berniemcr

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1. Has your hospital changed visitors policy r/t the flu?

   berniemcr replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   No visitors under 18 and none with s/s of cold/flu

2. Important Lessons my Patients have Taught me...

   berniemcr replied to SweetLemon's topic in Psychiatric

   I work in a child/adolescent unit --so don't ask me "what do you have to do to hook up here, I haven't been having too much luck at home" My favorite though was out of the mouth of a 13 yo "you can't hook up with anyone here--think of your children!!...

3. On-call at home and police wake you up?

   berniemcr replied to RootedRedwood's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I live alone and have had the situation brought to my attention by a co-worker. Since then my rolodex phone card has the information of: no show/no call, please call and the phone number of one of my son's who lives closest to me. It made all of the...

4. Licensed after 55?

   berniemcr replied to Nurse2BB's topic in General Nursing

   I will be 60 years old next week and have been licensed since 2/14/05 at 57. It wasn't easy but it was the best thing I have ever done. As far as I know, you can be licensed at any age. Lots of luck--it's a trip!!!

5. CHEAP online ceu's for certification

   berniemcr replied to househome's topic in Psychiatric

   I just finished psychiatric nursing; current trends in diagnosis and treatment for 30 contact hours at westernschools.com for $39.95 on-line. I had wanted to print out the info because it was informative but read it on-line and finished the tests fi...

6. should I be concerned about my daughter not menstrating?

   berniemcr replied to oknurse320's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Both of my daughters were over 14 yo when they got their period. They were also very athletic which I had thought was the reason. I wouldn't worry about it at this time, but if she has any other problems related to this then see a doctor. How does s...

7. Harrassment by Unit manager--what to do?

   berniemcr posted a topic in General Nursing

   Harrassment by unit assistant manger I have been working on a child/adolesent psych unit for nearly 2 years after becoming a nurse at the age of 57. From the start I had trouble with this manger-being dressed down in the nurses station, being told ho...

8. Any Of You 58 Or Older When You Finished?

   berniemcr replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

   I was 57 when I graduated in 12/05. I must admit that it took me longer than my younger classmates to find a job. I have been working in a child/adolescent crisis center since 4/06. The funniest thing I found was in my second interview when on of...

9. If For One More Day.......

   berniemcr replied to military girl's topic in General Nursing

   Psalm--I certainly don't think wishing for more time with your pet is stupid. I love the "Rainbow Bridge" story that speaks of us being greeted by our loving pets after death--wouldn't that be wonderful? There were times in my life when my family wa...

10. If For One More Day.......

    berniemcr replied to military girl's topic in General Nursing

    I have so often wished Ihad one more day or even one more hour. If I could chose only one person it would be my eldest daughter who died 5 years ago at the age of 29. We were estranged over her life style but she knew I would help her when she was r...

11. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    berniemcr replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was an insurance agent for most of 25 years ( still do it part time) mixed in with a lot of waitressing, bartending and a newspaper delivery person ususally multiple jobs at the same time. There were 7 years when I was a stay at home mom for my 4 ...

12. Bipolar kids or bad parents?

    berniemcr replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I can see what a hot topic this is and as a nurse who works in a child/adolescent crisis unit would like to add my thoughts with what I have seen in my past 1 1/2 years. First of all, NO ONE disputes that there are actually children who have severe b...

13. Low census policy at your hospital?

    berniemcr replied to 2ndbach's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a child/adolescent Crisis Unit and census drops fairly predictably--ie summer/holidays. We are called 2 hours before shift if we are not needed to float to another unit and given the option of being cancelled. They cannot cancel a full-ti...

14. 7:30am to 4PM, and back to work mid to 8s

    berniemcr replied to miche18's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work it's the same as previously stated - no more than 16 hours in 24, unless there is an emergency--ie heavy snowstorm, then you work 16 on 4 off 16 on etc. You do get paid for the 4 hours you sleep though.

15. Nursing or counseling degree?

    berniemcr replied to deb2mirabelle's topic in General Nursing

    To answer the last 2 posts--I passed my boards in 2/06 at the age of 57--this is a second career for me and this is my first job out of nursing school. My prior experience was as an insurance agent for the past 25 years. I had done some volunteer wo...