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I have had patients come on to my sub acute floor for rehab and turn into hospice. I am the kind of person who has always feared death but my hospice patients have given me an incredible view on death and dying. I have shed some tears but at the end...

In no defense to anyone, our vitals machine often acts out of wack and either doesn't record the vitals or records them 2 to 3 times or records only certain thing like just spo2

I'm in the same boat. I work on sub acute which is manageable still I'm always short. When I complain they say well the hospital is also often short but there is a big difference between 4-8 patients and 14-28. Also sometimes when short they float me...

I have the same problem. I got a book on charting "charting the easy way", my facility has been in servicing us due some new changes in Medicare. I also try to follow a simple formula. Fir every thing that I chart I as myself, what did I see, what di...

I work on a sub acute and the charge nurse does pretty much run the show. She goes to RCC meeting, calls the docs talks with the APRN and then at the end of the day helps the nurses in the floor wrap things up, charting etc. The charge nurse has no p...

I graduated last September. After applying to tons if jobs I finally put in my best suit and literally went from facility to facility. The first one I went to the DIrector of Nursing happened to be at the dest when I asked for the app. Next day she h...

1. CT 2.fist job out of school with a Diploman in Nursing(RN) and previous BS in Biology. 3. Sub acute unit at a rehab facility 4.27.78 5. evening shift .50 defferencial 6. No union

I did ATI for a week and found it painstakingly long. In about that time I realized that the best thing I can do is practice taking the test. I had a week left till I took it. I read online that if you can get to a 60 to 70 percent correct rate on pr...

I feel your frustration. I have applied to every hospital in the state and no luck. But better work somewhere else then no where. So...... I put on my best suit and went driving around town and applied to rehab facilities. Not only did I get to hand ...

After my first few days of clinical I have notice that student nurses are either barked at or avoided all together and rarely does a nurse on her own accord try to educate the student nurse. I know that is the job of our clinical instructor but it w...

thank you for your input. i won't argue for fear that you might call me a idiot.

Are there any commuters from the Hartford Area? I just got into the school and am not looking forward to the drive. I have looked at Amtrack and they have a commuter train that could get me to bridgeport by 8 am. The pass costs 579 for 30 days and y...

I meant Jan, sorry, in all the excitement I got my months all mixed up. I took the TEAS in the 20th I think, somewhere in there. It was cool that I got my acceptance within a week after my TEAS, otherwise I would have gone crazy!

To all those still waiting or interested in applying here is some useful info: I just got my letter of acceptance. I filed my app feb 11th, i took the TEAS for the second time( i took them once from CCC) on the 20th. My score was a 92% which put ...

Ok. I am doing what many of you do or did, which is pouring over my app too afraid to sent it. The thing is is that I have a BS from UCONN in Biology which runs my transcript with some pretty impressive course work like 387 Biochem, four years or ...

should I i send a pro shot or just get my mom to take a head shot of me on the home camera?

I tried to test out of it. I went to Northwest and took a test. I got a 74, 75 is passing. That makes me very frustrated because obviously I know how to use a computer, I grew up with computers. I'm in no way trying to demean all the pro nurses out t...

Ok. I am doing what many of you do or did, which is pouring over my app too afraid to sent it. The thing is is that I have a BS from UCONN in Biology which runs my transcript with some pretty impressive course work like 387 Biochem, four years or cal...

Im an applying to Bridgeport as well. I have a BS in Biological Sciences from UCONN. My GPA is not that great, 2.9 but I have some impressive course work on my list. I have all my pre recs done with B or above taken at UCONN and I have years of exper...