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  1. Do I really know anything??!!

    julz68 replied to mdeanrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Do not just study and read books. You've already learned all you need to know in nursing school. Do practice questions every day...at least 50-100. Make sure you understand all the rationales to all...

  2. There is hope...

    julz68 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky enough to have such charge nurses on my unit. What you described has been pretty much my experience. I'm only a bit over 6 months in and they want to start training me to be charge. I'm...

  3. Need HELP with matching my personality to a specific nursing area

    julz68 replied to brownladyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree with this! I'm over 6 months in and I have to say, I did learn more in that time than my whole nursing school experience! I felt the same as you at 6 weeks. But now I know that this is...

  4. Do your Charge RNs take patients?

    julz68 replied to RNMomma22's topic in General Nursing

    Our charge nurse does not take patients. I work 1900-0730 and we don't get CNAs, so our charge will help answer call lights and also help with admissions. ..as well as starting IVs if the rest of us...

  5. Thank you note?

    julz68 replied to RN-BSNheather's topic in General Nursing

    I sent one after my interview in February. My NM said that was what set me apart from the other applicants and I was hired the day she received it. Good

  6. Any good nursing books?

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  7. Any good nursing books?

    julz68 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just finishing my 6th month of my first year of being an RN and was wondering if anyone has any recommendations of good books to read that are nursing based. I'm not looking for text book style...

  8. Nominated for Daisy Award :)

    julz68 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Yesterday at work, I checked my mail box and found a large envelope. I opened it and to my complete surprise, I found that I was nominated by a recent patient for the Daisy Award! I am a new grad and...

  9. Holding Levemir for an NPO patient

    julz68 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Last night I had a diabetic patient who was NPO. When I was checking his glucose and administering his meds, he asked about his Levemir. He stated that he normally takes 52 units at bedtime. I checked...

  10. Nominated for Daisy Award :)

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in General Nursing

  11. Holding Levemir for an NPO patient

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in Patient Medications

    That's what I thought maybe the resident would have done...ordering a lower dose of the Levemir. I just was always taught that you never hold Levemir or Lantus, so I was confused as to why he wanted...

  12. Nominated for Daisy Award :)

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the Congrats :) I don't really look at it as the "most prestigious" award. I was just happy to be nominated by a patient and her family because it made me feel like I really made a...

  13. It's never too late!

    julz68 replied to NurseNanci1's topic in First Year After Licensure

  14. New grad as preceptor and charge nurse?

    julz68 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, when I got to work last night, I was greeted by our educator who said he was going to start training me to be a preceptor. I'm a new grad on a medical unit and have only been off orientation for...

  15. How long do you generally have to stay past the end of your shift?

    julz68 replied to jenik1978's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a hospital and rarely have to stay beyond the end of my shift. If I do, it's most likely because I have 2 or more nurses to give SBAR to and have to wait around for them to finish with other...

  16. Call Ins. Again

    julz68 replied to Mikeinhouston's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility offers "emergency pay" which is time and a half plus $5/hr extra. Most people will come in on short notice with that incentive. I know I have! Makes for a hefty

  17. New grad as preceptor and charge nurse?

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks GrnTea! I'm just nervous and unsure of my potential as a charge nurse so soon. We've had a lot of nurses leave for better opportunities lately so they need to train others for charge and...

  18. How many patients do you get on night duty?

    julz68 replied to uniquegifts1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    On my medical unit, we have 4-5 patients per RN. We don't have CNAs and do RN total patient care. It gets really hectic during 1900-2300 and we're hoping that they will give us an aide or a support...

  19. RN with below knee amputation

    julz68 replied to maryellis's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I asked this same question a few weeks ago. My best friend and coworker just went thru that surgery and eventually wants to go back to nursing. Thing is, she is a floor nurse on a busy ortho unit-12...

  20. Easy, dumb, common new grad mistakes

    julz68 replied to SubSippi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When you hang a piggy back, remember to open the roller clamp! That was my first dumb mistake.

  21. Any working nurses with BKA out there?

    julz68 replied to julz68's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thanks for your replies! I think it would be too hard for her to go back to floor nursing but I'm hoping that she can find something better suited with her new disability. Thanks for the...

  22. Any working nurses with BKA out there?

    julz68 posted a topic in Nurse Disabilities

    My best friend and coworker has Charcot foot and it got to be so deformed and painful that there was nothing else the doctors could do. Today she is having surgery for a below the knee amputation....

  23. Beginning training at an older age

    julz68 replied to mrtchild11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in Dec 2012 at age 44. Passed NCLEX Feb 4th and started my first job 2weeks later.

  24. Do pt families every drive you crazy?

    julz68 replied to purple10's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient this week whose daughter was an administrator from another hospital from another city. She demanded to have access to her father's chart so she could look through it at her leisure. I...

  25. How does working night shift impact your FAMILY?

    julz68 replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing