ncnurse99

ncnurse99 specializes in acute care, ltc, trauma.

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1. North Carolina Roll Call

   ncnurse99 replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

   Dixie, hey. I know you were talking to babynurse but I am doing my nursing classes at home through Excelsior. After your GE classes are out of the way you only have 7 classes to take for nursing. It is simply self study and you test at testing center...

2. North Carolina Roll Call

   ncnurse99 replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

   ncbabynurse, i am in nebo as well. i tried to IM you but i think each person has to have 15 posts in order to IM. just wondering if we knew each other.:)

3. Do Day Nurses Really Feel that Night Nurses Do Nothing All Night?

   ncnurse99 replied to Brita01's topic in General Nursing

   I work both days and nights. We are required to alternate our 12 hour shifts monthly. This is to keep the "well the othe shift does not do this/that" to a minimum. We experience first hand that each shift has its pros/cons. So to answer the question....

4. Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

   ncnurse99 replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

   I agree, do what you think will make you feel best, afterall you are the one who has to live with yourself. Everyone has different things that drive them. I guess my post made me sound hardened and jaded, but as terrible as it seems, after 12 yrs in ...

5. North Carolina Roll Call

   ncnurse99 replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

   Awesome! Yeah I have looked at CLEP study guides and Ebay, WOW the money you can save! Thanks, its great to hear from others in NC and have support!

6. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   ncnurse99 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Hope my post was not offensive to some of u, but it seems it was. That was not the intent. That is simply something that aggrivates me. Having "sugar" not "sugar diabetes" is sweet alright but not in the context u are referring lol. Say them out lo...

7. Advice re: nightshift

   ncnurse99 replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

   May take a while to adjust, but it will happen. Many people have said to take care of stuff before you go to sleep and sleep until aprox an hour prior to going in to work. I am opposite. I have small children. One in school and one in daycare. So if ...

8. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   ncnurse99 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ohhh soo many to choose from lol! I really should give those with no healthcare education some slack, but patients and family drive me crazy with mispronunciations!! Im sure after all the replys to this thread there is someone who is bound to have co...

9. North Carolina Roll Call

   ncnurse99 replied to RNPATL's topic in North Carolina

   Little town 40 min east of asheville here. LPN for 9 yrs, taking classes for RN....FINALLY!!! lol Anyway, anyone else from around the area that is doing RN classes at home? Looking for some local support/study partners/book trading etc. And for the r...

10. If You Had To Do It All Again Would You Go Straight For RN Instead?!

    ncnurse99 replied to Batman24's topic in LPN-RN

    YES YES YES a thousand times yes!!! I would NEVER have went for LPN first. I am an LPN and have been for 9 yrs and have said from the day I graduated I was going straight back for my RN...well life happens! 9 years later I am finally starting my RN c...

11. A & P Class requirement

    ncnurse99 replied to BjSkyGGEvan's topic in LPN-RN

    Here is a great study site for A&P. Made me feel pretty stupid!! http://www.getbodysmart.com/

12. Nursing, Smoking, and Kids

    ncnurse99 replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    Why the sudden urge to talk to them since starting nsg school? Would you tell someone who was drinking around their child they could be rotting their liver out...i mean eventually that would harm their child(emotionally) as well. Best to just shhhhh....

13. A day in the life of an nurse in a Doctor office

    ncnurse99 replied to D&Ggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Either those are some very low paid RN's or some really high paid MA's lol...I think if the later is the case, I'd sure like to be that MA!

14. PCA a good or Bad idea?

    ncnurse99 replied to AngelaChanel24's topic in Technicians

    I'm finding a little good in all that each of you are saying in regards to the question asked. I do agree that PCA/CNA is a thankless, physically demaning, extremely low paying job. I think that most often they are taken advantage of by the nurses wh...

15. Does your hospital have Trauma Care Unit?

    ncnurse99 replied to ncnurse99's topic in General Nursing

    We get only trauma pts. They are c us til they go to the floor. We are a 24 bed unit. Thanks for your response. Interesting to see differences between hospitals!