Katiezieg

I had a pt who came in with a new R AKA. That morning he asked me to help him get ready for breakfast, so I helped him get dressed and put his left shoe on. Obviously I was not thinking very clearly at 6am, because I started looking around the room for the right shoe. I was looking everywhere! Finally the pt asked me "what are you looking for" and I told him I was looking for his other shoe. He looked at me like I was a complete idiot and pointed to his stump. I wanted to run away....

First off, a little about me. I'm a 21 year old female who was diagnosed with vasonotor instability 3 years ago. My cardiologist told me to just increase my fluids and sodium to keep my blood pressure up and prevent me from passing out when standing up. However throughout my 12 hour nursing clinicals i had multiple near syncope moments from standing too long. But of course i fell in love with surgery...which made me nervous (the last place i would want to pass out is in the OR). So I began a perioperative program 2 weeks ago and had my first clinical last Monday. I drank a ton of water, and ate plenty of salty chips in the days leading up. I also wore TED hoses during my clinical. About an hour and a half of being scrubbed in during a lap hysterectomy, that dreaded feeling hit me. I felt hot, sweaty, nauseous, and was beginning to feel confused. I shifted around my weight, bent my knees, flexed my legs, but nothing was working. So I told my preceptor and she had the circulator immediately sit me down and ungown me. I was so embarrassed, but the surgeon and nurses were all very nice about it and told me all their near syncope moments in the OR. they say my body will get used to standing for long time periods in a hot mask and gown. I just wonder if I'm strong enough to be able to handle the OR. It really puts a damper on my experience. Anybody have any tips on how to avoid near syncope? And how to increase my "standing stamina"? Thanks!

I just took the NCLEX-RN this morning and of course I got questions over the topics I barely skimmed over, so about half way through I started feel like I was going to fail. 75 questions later my test shut off. I got somewhere around 22 SATA and lots of med questions. As soon as I got out to my car I tried to register and I got the good pop!!! I sure hope the pop-up is accurate!!

I take mine this Tuesday!! I'm so nervous and I just don't know what to expect! How did you prepare for it?

My friend just took the nclex last week, she got the good pop-up and the very next day she saw her license number online :)

Congratulations!!!! You passed!!!

I just graduated December 14th, and now I'm just waiting for my ATT. Usually I am a very motivated person, but I just can't seem to concentrate enough to study for NCLEX. I'm wanting to take the NCLEX asap, so I know within a month I'll be taking it. Any tips on how to motivate myself to study??

I got a 79.3 and was accepted into ASN. My deadline was March 30th for the fall semester. I got my letter May 26th

Hello :) I'm currently in my first semester at Ivy Tech Sellersburg in the ASN program. In total, to graduate from the program I need 69-71 credits. During the first 5 weeks, students take NRSG 100 (3 credits) and NRSG 101 (1 credit). However, since I am a CNA, I was not required to take NRSG 101, so of course I didn't. So my question is: Do I still get that 1 credit from NRSG 101? Because if I don't, then that would leave me in the end with 68 credits, 1 credit short of the required 69 credits. Thank you!! :)

I took mine today and got a 79.3 and it said I was advanced.