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Hey everyone. I have a question. When you have a patient that has a cuffed trach, are you supposed to deflate the cuff before removing the inner cannula or not, and what is the purpose of it? Trach's still confuse me and scare me little bit..... I s...

Hey everyone! I posted this in the pulmonary section but wanted to know what you all think....

Well my first week of orientation is done, and for the most part I have just been watching and helping with a few minor things... I am feeling so overwhelmed right now.. its a totally different world! It feels like I may as well have not even gone to...

Ok Kind of a long story... for all you anesthetists out there.. what do you think happened to me? I had my wisdom teeth out about 2 years ago. I remember in the oral surgeon's office when I was out one of the nurses/assistants saying " her blood pre...

Just be yourself! :) I was so nervous for mine... turned out they were super laid back and really nice! They were cracking jokes and I was giving it right back to them after awhile! :) They asked me certain questions as far as if I was good with powe...

Well after my interview a month ago, it came and went and I hadnt heard anything.. the position I put in for was filled by someone with more senority... well then another one was posted, which was probably the person that got the full time, posting t...

Yeah, I almost had a dilemma happen however... I had accepted a position the week before on the floor im currently on, but switching from day/night to day/evening... typically at our hospital once you accept a position your stuck for 3 months before ...

Our hospital requires 1 year of recent acute care experience! I had an interview about a month ago and forgot about it because positions kept getting filled etc... they called me yesterday and told me the job was mine! :) I worked on a surgical floo...

Thanks everyone! :) The days seem to drag by when your waiting for impt news.. whether its good or bad, Im going to keep my chin up, knowing that someday I will get there, because thats my goal, and what I really want to do! I know that if they gave ...

Hey everyone! I have a job interview for the OR next week. I am really nervous because its going to be with 5 people! :/ EEK! I have worked as a floor nurse .. medical for a year and now a surgical floor nurse for a year and a half... so I pretty muc...

Well my interview is over and done with! It was with like 7 people, lol not 5! They asked me some really good questions, and I feel I asked them a lot of questions which I think they really liked, and it showed I was very interested! I basically was ...

Hey everyone! I just posted this elsewhere on the forum but wanted to see what you all have to say.... I just got my RN license about a month ago, but there are no RN jobs available right now in my area so I am continuing to work as an LPN and wait f...

Just wondering.. are there any online courses you can take to get more perioperative nursing knowledge, experience? If most places will not hire you unless you have perioperative experience, how do you get it in the first place?

Thanks for your advice... I guess I will be waiting around and hoping for an opening after getting more med/surg experience, however what I have seen around the city I live, is you cant get in without perioperative experience, and my boyfriend is not...

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Well our average at night is 6 patients for me, and 7 for my lpn.... and thats usually the max for us.... especially gets hard when you get one of them nights when everyone is awake, which was the case last nite.... :/ But... overall its not as bad a...

I just started working night shifts last week, I rotate day/night and am a new RN just coming off orientation on a busy medical floor.... to tell you the truth, if your body can handle it, nights are not all that bad... atleast where I work! It takes...

Hello everyone! I just started my new job this week on our busy medical floor... I have worked there for a year and a half prior being a new LPN and am making the transition to RN.... I am just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to stay organize...

Hey everyone! Well it is the start of week #3 for me getting trained in, and all I can say is " what training?" our floor has been so busy, the RN's that are SUPPOSED to be my preceptors end up having to take 4 patients themselves, which leaves no ti...

CONGRATULATIONS MELISSA!!!!!!! :balloons::balloons::balloons::balloons: :cheers: I am so excited for you! Got any jobs lined up? :) YAY!!! Now go out and celebrate!!!

Hey everyone! The best advice I can give you would to be go out and do anything you can to get your mind off of the fact that you just took that darn test... I sat around my house for 2 days almost positive that I had failed... I cried, could not sle...

Well, I received my RN license in June and am still waiting for a job in MN. I am currently working at a hospital also, waiting working as an LPN but nothing............... I've had interviews for everyone to tell me " there are people that are alrea...

Well, I felt the exact same way you are feeling! I had 140 some questions and after it passed 75, I thought for sure I failed. I wanted the test to be over with, and like you I received a lot of prioritizing, disaster drill, and tons of OB that I had...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :balloons: What is your dream job you now have? :)

Well I leave for my last scheduled interview in about 15 minutes.... I am supposed to hear from the other two places by today.... I am getting nervous because at the end of the day I could POSSIBLY have an RN job!!!! I am just afraid of making the wr...