peaceful2100

peaceful2100 BSN, RN

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  1. Re-taking the boards a second time next week...

    peaceful2100 replied to jm1739's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can do this!!!!!! I am re-taking mine for the 2nd time on October 22nd. I have took the Kaplan course and felt it was pretty helpful. I know I can do it and YOU CAN

  2. Questions about hospitals in Kansas City area and agency nursing

    peaceful2100 replied to geekgolightly's topic in General Nursing

    I work at Research I am obligated to a 2 year commitment there. I would PERSONALLY pick Saint Luke's over Research FIRST. As soon as my 2 years are done I am out of Research unless a LOT of things...

  3. Question for those working on med-surg with post op patients

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    For those who work on med-surg floors with post op patients is it very common for you to receive fresh post op patients at change of shift time. The reason why I asked is because the nurse I was...

  4. Elderly patients: First name or Mr/Mrs?

    peaceful2100 replied to laurasc's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught in school that when working on an adult care unit we should call the patient by their last name until they other wise tell us to call them by their first name. Even if the patient is...

  5. What kind of people make a good ER nurse?

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi, I don't normally post here. I normall post on the student nurse boards and just a lurker on other boards. I have been thinking about what I want to do after I graduate next year. I have a serious...

  6. Love NICU, hate med-surg?

    peaceful2100 replied to KarenAR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Wannabebabynurse See that is what I am fearing. I have heard rumors that at the hospital I currently work at now the nurse manager prefer new grads or nurses who have been working in NICU and really...

  7. Love NICU, hate med-surg?

    peaceful2100 replied to KarenAR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    ShirleyTX With Med-Surg it is just not for me that is why I can't wait until I can get out. Also there are too many patients to be responsible for in Med-Surg. I am on my fourth week of orientation...

  8. Love NICU, hate med-surg?

    peaceful2100 replied to KarenAR's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I REALLY hope you get a job in NICU. I also REALLY want NICU and I graduated back in May however that did not work out that way so for now I am stuck in Med-Surg. I am on my 4th week and I HATE it...

  9. new grad needs help with documentation tips

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need help with documentation skills like what to document and not want to document. What is safe and what is not safe. Particulary when each shift do their outcome summaries. I already know the...

  10. Post-op vital signs and assessments

    peaceful2100 replied to blue280's topic in General Nursing

    I just started this past week on a Post-op surgical care floor and here is what I was told yesterday and I did not like this attitude at all. The preceptor told me that they are suppose to do a full...

  11. are you a grade conscious conscious student?

    peaceful2100 replied to reign's topic in General Students

    Marilyn it does not make math sense to how you had a 3.3 but then got it up to a 4.0 to some people but I can understand it. At most schools it would be impossible to go to a 4.0 after starting out...

  12. are you a grade conscious conscious student?

    peaceful2100 replied to reign's topic in General Students

    I am also another extremely ANAL person over grades. I am throughly upset because I had an A in one my courses the past semester and it dropped down to a B at the END because of a group project we had...

  13. How long does report take?

    peaceful2100 replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

    I am not a nurse yet but when doing my capstone and being involved in report I noticed it all depends on the nurse. One time report started at 645 and was not over until a little bit after 730 and...

  14. Does anyone follow weight watchers and work nights?

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I'm going to be graduating May 18th and will be starting June 9th. I will be working 645pm-715am. I have been following Weight watchers ever since January and I am so scared that working nights...

  15. What is it about Med-Surg?

    peaceful2100 replied to Mint Julip's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'll come back 2-3 years from now and tell you all how I feel about med-surg but now as a student graduating in May and as a student doing my senior capstone clinical on that unit and as someone who...

  16. I decided to start my career on a Medical-Surgical unit. Looking for advice

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I decided for several reasons to start my career on a Medical-Surgical unit. I will be doing 12 hour shifts on the 7pm-7am shift. The pros definitely outweighted the cons for reasons why I should...

  17. Does anyone work for HCA? I need to know how long their orientation is?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    See the HUGE pro for me is that I am doing my capstone which is 168 hours on a Med-Surg unit where is exactly where I have been offered my job after graduation. So I am definitely taking advantage of...

  18. Does anyone work for HCA? I need to know how long their orientation is?

    peaceful2100 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to include this with my last post but as of today HCA has now took over a large hospital system in my city and so I will be working for them after graduation. From my understanding they are...

  19. Does anyone work for HCA? I need to know how long their orientation is?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    SmilingBluEyes please tell me I was not clear enough in my first post and the 2 days is the general hospital orientation and not the orientation for a medical-surgical

  20. I decided to start my career on a Medical-Surgical unit. Looking for advice

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone!! DisabledNurse the hospital is a fairly nice size hospital. It has close to 600 beds total at this particular hospital

  21. What does med/sug. nursing entail?

    peaceful2100 replied to Kim33's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I LOVED my med-surg clinical because that was one clinical I learned the most from. Of course I only had 1 primary patient and I shared another patient with another student so that was really easy for...

  22. Clinical Hours

    peaceful2100 replied to vaughanmk's topic in General Students

    My school does not get NO where near the amount I think they should. We get : 3 weeks of Long term care=45 hours 3 weeks of OB=45 hours 3 weeks of peds=45 hours 4 weeks of med-surg=60 hours 4 weeks of...

  23. Do Yall Think You Were Robbed of...

    peaceful2100 replied to KK7724's topic in General Students

    In the beginning I felt robbed because I know of several other people in school but studying different majors and they have way more free time than I do. They use to call me on a regular basis and...

  24. Last Semester Stress Anyone???

    peaceful2100 replied to rosemadder's topic in General Students

    I'm having nightmares about NCLEX and where I will work after

  25. Do they round up GPA's and if so when?

    peaceful2100 replied to peaceful2100's topic in General Students

    Thanks, I always thought the GPA did not round up but my cousin swears they do. I'm going to tell her this. I am also going to make sure she did not mean percentage points for class stuff like I know...