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  1. If you took Kaplan and then took the NCLEX...

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Did you find that Kaplan helped you? Do you find the same level of questions on the NCLEX, or were they easier or harder than the ones you practiced with on Kaplan. Were you told anything at Kaplan...

  2. Giving injections!

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I love being a nurse. There are a couple things I don't like however. Probably one of the jobs I most dislike is giving IM injections. I get nervous, and sweat, and second and third-guess my...

  3. Professional Portfolio????

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So we have to do a professional portfolio for our reviews this month. (I think its a magnet thing but not sure since this is my first year in practice) I haven't a clue what to put in....I've only...

  4. paperwork aaaarrrrggghhhh!!

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    hi all. I am just getting SO frustrated at work. The new employee orientation was so disorganized, that all of us new employees (four, and all new RN's) are being met with individually by the nurse...

  5. ilieus and how to dx and treat it

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I have had a few patients recently that have developed ilieus post c-section. I am putting this in the general thread because I know that patients develop it from other surgeries as well. What...

  6. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    MIA-RN1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have the standard find-outabout-pt-at-end-of-shift dream a lot but recently, I've had a real run of dreams where I have twin boys and one I can care for and one I can't. Mostly the babies are born...

  7. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    both!

  8. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you but when is management really going to take responsibility? Lets face it, a bad outcome is going to first be attributed to the bedside nurse, even if its a staffing issue. ("The nurse...

  9. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah I agree and I have made issue of assignments before. Just also felt the powers that be kind of trying to make me feel guilty. Management had decreed that our ratio would be 1:5 couplets. And...

  10. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNfaster's topic in General Nursing

    If I refused my assignment because it is too heavy, another nurse would have to absorb them and then it would be worse for her. Plus I would worry about abandonment issues. If management will only...

  11. When should I apply for 1st RN job?

    MIA-RN1 replied to beccajo4915's topic in First Year After Licensure

    start looking now, beat the rush to find the hours you want. I had my job lined up in November, didn't graduate til may> I am just about the only person I know of who didn't have to work a job with...

  12. how long is a new grad a new grad??

    MIA-RN1 replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you are only a new grad until someone is hired toyour floor that graduated after you! :) Seriously, if you have recently passed your NCLEX, then you are not a new grad. You are a new nurse. Even after...

  13. Go right to the floor or to a specialty?

    MIA-RN1 replied to hbug's topic in General Nursing

    you have to follow your heart; you are working hard to become a nurse and you deserve to do what you want to do. There are no 'shoulds' because there are two sides to everything. I graduated and went...

  14. Whites or Colored scrubs?

    MIA-RN1 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I am soooo in the minority but I like the white scrubs. Perhaps its because I've been forced to wear lavender for the past year, but whites to me are so symbolic of nursing and I feel better in them....

  15. looking for some advice

    MIA-RN1 replied to colleennurse's topic in General Nursing

    I am moving out of mother/baby and onto women's surgery which also includes some oncology, hospice and bit of dialysis just for grins and giggles

  16. looking for some advice

    MIA-RN1 replied to colleennurse's topic in General Nursing

    coleen, I empathize. I am leaving my first nursing job next month to switch to a different unit all together but within the same hospital. What I did was I waited til the last moment before mentioning...

  17. Self Scheduling. Does it exist?

    MIA-RN1 replied to badgernurse's topic in General Nursing

    we have self-scheduling w/ the rules (e/o weekend, e/o holiday) and it works okay but the bottom line is what is good for the unit. The perdiems and the full time and part times all put their requests...

  18. Anyone like being a nurse?

    MIA-RN1 replied to misserella8036's topic in General Nursing

    I love being a nurse. Maybe I don't love my work situation right now, but the basic, fundamental fact of becoming a nurse is the best thing I've ever done for

  19. How long did it take for you to get your RN?...

    MIA-RN1 replied to Butterfly23's topic in General Nursing

    hmm when i first started in 1989 I went for two years...one year of prereqs and sciences and then another semester of clinical and then half a semester and withdrew for health. Started back in 97 or...

  20. Anyone practice Guided Imagery?

    MIA-RN1 replied to icuabbie's topic in Holistic

    I use it when patients are painful or stressed or worried or basically whenever it seems right. I use a really simple one: Feet on floor or if not sitting then feel them rest against the bottom of the...

  21. How to organize your "brains"

    MIA-RN1 replied to DeeSki's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have a column w/ each patients name and pertinent info. Then I block off time in hours and fill in each hour block with things that need to be done during that hour. The sheet is like an excel...

  22. Tricks to remember things

    MIA-RN1 replied to Holly27's topic in General Nursing

    ACE inhibitors: A Cough Expected in April (they make you cough and end with

  23. Is this my fault?

    MIA-RN1 replied to labcat01's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I think I would have assessed the patient and then reviewed his orders. Maybe the pain was something else---maybe he needed hot packs, simethicone, colace...something else might have helped. And I...

  24. Nclex-rn

    MIA-RN1 replied to jab77's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Kaplan and lots and lots of review questions. The CD "Nursing 3000" was good but Kaplan really gives you the kinds of questions you will get on the NCLEX. Good

  25. What are the huge "DO NOT EVER DO" things that new nurses need to know about? calling

    MIA-RN1 replied to katiebugg's topic in General Nursing

    count your narcs. Every