mrsshifflette09

mrsshifflette09 has 3 years experience and specializes in Neurosciences, Med-Surg-CNA.

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1. Dear Nurses: Please Forgive Me

   mrsshifflette09 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Nursing

   What a beautifully written post. I work in neuro and I have seen this time and time again. It is a terrible thing to see someone go like that. Bless you for being so supportive of your father. I know it means the world to him.

2. PCCN - I failed by 10 questions

   mrsshifflette09 replied to ChineseNurse's topic in Cardiac

   I took it yesterday and failed by ONE point. I was SOOOO ******, but I decided that I am going to retake it. I hope I can pass this time. I want to get my CNIII and my $1000 bonus for passing the test!! We can do this!

3. Hypothyroidism & Nursing School?

   mrsshifflette09 replied to sugarmagnoliaRN's topic in General Students

   I was diagnosed with Hypothyroidism in my second semester of nursing school. I was doing really bad in class prior to my dx, and I was sleeping all the time, couldn't remember a thing, and I gained at least 20 lbs. After I got on my meds and started ...

4. Overtime, how much?

   mrsshifflette09 replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

   I try to do 1-2 shifts per pay period as well, only because my husband is in school and I am the sole income. We have plenty of overtime shifts, but I don't judge people who dont do them, I just really need them! So the more openings, the better it i...

5. So do you really...

   mrsshifflette09 replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

   On the floor that I work on, we do a full head to toe Neuro assessment every 2 or 4 hours, depending on the stability of the patient. We do one full head to toe assessment each shift. I don't always feel that it is necessary to do a full head to toe ...

6. Compassion required???

   mrsshifflette09 replied to jellyfishmafia's topic in General Nursing

   I think that since you know how you feel it should make it easier for you to be a nurse if you want to be. I feel like you would be a good fit for the SICU or the OR. You would have less families and awake patients to deal with and you could do your ...

7. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   mrsshifflette09 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Relations

   Oh and one more, I am glad that you had time on your night shift to look through my charting and medications to try to find the slightest mistake to call me out on. Meanwhile, I am in our patients room first thing in the morning cleaning up poop that...

8. Things you'd LOVE to tell coworkers...and get away with it!

   mrsshifflette09 replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in Relations

   "No, you don't ALWAYS get the crappy assignment. I don't think you'd be happy with ANY assignment." My ABSOLUTE favorite comment!!! It drives me NUTS when the same nurses always come in complaining about their assignment EVERY day. Seriously? Is ever...

9. Using Benedryl with pts with a subdural hematoma

   mrsshifflette09 replied to wgrassmRN's topic in Safety

   I also work on a Neurosurg floor and we are very hesitant to give anything that may give a person sedative side effects if they have any type of brain injury. You were thinking right to not give the patient any Benadryl, because you need to keep a go...

10. Nurses with Type 1 Diabetes

    mrsshifflette09 replied to ScwwcS's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I had advice for you too. My mom has type 1 diabetes and she always wanted to be a nurse. She was diagnosed at 12 years old. She was afraid to go to nursing school and become a nurse because of her fears of her disease. I am interested to hear...

11. to study or unwind before NCLEX?

    mrsshifflette09 replied to Kwillpassnclex13's topic in NCLEX

    I would study one of the two days before, and relax the others. I studied until my husband and I got to the hotel we were staying at in the town where I was taking the NCLEX, then I stopped and relaxed, went out to dinner, and had a drink before bed....

12. Need advice for finding a job in the Raleigh/Durham area!

    mrsshifflette09 replied to clbkmb09's topic in North Carolina

    Call 919-684-8111 and ask to speak with someone on Nurse Recruitment, NOT HR. You won't need to talk to anyone in HR until you get a job. That number is the main number for the hospital. And it won't make you sound bossy, it will show your dedication...

13. Need advice for finding a job in the Raleigh/Durham area!

    mrsshifflette09 replied to clbkmb09's topic in North Carolina

    I had this issue at first too. I applied to Duke, WakeMed and Rex, and then I called Nurse Recruitment often to see if I had any chances for an interview. I got really lucky, and I got an interview at Duke after searching for a few weeks, and I got t...

14. Fired By Patient Family

    mrsshifflette09 replied to SolaireSolstice's topic in General Nursing

    yeah this is going to happen. The best advice I can give, and I don't mean this in any type of rude way, is to just get over it. Laugh about it with your colleagues, and move on. I have a friend that I work with that is very hard headed, but she is a...

15. Survey: How old were you when you entered the nursing profession?

    mrsshifflette09 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I was 20 years old when I first started working as an RN. I worked pretty hard to start that early!!