Happy-ER-RN

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  1. Med error

    Happy-ER-RN replied to nursejennie76's topic in Emergency

    How many cc's would she have given him!... I am new but have never seen a concentration greater than 10mg/ml, how often do you draw up a dose of anything using 7 containers! And you would have to...

  2. Simple ultrasound question

    Happy-ER-RN posted a topic in Emergency

    This is bugging me so I can't wait until my next shift to ask. I am reading over my orientation manual and it mentioned inserting a Foley before a patient goes to ultrasound. Now, when I worked in a...

  3. OHHH The Arrogance of Some Doctors!!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Katydidit34's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was working my first night in triage the other night. I was doing my assessment on a young man in a triage room and he answered his phone while I was asking him questions. I was sitting across...

  4. Taking the weight off after nursing school

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was on days during orientation and I gained weight, it seemed like a lot of the day nurses were overweight and it seemed like we were always eating. Now that I am on nights I have lost 3 pounds...

  5. New nurse blues.

    Happy-ER-RN replied to epiphany's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen a lot of the same things. I am shocked at how cruel nurses and doctors are to some patients. I guess they just get sick of dealing with the same kinds of people over the years. Tonight...

  6. NCLEX tomorrow 7/11!!!! anyone else?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jlp2778's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations everyone! We have made it through one of the toughest things we will ever have to do. Now we just have to learn how to become good nurses! Everybody celebrate and relax!

  7. NCLEX tomorrow 7/11!!!! anyone else?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jlp2778's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I

  8. First day of orientation... WOW

    Happy-ER-RN replied to shape0fmyheart's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am 100% with you. I am well into my orientation and now getting close to being on my own. I get into situations where I just want to run screaming from the ED as fast I can and go wait tables for...

  9. I Passed!!!!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to nursegirl62's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    CONGRATULATIONS, NURSE!!!!! :balloons:

  10. NCLEX tomorrow 7/11!!!! anyone else?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jlp2778's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Only one more day guys! I have already checked the website, uhhh, like 15 times, just in case the results are posted early! :) I will try to only check one more time this evening. I am going to...

  11. NCLEX tomorrow 7/11!!!! anyone else?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jlp2778's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had one herbal question, can't remember though, I have blocked it out. I know one of the answers was St. Johns Wort, and I didn't pick that answer. :chuckle I would study the big herbals like...

  12. NCLEX anxiety 2nd time. Need advice/help

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jen9905's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think that it is almost more important to learn how to relax than it is to study. All of that information is stored away in your mind somewhere and when you are anxious you can't access the...

  13. NCLEX tomorrow 7/11!!!! anyone else?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jlp2778's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I felt like I was guessing on all of them also, and I also did very well in nursing school. I think everyone feels like that. Here is what I have been telling myself. I know for a fact that 85% of...

  14. NCLEX tomorrow 7/11!!!! anyone else?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jlp2778's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, I was scheduled to take my exam on the 12th, I decided last night to get online and make sure I was scheduled and I wasn't! I have no idea how it happened. So I did a search and it said the...

  15. Things to do while waiting for NCLEX results.

    Happy-ER-RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Any good (or amusing) tips for things to do while waiting for the torture to

  16. Five week ER orientation

    Happy-ER-RN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello. I am a new grad starting my Orientation in a busy level 1 trauma center next week. I will have 5 weeks of orientation before I will be on my own. I was never a Tech or anything, just had a...

  17. Things to do while waiting for NCLEX results.

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks!

  18. Five week ER orientation

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    So, how long does it take before I feel any sense of knowing what I am doing? Every day is so busy that it's just this whirlwind of things being thrown at me, after 6 shifts it seems like I have not...

  19. I Quit!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Mandylpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

  20. Five week ER orientation

    Happy-ER-RN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Hello everyone, just wanted to post an update. I am now in my 3rd week of orientation, I went to my manager yesterday and said I am not going to be ready in two weeks (most of it is general...

  21. School debt

    Happy-ER-RN replied to jesshopper12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Let's just say I could have bought a small house! I don't look at student loans as debt though. If you do consider it debt, consider it good debt. The interest you pay it back with will be...

  22. IV starts and drawing blood

    Happy-ER-RN replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

    We do it the exact same way. It is kind of a pain because you have to keep one hand pushing on the vein while you screw in the syringe one handed into an unanchored IV, then you have to draw the...

  23. Starting New Job- AWFUL!

    Happy-ER-RN replied to cnolan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Same thing happened to me!!! My preceptor called in sick so I was thrown with a nurse who thought I would be his little assistant for the day--on my fifth day in the ER. This means, he pawns all of...

  24. What's your favorite procedure?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely LOVE starting IV's. My non-nurse friends think I am sick. I think it is because from the very beginning I always wanted to be a good stick--I would be in clinical and someone would be...

  25. How do you control your emotions?

    Happy-ER-RN replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    I felt the same way in nursing school (I just graduated), I would get attached to patients and cry about them when I left. I worried that it would eat me up once I started working, but for some...