Always Learning, RN

Always Learning, RN

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  1. If you have rec' d the H1N1 vaccine - please report

    Always Learning, RN replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    received im vaccine yesterday pm, no side affects at all, not even a sore arm. both teen daughters received nasal mist 2 weeks ago, oldest one got nauseated that pm but ate from football concession...

  2. da vinci robot poll

    Always Learning, RN replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    As this thread is over 1 year old you have probably already found out about these but: Arthrex or Dyonics shoulder holders, same people that make the yellow fins/allen stirrups. They are foam padded...

  3. Robotic assisted surgery

    Always Learning, RN replied to CIRQL8's topic in Operating Room

    Hi all, I see that this thread is quite old, but as the new RC for robotic surgery at my facility I am interested in improving turnover times. Curious as to what type of turnover times you have at...

  4. Progressive Care Unit?

    Always Learning, RN replied to Acosmo27's topic in General Nursing

    WOW, I am a new grad working PCU/Tele and our ratio is 5/1! It is extremely overwhelming for me, even though I worked this floor as a student. I would love the 2/1 or even 3/1 ratios mentioned...

  5. was/is graduation this negative for you too?

    Always Learning, RN replied to angelwingsamy's topic in General Nursing

    I AM PROUD OF YOU!:icon_hug: And you should be proud too. Jealousy is an evil green monster that rears it's ugly head at times of great accomplishment. Your mom and brother should be ashamed of their...

  6. NCLEX

    Always Learning, RN replied to NusingCareerMan's topic in General Nursing

    Hey futurecnm, I was taught the same info as Jedi both in nursing school, and in the NCLEX review class (big name one) that I took through my employer. 51% to pass, but the 51% must be above the...

  7. NCLEX

    Always Learning, RN replied to NusingCareerMan's topic in General Nursing

    Hey There, From what I was taught in school and in the review I took, the test gives you every chance to pass, so unless you were missing very very basic questions the computer would have kept giving...

  8. Paramedics Calling for Pt Info

    Always Learning, RN replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    Hey All, I have to agree, very unprofessional to ask over the phone or show up in person days later. You did just the right thing IMHO. Not that I don't respect what the medics do, I have the...

  9. Capstone/Preceptorship

    Always Learning, RN replied to Fruit's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: I agree 110% with ann945n. NCLEX is NOT reality! Go with what you feel you would be interested in, not based on another persons opinion -- especially those with no more experience than...

  10. standardized uniforms

    Always Learning, RN replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    We are color coded, but it is up to each department to determine their color code. As it happens, the Tech colors for some of the med/surg floors are the RN color for other areas, like the ICU,...

  11. New Grad=Night Shift?

    Always Learning, RN replied to BeachyRNn08's topic in General Nursing

    Not at all impossible, although not the norm. I just graduated this past semester and have just started my first RN position on days, or course I teched on this floor for a long time prior to...

  12. Waiting on ATT letter...

    Always Learning, RN replied to Aedana's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Finally Got My ATT! Testing on Valentines Day - First Available

  13. Waiting on ATT letter...

    Always Learning, RN replied to Aedana's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Waiting Anxiously! Graduated Dec. 8th. School did not send packet off until JAN 4th -- Nearly ONE MONTH later! ARGGGGG!!!!!!!:angryfire Checking my e-mail about every 15 minutes when home. I guess I...

  14. Assertive Communication

    Always Learning, RN replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    :roll Too Funny! My hubby says the same thing, as evidenced by the screen name! Just graduated with my BSN in December and if it were not for the NCLEX review course I just took, I think I would be...

  15. 29 pts as a tech..can i handle being a nurse?

    Always Learning, RN replied to law3576's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect I must inform you that you are making an incorrect assumption. I am a tech on a very busy telemetry floor and I frequently have two halls (10 patients per hall) all alone all...

  16. Week 3 of school

    Always Learning, RN replied to SPCStudent's topic in General Nursing

    yes! yes! yes! -- but whatever you do -- hang in there! :icon_hug: the first few weeks are brutal at best, but it is all worth it. i actually quit every afternoon on the way home, then got back up...

  17. Prayer and patient care.

    Always Learning, RN replied to WhiteFlowerRN's topic in General Nursing

    Same Here! Way down south, where I am, you are EXPECTED to join in. I try to avoid them (prayer circles) whenever possible, but when in the room when it is initiated, I'm just stuck. And I agree, I...

  18. I passed!!!!

    Always Learning, RN replied to Kristi Lee's topic in General Nursing

    :balloons::balloons: congratulations! hope to join your ranks soon! ___________________________ class of december

  19. Anyone use ATI testing...

    Always Learning, RN replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    I will also graduate in December '07, and we have used ATI from the start, even our entrance exam was ATI. I find the tests to be very challenging, but so far have scored quite well on the national...

  20. Precepting Students?

    Always Learning, RN replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    MIKOo14, As a student who just started my preceptorship this week, "THANK YOU!" It was very difficult for the faculty and staff to find preceptors for my entire class (actually only half of the class...

  21. My CROCS made me fall tonight..

    Always Learning, RN replied to jodyangel's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    :yeahthat: Ditto! -- I trip over my own two feet, even if I am bare footed, so yes, I have stumbled (not fallen) in my Crocks, and also in my Red Wing Worx shoes, which are made for people who work on...

  22. Things You Would Rather Not Hear During Surgery

    Always Learning, RN replied to rianne1117's topic in Nursing Humor

    in a operation i had, i heard oh $***! just before i went under -- but i think it was more related to the fact that i was thrashing around like a fish on the table because the regional block did not...

  23. apart of RN job duties ?

    Always Learning, RN replied to Ilubrize's topic in General Nursing

    in my recent or rotation i thought i would have a temporary reprieve from the poop - until we got a pt with a perforated bowel that had been stewing for several days - yuk! :barf02:this was the first...

  24. ?? for long-haired female nurses/student! How do you wear your hair at the hospital?

    Always Learning, RN replied to Athenas83's topic in General Nursing

    congratulations on starting nursing school! :balloons:getting accepted is half the battle! (well, maybe a little less than half!) the previous posters have given some great advice. check with your...

  25. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    Always Learning, RN replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    mil called me, up set because her doctor called her an "idiot and said she had throbbing cystic pen-nas." she also wanted to know where and what her pen-nas was. finally, after some questioning i...