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  1. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    BandEmom replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started out in LDRP all at once and TOTALLY flopped. It was overwhelming. And I was a total die-hard ob-or-nothing new grad. I had a bad orientation though, which didn't help. But, now I am...

  2. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    BandEmom replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I saw a situation where a mother from India was calling the nurses in to change the baby's diapers. The nurse who had her said that she'd change one, but that we needed to see that she is able to...

  3. Paxil Doesn't Work Anymore---What's Next?

    BandEmom replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I have the most incredible, vivid dreams and I can't tell when I'm awake or asleep. It's weird. Anyone else experience this? Also, sometimes I feel foggy and unalert. Is this due to the medicine? I...

  4. cannot get over mistake

    BandEmom replied to takrn's topic in General Nursing

    What happened to you could happen to anyone nervous and new. You obviously have a big heart, and we need you around. It really does not sound like your actions were the cause of this pt's death....

  5. Site for gluteal IM injections ?

    BandEmom replied to RMA2RN's topic in General Nursing

    My nursing school and the textbook we used no longer teaches or reccomends using this site. I did learn it on the floor, but the preferred way that I learned was the ventrogluteal site. This is the...

  6. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    BandEmom replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Having been taught in school to refer to hospital patients as

  7. Nursing Issue - Medication Aides

    BandEmom replied to M&MRN2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi curleysue, I was a med aide in oregon, except I didn't go to the special training for it. I was a cna in a residential care facility, and they gave me a quick rundown about how to pass meds, and...

  8. Really need advice For Anatamony and Physiology

    BandEmom replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't do so hot in A and P I, I got a c- and had to retake it. I wish I had just withdrew. The bad grade really hurt my GPA, and then I had to retake the class anyway. A "W" does not look so bad...

  9. am I beyond hope?

    BandEmom replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    The reason I had so many preceptors is because the hospital I worked at was quite rural, and there were only three nurses working together on a shift at any one time. Rather than having me just...

  10. finished my last final in nursing school..

    BandEmom replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    Been there! It's a surreal feeling when it's all behind you, and there's nothing more due, or to study for. I am very happy for you. Best wishes for your

  11. I think I might lose my job, please help

    BandEmom posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad working in OB. I have been precepted for 7 weeks now. During the past week, I have made several errors. I gave a rhogam without charting it on the mar, I did a PKU without filling...

  12. Traumatized by nursing - advice needed

    BandEmom replied to kcsun3's topic in General Nursing

    ((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))))))))) My heart totally goes out to you. I am in the same place too and have made a similar post in the last couple days. I doubt we are in the...

  13. I think I might lose my job, please help

    BandEmom replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    I talked with my boss today, and I recieved a written warning about the med error, which is probably the norm for this sort of thing. She read me the riot act about it being a jcaho standard that we...

  14. admissions notification

    BandEmom replied to futureRN07's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I cannot tell you enough great things about this program. You should know that you will be required to take 16 credits of bible which are offered there. It is a 7th day adventist school. You do not...

  15. admissions notification

    BandEmom replied to futureRN07's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I just graduated from WWC. I think they notify the first part of April. The competition is crazy though. I was very very very lucky. I was accepted in 2002 and barely had a 3.0. Last spring they...

  16. Umbilical cord care

    BandEmom replied to AlaskaKat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a new grad nurse with two kids born in 01 and 03. When I was discharged with my kids I was not taught to use alcohol (from two different hospitals), plus all of the hospitals that I have had...

  17. Essay for Application--please help!

    BandEmom replied to sweeti2567's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Wow. That was way better than mine. Why not talk more about your missionary plans? I'm sure that would be interesting and

  18. any good Nanda books?

    BandEmom replied to ropay's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you pay the shipping you can have mine. I can't remember how much I paid for it, but I'm sure it would cost you more that UPS ground to have it sent. Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual 5th Ed by...

  19. Basic Assessment Skills

    BandEmom replied to Aniroc's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I remember this from school too. I felt the same way. All you're really doing is taking a history, so just act like it's a conversation between two people. Even experienced nurses read off the...

  20. took NCLEX today... what questions are "hard"?

    BandEmom posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi, everyone, I took boards today, and I only got one new format question, and it was right at the beginning, and I know I got it wrong. Almost all the questions I got were prioritizing, and I can't...

  21. dec grads, when r u taking the nclex?

    BandEmom replied to SpecFuz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Was your test for LPN? I took NCLEX RN and did not have to sign any such agreement. Did anyone taking NCLEX RN have to do

  22. Took NCLEX-PN today...

    BandEmom replied to ibmissy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I passed the NCLEX RN last week, which is the same format, and mine shut off at the minimum, and I was terrified too. Only a small percentage of those whose test ended at the minimum actually failed....

  23. dec grads, when r u taking the nclex?

    BandEmom replied to SpecFuz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Give yourself some time to review. Don't put it off for too long, but if you are really devoting a good amount of time toward studying everyday, then you could give yourself a week or two. I took it...

  24. I passed!!! Thanks everyone!!

    BandEmom replied to BJohnsonNU80's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Great job. See you in the "New Grad" forum! Lisa, RN, BSN as of

  25. I passed!! 75!!!

    BandEmom replied to BandEmom's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated in December. Here in Oregon, you get your ATT once the OSBN recieved our application and fee. I sent them both at the same time and recieved my ATT about a week later. My friend who...