joseyjo

joseyjo

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  1. Medicare SN frequencies

    I am new to HH (week 10!) so can I ask why you cant write it as 0w1? That is what my HH does... Is it against the medicare rules? I am at a small agency and have found already that there is a lot that...
  2. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

    I was a student who, like you, studied almost 24/7. Although I am only 7 months into my 1st year, so far I much prefer it to nursing school. I have time for family, life outside of nursing, and sleep!...
  3. I hate nursing!!

    I'm also a new nurse (7 months) on a Tele floor. About 2-3 months ago I could have written this post! Pretty much every shift I would all but have a panic attack as I took report and realized how...
  4. Kaplan or uworld

    Uworld!!! Passed NCLEX early (before graduation) in 75 questions with 39
  5. I wanna work here,
  6. Tele/oncology floor (mix of active chemo, heart/respiratory issues including many trachs/feeding tubes etc). 1:6 ratio days and
  7. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

    LOL, maybe I just am happy to finally be a nurse and don't know any better. I do love how my coworkers pull together and help each other
  8. Mandated Nurse-Patient Ratios

    Just reading this sounds like a dream come true. I would LOVE to have a 1:4 ratio! What good care I could give my patients... I work on an oncology/telemetry unit. We have 1:6 ratios and as a 1st year...
  9. What's your best 'Nurse Hack'?

    Our hospital, every unit, not just mine, administers tube medications separately, 30 ml flush between. I can't imagine being in a place where you could just crush them up all together and pour them...
  10. Gluteal IM Injection

    What's the best technique for correctly placing a ventrogluteal
  11. When I was a student I saw A LOT of posts about how the 1st year is very hard, crying every day, feeling overwhelmed, etc. Now that I am a 1st year nurse (started on the floor a month ago) I want to...
  12. Passed in 75- Uworld is the best!

    By the end I got my % up to around 70, I started in the low 50's though. I didn't write anything down, I just did tests on study mode so I could take my time and read the rationals for each right and...
  13. Just wanted to give another great review for Uworld. I used Uworld almost exclusively and passed with 75 questions (42 of them SATA!). The format for Uworld is very similar to the format of the NCLEX,...
  14. I found the BEST way to study for NCLEX

    I am just using Uworld. The questions are both testing strategy and content. I love the rationales, that the ability to review missed questions and those that you choose to
  15. Goals for Capstone?

    I am really struggling with this and I thought maybe ya'll could help. I start Capstone next Monday and need to develop 3 individual goals for my capstone experience. I am doing my capstone in a small...