slu_rn

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1. anyone have a nose ring?

   slu_rn replied to rsjenni's topic in General Nursing

   I think that any piercing, as long as it isn't large and obnoxious is fine. (I have 13 total piercings, 10 of which are in my ears). I don't have a nose piercing, but I am debating about having my tongue done. I have only had one person at my facilit...

2. A Nurse's Life, Now With Open Eyes

   slu_rn replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

   In response to you question about debt, I am very lucky. Between scholarships and my family, I have no school debt. That is an amazing feeling. I can't imagine anyone in this area with school debt and trying to support themselves. The poster who sp...

3. A Nurse's Life, Now With Open Eyes

   slu_rn replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for almost exactly a year now. I am also looking for a different path. I have reapplied to retail stores for work until I find something that suits me better. I am already burned out of the way that administration, physicians and ...

4. Question for those w/ PDA's

   slu_rn replied to LaborNurse1's topic in NP

   I have a Palm LifeDrive and love it. It was expensive, but I asked for it for a Christmas present then purchased the software myself.

5. GN starting rate?

   slu_rn replied to RNismycalling's topic in New Nurse

   St. Louis MO, $18/hr and cost of living is fairly high. It's around $800 for a 1br apartment.

6. If you had your time over again >>>

   slu_rn replied to Sabby_NC's topic in General Nursing

   I graduated with my BSN in May of 2006 and I can say whole-heartedly that if I had it to do over, Nursing would be the last thing I chose. I have worked in 2 separate areas since graduation and have not found my place in either of them. That being sa...

7. Nothing Left....

   slu_rn replied to slu_rn's topic in NICU

   I really don't mind the admisstions and the work. I want to be confident. I guess my struggle is really with not being accepted. I talked to the person who called me and her response to everything was I guess you've just been targeted.

8. Nothing Left....

   slu_rn replied to slu_rn's topic in NICU

   I have a friend who works nights on the same unit and I walked her out the other morning and she was almost in tears. The 3 nights she was there that week no one really talked to her. She tried to get in on conversation during slow periods but they t...

9. Nothing Left....

   slu_rn replied to slu_rn's topic in NICU

   I don't know about hazing. I know that I rarely get any help, and I often feel like I'm being "dumped" on. As far as getting better at admits, I can set up an isolette with the best of them, but I still am having trouble juggling the admit with my ot...

10. Nothing Left....

    slu_rn posted a topic in NICU

    I graduated with my BSN in May and have been working on a Level III NICU since June. I got out of orientation about a month ago and I think I've already burned out. During orientaiton, my preceptor and I ended up with the sickest kids. Sometimes we'd...

11. Belleville

    slu_rn replied to curlysin's topic in Missouri

    I live in Shiloh and the area is really nice, quiet and safe. Other places to look would be O'Fallon, Millstadt, Lebanon, Troy, and Breese/Aviston but it also depends on where you want to work. Some of those towns, Breese for example, would be about ...

12. I am a nurse, but I dream of....

    slu_rn replied to Elisheva's topic in General Nursing

    In my dreams I am: * A veterinarian * A biomedical engineer * A genetic engineer * A professional softball player (yay for first knee surgery at age 15 )

13. My first few days, as a new RN

    slu_rn replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to leave the hospital. I just don't know where else to go. Working in a MD office just doesn't really sound any better.

14. My first few days, as a new RN

    slu_rn replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    The problem is getting someone to come in. Right now we're struggling with out patients. Our acuity is incredibly high, and work can be a very depressing place to be so who wants to exhaust themselves working an extra shift?

15. My first few days, as a new RN

    slu_rn replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    Being assertive, yes, is a good thing I think, but what I always get hung up on is who then will pick up that patient who needs care? It's wonderful for us to talk about how we all should just say no, but then what happens to that person who needs th...