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  1. Loan Repayment Programs

    I hate to be a downer, but the national health service corps repayment program is not for RNs. It is for MDs, midwifes, nursd practitioners, but not RNs. Have you looked into your nearest university hospital? I work at a university hospital and they ...
  2. Question on risk of HIV exposure/infection

    I don't think gown, gloves, goggles, and mask would be conisdered beyond standard precautions with any pt that has flying goobers, no matter what their hiv status is. I don't know about you, but I'm not going to a big wet cough to the face if I can p...
  3. what are these yellow gowns for?

    At my hospital they do not allow staff to wear labcoats into the icu areas. We all use the yellow fabric gowns if we get cold. We use the blue plastic gowns in iso rooms. The doctors will also wear the yellow gowns into the icu rooms to prevent sprea...
  4. Kentucky RN Salaries

    I am a new grad RN working at UK in Lexington, KY. Starting pay is $21.57 plus shift diffs (4.50 on nights, plus 3.25 on weekends). There are a good number of jobs here in Lexington, but there are also a million nursing schools here, so competition i...
  5. Anyone work at UK Medical Center/Good Samaritan Hospital

    Are you looking to work at Uk or Good Samaritan? The pay and benefits are the same at both hospitals, but that is where the similarities end. UK has great staffing ratios most of the time, and is all in all a dream place to work compared to Good Sama...
  6. gyn prob. in the ER??? GUESS THE DIAGNOSIS

    lord I hope it isn't 3 years of having a sex toy jammed somewhere and/or labor !
  7. gyn prob. in the ER??? GUESS THE DIAGNOSIS

    I'm going to guess that she's allergic to her partner's emissions.
  8. Sure it is. And all CNAs should be able to petition to take the NCLEX. I mean, come on, if you can take a blood pressure and wipe a bottom, you can surely do everything LPNs and RNs do. Heck, We should even be able to practice medicince, since really...
  9. First Code

    Unless you drew up the dilaudid and left it in the pt's room, I don't see how it was your fault. Patients do stupid things. We've had cardiac patients snorting cocaine in their room, patients with PICC lines go out to "smoke" and inject themselves wi...
  10. is 3rd shift inevitable for new nurses?

    Around here (KY), most new grads start out on nights. Once you get use to staying up all night and sleeping during the day, it isn't bad. I'm currently on days right now, but will likely be going back to nights soon. As for staying in shape on nights...
  11. Private Loan Debt Stressed Out New Grad! HELP!

    I'm sorry you're having such a rough time. First, I would recommend taking a deep breath and remind yourself that this too shall pass. You will eventually find a job and get into a better financial situation. Next, call your loan companies, ask about...
  12. Do you wear an undershirt???

    I usually just wear a white men's ribbed unershirt tank top. They are pretty thin, but provide me with enough of a feeling of having something on.
  13. There was a post there originially. It appears that the OP went back and deleted most of it for some reason.
  14. It is great that you are so optimistic. I think most people who enter into nursing (or any profession for that matter), go into school with a bright outlook. Then you start your actual nursing classes. Nursing school is tough. Very tough. And not jus...
  15. It depends. I have traded patients if it is someone that I know outside of work. However, I have also had to care for a few coworkers (darned HMO). They really can't get assigned a nurse that doesn't know them, because in our hospital, everybody kno...