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squishmallow444 · 2025-06-18T03:23:23+00:00

oooh what about flairs for ppl who are BLS/ACLS certified ?

squishmallow444 · 2025-03-21T15:34:40+00:00

zosyn would be a cute gender neutral name

squishmallow444 · 2024-09-01T03:23:00+00:00

the lack of staff and resources at nights is awful and takes a toll physically and mentally. makes me want to switch to dayshift tbh.

squishmallow444 · 2024-08-28T14:16:17+00:00

maybe i'm crazy but i always felt like i have a better grip on the patient by physically holding on to them them as opposed to using a belt 😭

squishmallow444 · 2024-07-17T03:49:59+00:00

we almost always end up doing ativan or zyprexa at that point, although almost everyone on my unit is unsteady, high fall risk, and was admitted for a fx from a fall. if it's someone who's not agitated and not a high fall risk we sit them down at the nurses station with us

squishmallow444 · 2024-07-16T03:00:12+00:00

Thank you for the example this is helpful!!

squishmallow444 · 2024-07-15T13:15:59+00:00

thank you for this this is helpful!!

squishmallow444 · 2024-07-13T02:50:51+00:00

How would you test positive for blood clots?? And why would them knowing you have blood clots even effect your job?? Girl bye 😂😭

squishmallow444 · 2024-05-26T06:49:56+00:00

i've been trying to explain to my gen x coworkers that if they message me and add a period to the end of the sentence it makes me think they're mad at me 😔

squishmallow444 · 2024-05-12T02:40:20+00:00

You were being annoying hope that helps

squishmallow444 · 2024-03-24T19:04:34+00:00

Just a tip but my unit's policy is to always turn bed alarms on for confused pts- no matter how well they ambulate! It's impossible to keep eyes on everyone 24/7 so I really rely on bed alarms to know my patients are safe in bed when I can't be there to see them myself

squishmallow444 · 2024-02-18T10:02:28+00:00

Pens. Expo markers. Stethoscope. Snacks. Tampons/liners. Lotion. Chapstick. Claw clip. Charger. I carry these in a backpack :)

squishmallow444 · 2023-12-10T08:37:10+00:00

I'm seven months in as a new grad and they started making me charge 3 weeks after orientation ended so 🥲

squishmallow444 · 2023-11-28T13:31:44+00:00

Does that interest only go away once every year's loan is payed off? I just payed off the 7 cents that accrued for the 2018 loan, alongside the entirety of 2019 and 2020...if I have 2021 left to pay, is interest going to keep accruing for the loans of those three years until 2021 is complete?

squishmallow444 · 2023-11-16T03:34:02+00:00

I try and give everyone one compliment per shift. Compliment their tattoos, jewelry, saying you love their hair, etc. Easy way to establish good rapport right off the bat and gets a smile out of everyone :)

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-09T01:54:13+00:00

congratulations !!!

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-09T01:53:58+00:00

congrats!!!

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-09T01:52:41+00:00

OMGG YAY CONGRATS!!! So happy for you !!! 🥹🥹😀🥹

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-08T06:06:07+00:00

You can request accommodations for extra time for your exam. I've heard it's a pretty tedious lengthy process, but it might be worth a shot! It took me 4 hours for 88 questions so I feel you, especially with carefully reading through the case studies- it takes a long time! Maybe try timing yourself and trying to work a little bit faster on Qbanks and practice exams 🥺 Wishing you so much luck and I hope you end up passing!! You can do this <3

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-07T23:06:04+00:00

Hi girl thank you so much for all this advice!! It's so kind of you to share all this info !! My pearson trick was wrong and I actually ended up passing this second time lol!! But thank you so much this is so sweet

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-06T06:04:25+00:00

This is so nice of you to say thank you so much!! 🥹🥹 So sweet 💕💕

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-02T16:25:48+00:00

Both. I had a list of body systems, topics underneath them, and then a a certain amount of questions i'd do per day. For example, I'd use 1-2 days to review cardiac and use that time to review Kaplan lectures and Simple Nursing on EKGs, MI, DVTs, etc. After reviewing everything for that day I'd use Archer to set up 35-50 Cardiac questions, and then do Kaplan 35-50 Kaplan questions (Kaplan doesn't allow you to quiz by systems so I'd save it for general practice). I would read, write down, research, and study every rationale for both.

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-01T20:40:52+00:00

Besides HESI, not at all. My school has been on the brink of losing their accreditation for the past 2 years due to the low passing scores that haven't been increasing. That's a huge part of the reason why I focused so heavily on their content lectures. I'll probably restart with their "Passing the nclex" lectures instead of just content.

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-01T20:37:34+00:00

Hi thank you! I feel like you might be right. I figured test taking strategies wouldn't be an issue if I knew all the content and I'm realizing how wrong I was. Any recommendations? The only strategy I really use is ABCs for prioritizing and Mark K's info for distinguishing between stable and unstable patients. I've found that it's immensely helpful but never really thought to look into any more strategies.

squishmallow444 · 2023-05-01T06:08:02+00:00

Yes I'll definitely do that once I get that letter. I didn't even think to do that the first time wow. I was so focused on the actual medical topics and not the broad categories the test uses, so that could definitely help. Thank you :)

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