Racer15 BSN, RN

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    Stethoscopes

    Racer15 replied to futureexpectations's topic in General Students

    I was a vet tech before I was a nurse, and I used the Littmann Classic II, both as a vet tech, and as a nursing student/new nurse. I would not go the cheap route. If my stethoscope isn't in my ears,...
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    getting sick from microbiology

    Racer15 replied to mbkgen's topic in General Students

    You won't be working with Ebola or deadly diseases. You'll be working with basic bacteria, that with basic precautions, will not cause you any issues. Wear your gloves, don't touch your face, wash...
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    Emotional Involvement

    Racer15 replied to keh115's topic in General Students

    It will get easier, but you will still have days where you go home and cry. I had a really awful code one day about three months into my career, and I went home, called, my mother, and balled. And...
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    Almost done with orientation I think I want to quit.

    Racer15 replied to vera5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just got out of orientation last week, and you are NOT alone! It is very stressful, and I feel horrible anxiety everyday that I go into work. I am blessed with an awesome charge nurse that is...
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    You are not my only patient

    Racer15 replied to anotherone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have had some very needy patients that request that I sit with them because they are scared. I will usually stay with them and hold their hand for a few minutes, but remind them that I have other...
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    Ventage

    Racer15 replied to exit96's topic in General Nursing

    I'm single with no kids and rent my house from my mother, that is how I have the money that I
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    did the md's pen go into v-fib??

    Racer15 replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    I love being in the ED for this reason. T-System is my BFF. I have had more than one instance where I was flipping through admission orders, I asked three other nurses, and NO ONE could figure out...
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    Calling all new ER grads starting Feb 2013

    Racer15 replied to sharon2012rn's topic in Emergency

    I am now off of orientation. It's pretty scary! Feels good, but I still ask 100 questions a day and drive my charge nurse
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    Should hospital provide and launder scrubs?

    Racer15 replied to Kitty Carlisle's topic in Emergency

    Our colors are black, charcoal, brown, and turquoise. We buy our own scrubs, and we launder our own scrubs. I wash my scrubs separate from all of my other laundry, no big deal. There are days I go...
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    Help with taking/giving report!!

    Racer15 replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Nursing

    It gets easy quick. When I did my practicum, I was super nervous about giving report (did practicum in an ED, now work in an ED). This may be repetition from what PP have said, but: I flip through...
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    Nurses who have passed the NCLEX-Please help me!

    Racer15 replied to Hello.Kitty.Girl.'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the Hurst live review, and aside from that, maybe studied 10 hours total. The day before NCLEX I made sure I knew all of my normal lab values, and that was it. It was three weeks from when I...
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    Part time work and Nursing program?

    Racer15 replied to MommaTy's topic in General Students

    I was in an ADN program and worked 40 hours a week for the first two semesters. I cut back my last two semesters and was only working an average of 20-30 hours a
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    Parents!!!

    Racer15 replied to daviex's topic in Emergency

    I had a mom leave AMA, fuming mad. Why? She had brought her 11 month old child in the night before, got a diagnosis and meds. Reason for coming back in? She couldn't get the child to take her...
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    Internal Patient Transport - Process

    Racer15 replied to Travelbug73's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a patient just going to MRI, CT, or X-Ray, we just fill out a hand-off form with code status, fall risks, that sort of thing, and a tech takes them. Unless they are critical, then a nurse...
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    Tricks of the trade: Diversion- stories of the stupid and sly?

    Racer15 replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    I've used forceps before to dig out a vaccine vial that I absentmindedly tossed before writing down the lot number and expiration date I have learned to never sign off on a narc waste if I do not...
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    what disorder would this be?

    Racer15 replied to meghan91's topic in General Students

    Yep, ODD with Bipolar disorder. Sounds like my
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    Anyone work in a chest pain ctr? How do you like it?

    Racer15 replied to MyUserName,RN's topic in Cardiac

    My ER has a chest pain center, and I've worked there a few times (it isn't always open). I like it because you have certain protocol to follow, you have a flow sheet of what to do when, and it's...
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    NCLEX Getting Tougher

    Racer15 replied to Medic2BSN13's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    As other have stated, it changes in difficulty every three years, so don't freak out. I passed my NCLEX-RN in January with 75 questions, and while I found it challenging, it wasn't impossible. I...
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    NCLEX-RN: 5th Time Test-Taker

    Racer15 replied to Hello.Kitty.Girl.'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My advice is to only use one or two resources to study from. It's overkill and gets confusing otherwise. I only used the Hurst review and passed my NCLEX the first
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    Is there anyone out there that feels this way?

    Racer15 replied to adraorien's topic in General Students

    I never found nursing school to be that bad. It was stressful at times, but I never struggled. I've been working as an ER nurse for three months now and I get my butt kicked at work pretty much...
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    Maternal and Child Nursing, Deadly?

    Racer15 replied to NurseKis's topic in General Students

    I have no children and my maternal child class was my first A in nursing school. I didn't find it hard. And if it interests you (it didn't me, go figure), you should be
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    What did you do during your OB rotation?

    Racer15 replied to ssalulu's topic in General Students

    I did a whole lot of nothing for my L&D rotation. My patient was in labor but did not give birth before I went home. I just looked at a lot of fetal heart rates and watched her get an epidural....
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    How to deal with bad odors

    Racer15 replied to RedHeaded2bNurse16's topic in General Students

    We keep a container of Vicks at th nursing station and I layer it on big time. Helps me quite a
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    New grads, How did you list your clinical rotations on your resume?

    Racer15 replied to grownuprosie's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I did not list clinical experience. You graduated from an accredited nursing school, you had to have a certain set of clinicals and pass them all to graduate, that is a given. I was hired as a new...
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    Why did she pick on me?

    Racer15 replied to Dean7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You are correct, that range was above pre-hypertensive. Just brush it off. I've been a nurse for three months, one of my coworkers thinks I'm an idiot and is constantly rude towards me. I catch him...