melizerd ASN, RN

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    New graduate looking for work...

    It takes most new grads even in decent markets a couple months to get a job. Not all hospitals will hire you without Rn experience, so look into long term care options for a way to get Rn experience....
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    NPO after midnight

    I'm with Rose I'm shocked this was a question. Of course you can still give IV medication since they aren't PO. We either have doctors that write patients NPO or NPO with meds (so they get a sip of...
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    Options in Oncology

    Are you interested in a hospital position? I work on an oncology floor, with some med/surg misc patients (also the ICU step down) so I see all kinds of things depending on the day. Otherwise a cancer...
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    Are all nurses perpetually exhausted?

    I love three 12s a week. I'm tired on my first day off, probably waste half that but since I have three more off after that it's fine. When the 12s aren't all in a row it can be weird sometimes. I...
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    IV starts in nursing schools

    ADN program and we did learn in our third semester. First on the big fake arms and then also with real patients in clinicals. We all started a couple by the time we
  6. i agree because im a new grad and while I feel nervous I feel supported and I'm aware of my resources etc. my orientation was wonderful and I felt well equipped to start on my own. I don't feel like...
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    Port protectors and scrub the hub

    I've used both depending on the facility. I don't have a problem with either, there's science behind both options. If it makes you feel better replace the cap, wait 5 min then use it. Though I'm...
  8. I have been stressed out, nervous, exhausted, and scared. I have not been eaten by experienced nurses. I've been supported and encouraged. I enjoy my job. I am learning so much every day and some days...
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    Nurse-Patient Ratios

    I'm in a similar type unit and chemo is done during the day. We don't do it at night and patients getting chemo almost always have one on one nurses which changes the ratios on the
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    Nurse-Patient Ratios

    1. What type of unit do you work on, and in what state? Med/surg, oncology, 19 beds, mid sized hospital. Wisconsin 2. What is your nurse patient ratio, and how does it change between...
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    Therapeutic Oils in hospital

    We have aromatherapy lavender and use peppermint oil to help post op patients pee, a couple drops in the toilet to urinal. No order
  12. Me? Not at all. A lot of new grads are in their 30s and even
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    Where to wear ID badge

    We are required to have it above the waist, no lanyards allowed. So it gets clipped to one side of my scrubs in the neck
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    What color are your scrubs?

    Large hospital system in Wisconsin, we can wear whatever we want. I prefer solid colors from too to bottom but I do own a couple
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    Is nursing school worth it?

    If you want to be a nurse it is! This is temporary, this too will pass. Nursing school is brutal, really brutal. Sometimes the job is brutal too but it's so incredible and amazing that it is so...
  16. This might vary by area but I got a hospital job without previous experience. I'm an ADN grad too. It took me about 3 months and around 175 applications, three interviews (2 offers). I applied to all...
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    New Grad wound care vs. med surg

    I'm a new grad still too. I've been at my first job 4 months. It's med/surg/oncology. I didn't think I would like to much because I didn't really enjoy the rotation of med/surg either. The actual job...
  18. Yes my hospital does it. It's done automatically. The HUC (health unit coordinator) does it. We tell the patients it's made for them as we go over discharge paper work. I hate to say she's a...
  19. my hospital has fabric isolation gowns but they area still single use and go into the supplied soiled linen bin that's in every room
  20. No lidocaine in the bag but we always Y in the K+ with fluids running with at least 50ccs of fluid too, each gets it's own pump and we don't have complaints of burning or stinging that
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    Milwaukee relocation: best hospitals

    I sent you a
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    Question about hiring in your area

    The Milwaukee wisconsin area is still decently hiring. My ADN graduating class of about 50 all had jobs within a couple months and most into
  23. Definitely varies. One program I applied to required you to be certified, another didn't. It was simply a box to check and working as a Cna didn't matter. I will say that those people who worked as...
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    **POLL** New 1st Year RN Salary

    Honestly nope. I'm glad I have a job and take home what I do. I love my job and a year ago I had zero income so I'm making more than I ever have
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    When looking at colleges (financial aid)

    I've only been in systems that disburse after 5-6 weeks of school. It's pretty