noelly10

...whaaa??

I wish our staffing was like this. Sometimes we have 6 nurses and 2 techs to 32 patients. Sometimes we only have 1 tech. Sometimes no tech at all and we have to *gasp* do total care for 5-6 patients...

Realize that you're only one person. Do all that you can. If you can't get to something, don't let it eat you up. You will have days you don't get to something. All you can do is your best

Don't get lazy. Our er techs are lazy and send up patients that are all in a mess just for us to clean up on top of getting them settled. Then they're all disgruntled because they had been sitting in poo for hours in the ED

I did Kaplan and hurst

The Pearson vue trick is still a thing? Just wait 48 hours. It won't change the outcome to wait.

Not nervous about it? I feel like you should have some level of nervousness to light a fire under you. Also, choose two methods. I did Kaplan qbank and Hurst. Worked for me.

Not all the time, but sometimes I do.

I don't understand how wearing your work attire would seem informal.

I wore both. Depended on how I felt. But if they say you could do either or, why would wearing scrubs be frowned upon? That is your work attire, is it not? Also, why care what others are wearing? As long as you stay within their guidelines on what yo...

Real life is definitely absolutely nothing like TV whatsoever lol.

Well you are still a patient advocate. There are polite ways to say things and something should have been said. If she didn't want to listen to your advice, go up the chain of command.

You could have said politely, "what if we tried leaving the catheter in the vagina, that way we can tell the difference between the vagina and the urethra because the vagina will already have a catheter in it". Or you could have offered to do it your...

How did I miss this?? Sorry, OP for the derailment. You'll soon learn that it happens often round these parts.

Uhm. Please tell me why I haven't seen you for a couple weeks.

Well then use those words instead of "study every day" That's horrible advice compared to "don't wait till the last minute to study"

Gotcha. Brain fart, my bad.

I disagree on the study everyday thing. I think if you study every single day, you will wear yourself down. If one day you are at that point where you feel anything you study won't stick and you feel like breaking down, DONT study. It's a waste of ti...

I had a patient who asked for a comb. I went out of my way to hunt him down one because I felt that this was the one thing that would raise his spirits. I came back with a comb in hand and he took my hand and squeezed it and smiled really big and tha...

In my area, we had ADN students get hired in the ICU setting. It just depends on the area and who you know really. And I agree that your "experience" isn't really experience. If you want real experience in the healthcare field that may set you apart ...

Which I'm sure has to do with the fact that LPNs are not really trained to assess because it isn't in their scope of practice. I suggest you get familiar with everyone's scope of practice before you begin to assume that they are not competent with a ...

Good luck to you!

I was the rare case in that I was more than happy to get away from my "nursing school family". I agree that study groups are beneficial, but I studied better alone and I did just fine on my own. I'm saying this to tell you not to stress if you can't ...

No, I'm not. But I have lived here most of my life.

Thank you for your support