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honestly, as a new grad who externed in the ED and am about to start working there, I say invite the person to lunch or coffee and have a little heart to heart from a place of friendliness, not as a preceptor or educator. say that you've noticed som...

I think I was lucky - it came sort of easily for me - I had a little 1 hour "class" of sorts where I practiced IV insertion and phlebotomy and then started doing it the first day I was in the ED on my externship. The first couple of tries I only fel...

Hi guys, I'm a new RN and am a little frustrated with how long this whole process is to take. I graduated in June, did a 9-week externship in the ED of a local hospital in June/July, was offered a job there in the ED in August, got certified in ACLS ...

thanks all for the comments and ideas! to be more specific, I got a verbal "welcome to the team" from two nurse recruiters and the ADN of the ED. the ADN actually told me she also hired so and so from my school, as well as two others from differen...

yes, absolutely, but that is not an independent nursing action - it's collaborative, so for me, I think the independent nursing actions surrounding patient safety and ABCs would probably be the best answers - but that's just me and my experience with...

Greetings! I figured I'd add to the NCLEX stories here :) I graduated from a part-time ASN program in June - it was a career change for me and after balancing full time work at an investment bank, part-time nursing school in the evenings with clinica...

Okay, so, I took NCLEX two days ago - this past Wed morning. I was very nervous going into the exam, and barely slept the night before, but oddly enough I was overall pretty confident with my answers - it seemed to be a lot of basic safety and gener...

Make sure you know the differences between circulatory overload (hypertension, crackles), allergic reaction (itching, etc.), hyperthermia reaction (high temp) and severe reactions (SOB, shock, etc.) and treatments for each - for example, if the pt e...

I wouldn't think of glucocorticoids as sugar - they raise BG by blocking the absorption of insulin, not by directly contributing to blood glucose. Also, as a nursing intervention, as far as NCLEX is concerned, it's almost always a safety answer or s...

Yay! I passed! What a relief, now I can enjoy my vacation! Thank you, guys :)

yay! congrats bmendi!! update for me (yes another) - turns out, because I entered the testing room with my insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor (I have T1 diabetes), they placed my results on hold to observe the footage and triple check my te...

you have to have a DEGREE from an accredited nursing school - whether that degree is ASN or BSN or you're in an accelerated or part time program, you need to have graduated or you will not be authorized to test. this is actually a fairly long proces...

when you get in the exam room they give you a white board and marker and you can write down all the mnemonics you need so I'd memorize as many as you can! I really loved this - Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel Very Good Velvet, Such Heaven!and then to rem...

We usually have a few extra sandwiches and plenty of juice in the Nourishment Room and I have no problem grabbing something for a patient if it's not contraindicated. Especially, say, a young patient with rhabdo who's spilling protein and blood like...

LOL MomaNurse!! yep, my foot is in my mouth too :) times are definitely a changin. Quick update - still nothing, but I suppose Pearson Vue still has a few hours to get my quick results to me. I called NCSBN just now and they "looked me up" - she s...

I personally did not have more than 2 or 3 pharm questions on the NCLEX but I know others who had 20+! So no two people will have the same number of questions in the same category. What I thought was helpful in studying is studying the CLASS of dru...

thank you both! I really don't feel like I can relax until I know! Hopefully I passed, but at this point, if I failed, I'd like to just know and get it over with, argghh!!

I'm not sure if I passed or not - just took NCLEX two days ago, but what seemed to help me the most in studying was focusing on the areas I knew I was weak at FIRST... you can always review the stuff you're strong on towards the end, right before the...

Hi there, I was wondering if there were some ladies who would be willing to give me some Grey's Anatomy sizing advice? I usually wear size S or 2/4 in "normal" clothes, and my inseam is 28/29", waist is 28 and hips are 33.5"... I have a small frame...

I've got NCLEX tomorrow morning and scanning through this thread really helped with my confidence - thanks! :)

so so helpful, you guys - many thanks!! I think I'll go with the junior S pant and the junior M top. also, really helpful on the Wonderwink comment - I'm going to try the four stretch. the material felt a little weird to me back in May when I just...

yeah, even though you have polypharma in this case, it's nothing new, and skipping dosages the morning before surgery wouldn't lower a pt's tolerance enough to expect toxicity from a regular missed dosage, I would think anyway. I would suspect PE. ...

major surgery, I'm guessing. you don't get pelvis reductions in ambulatory surgery facilities. PE is a risk anytime you're dealing with a large bone injury, right?

same here (though I'm not very experienced) - guess the pt got what he wanted unexpectedly (RIP) - hope you and your colleague are okay. I'm a new grad, but had an externship in the ED this summer (and where I will work starting this October), and I...

1. New York 2. New Grad (0) 3. Emergency Department 4. $65,800 so $36.56/hr (150hrs a month) GROSS 5. $5,000 for night shift 6. Union? Yep. New York Nurses Association and yes, cost of living is nutso in NYC - my husband and I pay $2,600/mo for a 1 b...