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Hi everyone. Before covid-19 I was working at a laser hair removal clinic as an RN. When we went into lockdown, I was furloughed. My clinic called me about a week ago letting me know they are reopening in June and asked me if I want to come back. I i...

I am 26 y.o. I graduated with my ADN in 2017 and got my BSN at a seperate program in May 2018. After graduating from ADN program I found a laser hair removal job and I loved it. I was working there because it was easy, fun job while I was still goin...

I am an orientee at a cardiac interventional unit and I just finished my 3rd week of orientation on the floor. I am a mess. The first 2 weeks I was with different nurses each time, and just this past week I have been assigned to a nurse who I will be...

I'm a new grad in my 3rd week of training. I had an elderly patient who was admitted to rule out sepsis. He came in c/o weakness and experienced chest pain the day before coming in to ED. He had hx of DM, htn, stent placement, hyperlipidemia, and ear...

On Monday I had a rapid response and I feel so responsible for it I don't want to go back to work. I had an elderly patient who was admitted to rule out sepsis. He came in c/o weakness and experienced chest pain the day before coming in to ED. He had...

Hi everyone! Have any of you have applied to Glendale Community College or Pasadena City College for the Fall 2015 ADN program? Have you received any emails or calls from the school since you applied? Do they send emails to let you know you qualified...

I started my preceptorship last week on the CICU unit night shift. My nurse and I went to pass meds and she was setting most of the IVs in the pumps and told me if I wanted to hang the Zosyn. I primed it hung it but didn't run it thinking she would d...

Thank you everyone for your response. I have definetly learned my lesson to communicate better and be more careful! All of your responses are appreciated and makes me feel a bit better!

It was piggy-bag running with NS, therefore the pump did not notify me about the clamped Zosyn.

I am in my 1st week of clinicals in second semester and don't know medications that well and it makes clinicals that much more scarry...I passed pharm with a B but forgot most of the information. There are certain meds I can tell you what they are fo...

What are some things you have been told to improve on by your clinical instructor in nursing school?

I am a month and a half into my 1st semester of nursing school. I have an A or B in my fundamentals class (teacher hasn't posted up our final yet) and a B so far in pharmacology. We have not started passing meds yet. We will start in 2 weeks. I feel ...

Hi everyone. I took my first fundamentals exam and got an 84%. 75-82% is a C so I barely made a B. The test was on 14 chapters and 98 questions. My teacher sent out the assigned readings in the summer before the program started. I began reading 2 wee...

Hi everyone. I need help figuring out how much Levaquin needs to be added to the IV bag. What I came up with is 1mL but since the question states Do NOT round this answer I think I got the wrong answer? My professor isn't giving us the answers until ...

Hi everyone! So my nursing program starts on June 22nd and tbh I am not that great at math. Because of that I am really paranoid with anything to do with numbers. For example, I work as a cashier at work sometimes and I check everything so many times...

@futurelvn2016 You'll make a great nurse! You seem like a caring person and I agree with you that a little fear will keep you on your toes and alert. That can be used to your advantage and not be a negative influence.

@RNsRwe We are having dosage calculations test soon so your response definitely helped motivate me. Thank you! :)

Thank you all for your response! It helps to see that I'm not the only one who had this fear. I am going to practice as much as I can to slowly build a bit of confidence.

Hey guys I got my acceptance today from LA County. Check your emails!! I'm giving up my seat because I will be attending GCC instead.

Correction: I checked the dates and I got the alt email on May 11 and the welcome packet the next day when I accepted my seat sorry for the mistake

I got my alternate letter on the 5th and turned in the alternate intent form the next day accepting the seat that may open. I got an email the same day (on the 6th) stating a seat has become available and that I am officially in the program and I got...

Oh ok then nvm I had to turn in my intent form by May 20th which gave me about 2 weeks to respond. I got the welcome packet on the day I was officially accepted into the program

Also the summer classes begin on June 22 I believe

@Sam_walsh17 you should call GCC and tell them you didn't receive the welcome packet because they send you the instructions on how to register for the fingerprinting and drug screening in that packet. They want it completed by June 2.

@Sam_walsh17 that's great! See you during orientation as well! Congratulations!