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Hey guys, I'm just visiting your sub today to ask how to thank you. I'm an emergency nurse and have always been so far. All my deaths have been fast and furious, and all the people who've held on get shipped to the ICU! Recently my mother was taken i...

I don't have any advice for you, but I wanted to tell you that you are not alone. I have the same problem. On my days off I can barely get out of bed because I'm so tired. Not "I didn't sleep well last night" tired, but tired down to my very heart an...

We are constantly understaffed and I never, ever get a lunch break during my 12 hour shift. Right now we are expected to self schedule a break and ask another RN to cover our patients for 30 mins. It is considered a luxury to take any sort of break t...

My ER automatically deducts 30 mins from my clock times, and if I don't take a lunch, I sign my name in a book at the end of the shift and the charge nurse has to sign it. Half the time we forget to sign the stupid book and the other half a mean char...

Clearly only you know what is best for you, but I'll share my opinion. I switched to days about a month ago after two years of being on nights. Like you, I never really felt "adjusted". I didn't share the love of nights like the other night shifters ...

Whoa. I can't wait to try this! Especially in a pt that requires a 20+ g IV in an AC for a CT angiogram or something. It always seems my PE ruleout pts have nada in the AC.

PO Decadron tastes DISGUSTING. I mean, I gag just smelling it. I always request to give the IV version PO, especially with children. It's our preferred method in peds in our ED. With sublingual zofran around, I've never given IV zofran PO. Although ...

Sorry I just realized you said student and not tech. Just got off a hell of a night shift. Same rules apply :) I love the nursing students in our ED because they're so curious and always willing to lend a hand. When I was a student I only precepted o...

Hi there.. I was an ED tech before I became an ED RN as well. I even asked your same question on this forum. Seeing things from both sides of the spectrum, I would say that the best thing to do is always be willing to help. I feel like most the time ...

Everybody scram! It's clearly an administrative rep that wants us to attend yet another mandatory "caring" seminar to learn more acronyms. :***: Either that or a nurse that deals solely with intubated and/or heavily sedated patients.

I already know I passed through my quick result. You are not an official RN until your license is listed, thats what my employer will care about.

I'm so frustrated! I passed my NCLEX on 6/5 but I am not listed on the website yet. Two of my fellow graduates took it on 6/7 and they are listed today! All my checks are green on my application.... WHAT GIVES?! I start my new job on 6/16!

I would have DIED!

Took NCLEX 6/5/14, 75 questions. Got the "good" pop-up. Did quick results today 6/7/14 and I passed! PVT worked for me.

When I took my nursing school final, I was so anxious I could not eat, drink, or sleep for 3 days before. The night before the final I slept for 45 minutes. The day before NCLEX, it was like I didn't even care. It was so weird. I kept telling myself,...

I graduated on May 15, and took my NCLEX yesterday June 5th. I start as a new grad on June 16th. I got out at 75 questions and have the "good" pop up for PVT. I think you'll be fine! It really depends on the state you are in as far as how long it wi...

As a CNA 2 in the ER, let's just keep this a secret between us 2's that this little skill is within our scope of practice :) I don't think the ER RN's know yet!

It's pass between 75 and 265, not 250.

Just an update for those who may find themselves in a similar situation in the future - the NCBON requested certified court documents to show the DUI was not a conviction, took all of 10 minutes at the clerk's office to get those, I sent them in and ...

Hey all! Over 6 years ago in Feb 2008 I was arrested for a DUI but it was dismissed for no probable cause. I am graduating nursing school next week and I even already have a job lined up. I went to submit my application to sit for the NCLEX today an...

I live in NC. NA I made $10 and change, NA II made almost $12. I work mainly weekend nights though for the differentials. I didn't take an NA II course though, I became an NA II after completion of my first year of nursing school. If you work for a ...

So I spoke with the CBC coordinator at the BON, who said to state "no" on the app. I did so and sent it in, but now I'm freaking out for "falsifying" a record if something pops up. Technically it was an arrest (but dropped for "no probable cause"). ...

Oh goodness. I work in an inner-city community ER where we see a lot of drug addiction and the like. A lot of pill seekers try to rev up their acting game. We're talking like they throw themselves out of wheelchairs and onto the floor while saying "I...

We had a nine-year old girl come in a severe state of DKA, who was previously undiagnosed with DM I. She was NPO for many hours and complaining of thirst/hunger. Her mother and father actually went to the McDonalds nearby and bought a TON of food and...

Hi everyone! Sorry if this isn't the correct forum, but I'm a 4th semester nursing student and I'm applying for New Grad nursing positions. A question on one of the online forms is, "Do you have paid clinical work experience"? I'm wondering if anyone...