Hi! I wanted to see how you did on your boards. How was the exam? I am taking the test in two weeks and I am very anxious! Do you have any tips? I have been using these two books to review: Core Review for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner...
Melanie, Are you from northern Nevada or Las Vegas? As a new grad in the PICU at our hospital you get about 12 weeks orientation with a preceptor, more if you are not comfortable yet. I was also a nurse apprentice for a year and a half and did 4 mont...
TB affects the lungs, maybe you mean arthritis? To be tested for TB you are injected in your forearm, if it comes back positive (raised wheel > 10mm) you then need a chest x-ray...followed by possible treatment, usually isoniazid (INH) Here is so...
Just a side question, how do you get out of your contract without being fined by the hospital? I signed a two year new-grad contract and who knows how long I will really want to stay with this hospital. Thanks.
At the hospital I work at a yellow band is a fall risk patient. At another hospital in town, a purple band means do not resusitate. I think it depends on your hospitals protocal. I know our local news is doing a story on it tonight.
I took the NCLEX in September and did not get a single new format or math question, I heard that they started the new style in October. Were they trying it out in certain areas of the country earlier this year?
This article made my heart rate go up and face flush with anger, why is it that we are going backwards? What happened to seperation of church and state? Who are they to decide how other people should run their lives? So many questions that come to mi...