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I think I can answer this pretty well; I started in the ER exactly one year after I became a nurse. I worked on a busy med-surg floor for the first year, and knew that I wanted something else. I have been in the ER for one year now, and I think it w...

Hi, I'm hoping to get advice regarding a situation that occured last week in our ER. Background, I am a fairly new nurse, almost 2 years out of school. I worked one year on med/surg. then accepted a position in the ER. I started in the ER in October,...

I feel exactly the way you do, I admit, I'm very frustrated too. We have three "zones" in our ER, and one of them is "blue", which is the express care section. When I work in the blue zone, I'm guessing more than half of my patients really did not...

For your information, it is against the code of ethics, put forth by the ANA, for a nurse to discredit another licensed professional, without first confronting the individual themselves, or an immediate supervisor. Secondly, our hospital is trying t...

Hello, I am a new grad going through a 10 week orientation at an inner city hospital medical teaching floor. While passing my 2 pm meds, my patient's MAR had a "location check" for her pain patch. Well, I searched her back, then her arms and chest,...

Thanks everyone for your help and input. I really felt like there should have been an incident report done, especially since the nurse's aide was in the room, and repeatedly said that the patches come off easily, and because i did not see the patch ...

48 hours on the dot, 7 days a week.

Hi all, Just got the word, I passed!!!!!! Thank you all for the support!! It helped knowing I wasn't alone! Good Luck to you all. Gotta go make some calls. Take Care, Ann

Hi Everyone, I took the exam yesterday, shut off at 75, came home and cried my eyes out! I didn't feel like I had enough time to "prove" myself. I know that I answered 75 questions, but the 10 or so questions that I had to make "educated guesses" on...

Congrats to you too!!! I'm so happy! Yeah!!!

Thank you everyone, I will post tomorrow with the results. I pray it's good news!

Stressgal, I feel for you! I took my test yesterday, and turned off at 75 too. I feel so anxious right now, I don't know how I can wait another day. Do you remember questions that you had that you know you got wrong? I looked up some informati...

Good Luck on your test, I took mine yesterday and shut off at 75. Know the basics!! Maslow, ABC's, infection control, that's what is the basis of safe nursing care. It wouldn't hurt to page through the fundamentals book. Let us know how you made ou...

Hi, I took my test today as well, and shut off at 75. I feel sick!! I feel like I got alot of the questions wrong! I'm so worried! I was an honor student all through school, and I studied really hard. I guess I'll find out in 48 hours. Good Luck...

I'd be interested in an e-mail buddy, especially one who is in level II of a two year program. I am a mother of three, and I am currently not working outside the home. I'd like to share info. on coping strategies, and all school related topics! Ann

I'll be starting my second semester in a few weeks, (level II nursing), and I'm still afraid. On top of that, I'm already fearing level III, as I've heard that it is the toughest, in our school anyway. I did really well in level I, 2 A's and a B+, b...

I'll be 40 years old at graduation, and I am joined by about 4-5 other 40 somethings, (one is even a fifty something). You are NOT too old!!

I have been told that the starting pay for grad. nurses will be $24 hr. as of June 2005. (in our Catholic Health System). Not too shabby!

hi everyone, this is my first post. I just finished my first semester of my ADN program. We started with either 46 or 47 students, and lost about 10. The final 7 were lost after the final exam, and about 3 didn't make it to the end of the semester....