kittykash

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1. If I had more days like this, I'd quit!

   kittykash replied to kittykash's topic in Career Support

   In case anyone was interested, I worked the same floor yesterday. I was originally scheduled to work my "homebase", psych, but before I could get out of report on that floor, the nursing supervisor called and had me pulled to the med/surg floor. Ye...

2. bad back

   kittykash replied to Wyclef's topic in Career Support

   When I first started my career, I ached all over. Actually cried the first couple of nights after 12-hr shifts. It does get better, though. The right shoes and the proper positions to lift, shove, push, and pull a patient makes all the difference....

3. Help!!

   kittykash replied to ERINCAJK's topic in Career Support

   Do you have a supportive husband? Because going back to school while you have a family is a hardship. Your kids are used to "you" doing for them. And being away at school and clinicals is one thing, but doing all the paperwork at home that school ...

4. If I had more days like this, I'd quit!

   kittykash posted a topic in Career Support

   My day started out awful and just continued to get worse. Let me give you a little history about myself. I've been nursing since 6/01. I did a six-week stint on the med-surg floor and then took a full-time position on the psychiatric unit. I love...

5. Starting work . . .

   kittykash posted a topic in General Students

   Here I am, sitting at home since I found out that I passed the boards, just waiting to start work. When I was hired, the VP of nursing told me to call her when I passed the boards. I did. She said, "congrats" and that she'd have her secretary call...

6. prone to nursing

   kittykash replied to janleb's topic in General Students

   My family put the "fun" in dysFUNctional! Could that be the reason that I chose nursing as my profession and why I want to be a psych nurse:D

7. Get to watch an autopsy!!!

   kittykash replied to essarge's topic in General Students

   How exciting. When I was in A&P, we tried to talk our instructor into getting us in to see one. Unfortunately, we live in a small, rural area and there are none done locally. She had arranged for one of her classes to view one once and the med...

8. Hey Kittykash

   kittykash replied to lyndalous's topic in General Students

   Oh yea, I'm superstitious, too. I eat fish the night before a test because it is "brain food" and I drink Carnation Instant Breakfast the morning of an exam. I also wear my test-taking shirt, which I wore for every exam during school--it is a shirt...

9. Hey Kittykash

   kittykash replied to lyndalous's topic in General Students

   Hey right back at you. I guess you are still awake :) I am going to work 6 weeks of med/surg at a small 101 bed hospital in this rural area that I live in. Then, I'll transfer to their 20 bed co-ed psych unit and further train there. I was hopi...

10. One more Question......

    kittykash replied to lyndalous's topic in General Students

    Just in case your are an insomniac like me and happen to check this again tonight--I wanted to wish you luck on the NCLEX. I took mine on 6/1/01. It is hard, don't get me wrong. But it is passable. So far, our class has a 100% pass rate. And tha...

11. Posting notes

    kittykash replied to moni rn's topic in General Students

    Several of us girls did the same thing--typing our notes after lecture. I started the whole thing--I was a medical transcriptionist during school. Anyway, I had my own transcription machine. I took pretty good notes during class but always missed ...

12. Thanks, however the problem is....

    kittykash replied to TeresaRN2b's topic in General Students

    Some people can be real PIA's, if you know what I mean. She was just afraid that she might actually have to do some "work" to come up with that old syllabus! You'll do much better learning the 2nd time around--it's a proven fact. And you'll probab...

13. Need Words of advice/encouragement

    kittykash replied to dgh1973's topic in General Students

    First of all, congrats on returning to school to fulfill your dream of becoming an RN. I wish you the best of luck. We had to do skills check-offs during our first and second semesters. The first semester was the worst because I didn't know the in...

14. Inspirational Songs for Pinning Ceremony

    kittykash replied to Loraine's topic in General Students

    "sung"--just doesn't sound right??? I'm terrific at medical terminology--now I'm stumped on this stupid word . . .

15. Inspirational Songs for Pinning Ceremony

    kittykash replied to Loraine's topic in General Students

    Our class chose "Wind Beneath My Wings" and a classmate sung it beautifully. She dedicated it to our spouses and families and to our teachers. It was very touching, she had a great voice, and there wasn't a dry eye in our class.