horsecrazy

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1. getting out of nursing?

   horsecrazy posted a topic in General Nursing

   has anyone seriously thought about leaving the nursing profession. There are several nurses i know going back to school for teaching. I made a decision to go back to school , non nursing related, just was wondering?

2. Does your hospital have mostly 12 or 8 hour nursing positions???

   horsecrazy replied to askater11's topic in General Nursing

   i recently started working 2 twelves and 2 eights every week and love it, had the option of working 3 twelves, but you get less benefits. The only problem i have is other nurses who do 8 hour shift and expect me to give them their patients back afte...

3. Taco Bell is hiring

   horsecrazy replied to RoaminHankRN's topic in General Nursing

   I really don't mind an admission 20 minutes before my shift is over, how about 5 minutes. I will be told i'm getting an admission at 5 am, no big deal so my patient load is already pass the point of safety. It never fails at 725 am my patient arriv...

4. I take my boards on Tuesday!! Yikes!!

   horsecrazy replied to Kim-rn's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck! just try to relax. Get a good night's sleep, try to do something that relaxes you. You have already gotten good advice. remember, you made it through nursing school, they've prepared you well, it wasn't easy, remember all those gruellin...

5. Let the next shift deal with it...

   horsecrazy replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   If i found a patient who was having substandard care, first i talk with the nurse. Face it we all hate it when 10 minutes before your shift ends all hell breaks loose, but we don't have nice 9-5 jobs and we all have to do overtime. If an emergency ...

6. Urgent question...Need answers quick!!!

   horsecrazy replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

   I'd take the second choice. You would have your foot already in the door when you graduate. You would also learn more depending on the unit you would be working at, i work at a facility 30 minutes away, you get so used to the drive, the car almost ...

7. How much do you make?

   horsecrazy replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   1.rn 2.5 years in august 3. telemetry/cardiac stepdown 4. pay 30.00 hour, no medical benefits. I work 4 -12hour night shifts with every other weekend off. The nursing shortage is killing us though, too m...

8. ER vs. LTC Facility staff

   horsecrazy replied to nursedawn67's topic in General Nursing

   i'm sorry you were treated like that, i think sometimes in the heat of the moment, we sometimes say things without thinking. I work in ccu, but i also worked in a ltc for a brief time last summer. I live in a rural community, so the same handful of ...