S.T.A.C.E.Y

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  1. Feedback wanted. New grad applying to ER.

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to Miss Mora's topic in Emergency

    Sounds good to me, but I'd bet that if you're doing your final preceptorship there now, and theres a spot open, you'll likely be hired based on what you've demonstrated, not what goes on ur cover...

  2. transferring pts. from ED to floor

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to LCR_RN's topic in Emergency

    I don't really know the details of how this works, since I've never personally had to do it, but I've heard it mentioned a few times. I think the house supervisor tells the charge nurse that this...

  3. transferring pts. from ED to floor

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to LCR_RN's topic in Emergency

    In our ER we call the floor and usually get the "the nurse is busy can she call you back." Most nurses give the floors a break and give them about 30-45 mins to call back before they start to get...

  4. New Nurses-Length of Job Search?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to abundantjoy07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I sent out applications at the start of my final semester. Had one interview before I even applied b/c I was doing my final placement there. Told I was hired before the interview even started. Got...

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

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to beccajo4915's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started going to job fairs at the beginning of my final year. Just to get a feel of how they worked, talk with recruiters, and get a better idea of what to expect when I was actively looking for a...

  6. How many in your class Started/Finished

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to carilyn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We started with about 77, graduated with 38, including two who had dropped back from the year

  7. How do YOU check a temp in an orally intubated person?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

    The ER I work in only really uses tympanic thermometers. Theres a few rectal things for continuous monitoring in one of the drawers, but they've got alot of dust on them. I have yet to see a regular...

  8. Poll: How long is your orientation?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to jessi1106's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm working in a large-busy ER I have around 7 months of orientation. Four months of preceptorship with general hospital orientation for the first week or so, then classroom stuff randomly thrown...

  9. How was CRNE in JUNE / 6?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to WYZQ07's topic in International Nursing

    The exam was ok, but so hard to know whether or not you passed. I studied, but honestly, how can you study for some of that stuff. Its just so random. I think I'm thinking of the same short-answer...

  10. CRNE Tomorrow - Anyone Else Scared?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y posted a topic in International Nursing

    So, tomorrow is the CRNE.....just wondering if anyone else is worried? I've been studying for the past while, and I keep thinking I'm doing pretty well until I get thrown some random questions from...

  11. Specimen Mislabeling- Help!

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to sumas8's topic in Emergency

    How simple is your labelling system? I just started at a new ED, and their labelling system is WAY more complicated than the last ED I was at. At the previous ED all specimens were labelled with the...

  12. Help, Info to lecture high school kids on nursing

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely touch on this.....and maybe list some of the many career paths you can take with your general nursing education. This was one BIG selling feature to me in highschool. Especially...

  13. I'm going to be an ER nurse!!!

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to ltvixen's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations.....let us know how it goes for you. Oh...and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

  14. How to Get Interviews: needy, anxious ???

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to peds4now's topic in First Year After Licensure

    PITA = Pain in the

  15. student PSW jobs

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to nemesis's topic in International Nursing

    I knew lots of students from nursing school who worked as PSWs after first year. But, thats because bascially by the end of first year we had already completed all the skills PSWs do, and had...

  16. Best/Hardest/Worst nusring class?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Students

    Sorry, didn't quite know a better term for them... There are variants on the actual course names, but the topics I was thinking about were: - Professionalism - Critical Thinking - Decision Making -...

  17. Best/Hardest/Worst nusring class?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Students

    Stuff like Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry have a right answer and wrong answer....you can study that. But those stupid nursing courses that require you to write essay after essay...

  18. Graduation Songs

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to sg6307's topic in General Nursing

    Vitamin C - Graduation? I dont know the lyrics, but I know it was a big graduation song several years

  19. Any preceptors out there? Starting my preceptorship, nervous...

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to tlackey's topic in Emergency

    I just finished my preceptorship in the ER and it was AWESOME! My preceptor was amazing, and the ER I did it in was SO good to students. Firstly, I'd say if you're nervous about your skills brush...

  20. full-time hospital hours...

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to Chickysmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    for the nurses i did my preceptorship with, it was standard to have three shifts on, four days off, four shifts on, three days off. 6 twelves, and an eight to balance off the 40 hours. how they split...

  21. GN starting rate?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to RNismycalling's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm in Ontario. I'll start at $24/hr as GN, then once I find out I've passed my boards I go up to $27/hr--but that takes a couple of months. Not bad for a starting wage I must say......I got friends...

  22. "We're Just Nurses" ..... Grrrrrrr!!!

    S.T.A.C.E.Y posted a topic in Emergency

    "We're Just Nurses, We're only looking at how cute his X-Ray is" So yesterday I'm doing one of my last clinical shifts in emerg before I graduate (only a few more shifts to go!) and we have this...

  23. Can't Believe It-I passed the CEN on 1st attempt

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    Congratulations!!! Especially since you passed without studying.....thats incredible! I start as a new-grad nurse in a L1 Trauma Center ER in a few weeks and hope to write my CEN as soon as my first...

  24. What do I ask my interviewer in the ER?

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to onmywaytoRN's topic in Emergency

    I'm in the same position as you, and was just offered a job at L1 Trauma Center as a new grad starting in about a month.....YAY!!! Good luck to you too! I asked pretty well all of the questions that...

  25. "We're Just Nurses" ..... Grrrrrrr!!!

    S.T.A.C.E.Y replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in Emergency

    Thanks for your comments everyone. I totally agree with you, I know it is out of the nursing scope of practice to interpret x-rays, and I should in no way be offering interpretations or diagnoses to...