Lucky0220

Lucky0220

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About Lucky0220

Lucky0220 has 4 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, Acute Rehab.


Former elementary school teacher 2nd career RN

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  1. It's OFFICIAL!!! Tips and Encouragement from a Second Timer!

    Congrats!! What a fantastic and inspiring post. I took the NCLEX back in 2009 and I was so lucky not to have gotten many SATA questions! I hope that you get another promising position...you deserve it. Best of Luck You!
  2. overheard at the bedside

    That is a GREAT one for the "Say it Correctly" thread, that's somewhere on this site. Maybe the nurse was thinking about C-Diff! LOL
  3. overheard at the bedside

    Oops, put my response with the wrong post!
  4. St. David's GN Residency

    I stated above that I did not go in as a new nurse. I had 3 years of experience.
  5. St. David's GN Residency

    Maybe this should give you a good indication of St. David's organizational culture,and what it might be like to work for! I didn't go in as a new nurse and they didn't even have someone to just orient me to the unit. The hiring process takes forev...
  6. Just lovely.....this is what we went into nursing for! I love that phrase.."defensive nursing". Might have to borrow it for our next staff meeting!
  7. I couldn't agree more with this observation. I truly believe that the OP and other new grads, including myself, when I graduated 4 years ago, were totally unprepared for bedside nursing when we graduated. Unfortunately, I didn't know that I was so ...
  8. ADN or accelerated BSN program?

    With an ADN and/or an ASN, you graduate with a DEGREE, not a diploma. ADN stands for Associate Degree in Nursing. ASN stands for Associate of Science in Nursing. Both are the same education-wise. It just depends on on where you live and the sch...
  9. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    You know, I just read somewhere that if you roll your eyes as much as you do, they just might stay like that; with the pupil and iris facing the retina. Then you'd have to walk backwards for the rest of your life!
  10. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

    For ktwlpn: Maybe you have not worked at many different hospitals, but in at least 2 hospitals I worked at, new hires had some sort of identifier, showing others that they were new. While I did not have a sticker, I believe I had a thin green strip...
  11. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

    I just cannot understand why more hospitals don't invest in an admissions RN for each shift. To me that would be such a help for the floor nurses. We have one where I work, but only from 11a to 11p and only 3 days a week. It is just one position...
  12. Do not encourage 'mindlor' by responding to his posts which are always argumentative. Read some of them...and you will see what I mean. He likes to push everyone's buttons.
  13. fyi it seems that the op has not answered our questions as to whether he/she is hourly or salaried. in any case, since this is an important topic, i thought i would paste this info from the wage and hour division of the dept. of labor: wage and ...
  14. Based on another one of your posts, where the thread was asking what hospital and what salary, you gave an annual figure. That suggests to me that you are not an hourly employee. Is this correct? If so, then unfortunately, they do not have to pay ...
  15. It's sad, but true, I guess. Just like many candidates do not prepare for their interviews, some who are responsible for either doing the interview or setting it up, also do not prepare. I would be be proactive and say something to the person who is...