ChinupBSNRN

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1. how important is GPA?

   ChinupBSNRN replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

   A lot of great answers have been given here. I just graduated last May, and in my experience, GPA mattered a LOT. GPA determined where we got to do our capstone. Less than a 3.5 and you were not able to capstone anywhere except med/surg. Not so f...

2. Trying to help a classmate that has NCLEX fail round 2

   ChinupBSNRN replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in NCLEX

   I totally understand where you are coming from with this. I am kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place to be honest. I would like to offer my assistance......I just do not know how to do it. I am not a NCLEX guru by any means but I guess I am...

3. Trying to help a classmate that has NCLEX fail round 2

   ChinupBSNRN posted a topic in NCLEX

   A classmate and friend of mine just found out she failed NCLEX for the 2nd time. :-( We all graduated in May, and she did not sit for NCLEX until the middle of September. She just wasn't ready and was struggling with the practice questions. Failed...

4. Need a new perspective here....

   ChinupBSNRN replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

   I can definitely take that lesson with me too. No matter how hard the day has been, I always slap a smile on and treat others with respect. I know that not everyone is like that, and I can appreciate that. But I would never treat anyone the way sh...

5. Need a new perspective here....

   ChinupBSNRN replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

   All of the comments and feedback here are so great! Since I am so new to the profession, everyday is a big learning experience and I constantly find new things to learn and remember. Ironically, this was the first pt I have ever had on a heparin dri...

6. Need a new perspective here....

   ChinupBSNRN replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much! Yep, heparin and alteplase. The PRN was to be Q6 after initiation of the heparin. What didn't red flag me was there were no titrate orders on the MAR plus no scheduled lab draws Thank you for the kind words. It is so intimidati...

7. Need a new perspective here....

   ChinupBSNRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey everyone! I had an experience at work yesterday, and I have mulled it over in my head a million times so I need a fresh perspective and thoughts on what could have been done differently. I am a new ICU nurse, off orientation for a month now. I w...

8. What does an RN REALLY do?

   ChinupBSNRN replied to dazed&confused1129's topic in General Nursing

   Well my bad, here in the states "Oz" can also mean Kansas. Australia was the last thought in my mind when I replied to your post. My apologies. I guess I took a little offense at the insinuation about people with no experience getting a job and tha...

9. New grad can't find a job in Missouri.

   ChinupBSNRN replied to Michellebelle2011's topic in Missouri

   Several of my classmates are new grads there. They have had a large RN turnover this summer and fall. They passed on that info to others in my class that had not found a job yet. They always start internal and then open it up to the public. I did a l...

10. What does an RN REALLY do?

    ChinupBSNRN replied to dazed&confused1129's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm......I got a job 6 months ago as a May 2011 new grad with ZERO experience. Applied to well over 20 tech positions, never even got an interview. I got a new grad ICU position in a hospital I had never stepped foot into for clinical, capstone, o...

11. I survived!!! New preceptor, off orientation!!

    ChinupBSNRN posted a topic in New Nurse

    Wanted to give everyone a little update! Some of you may remember a few months ago when I was in a very sad place as a new nurse. Horrible preceptor, completely emotionally and physically spent, and gave my job my resignation. I was called by my 2 ...

12. New grad can't find a job in Missouri.

    ChinupBSNRN replied to Michellebelle2011's topic in Missouri

    Several of my classmates from May are still job hunting as well. I keep my eye on the different hospitals and heads up them when I see stuff. Yep, Truman is new grad hiring. Deadline is Oct. 7th though. KU has some nurse entry jobs on their websi...

13. Anyone ever seen a 17.2 for an INR

    ChinupBSNRN replied to LVN2beRN's topic in General Nursing

    WOW!!!! The highest I have seen is 13.2 on a Tylenol OD. Bled from every oriface of his body. AST/ALT were in the 12,000. Poor thing died less than 48 hours later. His OD was accidental. He didn't follow label directions. I hate acetaminophen ...

14. SCHEDULING/WEEKENDS

    ChinupBSNRN replied to apriloglesby's topic in General Nursing

    I really like how my unit schedules. We self schedule, and 98% of the time you get the schedule you sign up for. There may be an occasional day where we are experience weak and newbie heavy so they have to make a couple of adjustments. As for holida...

15. discovered and reported falsification of VS

    ChinupBSNRN replied to traumaRNdrama's topic in Safety

    Wow. I, too, find it maddening what she did. Patient care is compromised by her actions. If you were relying on that data before giving dig or metoprolol you could severely brady a patient if their HR was already low. What she did was dangerous a...