Adam D. RN2005

Adam D. RN2005

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  1. Nclex-rn Blue screen of death

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Took my NCLEX-RN this morning. Shut down at either 83 or 84 (Maybe 85) questions. I have got to say the blue screen of death that you see when it shuts down is the most disconcerting moment, and...

  2. One Year In...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I kept on meaning to sit down and write this post over the past couple of weeks, but life just kept on interfering. And the fact that I have been so busy that I haven't had time to really sit down and...

  3. A three ambulance wedding...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for the compliment. I will say that I am humbled by what you have said because I don't think of myself as a rolemodel. I am just trying to be the best nurse that I can be. Again thank you...

  4. A three ambulance wedding...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had attended my cousins wedding last week, it is now a three ambulance wedding. And it wasn't even an irish one. (My cousin use to be an EMT, so there were quite a few medics, a couple of nurses, a...

  5. A three ambulance wedding...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To answer some questions: Type of nursing tha I do is Med/Surg Nursing. I work on a TOUGH, and I do mean TOUGH MED/Surg Unit. I was planning this month to start the transition to ICU nursing, but...

  6. Death of a favorite Patient...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    :bluecry1:I guess stunned, shocked and grief stricken is the best way to describe my feelings right now. That also is the best way to describe my unit feelings. The patient was a favorite of the...

  7. ACLS Certified!!

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Past two days, I have been taking an ACLS class, today took the certification exam and can now start adding the proverbial alphabet soup after my name. The new way for BLS CPR is completely...

  8. ACLS Certified!!

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It really wasn't that tough. There is a lot that you have to know, but they teach it to you. But they teach you how to run a code, and it really helps you anticepate what the MD is going to order...

  9. The tale of a pacemaker...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    My life has been a blur over the past two months. Now that I am catching my breath, back from vacation, and slowing down slightly from the overtime, I now have more freetime. From a nursing perpective...

  10. When it rains, it pours...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yesterday, two of my patients expired. In the same room 9 hours apart from each other. I felt honored when the first family saw me walk in yesterday morning and asked me to be the patients nurse. The...

  11. You know the family is nuts when...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Your charting reflects more of the antics of the family then the patient. As the family is going balistic, you sit there smiling to yourself knowing that you are going to chart

  12. Eight months in and loving it...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been a practicing nurse now nearly eight months. What I can't believe is how well I am doing. I love getting up (okay I don't enjoy the getting up part) in the mornings to go to work. The...

  13. Six months in and...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Loving it more and more. Been busy over the past couple of weeks that has taken me away from my computer, but on February 7th, 2006, I had my six month anniversary as a practicing RN. When I looked...

  14. Fun Day...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know you have a problem family member when your charting reflects more about the antects and harassement of the family member then the actual condition of the patient. Add that in to two RN's...

  15. Were you scared of needles or blood?

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to justrose79's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My thing was BM and Vomit. Early on, when I was a student, I got over my vomit issue very quickly. How you ask, had a patient declare to me that she was nauseaous, and stuck a kidney basin in front of...

  16. When do you start feeling like a RN

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Rachel, I been praticing 6.5 months now, and I still feel like a student at times. I started feeling like an RN when I came off of orientation. I stopped feeling like a student after a few weeks...

  17. I had my first patient in active chest pain during my shift!

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to christvs's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Christine, First, Happy Birthday. Second, good job. You did all of the right things. Sometimes you need to keep on top of what is going on. Chest pain can be anything. And there is such a thing as a...

  18. Nursing Interview HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Hou_ston's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Having a corporate america background as well as having a lot of interviews under my belt, on both sides, my first sugestion is to relax. Try to leave humor at the door. Dress professionally. I would...

  19. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've got one that happened this past weekend, I was interviewing a pt that was just transfered when my aid asked, "Adam, is the pt in the room accross the hall allowed out of bed, (Yes the demented...

  20. Did it again, saved another life...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did it again today, saved another life. Walked in on my patient and knew immediately they were in trouble. I heard the patient panting. Resps were at 48. Immediately did a full resp and cardio...

  21. Did it again, saved another life...

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While I was in the room for four hours, and running back and forth getting things, it was the last 30 minutes before we sent them to the unit that we intubated them three times. We weren't sure if we...

  22. The NCLEX blues....

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to nursekimmi34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Know the saying, it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Well, the fat lady hasn't sung yet. When I took the NCLEX, I didn't even think about the exam after I took it. I knew how I did, I didn't...

  23. Both my patients died the other night...my first ones

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Melanie, I lost my first patient as a student in march 2004. The first one(s) will always haunt you. That one I did not take when when she died on me. I went home upset and depressed. (At the time, I...

  24. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    When your Doctor says go immediately to the hospital from their office, do not drive 120 miles into the next state, have your car run out of gas on the side of the road, and come into the hospital...

  25. I saved a life today...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I save a life today. Oh my god. And the amazing thing was how calm I was during the entire ordeal. I had admited the pt yesterday for a GI bleed, and discovered the pt could not swallow. Got an NPO...