BecomingNursey

BecomingNursey

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  1. Anti-vax nurses? Are you serious?

    BecomingNursey replied to dinah77's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I have a 2 year old and is she vaccinated? Yup. She is. Was I vaccinated as a child? Yup. Did it hurt me? Nope. My child has been vaccinated and has never even been sick. She has never had the stomach...

  2. Nurse who survived Ebola is suing the hospital

    BecomingNursey replied to anon456's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As an ER nurse I have worried about whether I could come into contact with some type of serious and very infectious infection. We are in the ER. The front lines of the hospital. If anyone is going to...

  3. Bullied by Clinical Instructor

    BecomingNursey replied to dorkiexcici's topic in General Students

    Please let us know how your DON handles this situation! Prayers sent your way. I had a similar experience and don't wish it on anyone. I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's...

  4. IV insertion issues

    BecomingNursey replied to champagnesupeRNova's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    2x's then someone else looks. After I try and another RN tries if we can't get it I report it to the MD and they take care of it with ultrasound. I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm...

  5. First Med Error... Learned Big Lesson

    BecomingNursey replied to NurseyNursington's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Always check a BP before giving a BP med. when I did work the floor before becoming an ER nurse if I was giving a BP med even as a routine medication I ALWAYS checked a BP before giving that...

  6. Considering Nursing..

    BecomingNursey replied to lr35's topic in Nursing Career

    Any studying you do early is good :) I worked full time the whole time that I was in college and graduated nursing school just fine! Now, did I have a social life? Nope. Was it hard to not see my...

  7. Pearson Vue Trick NCLEX-RN

    BecomingNursey replied to cle3221's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It worked for me :) I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it. Author: Art

  8. New on Here....

    BecomingNursey replied to iam_kathryne's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Just from seeing LPN's that later bridge over its a really hard thing to do. Once you've established a career and then try going back to school it's so hard to sacrifice the money and shift at work so...

  9. What is a Nurses Calling?

    BecomingNursey replied to hopepedersen87's topic in General Nursing

    I did and still do feel as if I was called into nursing. It's my career of choice but I've known since I was a little girl that nursing was what I wanted to do. I became a nurse because as a child I...

  10. new nurses share your best test technique

    BecomingNursey replied to npevnick's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't use an app. I used the Kaplan Nclex prep book. That's literally all I studied. Passed first time with 76 questions :) I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to...

  11. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    BecomingNursey replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    It's an O2 SAT not STAT. Drives me absolutely nuts. EMT's call it stats over the radio allll the time. Aghhhhh. I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it....

  12. New grad in need of help!

    BecomingNursey replied to soneutral's topic in General Nursing

    Glad to be of service :) Chin up. And like one of my nursing role models says

  13. Can we talk about NG/OG tubes?

    BecomingNursey replied to foragreatergood's topic in Emergency

    Previous brain surgery is a red flag. If the membrane between the nasal passage and the brain the ng tube could pass into the brain. Head/facial trauma is also considered a red

  14. Lies of the ER.....

    BecomingNursey replied to Cari Turner21's topic in Nursing Humor

    That's awesome. My first day at triage as a nurse was Saturday. I had a patient come in complaining of a bump. Literally just a bump. On the back of her arm. No s/s of infection. Not even any pus...

  15. New grad in need of help!

    BecomingNursey replied to soneutral's topic in General Nursing

    It's going to take time and experience. Every new nurse feels this way. We all get behind. Ask for help and don't feel bad about it. Just give it time. You'll make it :) I've only been a nurse for 9...

  16. The trauma I cant let go of

    BecomingNursey replied to ER_JEN_RN's topic in Emergency

    I personally experienced one of these cases last night. It tore me up emotionally. I'm a new nurse. Graduated nursing school May 2014. I knew the moment that I was in clinical and got to work my first...