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  1. Pediatric Doses Calculations

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in Pediatric

    Anybody??

  2. infusing abx through Picc

    willdgate replied to kk2000's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Make sure you clamp it off to air? before taking it off cont. IV

  3. Man, I blew it

    willdgate posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I thought I would like the night shift so I told my nurse manager that I preferred it for orientation, boy did she take me literally. So, I'm on the night shift and I don't like, b/c of the effect it...

  4. Man, I blew it

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks you, working the night shift at an understaffed hospital

  5. Preceptorship & Orientation on Same Unit

    willdgate replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I believe that if you know where you want to work that is a good thing for you as a new nurse. So, don't stop working there and you will be more familiar with that hospital. A mentor is not the same...

  6. Just need to vent alittle

    willdgate replied to RNLisa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel that nursing can be stressful, but if you don't have too many financial obligations, I would suggest you work somewhere else, where the staff is more supportive and you can initate different...

  7. What can I do with a MSN degree?

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in Post Graduate Students

    What I mean by legally, is that I don't like to constantly deal with patient's lives, and would like to try something that deals with other aspects of nursing, maybe nursing administration, but I...

  8. What can I do with a MSN degree?

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Thank you all for all your help

  9. What can I do with a MSN degree?

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in Post Graduate Students

  10. Tips for new nurses to protect license

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in First Year After Licensure

    never change...I want to know what are some tips that many nurses mess up on that new nurses should learn not to

  11. Giving report - experienced nurses make you feel foolish

    willdgate replied to Layla_B's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my short time as a RN, I believe being a RN is not a profession b/c of how nurses treat each other, rarely do you see or hear of a doctor talking down to another doctor. Until, some nurses respect...

  12. Day vs. Night Shift

    willdgate posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    My 'lovely' nurse manager changed me from night to day shift to start out with my preceptor. :angryfire What are some honest pros vs. cons with Day vs. Night

  13. Unit secretaries a must

    willdgate posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    How do some of you new grads feel about processing your own orders or would you guys prefer unit secretaries to do it for you, while you learn other nursing

  14. Abbreviations etc.

    willdgate posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I need abbreviations for common nursing terms, and Fluids or meds. abbreviations. I find myself not understanding shift report when they say some abbreviated words or meds. Does anyone know of any...

  15. IV maintenance tips

    willdgate posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hey, Can anyone tell me some tips about how to keep the IV infusion pump from beeping (occluding) or how to prime IV with flush w/o doing it the long way. Also, how to get air out of tubing and how to...

  16. Common incompatiable or compatiable drugs with fluids

    willdgate posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    What are the most common incompatiable drugs/fluids? and what are most common compatiable

  17. Were you scared of needles or blood?

    willdgate replied to justrose79's topic in First Year After Licensure

    nurses faint sometimes while getting shots, but can still be

  18. First Interview at a Childrens Hospital

    willdgate replied to monstermunch's topic in Pediatric

    I thought I was unprepared too, but I got the job, good

  19. How can I transfer to Peds from Telemetry Specialty?

    willdgate replied to sweetpea839's topic in Pediatric

    Apply for an internship at your local pediatric

  20. One Simple Question...How do

    willdgate replied to willdgate's topic in Pediatric

    Wow, thanks

  21. One Simple Question...How do

    willdgate posted a topic in Pediatric

    How do you start your day, as a Pediatric med-surg nurse? I need organizational tips, yeah I'm a brand new

  22. Tired of my workplace

    willdgate replied to New2ER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't quit, stick it out, so you don't have to pay back 11,000, who has

  23. starting clinical in a week, need help finding info online

    willdgate replied to journey_bound's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    They didn't give you an example care plan to

  24. ER Clinicals coming up....NEED HELP

    willdgate replied to superkyky's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ER was an option to do as a outside clinical for a day, and I really enjoyed it, the second time around. I thought I would hate it, but it ended up being my favorite area of interest. It's cool that...

  25. Everyone is asking for experience

    willdgate replied to RNKay31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, it is hard for new nurses to find employment, unless you get on with the hospital that you interned with while in school. I got a job in the smallest hospital, before ever getting a call back...