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Back when I was in school, no bears or visible tattoos were allowed. In my experience as a nurse, however, I'm not sure I have ever seen any explicit protocol regarding beards. I do get the impression that management wouldn't like it though.

Try nursing homes, corrections, psychiatric hospitals, etc.

This is part of where I am stumped though. There were definitely elements of fatigue, distraction, rushing to give the med tech her space back, having two different medications with very similar packaging, etc. But at the end of the day I know this was simply a human error that I committed because those elements I described above happen every shift and I don't make a mistake like the one I posted about here.

Who, me?

I'm generally bothered most by other nurses. The ones who give reports which don't emphasize what is actually important. The ones who can't manage their time effectively enough to advocate for a patient. The ones who whose basic assessment knowledge is shockingly low. I dislike the "honey" the "sweetie" and the customer service attitude that completely fails to recognize and report important issues. I personally hate running around doing task work. I'm bothered by the pervasive lack of basic medical inquisition that is necessary to help patients effectively. Don't get me started on CNAs, who all think it's of paramount importance when a patient blinked her eyes or touched her face. I hate the jealous culture. I hate the culture of all miserable CNAs wanting to be RNs and all miserable RNs wanting to be NPs because they think they deserve it; even though they hate the work and have very little understanding of the other careers. If you don't enjoy it, get out! Do something else and enjoy your life.

I have been looking to try and find this information, but I have not been able to locate it. Is there a way to find this specific information?

Should I fear any licensing repercussions?

Hi fellow nurses, I self reported a medication error. While administering a scheduled narcotic, an opiate, I accidentally pulled a different, similar dosed opiate. The packaging on the two was very similar and there were many distractions at the time. As soon as I realized an error had been made I notified the MD, monitored the patient, wrote notes, filled out an incident form, etc. In all my years as a RN, I've never been involved in any incidents like this. How worried should I be here? (The patient was fine, though I know that does not mitigate the Med error)

Hello all, thank you for reading in advance. My situation is this: I completed every aspect of my direct entry NP program, except the last 250 clinical P/F hours. Thus, I did not graduate and become an NP. My program is allowing me to re-take this clinical course and the 250 hours. However, I am concerned that, for various reasons, some of which feel like they are out of my control, I may not pass again and be dismissed from school/not allowed to complete the program. If that is the case, what would be my options to become an NP? 1) Because I did direct entry, I do not have a bachelors degree in nursing 2) However, I have satisfied every advanced nursing credit with a GPA of 3.6. It is only 250 clinical hours that could hold me back. There must be some way to transfer all my credits to some other program without having a bachelors, I just don't know how or what that may be. Any advice or recommendations if the worst case scenario happens would be appreciated. I always like having a back up plan! Thanks!

Thanks! So I can find a meta-analysis and use that question. That will make things easier. However, should I reference or use that meta-analysis in the paper itself? I'm supposed to analyze the research articles in tables. Or should I just only cite the best RCTs the meta-analysis uses?? Thanks!

Hello all, I need help with my research/cap stone project. Essentially, I need to first form a "PICOT" question. For those that don't know. That is simply an acronym for the way to phrase your research question. P = population, I = intervention, = c = control, o = outcome, and t = time. An example question would be, In adults (P), how does Metoprolol (I), compared to propranolol ©, affect blood pressure (O)?? That isn't my research question above, but just an example of how to use the "PICOT" format. Anyway, to make a long story short, I developed a PICOT question and could not find any research at all!! So now I am looking for meta-analyses that already exist on a topic and am planning to use that one. My questions are as follows: 1) Can I formulate the same or slightly different PICOT question based off a meta-analyses that already exists? 2) If I'm including a meta-analyses in my paper as part of the research, why would I include other RCTs (I need 8 resources)? Wouldn't the RCTs already be in the results of the meta-analysis most likely? That's it! Thanks for reading and I really appreciate the help! I really bombed this the first time around, so any advice would really help! Thank you....

I'm a recent RN. I got my license about one month ago. I applied to two places, and I ended up getting a job at one of them, in corrections. It it has only been two days. But let me tell you, it feels like a disaster. The person who was supposed to train me have me to another nurse halfway through on day 1. On day 2 she flat out refused to train me. So in my two days I've been trained by three different nurses, none of whom seem interested in actually teaching me anything. The he next thing is because I'm working in a prison, each nurse has trained me in a different unit. I feel as though, on the whole, the training is extremely weak. I'm nervous whenever they say my "training is up." Im im only past time. So I worked two days. Now all next week I will be doing security training, which isn't nursing related. So I will have about seven days without learning anything about the nursing component of the job. I understood corrections ions was going to be different from a hospital, but I've never in my life had a job that seemed so directionless. I wasn't even scheduled beyond next week and the manager said "oh I will just figure something out, I had you on to work independently in December." Huh? I have aver friends that are getting orientations and mentors and lots of training. I am very concerned about this situation I'm in. I'm wondering if anyone has any advice for a new grad who has ever worked in corrections. I feel like I will get lost in the unit right now if I don't have so done with me. Management seems so lax and bizarre. No one has given me a good lay out if what my responsibilities are, what keys to use, no formal computer training, etc. yet the nurse manager will call me over all excited when she does an assessment on an inmate because it's a "learning experience." Im honestly so confused and overwhelmed. I didn't think it would be like this. Please help!!

