PPHawk

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1. i stopped at 75! help me im nervous..

   PPHawk replied to kryssie's topic in NCLEX

   When I took the test, and it stopped early, I was in a panic. Then I realized I wasn't stupid enough to fail that quickly. Neither are you. Relax...your congrats are in the mail (so to speak). There was a student in my class who went up to 240 ...

2. How Do You Study?!?!?!

   PPHawk replied to TruDivaRN's topic in General Students

   One of the things I did was to tape everything on cassette and then take them with me wherever I went, playing them in the car, the house, whatever. It got so that, even if I stumbled over a word, I'd remember the stumble. The recordings I made were ...

3. Why are male nurses looked down on?

   PPHawk replied to USCUAmber's topic in Male Students

   Not all women are willing to have male doctors. I think, at least in some cases, it's male vs female, not nurse vs doctor. On the other hand, I don't know what age group you work with, but we still have some people out there who see the doctor as the...

4. How do you feel about the right to die?

   PPHawk replied to sassynurse78's topic in Geriatric

   I'm all for the right to die with dignity and no pain. But if all the things we've seen on TV and in our daily work haven't convinced health care workers to set up living wills, advance directives and anything else we can come up with to get our desi...

5. What is the silliest complaint someone has ever made aboutyou?

   PPHawk replied to SharonH, RN's topic in Relations

   Before I post the silliest complaint, I want to assure you that I'm not joking and the complaint was completely untrue. I also had not had any trouble with the CNA who made the complaint. Nor had I ever discussed this subject prior to this incident. ...

6. scrubs: yes or no for an interview?

   PPHawk replied to RNJess10's topic in Career Support

   LOL...I'm originally from Jersey and I was shocked at first too. But after dressing up in the beginning, I realized that "dressed up" and 110 degrees, dry heat or not, don't go together. Of course, you don't wear frayed cut-offs either. And perso...

7. Updates

   PPHawk replied to RNLisa's topic in New Nurse

   I didn't realize that you'd hung it so close to your shift end. I still think you did fine and I wouldn't have called the doctor back that soon either. Maybe she just didn't sleep well.

8. Medical terms you'd rather see changed....

   PPHawk replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

   Nightly chart checks never caught it. The order was hand written on the MAR at first and whoever prints up the new ones wrote what the nurse had transcribed instead of catching it on the POS. The inhouse pharmacy printed the order correctly on the ...

9. If You Could Turn Back Time . . .

   PPHawk replied to ldh's topic in General Students

   I would have become a veterinarian and worked in a zoo...possibly specializing in endangered animals. I would have loved to work with Jack Hanna or Steve Irwin. But as I grew up, I was encouraged to get good grades, get a good job, get married and ...

10. Do You take your patients out for smoke breaks?

    PPHawk replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    We have employees who smoke and they will take residents outside which also gives them an extra smoke break. I'm fine with that, but I will not take anyone out to that area. I quit 16 years ago and I can tell you that I really hate the smell out th...

11. Updates

    PPHawk replied to RNLisa's topic in New Nurse

    I think you did fine. What you need to think about as your shift comes to an end, is that you're leaving any problems for a nurse who doesn't have easy access to help, other than 911. Most of the time, night shift is just full of paperwork, but then ...

12. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    PPHawk replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Pass it on to the next shift!!!!!!! You haven't seen a dirty look till you've tried that one! Chasing your tail and never catching it. Too darn true!

13. CONTINUED IN WHAT IS THE MAJOR REASON Why are they all leaving?

    PPHawk replied to artistnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a SNF...I always have since I love the geriatric population. But I also have anywhere from 21 to 36 patients depending on which floor I'm on. I left one job because I got tired of the holes in the schedule that were never filled and you wer...

14. scrubs: yes or no for an interview?

    PPHawk replied to RNJess10's topic in Career Support

    I'd suggest street clothes reflecting the usual dress code of people in your area. Here in the southwest I've worn shorts to an interview and gotten the job. I've seen people interviewing with flip-flops and they got the job too. Back east, you wo...

15. Hospital Reputations in Phoenix

    PPHawk replied to Sunlover's topic in Arizona

    I don't see any comments on Paradise Valley Hospital. I've never been a patient or employee, but everyone I've ever mentioned them to, says, "Just let die where I am...don't take me there." Is it really that bad?