AuntieRN

AuntieRN

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  1. What is a good place to buy nurse malpractice insurance

    AuntieRN replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I also am a new grad and I just got insurance from NSO. I was half off because I was a new grad. So the highest coverage which I think was something like 1m/6m was only 45.00 for the first

  2. Nclex

    AuntieRN replied to pvit486's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used quite a few...Kaplan, Davis, Delmar, Mosby and Saunders. My favorite was Davis. I also used these all through school. Good luck on your

  3. I'm Stuck/Long Intro

    AuntieRN replied to drmorton2b's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    I agree. Check out what LPNs can do. I know about 7-8 yrs ago they were not using LPNs in very many places. Just a few LTC would hire them. Good luck to you in whatever your future

  4. Same test questions every year?

    AuntieRN replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Be very careful. Just because "everyone else" has it does not make it right. The class that graduated 2 semesters ahead of mine got into trouble for something similiar to this situation. They were all...

  5. Made a med error

    AuntieRN replied to danigirl58's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened to you as well. I am scared to death I will make a med error and someone will get hurt (I am a brand new grad 8/06). I agree your manager handled this totally inappropriately....

  6. Grading Scale

    AuntieRN replied to jaylynn67's topic in General Nursing

    Ours was the same as Jaylynn's. Anything below a 77 was failing. Really stunk. I had a 92.5 average the first semester, a 92 average the second and a 91.4 the 3rd. They also did not found up obviously...

  7. Appreciated in different ways...

    AuntieRN replied to jack19's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah I forgot...I got a $25.00 gift card to Walmart because of something a pt wrote in their survey about me. I never was told or shown what was written but I guess it was

  8. Appreciated in different ways...

    AuntieRN replied to jack19's topic in General Nursing

    Well living at the beach I have gotten stuff like beach towels, sunscreen, mats to lay on the beach, coffee cups and a weather vane for my

  9. MED cheat sheet for clinicals!

    AuntieRN replied to mcknis's topic in General Students

    You're lucky you get your pt the day before. We did not know what our pt was going to be like until that morning. Then we had to look up all the drugs that morning before we could give them. Finally...

  10. Does your school curve your test score

    AuntieRN replied to SA2BDOCTOR's topic in General Students

    Ours sure didn't with the exception of our Psych professor. Who, herself would tell you she did not expect anyone to actually pass her exams or class on their own without her help. So I would ask...

  11. Never Give Up .... my story of inspiration

    AuntieRN replied to nursing85's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    WOW that is awesome!!! Congratulations to you. You should be truly

  12. took nclex today

    AuntieRN replied to priscilla7424's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Heck I cried as soon as I hit the button to go down the elvator and cried the whole 1 1/2 hours it took me to get home. Mine stopped at 75 questions. I really thought I had blown it. Then I found out...

  13. What to Buy

    AuntieRN replied to shaazzaamm34's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated 8/10/06 and I just bought my self a 2006 volkswagon convertable bug. Red with a black top. It is what I always wanted. I started out looking for it the day I found out I passed my boards....

  14. AHHH I just took the RN exam!

    AuntieRN replied to student240's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    student240 I have my fingers crossed for you as well. How quick can you find out? I thought the questions on the NCLEX we insanely crazy. I used the Kaplan book and found their questions were pretty...

  15. How did you find your first nursing job?

    AuntieRN replied to jimd59's topic in General Nursing

    I was working there already as a Nurse Tech and knew I would have a position as an RN when I finished. I took my boards on Oct 5th found out I passed on the 6th and started general orientation 2 weeks...

  16. Medication tips??

    AuntieRN replied to dani_girl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had a hard time with these too. But I just found them again in the memory notebook of nursing... beta blockers actions: B1=heart (you only have one heart) B2=lungs(you have two lungs) Calcium...

  17. Okay WOW!

    AuntieRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    congrats

  18. Can someone tell me more about being a CNA?

    AuntieRN replied to slou!'s topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I agree with sam02700...I was a CNA for over 20 years before I went to nursing school and I felt I had a slight advantage that first semester over my classmates. I was already comfortable with walking...

  19. didn't want to make a big deal out of this...

    AuntieRN replied to chelli73's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats chelli!!!!!!!! and good luck to you in your future

  20. Contracts

    AuntieRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    We have to stay in our current position for 6mos before we can move to another position in the hospital system..but we do not have any kind of contract that says we have to stay with the system...

  21. Time of Day for Routine Vital Signs

    AuntieRN replied to pattchez's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our Med/Surg units all follow this schedule: Routine 8a and 8p BID would be the same as above QID would be 8a 12N 78 12M Q4hr 8a-12n-4p-8p-12m-4a our post-ops are q2hr x6 then they go to q4hr x24h at...

  22. Pinning ceremony, now that you're an RN, was it worth it?

    AuntieRN replied to Halinja's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't pay for our pinning either, just the pin...wait no it cost us $10 for a graduation fee to get our diplomas sent to us and we picked out our own pins and the price ranged from $10- so...

  23. I'm nervous

    AuntieRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I start my orientation on the floor this week. I get to do 4 weeks on days then 3 weeks on nights. I know nursing school has not prepared me for this and I am scared out of my wits. I have been a...

  24. I'm nervous

    AuntieRN replied to AuntieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you Brooke13RN. Congrats and good luck to you

  25. I failed NCLEX again!!!!

    AuntieRN replied to Nursing28's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats