PCnurse88

PCnurse88

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  1. PCCN Certification 2018

    PCnurse88 replied to Cannary22's topic in General Nursing

    I used: 1) Ace the PCCN You Can Do It, review questions by Nicole Kupchick 2) AACN's Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing 3) PCCN Exam Practice Questions by Mometrix 4) The AACN's progressive care...

  2. Texting in nursing

    PCnurse88 replied to kimbagirl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi! I have an auditory processing disorder. I'm not hearing impaired by any means, I have EXCELLENT hearing, but my brain does not filter out background noise like most peoples. This makes talking on...

  3. Any certifications I can earn as a student to better my resume for when I graduate?

    PCnurse88 replied to themurse133's topic in General Nursing

    I actually recommend not doing any certifications other than maybe BLS. This is for a few reasons: 1) Many hospitals will pay for you to do certifications, especially if it's required. If they don't...

  4. If you apply and accept a job, don't bail out for no good reason

    PCnurse88 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I used to think like that, too. I drove an hour and a half one way to my first nursing job for 15 months before I finally had to change to a hospital closer to home. I was literally falling asleep...

  5. Patient waking up during CPR

    PCnurse88 replied to LisaStone's topic in General Nursing

    The very first time I did CPR the patient woke up and immediately grabbed me while I was doing compressions. I was so shocked the only reason I didn't fall off the bed was because the chief resident...

  6. Nurses' Week - Upended.

    PCnurse88 replied to evilolive07's topic in General Nursing

    Our med students graduated this week, so we had a couple luncheons and parties for them. It was in the bulletin, we got emails about "hugging a med student!", whole shebang. The managers did...

  7. Anyone working nurse labeled a Non-Responder with vaccines?

    PCnurse88 replied to jengix29's topic in General Nursing

    I've had enough vaccines to cover like 3 normal people. Chicken pox 3 times, MMR I think 4, hep series a few times... nothing sticks. My nursing school made me do the entire series over. My first and...

  8. Nail Manicures

    PCnurse88 replied to SamiGee's topic in General Nursing

    I get gel manicures sometimes and they typically last me almost 3 weeks before the first chip, which is when I take them off. Regular nail polish comes off within a day so I don't even bother, unless...

  9. Critical Care Experience

    PCnurse88 replied to thatswhatshesaid's topic in General Nursing

    It would probably vary hospital to hospital. Our cath lab nurses are definitely considered critical care nurses / it's considered a critical care "unit". There is a hospital nearby that is somewhat of...

  10. Charge nurse after 1.5 years on unit

    PCnurse88 replied to Nurse-please's topic in General Nursing

    You've been there 1.5 years? I'd consider myself lucky if I was given that long before they made me charge! Our facility makes everyone do charge at least a couple times, usually around the 1 year...

  11. Best review questions for PCCN exam prep?

    PCnurse88 replied to rrappsalas's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    AACN's Essentials of Progressive Care Nursing is a good book, but it isn't a question book. "Ace the PCCN You Can Do It" by Nicole Kupchik was extremely helpful, as was the AACN's online course...

  12. Oxygen order changes

    PCnurse88 replied to Danztam's topic in General Nursing

    My (adult) unit recently implemented this and it's going terribly. People are on oxygen for DAYS longer than they need to be because we can't titrate without a new O2 order, but the residents take a...

  13. How confident are you with reading tele

    PCnurse88 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. The blocks can be challenging at first, and there are plenty of things (not necessarily tele) that I go home and look up. We cannot possibly know everything about the medical field,...

  14. Failed NCLEX

    PCnurse88 replied to lmille88's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had all 265 questions with my NCLEX too- horrible. I cried through probably the last 100 questions, and then sobbed my whole way home - probably shouldn't have been on the highway! All of my friends...

  15. Best site for CEUs?

    PCnurse88 replied to coopman712's topic in General Nursing

    If you join an organization (like AACN, AMSN, or whatever your specialty is), sometimes they give free CEUs. All of mine are free, and my membership counts towards my clinical ladder. Obviously the...

  16. Getting yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    PCnurse88 replied to NewbieNurse93's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a fellow yell at me in the patient's room, in front of another nurse and the patient's family. At the time I was too shocked to do anything for various reasons -in front of a patient and...

  17. "untestable" on NIHSS

    PCnurse88 replied to kataraang's topic in General Nursing

    I asked this exact question when we added NIHSS to our charting, and I was told by neurologists and by the NIHSS educator that this would get a score of 4. We were told the only reason to score...

  18. Leaving first job, did you have a pay increase?

    PCnurse88 replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    Are you leaving the hospital, or just the unit? I left Hospital A medsurg to go to Hospital B medsurg and actually took a $6/hr paycut. My benefits were much better and instead of traveling 50 miles...

  19. Female catheterization with possible retained tampon

    PCnurse88 replied to heatherrn1234's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Uh, if you think your patient has a retained tampon, I would hope you'd be spreading her legs IMMEDIATELY to check and calling the doc ASAP as this could very quickly lead to TSS, sepsis, and/or...

  20. Whose responsibility is it to fill out the radiology checklist?

    PCnurse88 replied to Arenn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Agreed, it varies facility to facility. At my per diem, the nurse has to help the patient fill out the MRI screening; at my full-time, it is the job of the MRI tech. Pre-op checklist falls to the...

  21. 4 weeks?!

    PCnurse88 replied to Aem207's topic in Cardiac

    I agree, 4 weeks is a horrible thing for a new grad. It's not nearly enough time to learn everything you need to do, nor enough time for you to feel comfortable on the unit. That being said... I...

  22. Advice for a new nurse!

    PCnurse88 replied to Ajefferson's topic in Medical-Surgical

    1) Use the search feature here on AN because there are literally millions of threads with great advice. 2) To add to those lists and emphasize some stuff, find a brain sheet that works for you. You...

  23. Amsn

    PCnurse88 replied to suni's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I really want to, but I'm not sure if it will happen. Now is a really poor time to ask my manager about it for hospital-issue reasons, plus it will be during the first month of the semester. So...

  24. SCD'S with history of DVT

    PCnurse88 replied to sirwinston1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Most of the time we don't use SCDs in patients with blood clots or with a history of clots because they are already on blood thinners. My hospital exclusively uses heparin drips for a diagnosis of...

  25. Med-Surg Certification

    PCnurse88 replied to cgray78's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The AMSN website has a few suggestions for course materials. I'm also studying for my exam, so I don't know which ones will be better for passing as I haven't tested, but I'm using and/or looking into...