NYCRN21

Hi everyone, I'm a first year nurse and I have a question about Dilaudid administration. Is it necessary to hold Dilaudid pain medication for an 84 year old patient with low blood pressure? Another nurse on my unit refused to give her patient Dilaud...

Hi mbaseyscott, I passed the PCCN in May this year. I used the book PCCN Certification Review, 2nd Edition by Ann Brorsen to study, and took the practice test from the AACN. I found the questions in both the book and the test to be very similar to ...

Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone here has applied to the Accelerated BSN nursing program at Dominican College in NY starting in May 2013?

Hi everyone! I'm about to start a new job in an orthopedic critical care unit. I'm really excited about this new job, and wanted to ask some experienced ortho nurses what I should know about starting in ortho and what to expect. My nursing backgrou...

I was just hired at NYU after having a year and a half of acute care nursing experience. Feel free to PM me. Best of luck!

Hi IHeart BSN RN, BSN Ive been a night shift step down nurse for a year and a half and I still break down crying every now and then, especially if Ive made a mistake that I know is a stupid mistake (I hope that doesn't sound like I'm making mistake...

My favorite schedule to work is two nights on, one night off, two nights on and then usually I end up having 5 days off. That night that I'm off, I stick to a night schedule and just use the time to catch up on tv shows, laundry, household stuff and...

Hi maaadddzzz, I'm a new nurse too (started working in November 2015). I work on a surgical step down unit and I agree with adventure_rn, BSN, RN, I think it's a great place for new grads to start if they want to be an ICU nuse but can't get in to ...

As I said, I am a new nurse. I did the best I knew how at the time to help a patient in need. It was not my patient and the doctor said not to give the medication, so Been There Done That, it was not appropriate. I gave the Tylenol because the docto...

Thanks everyone! I know it's hard to give advice based off what I told you but what you all said helped. The nurse I was referring to is very bad about giving patients pain medication when they need it (we work on a surgical step down unit, so that'...

No problem! For MedSurg 1 and 2, the best things you can do are to realize you have no life for the 2 months you have those classes, study 24/7, and get a good study group. And buy an NCLEX review book, I did a ton of practice questions when studyi...

Hey Andy1415, for MedSurg 1 and 2 which you'll probably take in October and February, I DEFINITELY recommend the most up to date textbook. That thing is going to become your Bible haha. For some of the other classes I got an edition older than the ...

Hi sarsoora8, I'm in the last 3 weeks of my 12 month ABSN program now, and I can tell you, it's a LOT of work!!! Having said that, it's completely doable. There were a few times where I was really stressed out, but overall it wasn't as hard as I ant...

Hi @tiprizzo, I'm in the absn now...I can't remember how much the uniforms were but I would recommend getting 2 uniform tops, you never know what's going to get on you during clinical! A couple of penlights would also be good to get, I dont don't re...

Congrats, @nayesab24! Feel free to private message me and I'll give you my name & add you on Facebook

Hmmm, it won't let me private message, can you guys private message me your name, then i'll add you?

Congratulations to both of you @Pookie89 and @emilydanz!! So exciting! I didn't set up the exam yet, but that's the first thing I'm going to do, I'll let you know when I schedule it. I'll private message you both, feel free to add me on Facebook :) ...

Scratch that...I just got home to find an acceptance letter!!!!!! Wooo! How about anyone else?

I haven't heard anything yet, have you? I ended up not taking the English placement test yet, it really doesn't make sense to take it until I find out if I'm in. Have you heard anything yet?

I'm worried too, waiting to hear is the hardest part! I didn't apply anywhere else, my issue was that the programs are so expensive and since I still have to pay off my 1st bachelor's degree loans, I can't justify paying the $60,000 price tag that mo...

Considering the minimum GPA was around a 2.7 to apply, I think you should be fine! I'm around the same, my graduating gpa was a 3.33 with mostly A-'s and B+'s in my pre-reqs. That's a good idea about the placement test, I'm gonna call the advisers a...

I haven't heard anything yet, I'm pretty sure they said we should hear back sometime in March though. I was talking with one of the advisers and she said over 100 people applied for the accelerated program and 40 get in...and usually after the first...