RN50

RN50 ASN, BSN

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  1. Phasing out LPN's.

    RN50 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    STNA means State Tested Nursing Assistant. Some one else had mentioned that when they became a CNA all they had to do was send in some money and that's it, they were a CNA. A CNA is a Certified Nurses...

  2. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    RN50 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Many years ago when I was an stna, a fellow stna and myself were cleaning up a resident who had a very large BM. We had it all over our gloves. She was standing on one side of the bed and me on the...

  3. Grandma's Outing

    RN50 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL!!!!

  4. dec grads, when r u taking the nclex?

    RN50 replied to SpecFuz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    nurseweasel, Good luck to you from a fellow RN float nurse!!! Good luck to all new grads who are preparing to take or waiting for results from NCLEX! I know how tough it is. I am sending positive...

  5. Phasing out LPN's.

    RN50 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hello all, just expressing another opinion of mine.... When I began doing my prereqs at my local technical college in 2000, I told an advisor that I wanted to be an LPN first get some experience...

  6. Phasing out LPN's.

    RN50 replied to BJ, LPN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    JUST A FEW THOUGHTS OF MINE..... I am a new RN now (in a hospital), and was an stna for 8 years in LTC. I spent the last two years prior to graduation in group homes for clients who have MR/DD. As a...

  7. Ghostly experiences??

    RN50 replied to Erin RN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work at an LTC when I was a CNA. I worked there for 8 years and did post-mortem care many many times. All of the residents I took care of (post-mortem) looked very peaceful as though they...

  8. What did you buy yourself for a graduation present

    RN50 replied to Nightcrawler's topic in First Year After Licensure

    so do

  9. Do you work with LPNs on your Couplet Care Unit?

    RN50 replied to breastfeedingRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a new RN in the float pool at my hospital. My mother-in-law works at the same hospital and she is an LPN. She dosen't have any problems about us working together, and I enjoy working with her but...

  10. What was your Pinning Ceremony like?

    RN50 replied to Nurse2bSandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am sorry to hear that some of you did not get a pinning ceremony. I was the commitee for my pinning ceremony and I still did not get my ideas across (it seemed as though one person ran the show.) I...

  11. tell me why you're proud of yourself...

    RN50 replied to Kudra's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a similar story about an I.V. I am TERRIBLE at I.V. starts, however, this one day I got this one on the first try. So I secured the I.V., and hooked the pt up, and just stood there staring at...

  12. What is it like being on your own?

    RN50 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    For those of you who are off orientation and working on your own, how is it going? Did you feel ready when the time came? Is it hard now that you are on your own? Are you still asking a lot of...

  13. Any "C" student graduates???

    RN50 replied to Dublin37's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Me too. Both of us were C students and now, both of us are

  14. Any "C" student graduates???

    RN50 replied to Dublin37's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Perhaps the LPN route would be a good idea. It would give you a chance to go out and get some experience as a nurse then maybe you could go back to school for your RN. Don't give up on being a nurse...

  15. frustrated and overwhelmed

    RN50 replied to dwag's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am still on orientation and feeling overwhelmed!!! Since I will working in the float pool, I get oriented to all of the med-surg floors and critical care units. I started orienting on a new unit...

  16. Any "C" student graduates???

    RN50 replied to Dublin37's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was a "C" student in nursing school also. Only I got two B's and a C in the sciences because that was what our college required ( I had to retake a science to get that grade.) But I did get a few...

  17. Charting Bloopers

    RN50 replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    Laughing so hard my side

  18. Hesi Nclex Review Manual

    RN50 replied to TiaRNtoBe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Does your school give those to you? The cost of our book/CD and the 3 day review was included in our tuition. A couple of months before the test we had to go to our nursing office and pick them up....

  19. took nclex today got 88 or 90 ques!! please help

    RN50 replied to surgicalrn2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    congratulations!!!!

  20. What is it like being on your own?

    RN50 replied to RN50's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks, Jetta1, for your reply, it dosen't look like too many others are on their own yet! Or, they didn't seem to have any trouble transitioning from precepting to being on their own. I hope I can do...

  21. Day 2 as a "Spanky New R.N."....the saga continues.......

    RN50 replied to happystudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lucky are the patients who get you for their nurse!!! The excitement in your posts tells everyone just how happy you are to be a nurse! Your patients will appreciate you for your attitude and...

  22. What does your screenname mean?

    RN50 replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is not anything too creative either. The "DR" is my initials and the "2004RN" is the year I became a nurse. That and I just LOVE to see those letters after my name! I am so proud of

  23. where are new grads working

    RN50 replied to nontrad1964's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I got a job in the float pool at my hospital. I will be getting 120 days at the least. More if I need it. Right now I am spending two weeks in an iccu unit and I am finding it very difficult, my boss...

  24. Waiting for NCLEX Results

    RN50 replied to FizzgigRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Fizz, Because you didn't pass dosen't mean that you are not a smart person. I graduated with a classmate that graduated with honors. I passed NCLEX with 75 questions on the first try, and she failed...

  25. How long did it take to get a job?

    RN50 replied to youknowho's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started sending out resumes on May 11, graduated on May 13th, got called May 14 for an interview for May 17 and began my job on May 24th! I started as a Nurse Intern, which basically is that of a...