Yeah ive been told by ,multiple teachers and fellowe older grads that our college exam is worst than the boards exam... And i managed to pass my college exams without studying with the exception of...
OMG im starting to freack out im having my boards for my full licence to be a RN here in canada and im freaking out... Havent started to stufy yet and ehen i do read from my prep book, seems like i...
Thanks! :) im so un motivated to study i work full time plus double shifts... I mean i just dont feel like stdying when i have time off... But i guess its worth
Osce is HELL! Sorry! I have to go pass my huge exams in 1 moth... 4 h written 200 question rxam and 4-5h 20 station OSCE... Let me explain how it goes down... Every station you face a doir ( pt room)...
Oh by the way... Being a nurse kicks ass... Seriousely! I went into NS as a temporary thing and now im heading into assistant head nurse job and to my bachelors degree in NUrsing... So just keep your...
The first year is the worst... Teacher would tell us the first year is easy wait till u get to 3rd semester ir will be pulling your hair out overload... And quite franckly... It wasnt... You get used...
I kimda solved the problem... Im heavy chested and always felt tight in my scrubs top... So since its not againt our hospital policy to wear regular shirts, i bought very light t shifts hat i wear a...
Hey all of you super human nurses... Any tricks on how to get by those long 16h shifts? I'm a new graduate working on a cardio floor in a big teaching hospital and I've got some nasty 16h shifts...
Found another trick to surviving 16h... Habing a fruit shake with milk yogurt and a lil mapple sirup accompanied with mixed nuts... And also to change underwear and socks mid way through the
I love my cardio wing....we get patients with heart failiure, post cardiac arrest nstemi, stemi, pts with chest pains under investigation, pre-op for heart surgery... We also get the occasionnal ortho...
My first day of clinicals it took me 5 hours to go into the patients room... I skiped all her morning meds until noon cuz i was way too afraid of taking her vital signs...once i get the currage ( and...
THEY CALLED ME IN AGAIN FOR A 16h shift and i work a 16h shift wed n they wanted me to do another one today... They crazy or what! Am I the only one working in that
Just came back from one hecktic evening shift and a calm nighg shift... 16 hours but it wasnt as bad... I used a few of your tricks... Find time to pee... Stay hydrated and eat aroubd 3h30... All that...
For example i work saturday 2/2 sunday 2/3 monday 2/4 16h so i sleep all day tuesday ... Then i work wed 6/2 thurs 7/2 friday 8/2 16h shift... Off saturday night sunday also... Kinda crazy
Thanks for the advise and tricks... If you guys have more ill gladly try them! Who else works those extra shifts just for the money cuz seriousely they are
Yeah well its pre schedualled for a few nights not a long term thing but i think that in the next weeks i have about 7 or 8 comming up... About one double shift every few days and they call me...