Nurse Maru

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1. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

   Nurse Maru replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

   Let's be clear - you are NOT being paid to learn. You are being paid to deliver safe, competent, skilled nursing care to vulnerable individuals who absolutely depend upon your knowledge and professional judgement to care for them across the spectrum ...

2. What is harder- nursing school or first year working?

   Nurse Maru replied to BookishBelle's topic in General Nursing

   Sing it! Amen. Verdad. Yup.

3. Depression/Anxiety Medications A Possible Hinderance to Getting a Job?

   Nurse Maru replied to rnsheri's topic in Stress 101

   Hey, go ahead and shoot the messenger if it makes you feel better, I can only relay what was told to me. If this were an issue I were facing, I would certainly do my own research.

4. USA Spring 2013

   Nurse Maru replied to Strawberry wine's topic in NP Students

   Just wanted to say hello and good luck to everyone who applied. I'm in my first semester of the FNP/Advanced Emergency AACNP and so far I LOVE it. Although there have been little bumps in the road here and there it's been a great experience thus f...

5. Depression/Anxiety Medications A Possible Hinderance to Getting a Job?

   Nurse Maru replied to rnsheri's topic in Stress 101

   One of my best friends who is ex Army Ranger was passed up for an NP program, had two interviews and the dean told him he couldn't let him in because he didn't want to see him get through the program just to be denied scriptive authority by the DEA b...

6. Depression/Anxiety Medications A Possible Hinderance to Getting a Job?

   Nurse Maru replied to rnsheri's topic in Stress 101

   One of my best friends is a newly minted BSN, RN who right now has a job in an ED where she is very, very happy. Less than one year ago she was an inpatient at the acute psych facility where I work. Your prescriptions are your business, as long as yo...

7. Too much emphasis on "caring"

   Nurse Maru replied to sweet~revenge's topic in General Nursing

   OK, that made me actually LOL. Thanks :-) I must say, I think this is the most intelligent and thought-provoking thread I've read in a long, long time. I love it, and I hope the conversation continues.

8. "Why does a nurse have to go to college?"

   Nurse Maru replied to bookwormom's topic in General Nursing

   This suggestion is utterly and completely ethically and morally bankrupt. It is absolutely loathsome and horrifying to suggest that a young woman should be deluded and deceived in order to maintain her status as chattel under the control of her fath...

9. Do i have to put my night managers as references? who can I put?

   Nurse Maru replied to ldiva0808's topic in Stress 101

   You will have to put down supervisors of some sort who have worked with you directly. Otherwise you could easily come off as someone who has poor effort and/or performance to hide. Providing a full effort and maintaining your professionalism even in...

10. International Editions of textbooks

    Nurse Maru replied to NJprisonrn's topic in NP Students

    I've never used an IE, but from what others are saying it sounds like a great deal if you do your research and make sure it's not in B&W. Where do you purchase international editions? I still need to pick up a couple of texts for my grad progra...

11. When does the anxiety go away???

    Nurse Maru replied to Animal3's topic in Med-Surg

    Oh sweetie. There's a word for that. You're nesting. It's just that you're doing it at work too, instead of just doing it at home. This too shall pass. Try to avail yourself of any resources available to you at work like a counselor, make yourself...

12. ECT Nurses where are you at?

    Nurse Maru replied to Topaz7's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not really an ECT RN, I work at an acute care psychiatric hospital that is located in a building about 1 mile from our hospital but we are technically considered just another "unit" - as though we were simply another floor on the hospital. I don...

13. You know you've been a nurse for too long when..........

    Nurse Maru replied to NO50FRANNY's topic in General Nursing

    Sent this in the wrong place

14. Took my NCLEX-RN today!

    Nurse Maru replied to five_apples's topic in NCLEX

    I estimated my test was about 40% SATA, I had 76 questions, and I passed. Not looking would drive me NUTS, lol, I checked in the lobby before I even left the building! FYI - I know it varies from state to state, but here in Nebraska I was not able...

15. NCLEX Scoring - Need some REAL advice.

    Nurse Maru replied to SftballbabeE09's topic in NCLEX

    Where do you get this number from? I am completely unaware of any instance where it has given a false negative, let alone any data showing what percentage of times it gives a false negative, so I'm curious as to what your source of information is. ...