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  1. Nursing Student Terrified about Preceptorship

    fsh1986 replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

    Ask an RT on the floor to explain the vent settings to you

  2. Nursing Student Terrified about Preceptorship

    fsh1986 replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

    KVO I think varies by city.. All the hospitals I did my clinicals at, KVO was 10

  3. Nursing Student Terrified about Preceptorship

    fsh1986 replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

    I did my preceptorship in ICU and I loved it. Be willing to do anything and everything and JUMP on an opportunity you can get to do things. Tell your preceptor that you want to do as much as you...

  4. overwhelmed

    fsh1986 replied to Easgaskins's topic in General Students

    I think if you check with the Dept of Health, they should be able to refer you to child care agencies who charge less and you can get state assistance with sending them

  5. is it a waste?

    fsh1986 replied to mee9mee9's topic in General Students

    If you don't want to take a CNA course, you can be considered a "student nurse" after you finish your fundamentals semester of the BSN, which is basically a student doing CNA work. Either way, doing...

  6. Cry Baby

    fsh1986 replied to mpink74's topic in General Students

    I've always been a very emotional and sensitive person, but I care about people and want to help, which is why I went into nursing... I cried 3x in school, all in the final semester during my ICU/ER...

  7. books for NCLEX-PN or NCLEX-RN???

    fsh1986 replied to Al.ginger's topic in General Students

    I used NCLEX RN Made Incredibly Easy. It has 6,000 questions and rationales and several practice exams. Loved it. Never made it through the entire book, but but passed the NCLEX at 75

  8. Work while going to nursing school???

    fsh1986 replied to navycorpsman2010's topic in General Students

    I worked FT, six days a week and maintained As and Bs throughout the program. I enjoyed nursing school, so I didn't have to put much effort into studying outside of class. Definitely do-able, just...

  9. Nervous about new tele job!

    fsh1986 replied to kkenly's topic in Cardiac

    I am a new grad and starting tele soon... why would you lower the

  10. Anxiety Attacks on my days off......

    fsh1986 replied to LPNTara's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm going to remember this, just in

  11. New nurse in ICU and I hate it...please help!

    fsh1986 replied to LauraRN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can't believe you only got six weeks for ICU. I'm taking a position on a med surg telemetry floor and I've got a 4-6 preceptorship at a teaching hospital, THEN a 3 month orientation to the floor. I...

  12. New Grad going on Maternity leave--yikes

    fsh1986 replied to nulife4good's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in the same boat... I'm 3 months pregnant, start March 5th with a 1 week hospital orientation, 4-6 week preceptorship, and a 3 month orientation to my telemetry unit. I'm determined to finish my...

  13. New Grad on Tele Floor-- ADVICE?

    fsh1986 replied to fsh1986's topic in Cardiac

    I'm going to refresh myself on cardiac meds/side effects, review EKG strips, and review complications of heart caths and other cardiac procedures... Anything else? I just want to be pretty well...

  14. help! Besides insulin, why is potassium given to lower blood glucose?

    fsh1986 replied to azzurra29's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I know this is old... but I'm confused. I thought Kayexelate was given for hyperkalemia? From what I remember in clinicals, doesn't the Kayexelate switch out sodium for potassium and cause the body to...