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  1. Has Anyone Ever Taken The ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    rogramjet replied to Jen2's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I took the predictor and BOMBED it. According to them I had like a 60% chance at passing the NCLEX. I took the NCLEX and passed with 105 questions. So I wouldn't give that test to much

  2. Pet Peeves

    rogramjet replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

    Coming out of shift report, and having the nurses from the previous shift just sitting at the nurses station, and one says, "The patient in 302 is wet and needs to be changed." IF THEY KNOW THE...

  3. Do i have a chance?

    rogramjet replied to onmyway06's topic in Nursing Career

    I had to retake the sciences after 14 years also. It wasn't easy, but I did it. As an older student you have a different incentive. When we are young we have a lot more things on our mind than math...

  4. Does anyone here love their job?

    rogramjet replied to elainebenes's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes I love my job. I have been a nurse for 2 years. I worked a year in Med/Surg which I have mixed feelings about. I loved the patients, I hated nights, I hated some of the personalities, I felt we...

  5. Do you feel valued in your current nursing position?

    rogramjet replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I am the only nurse in my department, so I do feel appreciated, by the patients as well as the

  6. Percent of men in class?

    rogramjet replied to RN8Wannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    It's hard to graduate as a nurse, period. Is it any harder for males?

  7. Nurse on Survivor

    rogramjet posted a topic in General Nursing

    Any Survivor fans out there? I have to admit, Survivor is the one reality show I watch. It is a guilty pleasure. There is a nurse on Survivor. These idiots hiked 11 miles in the Guatamalan jungle and...

  8. Nurse on Survivor

    rogramjet replied to rogramjet's topic in General Nursing

    They were carrying a lot more weight in supplies and exerting themselves a lot more than the women. Look where it got

  9. What's it like working as a male nurse?

    rogramjet replied to Gottago's topic in Men in Nursing

    Mike about said it all. Being a guy in nursing has been a great experience. You have to have thick skin and not let it upset you if someone requests "one of the girls", that happens and it is nothing...

  10. Share Your Saying

    rogramjet replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    If everyone IS out to get you, being paranoid is just being smart. - Dr. Johnny

  11. Proper insulin combining?

    rogramjet replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    Lantus is not a "normal" insulin and does not work like other insulins, it is actually broken down according to your body's pH. It CANNOT be mixed. Mixing it will make it ineffective. If you get any...

  12. You know you've been a nurse for way too long when...

    rogramjet replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    You know you've been a nurse too long...when the sight of a full moon no longer brings romantic images, but dread, because you know how crazy it will be at

  13. License Verification Search

    rogramjet posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm looking for a friend who I graduated from nursing school with (the only other guy in my class). He moved to Ohio right after school but I checked the Ohio website and he is not licensed there. Is...

  14. Percent of men in class?

    rogramjet replied to RN8Wannabe's topic in Men in Nursing

    When I was a student I had a patient in his 80's who was studying Calculus to keep himself busy. He asked me how many guys were in the class I told him 2 and 24 women. He looked at me and said, "One...

  15. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    rogramjet replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is a bad idea. Codes are not pretty, this isn't TV, it's loud, it's confusing, it's ugly...it isn't anything that a family member should see...it is just going to confuse the family more...

  16. Gawd Help!

    rogramjet replied to Young Nurse Student's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Many schools require you to go through CNA classes before you can start the program anyway. It will give you the patient contact and experience. Just start taking the pre-reqs. Get all of the other...

  17. Real nurse vs. TV nurse.

    rogramjet replied to MyBlueSky's topic in General Nursing

    I watched ER the other day, Doc Benton was over at his girlfriends house and she has gestational diabetes, he checks her BG it was 210, but the home health nurse hadn't brought the insulin yet and...

  18. Nurses who smoke - I'm a smoker

    rogramjet replied to DanaS's topic in General Nursing

    Smoking is an ADDICTION. More people succesfully quit Heroin than necotine. That is why there are patches, Wellbutrin, gum...it is not unusual to be on a combination of

  19. Nursing notes what to keep or discard

    rogramjet replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    Now that I have burned those nasty whites, I guess I will only wear

  20. Slower pace nursing?

    rogramjet replied to CoconutNurse's topic in General Nursing

    No. I have a BA in Foreign Languages/International Business and my ADN. I have 7 years of experience with my own diabetes, and 2 years as an RN. I got lucky, my job opened up and I pushed my way...

  21. my first year was awful .....now what?

    rogramjet replied to opesgirl6's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't give up. The first year of nursing is very hard, you feel like a fish out of water. They teach you enough in nursing school to get by, the real learning comes after graduation. There are lots of...

  22. Slower pace nursing?

    rogramjet replied to CoconutNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I like the slower pace. I'm a Diabetes Education nurse. I see 4-5 Outpatients a day for at least an hour at a time. I teach a three day class once a month. This is why I went to nursing school and I...

  23. Nursing notes what to keep or discard

    rogramjet replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry if burning those nasty white uniforms offended some people, but they had to go. But that does not make me a FACIST. I didn't burn books or the flag, I burned those nasty white uniforms that...

  24. Nursing notes what to keep or discard

    rogramjet replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    I actually did burn mine. A friend and I drove to the beach with a 6 pack our whites and a can of lighter fluid and burned them. It was very therapeutic, a coming of age

  25. Nursing notes what to keep or discard

    rogramjet replied to mysticalwaters1's topic in General Nursing

    Toss them. You learn more in one year on the floor than in all of the years of nursing school. I kept some of my books, path/phys...but only books I can use for reference. Everything else went bye-bye...