RnAngl

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1. charge nurse/shift leader

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a fairly new nurse and my nurse manager has put me in charge a couple of different times. Well, I have this one nurse who has been at the hospital longer than me (but is not the brightest...

2. Reality Shock

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   :stone I started my first position on a Neuro med/surg unit in April, While I love Neuro Patients (most of the time)---I hate the nurse--patient ratio. I work nights and have had up tp 10-12...

3. angry at nurse in pre employment screening

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire :angryfire I am a new nurse. I have been offered a job and accepted it. I went to my pre-employment health assessment today. i had a 2 page form about do...

4. What would you do?

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have just graduated and passed boards. I am ready to start working---but Iam not willing to just take any nursing job. I have been offered a job (first offer) but this is not something i want....

5. I passed--I am not losing it anymore

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I passed---i feel so much better knowing that all that hard work paid off. i also got a job offer today---i have not decided yet--i am going to think about it over the

6. Is an hour too long to drive to work

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   I thought this was a profession that you could easily find a job. i guess i was wrong. I have an interview at a hospital that is an hour from my house. is this too far to drive. it is for

7. bed baths

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   How many nurses actually have time to give bed

8. Decadron given in the deltoid muscle

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   Today I went to the doctor for this nasty URI (viral)--I was sick of coughing my head off. Anyway, the nurse CMA, or what ever she was gave me deadron in the deltoid muscle. When she came in I had...

9. fluids/electolytes

   RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

   prolonged vomiting and diarrhea----does this cause dehydration or

10. Preceptor

    RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am down to the last weeks of my class. I have to pick three places to do my preceptorship in----I like L&D, Peds, Mom and baby, but I am also interested in peds oncology. What would you...

11. How many nurses remember the actual theory?

    RnAngl posted a topic in General Nursing

    i heard that you learn all this book stuff---but it does not click until you actual start working as a nurse. The things they teach us ---i might as well be able to do brain surgery. I did better...

12. Failed class with five weeks to go

    RnAngl replied to RnAngl's topic in School

    I am not really going to give up. I am just repeating this

13. Failed class with five weeks to go

    RnAngl posted a topic in School

    Well I failed my first ever nursing class with 10 weeks to go before grauatng. I am so upset because i have never failed a class. I had a 76 average and needed a 78 to pass. It really makes me want...