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  1. feeling totally overwhelmed!!

    Thanks for the advice! You are right when you say part of therapy is providing structure..i think what you mean is setting firm limits on the unit? Like with patients loitering the nurses station half...
  2. Psychiatric Nurse Interview

    If you want to work in mental health, I would suggest working as a tech at a psych hospital before you graduate, part time. That way it will give you more experience to see if this is something you...
  3. What to do when the Doctor wont call back??

    I guess something I really need to work on is being aware of the time I call the Doctor and writing it down right away. I always seem to forget what time ,how many times I have tried paging so when I...
  4. Let me just start off by saying im extremely cautious about giving meds and checking and double checking them because I dont want to make a med error but on my last shift a patient got up and...
  5. New Nurse Blues (rant content)

  6. New nurse can use some advice

    All really great advice soo far thanks!!! Cant wait until i get more experience but in the meantime thanks for the words of encouragement and
  7. New nurse can use some advice

    So I am a new nurse and got my first nursing job recently.just finished my second week off of orientation im working 3rd shift and im the only nurse on my specific unit at night with a cna or two. I...
  8. New nurse can use some advice

    Thanks for the input and advice! Im going to use this SBAR from now
  9. What makes a bad nurse?

    yeah i agree with these comments. the worst nurse(or any medical personnel for that matter) who doesn't show or display empathy to patients at all i consider to be a poor nurse and wish they could all...
  10. What to do? Feeling very alienated on my unit.

    WOW!! that sounds completely horrible and it must be difficult to go to work everyday dealing with all of this and what stress this is causing you outside of work..I know you said you live in a rural...
  11. Excited about new psych position!

    What city/state area do you work in?? Pay sounds great to
  12. nclex tomorrow!

    Okay, so I told myself I was DONE being scared of the nclex I graduated two and a half months ago and have been steadily studying all along and just finished ati virtual and got green light to take...
  13. Pearson Vue Trick - Poll once you receive your results

    it worked for me i passed also another way i thought i passed and im not sure if other ppl know about is if you pass the licensing web site thru the state looks different under requirements not met...
  14. nclex tomorrow!

    I passed!!!! the PVT works!!!! it is real..good luck to all taking their nclex!!! wish everyone the
  15. nclex tomorrow!

    I tried it about 3 more times and still has good pop up! maybe i
  16. nclex tomorrow!

    Well, I took my nclex at 8am this morning and was done by 930am.. i tried to relax as much as possible during the test and had quite a few SATA and priority questions and med questions..no math..feel...
  17. nclex tomorrow!

    Thanks soo much everyone for the advice and I am going to try and relax tonight and not study anymore (well after I look over a few more things)but I will definately have a relaxing night and not...
  18. Internship and Nervous at county jail

    Ok. So tomorrow is my first day of internship as student in county jail and i am very excited for the opportunity and not scared of inmates or anything like that but what I AM AFRAID OF IS that I wont...
  19. LPN student on 2nd day of hospital clinicals

    Wow! I know EXACTLY how you feel!! i am in my 4th semester nursing clinicals and have to say every clinical experience is different and new and without prior hospital experience alot of the equipment...
  20. Need info about Bryant and Stratton nursing program..

    You must get at least a C or better in the class. You can fail a test and still pass the class. Homework is not graded usually. In your clinical classes you may have papers to write... but they are...
  21. Bryant and Stratton

    I am currently in my 3rd semester at BS wisconsin RN program. It costs about 7500 a semester and you go year round. (With short breaks between semesters). It is a very competitive program and I like...
  22. Need info about Bryant and Stratton nursing program..

    I am in my third semester of nursing classes at BS. and can honestly say it is very difficult to work and attend school fulltime. I ended up quitting my job to improve my gpa. I am in my second...