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  1. mistakes made during your first year...

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

    After some time you will hear pumps and SCD's on other floors!

  2. mistakes made during your first year...

    RNmaria posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been on my "own" now for 1 1/2 months and was just wondering if anybody out there has made any mistakes. I have been beating myself up over some things and just wondering if anyone else has...

  3. mistakes made during your first year...

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

    What about when you just push Dilantin IV, can

  4. Will I survive this?

    RNmaria replied to Imgettingthere's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Hello. I feel your pain. I am now 45 and 1 year ago I was hired on for a new unit that was to open. In the meantime I did orientation in the ICU and was given pts that I should expect to see in the...

  5. O2 is 81, what shoud you do?

    RNmaria replied to victorsunshine's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    First of all...what else is going on with this patient? Always check the ABC's first...and is that a real SPO2? BP? Begin with the basics...put on nasal cannula...how low is low? Is it sudden? What...

  6. NH State Licensing

    RNmaria replied to kelbh's topic in General Nursing

    Fot he most accurate of information, I would suggest calling the NH Board of Nursing directly. Lucily I missed the fingerprint thing last year. But I understand it can be a lengthly process and...

  7. My Confidence Is Shot--need Help Overcoming Fear

    RNmaria replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey girlfriend Chloe! You need some time to process everything. Give yourself a break...keep busy for afew days doing mindless stuff and take care of yourself and then start looking for anew job....

  8. My Confidence Is Shot--need Help Overcoming Fear

    RNmaria replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, I too had a similar experience. I was hired for an step-down unit, which was not opened yet, and trained on the ICU. Well, the step-down unit opened-up, and although the ratio was 1:2 - 1:3...it...

  9. PCA and PTT

    RNmaria posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hello! Could someone tell me the significance of monitoring a patient's PTT while on a PCA? pasha

  10. PCA and PTT

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you! pasha

  11. PCA and PTT

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Medical-Surgical

    First of all thank you for your reply! This pt had a AAA repair and they wanted to pull the PCA when the INR was at a therapeutic level... It wan't until after I posted that I finally made the...

  12. bringing work home...

    RNmaria posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello! I am a new grad who is currently off orientation (from ICU) and now on a step-down unit. I find that on my days off I cannot stop thinking about the patients I had. I begin to conjure-up...

  13. PCA and PTT

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Opps...sorry it was the

  14. when do you stop bringing work home?

    RNmaria replied to ava'smomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for your thoughts! I just started a new thread on this. I am a new grad (May 07), started a NRP program in Ocober and precepted in the ICU for a step-down unit. Well our unit is finally open...

  15. Made a med check error -- feel terrible

    RNmaria replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I too feel your anxiety. I am a new grad (May 07) and began my carreer in a large teaching hospital in October. I trained on the ICU for a step-down unit that just recently opened. We are now OFF...

  16. preceptor for new grad in ICU going to a step down unit

    RNmaria posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    What sould I be expecting from a preceptor for me to be sucessful for a step-down unit?

  17. advice for a new grad applying for ECF RN position....

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Small world! Well where we are living now is NOTHING like Centerville! Not that I expected it to be. It is a wonderful place to rise a family. The heart of New England and very homogenous...but...

  18. advice for a new grad applying for ECF RN position....

    RNmaria posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Hello! Just passed teh boards on Jul 31!!!! I am appling to a ECF psoition. I was wondering if anyone had any words of wisdom and tips for interviewing etc.

  19. Hads interview with HR and now unit interview...

    RNmaria posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    What can I expect for an unit interview? I am a new grad.

  20. Hads interview with HR and now unit interview...

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

    So they don't ask you particululars re medical knowledge...just how you would fit in and why you want to work on the unit?

  21. sicu interview....

    RNmaria posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello! IU am a new grad with a licence, RN and will soon be interviewing for a NRP for a position on a SICU floor. I was just wondering what I can expect regarding the interview that would be...

  22. advice for a new grad applying for ECF RN position....

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You quit? That bad huh? I gerw-up in Columbus (Bexley) and befoire we came to New Hampshire lived in Centerville, just south of Dayton. I know where WCH is...haven't been through there in many moons!...

  23. advice for a new grad applying for ECF RN position....

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Nursing is a second career for me. I am 44! Thanks for your insight! Where in Ohio are you from? We relocated to New Hampshire from Ohio 10 years ago.

  24. advice for a new grad applying for ECF RN position....

    RNmaria replied to RNmaria's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So have you always wanted to work in LTC? Origionally I wanted to get into very large local hosp that had a NRP etc...I didn't get in :-(.... the place I applied is also a hosp...smaller, but they...

  25. 2 wks left, How many ?'s should I be doing?

    RNmaria replied to luv2shopp85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Try doing 100 each day, can be in 2 sittings. Make sure you read the rational for each question, even if youo get it right. I say the more you do the better as long as you understand why you got it...