newstudentrn

newstudentrn specializes in Cardiac.

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1. New nurses feel like quitting?

   newstudentrn replied to Patti_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Here's the way to get people to not want to quit: stop overloading them with work. No nurse should ever have 7 patients, ever. No nurse should ever get more than 1 patient back from the cath lab at a...

2. A Day in the life of a Telemetry Nurse?

   newstudentrn replied to ivyleaf's topic in Cardiac

   WAIT A MINUTE.........Do we work at the exact same place? Haha! Your day sounds just like mine! I especially love the sundae part, because ya know waitressing is what we became nurses to do,

3. A Day in the life of a Telemetry Nurse?

   newstudentrn replied to ivyleaf's topic in Cardiac

   I did 90 days of preceptorship/orientation. Actually, the first 30 days was a lot of classroom work so basically 60 full days of preceptorship on the floor. I feel that no matter how long you are...

4. A Day in the life of a Telemetry Nurse?

   newstudentrn replied to ivyleaf's topic in Cardiac

   Our hospital requires ACLS for all telemetry floors, we also have a mandatory EKG course at orientation that I found helpful for review. My particular school program had a very extensive EKG...

5. Questions about chest pain

   newstudentrn replied to Candyn's topic in Cardiac

   I agree with Silverlight. I work on a cardiac floor and we deal with a lot of pts who come in with chest pain and are likely already having ROMI panels completed along with at least 2 good EKG...

6. A Day in the life of a Telemetry Nurse?

   newstudentrn replied to ivyleaf's topic in Cardiac

   I've been working on a telemetry cardiac surgical floor since February. Been on my own for a little over a month now. I have been working day shift up until this past Friday, will begin night shift...

7. Results on hold since yesterday. How long will it be?

   newstudentrn replied to newstudentrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   The hold was never lifted. It actually kept showing the same thing until around 50 hours after I finished the exam, then it said results

8. 75qs I think I failed. =/

   newstudentrn replied to bayareastudent0711's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I understand the logic behind the trick, but I feel that I need to reiterate what I was told by the TN state BON. They have had several incidences where a person tried the trick, got the CC page and...

9. LTC incident, what are your thoughts.

   newstudentrn replied to wearyLPN's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I may not have connected the agitation and pain, but that shows my inexperience. I am thinking that I would've tried the ativan and if that didn't help, then move to the tylenol. I feel like...

10. Things You Know Now (And Wish You'd Known Then!)

    newstudentrn replied to x_factor's topic in General Students

    I wish I had managed to relax a little more and enjoy the company of my classmates a little more. Don't get me wrong, a lot of us that graduated in December are still keeping in very close contact and...

11. students please tell me what would you do???

    newstudentrn replied to keepmovingrn's topic in General Students

    I never took Chem and managed just fine to understand what I needed to know to thrive in the nursing

12. Results on hold since yesterday. How long will it be?

    newstudentrn replied to newstudentrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    To be honest, I really didn't. There were some that I just knew because I had come in contact with them (no pun intended) throughout my clinical and work experience. Such as CDiff which is contact...

13. No Programs - Getting Frustrated

    newstudentrn replied to x_factor's topic in General Students

    I don't think there are any LPN to BSN tracks in my state. I actually had never heard of that. LPN is actually not a college degree, it's more of a diploma program because you don't graduate with an...

14. what can i expect from psych rotations?

    newstudentrn replied to starrys's topic in General Students

    I think it just depends upon your personality whether you will like it or not. I remember basically spending a lot of time talking to patients. The unit that we went to was more of a crisis...

15. Fluids and electrolytes? Help i'm so confused: Sodium and Fluid Volume

    newstudentrn replied to Newguyy's topic in General Students

    I believe the last poster said it best. I know the other poster said don't think about water with salt in it, but that's how it works for me. If you cook something like chicken in a sautee pan: at...