scrubsandasmile

Thank you all for the insight! I appreciate it!

For night shifters: I am transitioning to the 7p-7a shift in a couple weeks and I'm trying to figure out when I'll be able to work out! While working 3 12's a week, do you work out just on your off days (4 days a week)? Or do you work out as well on ...

xtclass08- didn't you ever get tired during the shift after doing something so grueling? I feel like I would totally be dragging BUTT by like 3am if I had done something like insanity before I worked!

We have our scrubs provided by the hospital, as does L&D, OR/PACU etc., and Cath Lab. The scrubs are dark navy blue (good for hiding blood). These scrubs are laundered by the hospital and we pick them up from separate lockers whenever we run low ...

OP- what would your plans be instead if you dropped out completely? If it is to do anything with nursing, I would stick with it.. you'll be putting yourself even more behind if you drop out of the program. It may seem unfair now, and like you're wast...

Watching the news about the Michael Jackson death trial: PropATHOL instead of Propafol (you would think that Jackson's own family would know how to pronounce the drug that took their loved one from them...) Or when a patient states "I can only take t...

I got my ATT on the 27th of December, graduated December 15th (but applied for ATT before graduation- transcript was sent by my school immediately following graduation) and took the NCLEX the 11th of January! But we had people that took the NCLEX on ...

I would simply say, "Hi I'm orchids, I'm a pre-nursing student at XYZ college and I am interested in shadowing a nurse in the hospital or possibly volunteering here. Does the hospital do this? If so, could you give me some information about how I wou...

People would literally KILL to be in your position. You would be absolutely NUTS if you didn't take this position, and I really do feel like if you turn it down, you'll kick yourself later.

I think it would be worse to re-warm them too quickly..

OP, I pride myself on my "poker face" and my ability to get things done even with the grossest of patient body fluids, procedures etc., but I have still almost lost it on more than one occasion- a few times in school and one just a few weeks ago. I h...

Hi! As many of you know, I have landed a job in an ER as a new grad. Today we got our schedules for the first couple weeks of orientation and I have a couple of 3a-3p shifts, most of which are followed by a 7a-7p shift the next day (i.e. go in at 3am...

I think there is also high risk OB & L&D which has many elements from both ER nursing (quick pace, sicker patients, more autonomy) as well as typical OB nursing (ya know, babies, women, all that good stuff). It does take a while and some expe...

Put a fall risk bracelet on them (we also have bright colored non-slip socks that indicate to other interdisciplinary members that they are a fall risk), put bed alarms on if indicated, side rails up x2, call button within reach, as well as instructi...

Ok, small boxes are equivalent to 0.04 seconds, one big box (darker lines) have 5 small boxes in them, so they are equal to 0.20 seconds on a strip. Most strips you will get are 6 second strips.

I think it depends on where you are, but I think something valuable to do towards the end of your time is to take someone from admission and everything that comes with it all the way through what needs to be done for the day, as well as managing your...

EKG math problems as in how long is the PR interval? Or as in what is the rate for this patient? Clarify please! :)

Passed in 75 questions with 2 weeks of REAL studying- setting aside 4-5 hours a day to literally read, take notes, quiz myself, find out what I was deficient on. Then, add in about an hour or 2 extra of doing questions at the end of the day with rati...

if you have an iphone/ ipod you can get 180 questions from the kaplan qbank FOR FREE! It's an app you can download

This is a good tool for practicing EKG's! ECG Simulator | SkillStat Learning - Fast, Fun and Effective! You need to know: Vfib, Vtach, asystole, sinus rhythms (brady, tach, NSR), the heart blocks (1st degree, 2nd degree (both types), and 3rd degree),...

Oooooh it would have been on like donkey kong had someone done this to me... I would suggest reporting him, especially if this is a trend for him. As well, to deter future attempts by him or anyone else, maybe get a nice lunchbag to put all your goo...

Anyone have good advice for SATA questions? I do really well on all other forms of questions- hot spot, multiple choice etc, but I always miss SOMETHING on SATA, which on the NCLEX will do me no good, since there is no partial credit. I have been doi...

Justbeachynurse- I never looked at it that way!! That is SO helpful, thank you so much!

Nursing school WAS hard, but I am happy to say that I met some of my best friends while in the program- friends who I am certain will be with me for life, as well as secured a job before I graduated school! (I graduated less than a month ago). Nursin...

Ukjenn231 do you by any chance remember the name of the book? I've googled essentially "Select all that apply NCLEX" but have found that many of the sites I have found for practice do not have explanations, which is unhelpful..