Sparrow91

So I have been fighting increasingly worse back pain since before nursing school. It has built to a point now where its becoming difficult to do my job. The pain radiates down the back of my legs and gets to the point were my hands start to shake. I ...

Went to a new pcp office as a patient. I was asked the typical screening questions, "Do you have any STDs, Hep B, Hep C, etc..." I started "no, but I work in dialysis so I am at a higher risk of exposure." The medical assistant makes her little note ...

First take a deep breath and try to stay calm. You have made it through one of the toughest college degrees with success. You have what it takes to pass the exam, you just have to focus and stay calm. It's been a couple years since I took the exam bu...

Based on the description I would think gauze and tape would do but I would clarify with the doctor on what they want.

This was the video that was emphasized in my orientation... It drove me nuts the entire time of orientation that the patient was always referred to as the "customer". That really rubbed me the wrong way and gave me a sense of what I was to expect on...

Sine I have been 17 I have had PPDs done, at first I never had any reactions to it, but every year that I have had it I have gotten more and more of a reaction. Two years ago I had one done and I developed redness, itching, swelling and an itchy thro...

@ roser13: I told them that I would be more than willing to take an IGRA or Gold test but they said without documentation they were not willing. Thank you for help though! @ dishes: I spoke with the PA at the time and I tried talking to my doctor tod...

I would say look at your job listings for ICU. In all the ones I have looked at they say they want either previous ICU experience or several years of medical surgical experience.

Bring a drink A snack with both carbs and protein, I bucked the system and instead of bringing a healthy snack I brought my lucky chocolate milk! It has carbs, protein, and CHOCOLATE! Seriously how can you go wrong? Plus it got me through all 7 HESIs...

I think it all depends on what your long term goals are. If you want a job within the nursing capacity were you work closely with patients and gives you a structured routine, a regular schedule, and a job you may want for the long haul then go with L...

Seriously the BEST advice! When I took mine I went the day before thinking it would be easy to find. I went around in circles for over an hour until I got a hold of a friend and found out it was on the second floor of another business with only a tee...

I asked the same question when I took the exam a few months ago and the pretty much unanimous vote was to do NOTHING! Get out of the house and away from the computer/study materials! What I did was take a trip to where the testing center was so that ...

I was just curious on what the average amount of time orientation is for new grads. How many weeks do you get? What type of facility do you work for (Hospital, LTC, ect)? What unit?

For class I had a basic tote bag (Vera Bradley pleated tote). I never carried my books to class, there was just not enough room on the little desk tables to have a note book and text book. Plus in almost all my classes my teachers had power points of...

Wash cloth on the floor of the linen closet shampoo/soap stored in the linen closet 3 loop fibers pulled up from the carpet Patient missing a black pair of sweat pants Trash can without a bag liner I could go on and on. I remember in a developmental...

Thanks for all the feed back. I have started my job and will have about 6 weeks of orientation and then I am on my own. Just does not seem like it is enough.

Have you thought of taking a pals of acls course? It would keep you busy and it will look good on a resume.

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Don't let one group of nurses or facility get you down. There are some jobs were the work loads are intense and there is a high burn out rate. But here is whats great about nursing, you can do something else!!! If you don't like what you are doing lo...

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS SMB_RN!!! Just a tip I know I have heard from several different resources that the trick to answering SATA questions is to treat each answer as a True or False question. It made a big difference for me. Good luck to all the future tes...

I did my first year of nursing school I had... Intro to Nursing (with a 3 hour lab) Promoting Health and wellness (nursing) Chemistry (with a 3 hour lab) Nutrition (which was considered a BIO class) and French for nurses It was a lot of work but doab...

Not sure what your school offers but one of the classes I took when I was on a wait list for an ADN program was a Death and Dying class. It was very interesting to learn about death and dying in other cultures. Plus a big focus of the class was getti...

@Sierrarox: I used this thread to help give me an idea. It is pretty out dated but lab values don't change a lot. I wrote down all the ones that seemed to pop up the most and then looked them up in my lab value book just to make sure. Hope that help...

CONGRATULATIONS adgn!!! You have worked hard, now time to celebrate! Good luck with the job hunt!

I went to the University of Maine at Fort Kent. I applied in April and was accepted into nursing for that fall. The reason why the college has no waitlists is basically because it is in the middle of nowhere. It is located in a nice quiet town about ...