youngRNstudent

HEY everyone! I finally finished! Pinning ceremony December 17th!!!!! I have been hired in the PICU starting mid February!!! :) This is AMAZING I can't believe I don't have to study for anything anymore! (well, except that NCLEX........) Anyone e...

By far, Advanced Med Surg was the hardest/most time consuming. Although Pharmacology is not far behind!

:chuckle yesssss......a 2bd 2 bath apartment will cost you $1600 a month, and I don't think they even sell houses less than $400k This would be why I still live w/my parents!!!

new grad pay in california (LA area) is $27 w/full benefits and around $35 w/o benefits. I agree with the previous poster....WATCH OUT for the sign on bonuses! There is a reason that hospitals offer them (hmmm....maybe b/c nobody WANTS to work there...

California, $16.67/hr per diem (no benefits). This was my starting salary (no experience)

there are alot of threads that already discuss this subject, but here's my $0.02 If you are only interested in being a staff RN there is no difference in pay (at least not at 99% of hospitals) The benefits of a BSN: more opportunities (management etc...

At my hospital anything over 80 hrs/ in 2 weeks is considered OT So technically you could work 80 hours in one week and not get any OT if you didn't work at all the next week.

My patient had a glucose level of 11. The problem was that she was so fluid overloaded that her blood was practically pure plasma (so the glucose reading was false). They ended up having to do her accuchecks by drawing blood from a vein and having t...

What I found helped me in nursing school was: 1. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (if you buy any software, this is a must have) It saves you SO much time flipping pages and pages in your drug book. Just type in the name of the drug and everything is ri...

WOW $200 off?!?! Thats a good deal!

I just signed up for the Kaplan Review Course online. I have heard it is really beneficial to help you w/the NCLEX. (We shall see!!!) $418 is a LOT of $$ but like what a lot of nurses say, it will pay for itself when you pass the first time!

We started with the original 60 of us, and out of those 60, there are maybe 20 of those "original 60" standing now at the end of the two years. We are graduating with 43, so there are 23 other students who started before us, were held back, and are g...

It is hard to choose "where you want to work" but always remember if you try ICU and hate it, you can always go to the OR, and vice versa. Personally I think the ICU would be more patient-interactive and more like "caring" for the patient. I think it...

I will be in the PICU!

Yes you get paid for orientation (god i would hope so!!!!) And yes you can also specialize right out of nursing school (we have a shortage luckily!!)

I also have the Dell Pocket PC and use the Davis Drug Guide for Nurses. Same basic setup as the book we all used in nursing school. Such a time saver! Good for you that you want to get one! verrrry smart!

Since you feel like this (I feel you on this one)....dont do med-surg, because you don't have to. There are plenty of hospitals that will hire you into any specialty as a new grad. You just have to do your homework and shop around. Look for a place ...

I am going to have to go "against the grain" on this one... This is basically "do you have to have 1 year med surg experience before you do a specialty" type of thread I think if you are VERY interested in critical care, and you really really want to...

I don't know exactly what you are asking about Graduate Nurse to RN? I am confused. I just finished my last semester of RN school and I will be starting in a PICU straight out of nursing school. A lot of people feel you should have 1 year of med/su...

At my RN school, we have both types. We have the teachers who hand out a powerpoint lecture and "read it" to us, and then we have the ones that don't even do that and just tell stories about when THEY were a bedside RN..... We do have some great teac...

Our teachers like to use the same test questions they used last semester (hmm less work?) and most of the questions seem to be EXACTLY the same as the NCLEX books that most students have. I know making up a new test every semester is a lot of work b...

WOW my nursing school has NO rules (I just have my naval pierced)

Tan or white colored G string NOBODY can see anything!!!! NO lines at all....

I cannot emphasize enough the need to be ORGANIZED as a nursing student. Your life will be 10 x easier if you learn how to organize your day in clinical. No question is a stupid question! Ask as many questions as possible, you will learn more than a...

88% is not good (unless you have COPD, then it is acceptable) Typically, the patients pulse ox needs to be at least 90% to be WNL