peds4now RN

How do you deal with, or plan to deal with, unprofessional behavior on the part of other nurses on your unit? I know many of us come to nursing as a second career, and I've read many comments about how nurses do not act as professionally as people i...

Hi, I've been a nurse for a year, all of it in Peds. I'm at a magnet children's hospital, and I actually am not required to have PALS certification. I like where I am, but I want to be marketable in case I want to change jobs sometime in the next c...

you cannot auscultate lower lobes from the front, so I hope you are not charting them if you only listen on the front. Very few patients cannot be turned at all. And in fact you should be turning them to cya concerning that giant pressure ulcer the...

Hi. I'm a newish nurse and there seems to be some disagreement on my unit about blood administration. Yes, I'm gonna look it up in books, but there are so many very experienced and knowledgeable people here-maybe you can help? We've got the transfu...

Thank you all for your help. Now I remember being taught prime the NS to the filter to stop hemolysis. I think that's what I'm gonna do in the future. Makes sense. It's good to see there are people doing it the various ways too. Thanks!

As an RN, assessments are one of the few things only you can do. Maybe you are very task-oriented and are thinking about everything that must be done, but ASSESSMENT is #1 on that list. By 4-5 hours into your shift you should be on your first follo...

I am fat, and not bold and beautiful fat. I'm 5'4" and 148 lbs. I wear a size 12 if it's generous, otherwise a 14. I look small (bones, arms, below knee), but my hips are 44, waist 35, bust 43. And I'm a new grad. Yes, my goal is to lose 20-30 p...

IMHOPEFUL, I'm so sorry. You can do this. It is worth it. Once you are an RN, you can have that license forever if you keep it up. In the greater scheme of things this is just a little setback. When I was younger a horrible thing (that turned out...

I'm a new RN (like, as of today I have a license number!). Anyways, an instructor told me to choose a couple journals and keep up with them, but I have a hard time judging which are respected and good, and which are fluff. I'm also going into Peds...

buildingmyfaith57, I wore solid black scrubs with a bright T underneath once as a student nurse intern, and a nurse pulled me aside and told me people don't like to see that color in the hospital (it was preop, I was learning to start IVs). LOL! I ...

I also just became an RN and also am taking a Versant Residency position. I actually think that by the 5 month mark I'm going to be dying to be off "probation" as it were and on to doing my thing, but I figure you only get to be a new grad once. My...

1st of all, ty for all the you're not fat posts. Technically, I am edging into the obese category, and my BMI is really hi, plus my waist is way too big (truncal obesity). Take my word for it, I don't carry it that well. I guess I'm also totally ...

Peds surgical floor

thanks for your replies! I hope to move to PICU, NICU, CTICU within a couple years, I hope the competition isn't still so thick!!!!!

I would continue doing questions, but maybe take a "breather" and read that content you mentioned. Review medications, what you would use them for, and any weird side effects or admin. instructions Good luck. I had 75Qs and have joined the nervous...

I took mine July 26, still waiting. Right now the website says it was updated July 27, so it would be a bit early. Don't lose hope. 2 days was exceptionally quick for bogeyboy. Maybe your file is being handled by a different person who has a big ...

I took my test yesterday, and the Ca BRN website license check says it was updated yesterday (in the evening looks like), and I'm not there! Does that mean I didn't pass? How many days does it generally take for the results to get up on the website...

well, let me answer myself. I did a search here and it seems it could be 3-7 days or 4 weeks-or even longer if my file is not complete. Like, if the office worker who processes my name is on vacation this week it could be pushed off. I hope my tra...

He'd probably still insist on observing Jewish holidays, and let me tell you, the nurse managers' eyes pop out when they hear the new grad won't work Friday nights, no matter how many other shifts s/he will work to make up for it. So no, I'd think he...

You Did It!!!!!! Congratulations!

I'm sorry you did not pass. I would suggest an online review (Kaplan/College Network) that lets you ID your weaknesses. Saunders is great for content. I don't know yet if I passed, but just pick up the pieces and move on. Keep studying, so you won...

Congratulations to you! And good job for hanging in there and giving your best for 245 Qs!

Okay, it's Tuesday and I test Thursday. When did you take a break if you did at all? after 75? after 100? I tend to test much quicker than is required, like so even though I dream of passing after 75, I may close my eyes and deep breathe a bit in...

I test on Thursday and have half of Q7 to go-I suspended it, I admit it. On 5 I got 72%, 68% on Q6. My advice to you is that 2 weeks is actually a long time. You have the basic nursing knowledge probably, you just need to get serious about your la...

CALM DOWN! That's easy for me to say, I know, because I don't take my test for 2 more days. At the 75 question mark (60 real questions, 15 testers), the computer evaluates whether you are already at a point where you are getting 50% of the question...