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  1. Another NY question

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

  2. Nurses's diagnosis

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

    a doctor's diagnosis regards the patient's medical condition. A nurse's diagnosis regards the patient's response to said condition. So a doctor would diagnose, say, kidney failure, and implement...

  3. Telling the public "what nurses do"

    MIA-RN1 replied to C. Rosella's topic in General Nursing

    When I got my PostPartum job, i heard a couple comments along the lines of "Oh, how nice! You get to play with the babies!" Yeah, I wish lol. I don't know that there is any simple

  4. postpartum newbie looking for a bit of help

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    hi all! My orientation into postpartum and the world of nursing in general is going along great. But every once in a while something will happen and I won' t have time to ask another nurse about it at...

  5. postpartum newbie looking for a bit of help

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I love how much info is shared here. This site is awesome!

  6. postpartum newbie looking for a bit of help

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thank you! I do remember how important to use two hands and now its all making sense to me. And I can visualize what you mean with your hands and will probably use it in practice!

  7. Freakishly Random

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

    You have the same knowledge that everyone else in your class has! You won't be any different and you will pass like the rest. I don't have any real advice since I don't know yet if I passed, but try...

  8. Freakishly Random

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

    yep. I kind of felt that my nursing knowledge was only slightly tested and my grasp of nursing process was really the point of the

  9. Lets take a Vote for me please

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNKay31's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    9+7=16 1+6 = 7 = Thought/consciousness 9+11 = 20 = 2= Balance. Union. Receptive. Yin. So although the 7 looks good, you must remember that 11 is a master number. ( 11/2. Self identification. Ego in...

  10. Freakishly Random

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

    Thanks! I hope so. I know I got the last question right--it was an easy one but maybe only cause it was something I learned about thru work. I don't know. I went out for coffee right after w/ my...

  11. Freakishly Random

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

    Hi Colleen! I'm glad to hear from you! I hope you are enjoying your job @ P-R! :) The questions were nothing like the ones at school. School's questions were way more picky. NCLEX are more broad....

  12. postpartum newbie looking for a bit of help

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you! So the presence of clots are not to stop bleeding where the placenta was attached, which is what I was wondering. Instaed its the clotted blood that has sat within the uterus. THat makes...

  13. Did I under react?

    MIA-RN1 replied to htrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    reading this thread w/ interest-- what is a C/S? (I am thinking its prolly something I know but call something else and can't place it) And is volume depletion r/t conehead something really serious? I...

  14. Post C/S patient care

    MIA-RN1 replied to Woman_in_love's topic in Ob/Gyn

    our protocols just changed last week--being still on orientation I had almost mastered them when they were switched. I am pretty sure its like this: VS q 1/2h X3 Including O2 sat then VS q1h X2...

  15. Nclex Tomorrow (7/24)!!!

    MIA-RN1 replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I hear ya. Its 8:51pm 7/23/06 as I write this===in 12 hours I will be taking my test too. I am DONE w/ the studying. Lab values be darned llol. Saw "The Lady In The Water" today, got my hair cut and...

  16. kids and being Nurse

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

    Before I was a nurse I worked weekends and hubby was home w/ the kids and it really worked out great. Defintiely a do-able option if you can find the job.

  17. Advice for RNs who are still wet behind the ears

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

    Yes! I have learned more in the few weeks I"ve been working than I think I learned thru school. I don't mean skills--those were well covered. But just the paperwork/time management/ people skills and...

  18. Advice for RNs who are still wet behind the ears

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

    I would like to know too. In school we were told to be honest and say "I am not sure of that answer. I will look it up and be right back with the answer" then of course, we were to follow thru on it...

  19. kids and being Nurse

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

    iI hear you about the 3-11 shift. My son is 18 and mostly comes and goes without much incident but my daughter is 12 and I am working straight eves. My husband comes home at 5:30 or 6 but she will...

  20. name badges?

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

    Yes most definitely. The custom made badges are just so nice and pretty and then the official badges are all bright red (security with the newborns) and have nursefinders etc. on

  21. name badges?

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am trying to find a place online that sells custom name badges. Most of the nurses where I work all ordered really pretty name badges with all sorts of backgrounds, with their name and title. No one...

  22. Removing Foley. Inhale or exhale?

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

    I have them cough when I pull it

  23. Questions: for working, new or experienced RN's

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

    Is it normal to be scared out of my mind ? Sure! You are entering a whole new world, you don't know the unit culture, you don't know who your friends are (or arent!) and you are not familiar with any...

  24. What was your favorite area?

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

    Psych and OB, hands down. I like the interaction and talking/teaching, and I enjoy learning the many ways the human mind can interpret reality. I did enjoy a nice dressing change now and again lol....

  25. Help! New Grad in Mental Health

    MIA-RN1 replied to LadyStar42's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are old enough to know what you want to do and what you don't want to do. Follow your gut, your heart and your intuition. I hate med surg and started right in Postpartum; I don't buy into the...