FL_Nurse92

Hi all! I am starting to think about travel nursing. As I browse different agencies I realize there are a million lol. I would like to know who you guys travel with and pros and cons of your agency. Thanks!

I appreciate the responses!!

You will already have a BP before meds are ever ordered. The first thing done when a pt. comes back to the room is hooking them up to the monitors. As far as a BMP, labs take up to an hour to result even when they are stat, so we usually don't wait u...

I studied for close to a month before taking NCLEX. I believe I graduated May 9th and Tested June 6th.

I think you can take it up to 4-5 times. Don't quote me on that though.

go through a residency program

10-12 weeks

Doing both won't hurt. I think I did almost every qbank question and it helped tremendously when it came time for me to test!

I would agree. I see it too often. People go back to school with less than a year of experience in a lot of cases

Age is absolutely just a number. I actually have a friend that got into a DNP program before even graduating from undergrad surprisingly. She is 23 with only a year of nursing experience under her belt. I say go for it!

I just want to say thank you for doing what you do. I am an ER nurse and have the utmost respect for my ED techs. Where i work, ED techs play a HUGE roll! I can't thank you all enough for the IV starts and EKG completions before I even make it to the...

Florida

I am also new to the ER, I have 3 more weeks of orientation. Previously I was on a progressive care unit (ICU step down) for about a year and a half. Our ER nurse to patient ratio is 1:3-1:4. I couldn't imagine having 6 patients at a time to be hones...

It's not a terrible idea, but at the same time it's not exactly necessary. I don't advise anyone to work during nursing school if they don't have to and as far as being a cna, its really not going to compare at all with being a nurse. I mean it will...

I have two friends in Houston that both with though the residency program at Chi St. Lukes Health. One went with the emergency room route the other with the ICU route. They both loved it. You should check into it.

Where I work, it is just the mask....I wear gloves regardless of isolation precautions and sometimes even a surgical mask.

Why was the patient on heparin?

Look at nurse residency programs for graduate nurses (new nurses), there are a few hospitals in Tampa that have them. As long as you have less than a year of nursing experience, you are eligible.

What I know are statistics, coming from the most obese state in the nation (MS). No judgement involved, simply facts. How you look is how you look, I'm not telling you to change.

like I said, my statement was a personal opinion. I'm not saying a more fit individual does any better than an obese individual. I'm saying many americans are obese because they can't put the fork down and refuse to workout in any way. If you have a ...

In my own opinion, I repeat opinion, we (nurses) should practice what we preach. Do we explain the benefits of weight loss and smoking cessation to our patients? Yes. So with that being said I think we should look somewhat healthy and not morbidly ob...

What floor are you working on now? I have friends that went from school, straight to the ICU. I would say a year is all you need if you are on a progressive care or step down unit.

I highly doubt while reading your application they will remember your name at all, they definitely won't remember you as being the patient withdrawing. Medical history is not a factor essentially but there are personal questions asked about smoking a...

I doubt she was "planning" to have the gpa she currrently has, regardless it's in the last, do what you have to in the present to get into nursing school

I was just taught to place the stethoscope over the pulse... simple