SmackerNurse

SmackerNurse has 6 years experience and specializes in M/S, MICU, Hospice, Homecare.

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1. Holidays in Home Health

   SmackerNurse replied to BethCNA's topic in Home Health

   I am PRN and we work when we want to work. I make my own schedule with my patients. If a SOC comes in and needs to be opened on a holiday, our scheduler will find a nurse to do the SOC that is willing to work on the holiday. Since we are contingen...

2. Nurses that graduated from Wayne County Community College

   SmackerNurse replied to Wen902's topic in Michigan

   Ohio university has a great RN to BSN program. Pain free transfer from WCCCD...I recommend taking all of the gen ed classes you can at WCCCD now...chem 105, statistics, history, philosphy, foreign language, etc...then all you will have is the nine nu...

3. NRSE 4600 Starting on Aug 26

   SmackerNurse replied to MSTRN's topic in Ohio University

   Just seen the email. smh This should have been said at the beginning of the week at the very least. Time to jump on the treadmill and step up our game. )

4. The Smile that Changed Everything

   SmackerNurse replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

   So true, so true! This was one lesson I learned even before I became an RN. I was working as a nurse-extern at the time. It seemed like every time I received report I was told, "this one is mean and grouchy" or "this one gave me hell all day, bewa...

5. The Problem with Nursing

   SmackerNurse replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

   You are so correct! Nurses are not being paid more for getting a higher education and that is wrong. When the nursing profession decided to up the anti for the nursing profession by trying to make BSN entry level...they did not think this out very w...

6. The Problem with Nursing

   SmackerNurse replied to The_Optimist's topic in General Nursing

   Hope3456 hit the nail on the head. Just like the saying, "no one can love you until you love yourself first," it is the same for nursing. Others will not respect us until we can respect ourselves and each other. When patients, doctors and other per...

7. New hire and pregnant... need advice Please.

   SmackerNurse replied to Encast's topic in NICU

   First, congratulations on the pregnancy! What a blessing! Second, why are they not shielding you to begin with? At my facility everyone is either cleared from the x-ray or shielded if stepping away is not an option. It is hospital policy! Being e...

8. Dismissed from nursing school...fought back and won in court!

   SmackerNurse replied to 28studentsfailed's topic in General Students

   I have a friend who was awarded a failing grade, (needed a 75 and her final grade in the class was 74.8) and when we recalculated her grade she actually earned a 78.4. The instructor calculated her grade incorrectly and when my friend went to her ab...

9. NRSE 4600 Starting on Aug 26

   SmackerNurse replied to MSTRN's topic in Ohio University

   I didnt have any issues with the assignment. As I stated before I thought it was pretty straight forward. My grades were submitted today too...definitely on the right track :) Glad everything worked out for you as well. Oh and thanks for clarifying a...

10. NRSE 4600 Starting on Aug 26

    SmackerNurse replied to MSTRN's topic in Ohio University

    The email you are referring to here. ) I didn't have any issues with the assignment, thank goodness.

11. Nurses that graduated from Wayne County Community College

    SmackerNurse replied to Wen902's topic in Michigan

    I understand, when I was planning on attending WCCCD for my ADN I had a lot of folks telling me not to go there. I choose WCCCD for one reason and one reason only, they did NOT have a wait list and I did not want to wait 2-3 years longer to start nu...

12. Nurses that graduated from Wayne County Community College

    SmackerNurse replied to Wen902's topic in Michigan

    You are welcome, Wen. I can tell you this, WCCCD nursing instructors care deeply about their students success. There is always one bad apple in every school, but I found that the majority of their instructors sincerely cared for their students. Th...

13. Walden University BEWARE

    SmackerNurse replied to SassieRN's topic in School Programs

    Thank you so much! This is so helpful. I am not planning on applying until the beginning of next year, but I wanted to get a head start now so that I can be prepared.

14. Walden University BEWARE

    SmackerNurse replied to SassieRN's topic in School Programs

    I am looking at Walden for FNP. To those of you in the program; how did you find clinical locations and preceptors that are required? I seen that you have to give a list of prospects for the admission process and am concerned how to go about finding...

15. NRSE 4600 Starting on Aug 26

    SmackerNurse replied to MSTRN's topic in Ohio University

    I am taking this class too. Seems pretty straight forward, although I didn't receive the email from the professor even though I have already submitted the first assignment. If someone could please forward it to me. I will pm you my email addy. Thank...