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  1. 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 that was just wrong, or was it mostly on track? I am...
  2. Giving injections!

    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 placement. I am not so bad in the arm but when I have to g...
  3. Professional Portfolio????

    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 been a nurse just about a year and I don't have much!...
  4. paperwork aaaarrrrggghhhh!!

    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 educator to review paperwork protocols. Everyone bu...
  5. 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 I don't understand is what I can do to catch it e...
  6. 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 where I work and the one stays with me and the othe...
  7. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    both!
  8. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    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 should have refused the assignment." "The nurse s...
  9. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    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 charges had to work within that, flexing us down t...
  10. Why Do Nurses Allow Understaffing?

    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 staff so many FTE's, then thats what we have to work ...
  11. When should I apply for 1st RN job?

    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 overnights, because I looked early and got one of...
  12. how long is a new grad a new grad??

    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 my first year which just ended, I consider myself...
  13. Go right to the floor or to a specialty?

    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 right to postpartum (mother/baby) Its been just ov...
  14. Whites or Colored scrubs?

    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. That might change of course after I am wearing th...
  15. looking for some advice

    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 lol.
  16. looking for some advice

    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 to anyone that I was even thinking of leaving. I ...
  17. Self Scheduling. Does it exist?

    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 in at the same time and the scheduler does what s...
  18. Anyone like being a nurse?

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

    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 98 to just finish up liberal arts degree since I ha...
  20. Anyone practice Guided Imagery?

    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 bed. Feel the earth between your toes, feel the g...
  21. How to organize your "brains"

    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 spreadsheet with big boxes. I can get eight colums of 1...
  22. What's the weirdest baby name?

    I knew of a young man named MacPassion many years ago. Wonder what ever became of him?
  23. Tricks to remember things

    ACE inhibitors: A Cough Expected in April (they make you cough and end with --pril)
  24. Is this my fault?

    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 probably would have seen if there were any pain meds ...
  25. Nclex-rn

    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 luck!