AuntieRN

AuntieRN

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  1. Is this normal?

    AuntieRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a fairly new grad. Graduated Aug/06. I am now going into my 5th week of orientation on med/surg. I have made a med error already...and it really has me upset. I am having nightmares and I have so...

  2. Is this normal?

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

    Thank you everyone for all your support. I know quitting really isn't an option....I knwo I worked hard to get here...and I know everyone makes mistakes...I had a much better day yesterday once I...

  3. Telemetry Tech position VS. Nursing Assistant

    AuntieRN replied to mom2three's topic in Cardiac

    If you want to be a critical care/ER nurse when you finish school I would say monitor tech. I don't know about your school but ours only spent about 3 days on reading strips and the different...

  4. ID check at Testing Center

    AuntieRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yeah my DL only has my first and last name on it...but my ATT and nursing license have my first, middle and last name on them. It will be ok...good luck when you take your

  5. Med Surg rotation....

    AuntieRN replied to MsShanRN's topic in General Students

    I too found OB and Peds to be the hardest classes. Med/surg was not as hard to me as it was to others. Everyones perception is different so you have to just go into it with an open mind and not listen...

  6. I got pinned

    AuntieRN replied to savedbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!!!! great feeling isn't

  7. Post Nursing School Blues

    AuntieRN replied to gerry79's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I too went through something similiar...its like all of a sudden you don't know what to do with yourself...I also think the crying was a sense of relief...I bawled my fool head off the night I got...

  8. What did nursing school do to you?

    AuntieRN replied to samaletta's topic in General Nursing

    it killed my 6 year relationship that I thought would never end... took me away from my friends and family.... gave me the strength to prove my stepmother wrong when she told me I would never amount...

  9. How many times did you take the NCLEX before you passed?

    AuntieRN replied to blackberry4eva's topic in General Nursing

    I also was one of the lucky ones. I passed it the first time with 75 questions. I also agree studying from the NCLEX review books while in school helped me out tremendously. Good

  10. Use of Calculators, open to all RNs

    AuntieRN replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    We were always encouraged to use a calculator. Doing in on paper or in your head can result in huge errors sometimes, especially when doing calculations with big numbers like heparin. I used NCLEX...

  11. Hello SC Nurses!

    AuntieRN replied to pipersjo's topic in General Nursing

    Just do not be surprised when you see the starting pay for new grads. It is not like up north...although I do not know what W.Virginia is like either. But yes SC is lovely. I have been here for over 6...

  12. My first MED ERROR!!!

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

    I made my first med error today...I totally understand what you are going through...luckily our pts are

  13. Underage alcohol poisoning/ Drug Overdose

    AuntieRN replied to futurern123's topic in General Nursing

    I know that we tell our pts on our ER that they are not going to get in trouble with the law. It is a HIPPA violation to tell. Just like we can not just draw a BAL for the cops unless the pt signs a...

  14. New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    AuntieRN replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    It used to be that new grads started on nights...they had to "do their time" so to say...doesnt appear to be that way so much anymore, at least not around here especially since we do 12 hour shifts. I...

  15. Anyone heard of this award?

    AuntieRN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yup thats what I was just gonna say. I get them all the

  16. do grades really matter after graduation?

    AuntieRN replied to iheartnurses's topic in Texas Nursing

    OMG guage14iv I almost peed myself laughing at your response....I love

  17. New Grad - can't keep it together.

    AuntieRN replied to vegnurse21's topic in General Nursing

    My preceptor and I started with only getting 4 patients the first week. The first day I shadowed her the second day I took one pt then picked up one each day until I hit 4 pts. I stayed with four pts...

  18. New Grad - can't keep it together.

    AuntieRN replied to vegnurse21's topic in General Nursing

    PinkAurora..I can sympathize with you as I am sure just about any other nurse here as we all start out as new grads. I am a new grad myself. I have been orienting on a busy med/surg floor days for...

  19. What's your holiday bonus?

    AuntieRN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We get a frozen turkey...and a free meal ticket wether we work that day or not...but I really can not complain because they are good to us during the year...in the summer they buy out one of the local...

  20. Where can I find Mantoux/PPD??

    AuntieRN replied to yangkchoua's topic in General Nursing

    Mantoux/PPD is a skin test to see if you have been exposed to Tuberculosis (sp?). You can usually get it at any health care facility such as a clinic, health dept or doctors

  21. finals advice

    AuntieRN replied to smokes06's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I studied from NCLEX review books all during school. I would like to wish you good luck on your upcoming

  22. Latex Allergies

    AuntieRN replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I too have a latex allergy that is or should I say has been luckily only contact dermatitis...nothing resp....thank goodness....I too have a hard time with anything like my socks etc breaking out the...

  23. Wild Color Stethoscope?

    AuntieRN replied to tofutti's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    tofutti this is funny because my first stethoscope in school was bright orange...then for xmas last year I got a breast cancer pink Littman. I was more excited about getting that than anything else....

  24. I need an ice scraper along with some good advice

    AuntieRN replied to FrostedWindow's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated at the age of 41 1/2. You can do

  25. No Holiday Pay?

    AuntieRN replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We get pd time and a half if we work it...nothing if we do not work the