Corrin1RN

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1. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

   Corrin1RN replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

   I was scanning through all these posts and my mind started to race with all the positives and negatives, and all the things I felt I needed to say, then I realized all of that does not matter, all...

2. What is an HCA?

   Corrin1RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

   I work for a hospital that was bought out buy hca about 7 years ago. The pay is great, great benefits, no more than 4 pts on a tele/stepdown floor, and managment is working hard to better our...

3. Need a little bit of positive...

   Corrin1RN replied to pie123's topic in First Year After Licensure

   GiVE YOURSELF TIME. I have been out of school for about a year, and at first I almost hated it, primarily out of fear. Fear of mistakes, lawsuites, codes, angry doctors, intimidating family........

4. Would you become a nurse again

   Corrin1RN replied to Human nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I would definetly do it again. At first I felt overwhelmed and didn't know if i would ever enjoy it, then one day I just decided to pray before every shift, and just go in to work and be happy....

5. Anybody else??

   Corrin1RN replied to jesshopper12's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I am still relativley new to the nursing game but before a shift I used to feel anxiety about things that could go wrong, wich nurses I was working with, which floor I could be pulled to ect... Now my...

6. Hanging IV Potassium

   Corrin1RN replied to MrsMinor's topic in First Year After Licensure

   we always hang 20 0r 40 meq bags diluted in 100cc at no faster anan 10 meq per hour with lido if needed, does anyone know if there are any incompatibilitys of K with anything, this is a frequent...

7. Pet Peeves

   Corrin1RN replied to sjb2005's topic in General Nursing

   My biggest is when a Dr. talks with a patient and the patient says that everything is fine and they don't have any questions for the dr. and as soon as the dr. leaves the pt starts complaining about...

8. lung and heart sounds, labs, ABG'S?

   Corrin1RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   A few years ago I visited a website that had free lung and heart sound, and I can't find it now. Some of the other nurses I work with are also interested. I am starting to wonder if there is something...

9. Areas for a new RN??

   Corrin1RN replied to megan mahal's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I recently started working (7mo) ago in a small hospital. I don't know the pro's and cons of all the different "new grad"programs (they just put me with a great preceptor on a floor with NICE nurses)...

10. The assessment

    Corrin1RN replied to NurseJules's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in a tele/stepdown unit and graduated 7 months ago. Our assesments and charting are all online so when i started i just wrote down a check list of things to do including the assessment on my...

11. Trying to survive as a new PICU nurse..;(

    Corrin1RN replied to Elicec's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    OK, I am a new nurse (grad in december) and if I was in your situation I don't think I would go back even once, parents bagging patients because there aren't evough ventelators!! I am as I said a new...