1:5 to 1:4 recently. Because work is heavy - physically. it takes time to bring a patient in a commode etc. With a lot of precautions and with the pca and iv pums with them. Pain management is also important. Skin integrity needs to be checked frequently. Etc.

and most of them fall on POD 2 after foley removal because they think they are independent by that time.

I like something you dont like.. you like something i dont. MURSE MURSE MURSE!!

Time management I learned from a nursing home helped me a lot in the acute hospital.

As a male nurse I feel exhausted like female nurses I hold my pee for a long time like female nurses I eat late or sometimes eat while charting like female nurses I love my coffee just like some female nurses I get late with charting and med pass just like female nurses I got kicked,slapped and cursed by patients just like female nurses I get yelled at by MD's just like female nurses I clean poop and pee in bed or on the floor or phlegm on the wall like female nurses I do not know everything (you know something I do not know and vice versa) like female nurses I had a hard time at school just like what female nurses had I care for my patients like female nurses I am an advocate, a brother, a hero for patients like a female nurse (they are just called sister ) I feel SATISFIED after a 12 hour shift knowing that I am a Nurse and I made something different that day... just like female nurses.

[COLOR=#000000]This is what I feel as a male nurse[/COLOR] As a male nurse I feel exhausted like female nurses I hold my pee for a long time like female nurses I eat late or sometimes eat while charting like female nurses I love my coffee just like some female nurses I get late with charting and med pass just like female nurses I got kicked,slapped and cursed by patients just like female nurses I get yelled at by MD's just like female nurses I clean poop and pee in bed or on the floor or phlegm on the wall like female nurses I do not know everything (you know something I do not know and vice versa) like female nurses I had a hard time at school just like what female nurses had I care for my patients like female nurses I am an advocate, a brother, a hero for patients like a female nurse (they are just called sister ) I feel SATISFIED after a 12 hour shift knowing that I am a Nurse and I made something different that day... just like female nurses.

As a male nurse I feel exhausted like female nurses I hold my pee for a long time like female nurses I eat late or sometimes eat while charting like female nurses I love my coffee just like some female nurses I get late with charting and med pass just like female nurses I got kicked,slapped and cursed by patients just like female nurses I get yelled at by MD's just like female nurses I clean poop and pee in bed or on the floor or phlegm on the wall like female nurses I do not know everything (you know something I do not know and vice versa) like female nurses I had a hard time at school just like what female nurses had I care for my patients like female nurses I am an advocate, a brother, a hero for patients like a female nurse (they are just called sister ) I feel SATISFIED after a 12 hour shift knowing that I am a Nurse and I made something different that day... just like female nurses "I re posted this as a new topic as well"

Good luck!!! Deep breathing exercises while taking your exam. MURSESSS!!!! lol

My coworker put tea bags inside the mask haha

plus 99.9 % of LTACH patients came from ICU.

We have 1:4 ratio. Because they are also hooked with telemetry.

Sometimes it's not what you know its WHO you know(referrals and sh**). Sad but true.

They posted my name on the website 1 week after my exam.

1. State you work in ---> CALIFORNIA 2. Years of experience ----> 2 1/2 YEARS 3. Specialty/unit and work setting (clinic, hospital, prison, etc) ---> TELEMETRY/MED SURG 4. Hourly Pay (base rate) or salary ---> 41.50 (DAY SHIFT) 5. Differentials (if any) ----> PERDIEM + $8, 6. Union? ----> YES

I remembered taking my exam on a Wednesday. Last two days before my exam was boring. Did nothing productive, helped with errands, watched tv and facebook lol

If you keep on hoping then you won't pass. Claim it, be positive.

We only do physical assessment chart, FIM score and some routine stuffs. But checking hourly? We just check a paper inside the room hourly and thats considered the notes. It includes signature, what is the patient doing such as b= bed s=sitting etc.

We got 1:4 be it night or day.

