Raven Sierra BSN, RN

Y'all get breaks?? What passes for a "break" in my ED is food stuffed in our faces at the nursing desk and maybe a 2-minute potty break, if we're lucky. We never have a nurse to cover, and most of us have 6+ patients so covering each other is c...

Thanks, kmRN33! That's a good idea.

Hey, all, I've taken the plunge and applied to a FNP program. However, it looks like I will have to procure my own preceptors. Out of curiosity (and for budgeting), what is the going rate for preceptors? Is it per-hour or one-time fee? Than...

Not sure if the OP still needs advice, but, at the risk of thread necromancy - I may be the outlier who didn't find Solheim's online class to be super-helpful. I got some things from him, but it wasn't working for me overall so I changed study tactic...

Cherokee Infinity. They stretch in all the right places. And they're cute!

You could probably contact the nurse manager of any local ED and ask if you could shadow one of their nurses for a bit. Explain that you're interested in the field and want a better idea of what we do. Are you a nurse? Nursing student? Pre-nursing?

I always wanted to join the military but, for various reasons, never did. I'm now 38 (39 in a couple weeks) with a BSN and 3 years of ICU and ED and am a charge nurse and preceptor. I'd love to be in the Reserves or Guard. I need probably 6 months t...

Official interpretation of scans/tests/etc. is the purview of the advanced practice providers (NPs and PAs) or the physicians in my ED. Obviously, we RNs look at the tests and scans and will know what's going on before the APP/MD/DO makes an official...

Very helpful, even if you aren't new to the ED craziness. ? Also, I have to applaud your use of "new fangled." ?

^This. I don't watch anything vaguely medical anymore. Even re-runs of Scrubs get to me now, and I liked Scrubs. My home is my sanctuary from pandemic nursing. We do not speak of the last season. ?

1. I work in the emergency department/emergency room. 2. My duties are those of a staff nurse in an emergency room. Assessing, medicating, monitoring, giving turkey sandwiches...Spoiler alert: it's nothing like TV. Did you have something sp...

Since we started wearing 1 surgical mask per shift and wearing sanitized N95s (reused and re-sanitized multiple times and not necessarily given back to the original owner), multiple staff members have noticed chronic low-grade sore throats and sinus ...

Anyone a CNS in the ED? I'm thinking about going back to school, and I don't really want to do NP. I'm considering a master's so I can teach, someday; I like precepting, and I enjoy teaching nursing students (when I've had them). But I also love the ...

Question: does anyone know if the Department of Vital Statistics screens names prior to actually issuing the birth certificate? I never tested it with my kids, but if a parent puts something vulgar or insane on a birth certificate application, would ...

Thank you, OldIsNew. I appreciate your candor. I've been looking around, and almost every APRN job posting in the area wants NPs, not CNSs. The rare CNS posting has nothing to do with ER. I don't want to leave the ER. My facility is part of a small ...

Took the NCLEX today. 75 questions. Lots of SATA, which are the devil in my opinion (just missing an "N" on the end...). Did the PVT and got the good pop-up. But I still am terrified I failed. The NCLEX was just as awful as everyone said. Waiting...a...

UPDATE: Just got my nursing license number from my BON! I passed and am officially a RN!

Forgot to add: I was averaging 70% - 75% on NCLEX Mastery. I had a 99% predictor from ATI.

Well, I'm still waiting for results, so I can't say that I passed. As for the questions, I'd say mine were comparable to NCLEX Mastery. Saunders was a bit more detailed than the NCLEX questions I got. I got my ATT much quicker than expected; I got it...

The exam was definitely hard. By far, the hardest exam I've ever taken. This is my second degree, so I have had quite a number of tests. But this was rough. I really don't want to do it again.

I used the NCLEX Mastery app and the Saunders NCLEX review book. My school had us do ATI as well.

No, I'd say that's a pretty gross story.

Holy gagging, Batman! I've seen a lot of nasty stuff and usually am unfazed by it. But that almost made me lose my breakfast on my computer screen....

Wow. I've never heard of taking the comprehensive in your first semester. We take it in our last semester.

ATI has tests in each subject matter; as first semester students, I'd expect you'd be taking RN Fundamentals. After pharmacology, you take RN Pharmacology; after OB, you take RN Maternal Newborn; etc. At least, this is what I would expect (and what m...