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Any advice/tips would be greatly appreciated. I'm very nervous about working this whole week. Will I be suspended or worse, get my license taken away if I mess up somehow? I can't believe many nurses called in this week just to avoid this :/

thank you everyone and also to caliotter3 for your very informative comments! it definitely will help me out :)

i have a lot of meds due at 7am tomorrow morning, im thinking of starting 7am am med pass at 330am, is that ok? i think it is because all the other shifts i give out the meds early but i just wanted to make sure. thank u guys for the replies

yes i am the only nurse on the midnight shift. it's just me and 55 patients. they are mosly 7am meds and some 6am meds

i understand the 6am med pass since it's before the 7am punch out, but what about the meds that are on the MAR at exactly 7am? thank you

I do 11-7 for the first time tomorrow, I've seen yesterday's LPN who worked 11-7 marked off the med pass for 7am for today. ex. She did 11-7 on 3/14/13 and she signed off the 7am med pass for 3/15/13. I thought the 7-3 shift did the 7am med pass? or does it depend on the facility?

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Hello guys. I will soon start orientating at a nursing home for the 3-11 shift. I'm getting really anxious about not doing things on time. I was just wondering what everyone's typical day/routine is that I can model myself to. For example, what goes on from the beginning of the shift to the end? I know that I can start med pass an hour before what's written in the MAR. What goes on in between med passes though and when is the best time to do things like charting, nurse's notes etc? Thank you

Thank you very much :)

Thank you very much for your comment. I said little bits and pieces of your answers to the interviewer but they weren't complete like yours lol. I will definitely review from your comment. I agree! And being nervous doesn't help when trying to answer either lol. I did say watch for s/s of hypoglycemia and hyperlycemia but I didn't answer the way he wanted me to (give glucagon). Thank you again

Hey guys, I've been to one interview already the other day and I failed miserably. I thought I was prepared but it turns out I wasn't. I didn't practice enough as I was asked critical thinking questions, and I pretty much froze in most of them. I was wondering if you guys can help me out by giving me a few pointers and how to answer some of these questions that I got: 1. You find a patient on the floor, what do you do? 2. 3 patients: One with chest pain, one with shortness of breath, and one that fell. In which order would you attend to these patients and what would you do? 3. How would you care for a patient with dementia? 4. You are doing admissions, what would you put on the admissions sheet? 5. You are in charge of 2 CNAs, one leaves after a fight with the other CNA, what do you do? 6. A patient's family is arguing with you about the patient in the patient's room, what should you do? 7. How do you care for a diabetic patient and what do you watch out for? Thank you very much in advance. I can't believe I'm getting a second chance to interview but I will make sure that next time I will be very well prepared. Also, please feel free to put in extra critical thinking scenarios that I might be asked in a nursing home facility. Thanks in advance :)