We work 7 12 hour night shifts in a row, then we're off for a week. We work 36 hours one week and 48 hours the second week, so we get about 8 hours of overtime each 2 week pay period.
dcastlewood replied to iHeartNICU's topic in General Nursing
Hospital policy where i work is to put 25mg promethazine in a 50cc bag of NS and give it piggyback. I either do that or inject the promethazine into a liter bag of NS or LR if it's gonna be a bolus.
dcastlewood replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency
One of our doctors brought us some bumper stickers that say, "I'm an E.R. nurse...I'm here to save your [rear end], not to wipe it! I'd have put it on my truck if it had sad "kiss" instead of wipe!!!
Good luck. No matter how you prepared, CALM DOWN!!! It will be ok. If it turns off at 75, I think you did well. If you see question 76, at least you know you haven't failed! Think about it that way and DO YOUR BEST!
dcastlewood replied to shadylane21's topic in NCLEX
I took my test on the 10th of Jan, and found out I passed right after 1 am on Friday the 13th. I took 89 questions that seemed an awful lot like the questions we got on tests in school. Now the real learning begins!
Slow your roll, please. We also need to realize that the air we all breathe is 21% oxygen. 17% oxygen respirations are better than no respirations at all. Just keepin' it real.....
dcastlewood replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency
It's not really discharge insructions, but I got in trouble the other day for telling a drunk patient with no other problems to stop taking the O2 sat probe off of his finger because I was tired of charging them out and paying for them. What's up wi...
"Foundation" hospitals are usually not for profit because all the money they make is spent on the hospital. Foundations get awesome tax breaks, too. It's just a big circle of money.
dcastlewood replied to NurseyBaby'05's topic in NCLEX
I graduate from my little ADN program in just over a month, so I'll take the test around the end of December. Baby, your "do questions whenever you can" prep method sounds a lot like the way most of our teachers have told us to prepare. I'll give i...
dcastlewood replied to dcastlewood's topic in General Nursing
Thanks to all who replied. I'm from central Mississippi, so I can't really see going anywhere near the Dakota's. I also can't see myself doing the NP thing. I think I'd enjoy being a PA after i get my BSN, might try for surgery.
dcastlewood replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency
Hospital policy is for nurses to wear white scrubs...top and bottom. The ER nurses usually wear white or the hospital scrubs after they get "stuff" on the white ones. They can basically wear whatever they want.