4 of my friends including my sister who got rejected in CA applied in Washington and they all received eligibility :)

I guess, Kaplan Review Centers have the copy. I went to the review center when I was about to review my rn readiness test and they handed me the booklet for rationales. I cannot remember if the rationales for diagnostic was included though

this what my friend received from the boards: [color=#333333]i graduated bsn in the philippines 2009 at university of the cordilleras. after taking the exam once they re-evaluate my application and found out that i did not qualify to take the exam. they sent me a reply letter asking for an additional requirement which are the clinical cases, which i did sent. i was awaiting for my authorization to test (att), however, they sent me a letter explaining that i am not eligible to take the nclex-rn examination due to the fact that i did not finish my rle cases before the graduation date which is march 19, 2009 and i found out that my cases did not meet there requirements. i finished all my cases back in the philippines. [color=#333333]this is an excerpt from the letter: [color=#333333]::::the board of registered nursing has completed an evaluation of your application based on the documents submitter by university if the cordilleras. the result of the evaluation waas that the program you completed is not equivalent to the minimum requirements for licensure as set forth on business and professions code (b&p) section 2736(b). [color=#333333]colleges and universities have academic schedules in place that include when courses are to be completed within the semester and when the nursing program ends, this means that by the end of an academic program, students have completed all course work, both theoretical and clinical practice, and are awaiting graduation. [color=#333333]the transcripts and clinical training records received from university of the cordilleras reflects a graduation date of march 19, 2009. in addition to the transcripts the board has received documentation regarding the related learning experience (rle) record and the required major-minor operations, the required assisted, actual deliveries and cord dressing. [color=#333333]the board ha found discrepancies in your training. as previously stated, all theoretical and clinical practice must be completed prior to graduation date reflected on the official transcript. the documentation received verifies that you were completing clinical practice after your graduation date. we also show your clinical cases were not concurrent with your theory classes. ::: [color=#333333]i took the theoretical classes before we were allowed to go on our clinicals. but the lack of patients made it difficult to complete those 5 cases during that semester that's why some of my cases were completed one or two semesters after the theory classes, and we were given ample time to complete the required cases before our baccalaureate graduation which was i believe was around april. it is a huge burden for me to be under this predicament. i hope i can coordinate with the dean and school in applying for a re-evaluation of my credentials. if they could give me assistance to clarify my clinical cases.

this is what my friend sent me: [color=#333333]i graduated bsn in the philippines 2009 at university of the cordilleras. after taking the exam once they re-evaluate my application and found out that i did not qualify to take the exam. they sent me a reply letter asking for an additional requirement which are the clinical cases, which i did sent. i was awaiting for my authorization to test (att), however, they sent me a letter explaining that i am not eligible to take the nclex-rn examination due to the fact that i did not finish my rle cases before the graduation date which is march 19, 2009 and i found out that my cases did not meet there requirements. i finished all my cases back in the philippines. [color=#333333]this is an excerpt from the letter: [color=#333333]::::the board of registered nursing has completed an evaluation of your application based on the documents submitter by university if the cordilleras. the result of the evaluation waas that the program you completed is not equivalent to the minimum requirements for licensure as set forth on business and professions code (b&p) section 2736(b). [color=#333333]colleges and universities have academic schedules in place that include when courses are to be completed within the semester and when the nursing program ends, this means that by the end of an academic program, students have completed all course work, both theoretical and clinical practice, and are awaiting graduation. [color=#333333]the transcripts and clinical training records received from university of the cordilleras reflects a graduation date of march 19, 2009. in addition to the transcripts the board has received documentation regarding the related learning experience (rle) record and the required major-minor operations, the required assisted, actual deliveries and cord dressing. [color=#333333]the board ha found discrepancies in your training. as previously stated, all theoretical and clinical practice must be completed prior to graduation date reflected on the official transcript. the documentation received verifies that you were completing clinical practice after your graduation date. we also show your clinical cases were not concurrent with your theory classes. ::: [color=#333333]i took the theoretical classes before we were allowed to go on our clinicals. but the lack of patients made it difficult to complete those 5 cases during that semester that's why some of my cases were completed one or two semesters after the theory classes, and we were given ample time to complete the required cases before our baccalaureate graduation which was i believe was around april. it is a huge burden for me to be under this predicament. i hope i can coordinate with the dean and school in applying for a re-evaluation of my credentials. if they could give me assistance to clarify my clinical cases.

Why not try and apply in other states?

Some of it are pretty rad.... http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/top-10-medical-breakthroughs-2012