mikesgirl1

mikesgirl1 has 7 years experience and specializes in peds, psych.

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1. What's the deal with this Information Literacy course?

   mikesgirl1 replied to nursewithskills's topic in Excelsior

   Im so glad you posted also:) it answered it for me as well!

2. What's the deal with this Information Literacy course?

   mikesgirl1 replied to nursewithskills's topic in Excelsior

   Thank you very much! I appreciate the response! Have a great day:)

3. What's the deal with this Information Literacy course?

   mikesgirl1 replied to nursewithskills's topic in Excelsior

   Whats it like with Penn Foster? is it online or a booklet etc? I need to take this class, thank you!

4. Need CPNE direction, guidance etc.

   mikesgirl1 posted a topic in Excelsior

   Ahh yes, I have been eligible for cpne for over a year now, have all the money just no motivation. Here is my issue, I have sat back and laughed at this Excelsior program, I truly found the tests ridiculously easy and have not cracked a book for the ...

5. my problem with allnurses...why so pessimistic?

   mikesgirl1 replied to pymschrs's topic in General Nursing

   She should shut her mouth?!? Really? She isnt entitled to ask questions or share her experiences? Exactlyyyyyyyyyyyyyy why i agree with her about the negative rotten un-uplifting attitude from the majority on here. What a joke. I feel so sorry for al...

6. how to be invisible in nursing

   mikesgirl1 replied to nightengalegoddess's topic in Relations

   Lol I find it so amazinggggggggggg that nurses constantly ***** and complain they have no time, no time, no time, yet they can find endless supplies of it to gossip and stir the pots, big people talk about ideas and possibilities, small people talk a...

7. Should I start over...yet again?

   mikesgirl1 replied to nicizcute's topic in General Nursing

   I am so sorry for what you are feeling right now, I can understand as I am constantly complaining about how rotten nurses are to one another, so here are some options, do you live in a state where you can obtain a medicaid billing number and take pat...

8. Older nurses vs younger nurses

   mikesgirl1 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Relations

   The thing I never ever could understand in this profession is why the nurses are so rotten to the new or new hire nurses...... I mean isn't having more staff a good thing like now you all don't have to work 60 hrs, but um I guess sometimes common se...

9. Older nurses vs younger nurses

   mikesgirl1 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Relations

   hoopschick, I like what you say about not knowing what you dont know til you know it, reminds me of my dad lol he has forever said to me "I have been 20, you havent been 47" or whatever age I am at the time and whatever age he is lol, very good point...

10. Older nurses vs younger nurses

    mikesgirl1 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Relations

    Lol pedicurn, not all of the young ones are slim and beautiful, see what I mean about everyone being snarky? No wonder nurses have a bad rep and have trouble gaining respect as a profession, It is what it is, anyone is welcome to pick things apart on...

11. Older nurses vs younger nurses

    mikesgirl1 replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Relations

    I am so with you on this subject, it happens all the time, like I say nurses eat their young, it is rare to find a supportive envirnment I mean read these posts half the time they are bitter and mean, condescending, ridiculing posing as know it alls,...

12. I hate being a tech. will I hate being a nurse too?

    mikesgirl1 replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Nursing

    K, No you wont hate being a nurse because you hate being a tech, I hated being a CNA with a passion it was just a stepping stone in preparation for nursing school, some of the best nurses have a tech or cna background, and contrary to what alot of nu...

13. STARTING SALARY FOR NURSING HOME RNs?

    mikesgirl1 replied to andreaf.rn's topic in Geriatric

    The start for upstate NY i $21-$23/hr hope this helps:)

14. Noncompliant parents. Do I have any rights to protect my license?

    mikesgirl1 replied to RNC-NIC's topic in General Nursing

    I dont really know how it works in the hospital.... in homecare we call child protective services to deal with the non compliant parents, and document everything also we are privelaged enough to refuse to provide service

15. night shift and hypoglycemia??

    mikesgirl1 replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in General Nursing

    I work tons of night shift and yes it happens to me all the time, think about what you know about the circadian rythms of your body and the endocrineology, your body isnt really made to sleep during the day and work at night, talk to a good nutrition...