DBK99

DBK99

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  1. Calling all charge nurses!

    DBK99 replied to KMRN81's topic in Nurse Management

    I hate having to take a team plus be charge, which I haven't had to do very often, thankfully. We typically have "enough" staff to where the charge doesn't take patients. It's not a hospital wide...

  2. How old were you when you became an RN?

    DBK99 replied to flowerlilly's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I had just turned 23 the month

  3. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    DBK99 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    It may not take "effort" to explain every little thing I'm doing and why, but you better believe it takes too much time. And when all 6 of my busy med surg patients want something and they want it...

  4. Administering Fentanyl

    DBK99 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I've never seen it ordered or have ever given it via those

  5. Administering Fentanyl

    DBK99 replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Transdermal patch. Med surg floors cannot give it IV at my

  6. Why are the floor nurses so unwilling to teach?

    DBK99 replied to 2bnursebeckky's topic in General Students

    Thats BS. If the pt was A&O, she can make her own decisions regarding her

  7. Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

    DBK99 replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is almost the number one thing that annoys me the most at work. This and playing middle man between the other departments. I've never understood why lab must call criticals to the nurse, who then...

  8. how much do you pay on student loans per month

    DBK99 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated with $4,500 in loans for my ADN. Currently owe $3,068. I pay

  9. Curious-why do people put ADN, RN? It's ASN...

    DBK99 replied to RN_SummerSeas's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing school degree is AAS- associate's in applied

  10. Did I choose the right thing to do as a nurse on my test?

    DBK99 replied to Beautiful_Soul's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Bladder scan first. It's a nursing intervention you can do on your own first without an order. The pt may not even be making urine, thus why they are not voiding, which would then warrant that call to...

  11. Strange requests from patients

    DBK99 replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    Oops just realized this was a NP

  12. Strange requests from patients

    DBK99 replied to pedspnp's topic in Advanced Practice

    I work med/surg at the hospital. Had someone ask for a haircut. Ummm =\

  13. Horrified by lazy CNA's, is this the norm?!

    DBK99 posted a topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    During clinicals for our CNA class, we were at a nursing home and while the majority of the staff were very nice, they were horribly lazy! 90% of them smoked and would just walk out the back door for...

  14. Rant about toenails

    DBK99 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Does anyone else get this a lot? I work on a geriatric M/S floor and I'm annoyed with pt's whose toenails look like they haven't seen clippers in years, all grown out and curled over, yet the family...

  15. PLEASE, someone tell me what makes a "good report" for M/S nurses?

    DBK99 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Dang it, two things I forgot, we do that too!

  16. PLEASE, someone tell me what makes a "good report" for M/S nurses?

    DBK99 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We do bedside report on my floor, and this is what we give during report: Name, admit dx, relevant medical hx, are they A&O or confused? If they are on a heart monitor or not, how do they get up?...

  17. How hard is the new NCLEX 2013 Test Plan

    DBK99 replied to souleater11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed nclex-RN last week in 75 questions in about an hour. I had maybe 10-15 SATA, definitely a few diseases and meds I hadn't heard of. I didn't have any audio questions. Felt like mine had a lot...

  18. Fastest time to receive license!

    DBK99 replied to LifesAJourney's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Wow! Mine was 39

  19. Took nclex today!!!

    DBK99 replied to oklahomagal's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

  20. Failed NCLEX...now what?

    DBK99 replied to jasonswife's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My QReview scores in order were: 89/125, 90/125, 91/125, 92/125, 86/125, and

  21. Failed NCLEX...now what?

    DBK99 replied to jasonswife's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I agree, try Hurst, whether it's the live or online review. I was a struggler in nursing school, barely passed second semester. Pathophys was hardest for me. I did the live Hurst after graduation and...

  22. Nclex in 4 days...Nclex Vets, best use of my time left??

    DBK99 replied to Lane007's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took nclex-RN on Wednesday at 2 PM, shut off at 75 questions. Found out today I passed. I used Hurst for 2 weeks before I tested. It was the only source I used so I can't really recommend anything...

  23. thought patient first before machine?

    DBK99 replied to louiseraphelle's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Establish the airway 1st. Cut the

  24. On SATA... How many is usually right and wrong?

    DBK99 replied to 2bNdNurse84's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The people at Hurst review told us that SATA will always have at least 2, but never all. So never just one and never all of

  25. Hurst QReview tests

    DBK99 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Does anyone who has passed NCLEX-RN remember what their scores were on the Hurst QReviews? We get 6 attempts, and I've taken 2 so far. 89/125 (71%) on the first, and 90/125 (72%) on the second. I test...