MelRNNC

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1. Best NC town/hospital in your opinion and why?

   MelRNNC replied to RNratched's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   Rocky Mount is quite boring... my husband's family lives there and wanted us to move there... NO WAY! Although it would be easy for you to find work there, the job market is quite challenging for...

2. Best school

   MelRNNC replied to scooter5737's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

3. Which nursing intervention will prevent respiratory complications in the client?

   MelRNNC replied to student06's topic in General Nursing

   A nurse is caring for an older immobilized client. Which nursing intervention will prevent respiratory complications in the client? A. Monitoring vital signs B. Decreasing fluid intake C. Changing the...

4. NCLEX-RN what does it mean when?

   MelRNNC replied to Nrs_angie's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I too passed the NCLEX w/75 questions. I did not have any of the "alternative style" questions. A lot of it was prioritizing (Which pt do you see 1st?, for example) and I had a few med Q's and a few...

5. comas?

   MelRNNC replied to ShawnetteRN05's topic in MICU, SICU

   I work in an MSICU and a GCS below 8 indicates a coma here, that's probably why they told you that, even if he is responsive in some

6. How do you stay awake?

   MelRNNC replied to Compton's topic in General Nursing

   Starbuck's bottled Frappuccino and a Power Bar at 3

7. Would you seriously consider quitting nursing

   MelRNNC replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   I think about quitting nursing every day that I have to work... and I've only been a nurse for 6 months! I would say that 1/2 the doctors I talk to treat me like garbage. I go home and cry nearly...

8. Nursing school question

   MelRNNC replied to snakes26's topic in General Nursing

   Hello. I am a new grad RN myself, and I have seen that it is very difficult for a new grad to get a job in L&D or NICU right out of school... So many people want to work w/babies that a lot of...

9. What does your spouse do?

   MelRNNC replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Nursing

   accountant

10. Stethoscope of choice

    MelRNNC replied to DEH's topic in General Nursing

    I have a Littmann Classic II S.E. It works well. Which ever kind you get, make sure you put a name tag on it, or else it'll be snatched up (I know this from personal

11. Lack of Confidence/Self esteem. I cried at Clinicals tonight

    MelRNNC replied to RN2Bn2006's topic in General Nursing

    Paula, Let me tell you that I graduated from nursing school this past May, and I was just like you, very shy and unsure. Believe me, by the time you get to your last clinical, you will feel much more...