msrosebud28

msrosebud28 specializes in LTC, Med/Surg, Home Health.

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1. RN thinking of going back to school for dental hygeine?

   msrosebud28 replied to msrosebud28's topic in Career Support

   í ½í²¬Again, I never went through with it. I have been in the " Nursing" field both as a LPN and RN for about 15 years now. Many times I have came home feeling defeated. That's the beast you deal with in Nursing. I get frustrated over the charting , ...

2. Excelsior Grads - Where are they now?

   msrosebud28 replied to EricJRN's topic in Excelsior

   I started Excelsior in 9/08 and graduated officially 9/09 with my ADN . Now, I am working in Home Health (love it) in NC and my salary from LPN in LTC went from 32,000 to 63,000 this past year! Do I regret it? NO! Wished I would have done it sooner! ...

3. Administerring 5-fu at home, urgent advice needed

   msrosebud28 replied to sailkeys's topic in Home Health

   I work for a home health company and we do chemo in home but we only hook up to the pump and take it down. We do not mix or program the pump . The pharmacy mixes and programs the pump , we only check for correct settings. And for this reason I am tol...

4. most troubling trend in healthcare

   msrosebud28 replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

   No, Common Sense.......I meant that there isn't any common sense left in nursing anymore. Instead you are given 1500 hundred mundane task and documentation "their way". Shucks big brother can jump in the lake as far as I am concerned.There will be mu...

5. most troubling trend in healthcare

   msrosebud28 replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

   And of course where did COMMON SENSE go?...out the door

6. I hate being a nurse

   msrosebud28 replied to SJE RN's topic in Career Support

   Yes...Definatley have another job before you resign .....take it from me....that's not a good feeling....cause I've been there and done that....but yes if you are already stressed from home life then add the stress of nursing especially, bedside nurs...

7. I hate being a nurse

   msrosebud28 replied to SJE RN's topic in Career Support

   OMG....I had just typed this lengthy letter but it got deleted....So, now I will say in a nut shell....NO job is worth feeling that way......polish your resume' and get back out there into the job circuit....nursing can be a beast! Sounds like it's w...

8. DONE with interviews and indecision - it's depressing

   msrosebud28 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

   If it makes you feel better I'm right there with you! But I finally found a job on night shift in which I hate and I drive 45 minutes one way. I am sleepy on my days off and unable to arouse to spend time with my 4 year old. I had better luck as an ...

9. Experience

   msrosebud28 replied to gohogs's topic in General Nursing

   Not funny but funny gohogs. That's interesting you ask, because I am going through the same thing. I was an LPN for seven years prior so I thought in the nursing world they would give you credit for that..No it has been my experience that they don't ...

10. Triamcinolone/Miconazole on an open wound!?!

    msrosebud28 replied to Misty1205's topic in Wound

    I have seen in wound care that there are alot of things you would not expect to be used..I have even heard of bismuth and bourbon? go figure, never question MD unless you have MSN beside your name....you will be eaten..by them

11. What will you do after floor nursing?

    msrosebud28 replied to Blouis's topic in General Nursing

    I think eventually I would like to become a case manger and/or a diabetes educator in a hospital setting. I have my asn and plan on obtaining my BSN as soon as I decide the route! I have worked in LTC for 8 years and now am going to work on med surge...

12. Those in Med Surg

    msrosebud28 replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    Just got hired as a night shift nurse 7pto 7a for a med surge floor. The nurse manager stated I would have 5 patient ratio because she recently had alot of nurses quit because the patient ratio had been higher and she stated more than once I would ne...

13. Turned in my Resignation

    msrosebud28 replied to rukiddingme's topic in MDS

    Well I am applying for mds job within the new facility I am at. If they do not give it to me I have a job offer at a hospital . The other facility that I worked for did not adequately train me not to mention the other mds coordinator was slack to say...

14. How to deal with constant calls to come into work?!

    msrosebud28 replied to magn1jes's topic in General Nursing

    LOL I know the feeling when I first became a nurse I used to feel guilty when I said NO. Now, almost 9 years later I'm cursing them under my breath when I say no! This is part of the reason why nurses become burnt out. This is why staffing leaves an...

15. RN thinking of going back to school for dental hygeine?

    msrosebud28 replied to msrosebud28's topic in Career Support

    Thanks Guys! I think I was venting and I am burnt out in LTC! But GREAT NEWS ! Got a job offer for a med surge unit will get 10 weeks orientation and will only have 6 patients!