shedevilprincss

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1. BA in Social Work to nursing?

   shedevilprincss replied to Rowan318's topic in General Nursing

   I worked as a social worker (BSW) for 7 years while taking classes/deciding what I ultimately wanted to do. I was fortunate to keep my job part time as I worked through school. I went back for an ADN and will be pursuing my BSN online soon.

2. nursys/license

   shedevilprincss replied to hopern84's topic in General Nursing

   Same with Maryland! No paper licenses.

3. Shortages r/t Puerto Rico

   shedevilprincss replied to CCU BSN RN's topic in General Nursing

   We also received an email about mixing abx at the bedside. We have had the morphine shortage for a while at our hospital but the dilaudid is definitely catching up. And I know where some mini bags are hidden throughout the ER so I'm just keeping that...

4. Accelerated ADN/ASN Vs ABSN

   shedevilprincss replied to maki122's topic in ADN/BSN

   I attended what is considered an accelerated ADN program. Post pre-reqs, you could do a 2 year traditional program with summers off or a 14 month straight through program. I had my pre-reqs done thinking I was going another route and ended up doing t...

5. Preventing call-ins

   shedevilprincss replied to Brandi,RN's topic in General Nursing

   Well that escalated quickly. In my old job (pre-nursing days but still in a clinic), I went in on day 2.5 of being sick and ended up going home with strep throat. My coworkers weren't happy I came in at all. taking a MH day used to be my favorite cal...

6. NEW RN TASK

   shedevilprincss replied to jessicarami's topic in New Nurse

   That 24 hour job thing got me my first year too. I'm a Type A and always used to feel bad about leaving stuff for the next shift. im better about it now but it's still something I have to work on!

7. NEW RN TASK

   shedevilprincss replied to jessicarami's topic in New Nurse

   The whole first year of nursing. Caring for patients and handling a patient assignment on my own. Learning charting and technical skills at the same time. Acclimating to my unit. You name it, overall the first year was hard.

8. New graduate question

   shedevilprincss replied to jessicarami's topic in New Nurse

   I think it depends on what field you want. I started in the ED as a new grad with a 16 week preceptorship under a new grad residency. It was hard but I knew ED was what I wanted so I made it happen. I was also lucky that my hospital lets new grads wo...

9. What to do?

   shedevilprincss replied to Theone40's topic in General Nursing

   What kind of orientation would you get in the ER? Will they extend it if you feel you are lagging behind? What are the ratios? Did you do a shadow day--how was the culture, how were the other nurses? What is your end goal? Would you (or your peers) h...

10. Socks & clogs??? - Help!!

    shedevilprincss replied to LM838's topic in General Nursing

    I wear compression socks, whether I'm wearing my clogs or sneakers. That many hours on your feet for a long time really get to you after a while. ETA: good luck to you! Also, I prefer sneakers to clogs but that is my pref for a 13 hour shift in the E...

11. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    shedevilprincss replied to Cisabel's topic in Relations

    Why are you focused on what happened as a student when it appears from your other posts you are now a new grad with a job? Take this experience forward into your practice, continue to seek out learning opportunities and help others on your unit, and ...

12. New RN's: Is it normal to help your preceptor with all their patients tasks

    shedevilprincss replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    Here was my approach when I was precepting: week 1: 1 patient (I take the other 3) week 2: 2 patients (I take the other 2) etc etc until my preceptee got up to all 4 (or 5 depending on our assignment) patients. I didn't mind slowing the timeline down...

13. Obsessed with Scrubs

    shedevilprincss replied to Longleggedstar's topic in Uniform/Gear

    Cherokee infinity all the way!

14. To tell or not to tell?

    shedevilprincss replied to nursingRN123's topic in General Students

    I used Saunders Med-Surg Success (or something comparable for my other classes). Many times, there were almost (if not entirely) direct questions from the books. Its like a freebie. However, its not like I didn't know the material, it was just anothe...

15. prescription drug addiction

    shedevilprincss replied to shedevilprincss's topic in General Nursing

    I like that answer.