I had my first nursing interview in corrections today. I'm confused about how it went. When I left, I felt like I did great. And that the job was mine. Now I'm not so sure. The interview lasted about 40 minutes. It was really informal. I was only asked two or three questions. I was my of a dialogue back and forth. I asked plenty of questions. Got a tour of the place. They asked for my references (but none of my references have been contacted.) now I'm second guessing myself. I'm wondering why they didn't ask me more questions. I'm starting to think that maybe I talked too much (said too much?) I flat out asked them is there any reason why you wouldn't hire me? And they said no. IDK. I'm new to the nursing interview process. I was kind of expecting to be offered the job on the spot I guess...

Take a look at my pos "just passed NCLEX...my advice" and see if any of that helps!

I just found out I passed the NCLEX on the first time. There was a lot of pressure on this test for myself (maybe more so than others) because had I failed I would have been dismissed from my graduate program. Anyway, I wanted to share what I did to prepare for the exam, in case anyone is interested. This is a good time to say that I'm not smart. Basically, everyone got better grades on the ATI predictor than I did. Nearly everyone in my program scores a 95% pass predictor. The first time I scored a 49% pass predictor. The second time I scored a 78% pass predictor. Needless to say, my scores sucked. I took a lot of heat in my program. Everyone doubted me, so I tried to figure out the best way to pass on the first time. Passing the NCLEX on the first time takes three things, and believe me because I'm not smart nor a good student: 1) It takes knowledge of the core content, 2) it takes practicing the questions, and 3) it takes some critical thinking within the questions. I recommend The Hurst Review for content. This is literally all I used for content. That and google. Hurst costs $300 for the online courses, but it is very worth it. The key is not to just watch the videos, but to really understand and to be able to recite what heart failure it, the actions of gluccocorticoids, etc. Study every day and study how they tell you to, and you will have all the content you need. You should really know the content "without a doubt or hesitation" like they say. Next for questions I recommend UWORLD. Having gone through many questions and many different sources, UWORLD not only is the best, but is by far the most like NCLEX in terms of style of questioning and layout. It's a great resource, and I haven't mentioned how great their rationales are yet, which are like a content resource all by themselves. For critical thinking the key is to take your time on your questions. It's not a race. Such a small amount of people run out of time on the NCLEX, that it's essentially a non factor, so use it to your advantage and take your time. Try to read rationales, look for patterns, and you'll start "feel" the right answer. That's the best I can say. I recommend doing HURST over and over for content, if you are weak on content, (a couple months worth) and then move on to questions, like UWORLD. Hurst comes with questions, which I think are good too, but they aren't as hard as UWORLD. For the HURST questions I scored anywhere from 60/125 to 84/125. As for UWORLD, I completed close to 1,000 questions. My average cumulative score was 55%. However, I had some tests where I scored in the high 60s nearing test time and one in the 80s. You will learn a lot. It's amazing. All in all, if you're not someone where this stuff comes naturally, it boils down to a lot of hard work and good ol' fashioned studying. That's what I did. I used nothing more than HURST and UWORLD. But I allowed myself time. I studied on and off on HURST for about three months, and the week before my exam I crammed on HURST fifth day material and did close to 1,000 questions on UWORLD. This worked for me, and I'd recommend this formula to anyone since I'm not a good student and suck at standardized exams. P.S. the PVT worked for me whoever is interested in that as well. It worked directly after the exam. 24 hours after. and 38 hours after. Godspeed and good luck to everyone! Ask me any questions if you wish...

It seems like most people who claim they got the good pop up and fail are going by the prior PVT or they say "I know someone whom that happened to." But has anyone on this forum gotten the good pop up for the full 48hrs only to find out you failed?? Just curious...

Cool! Why do people say the good pop up isn't valid till after 24hrs? I understand that the exam is graded twice, but what would cause someone at Pearson Vue to switch a pass to a fail? Also, does the good pop up apply to weekends as well?

Are these results populate on on weekdays, or do weekends count as well. I've heard conflicting reports on this. I took NCLEX on Saturday. Can I expect my results on Monday...48hrs or on Wednesday...48 business day hours.

I'm posing this question for anyone who has done Hurst review or is familiar with it. I've been studying Hurst Review for the past three months, and in 10 days I will sit in for the NCLEX. I feel like I have a good grasp on their "must know" content. However, my scores on there 6 exams were far from perfect. My scores were as follows: 60/125, 68/125, 72/125, 68/125, 77/125, 84/125. For anyone who has done Hurst Review (I did the online review), did you find any correlation between what you scored on their tests and how how did on the NCLEX? How do my Hurst scores look to you? At my school, about two months ago, I took an ATI predictor test and got a 75% pass predictor for the NCLEX. I really hate ATI, though. I'm planning to do a lot of questions from Saunders and more content till I finally sit in for the test. Just wanted to get some opinions from people who have done Hurst, took the Hurst exams, or have any NCLEX tips in general. Thanks everyone! I will be sure to keep you posted on my progress.

I got rejected all together. Surprised I couldn't have gotten on a waitlist or something. How many applicants do you think they put on a waitlist?

I'm waiting for Adult. For those accepted, how long do you have until you commit or not?

And I'd hate to ask this, but I'm just curious. What kind of experience did you have? Stats? GPA?

Congratulations to both of you! What track did you get accepted into?

I thought I was going to hear that I was accepted today (told decisions were being made on Thursday). But I didn't. So I'm disappointed. I don't think I will be getting in and joining you guys (girls?). Good luck to you all, though!