iamNurse23

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1. Fitness and Nursing- any ideas?

   iamNurse23 replied to HealthyRN's topic in Entrepreneurs

   I am very happy that I found this thread. I feel the same way that most you feel. Fitness is my true passion and I would love to be able to have a career where I can utilize both the nursing and fitness aspects. I would specifically like to get into ...

2. Seeking OR Nurse advice

   iamNurse23 replied to iamNurse23's topic in Operating Room

   Thank you. I really appreciate it

3. Seeking OR Nurse advice

   iamNurse23 posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hello, I am embark on my new career as an OR nurse. The OR training program is one year. I would like to know from your experience, how was your OR training experience? Difficult as nursing program? or Difficult but not as difficult as the nursing sc...

4. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

   iamNurse23 replied to iamNurse23's topic in New Nurse

   Maybe we work at the same place! lol. Thanks

5. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

   iamNurse23 replied to iamNurse23's topic in New Nurse

   I hear you. Thanks

6. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

   iamNurse23 replied to iamNurse23's topic in New Nurse

   I agree. When I heard the ratio was 1:20 I was like that's not to bad, especially when I know of others with a far worst ratio. However, it is quite a "challenge" coming from acute care facilities where I did my all of my clinical rotations. Regardin...

7. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

   iamNurse23 replied to iamNurse23's topic in New Nurse

   Sorry. I didn't mean to call all SNFs nasty and I know nurses SNFs work very hard. But let me clarify my statement. I forgot to add ONE IMPORTANT part. I talked to 3 nursing recruiters from acute care facilities and told them I was considering workin...

8. New Grad nurse @SNF...now on verge of quitting.

   iamNurse23 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Quitting while still in orientation: (After reading this, I hope I'm not alone regarding my experience and feelings with SNFs) I've asked for advice. Friends have told me to hang for now, fellow RN friends/peers who have heard more of my experience ...

9. Question about expiration date on RN License

   iamNurse23 replied to iamNurse23's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks noahsmama. My birthday is in September and I do have a CA license. Thank You for the clarification

10. Question about expiration date on RN License

    iamNurse23 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I took my state board exam a few days ago and passed. Today, I received my nursing license but I noticed that the expiration date is october 2012. However, Most of my friends/classmates that took it this summer have an expiration date of 2013...

11. Chest pain do you need an EKG order?

    iamNurse23 replied to usRNs's topic in General Nursing

    Very helpful thread

12. Dealing with the death of a patient...for the first time

    iamNurse23 replied to NursingStudent!'s topic in General Nursing

    I participated in the code; however, the pt had coded outside and was alive when I was helping with the code, so when we lost him, It didn't really hit me hard because I never seen him alive. But being around a dead body for the first time is definat...

13. About my chances of getting into nursing school

    iamNurse23 replied to christianchik97's topic in General Nursing

    Apply to as many schools as possible to increase your chance.

14. 75 Questions on NCLEX, pass or fail?

    iamNurse23 replied to Lurksalot's topic in NCLEX

    In July, I took 265 and failed. On Tuesday of this week, I took 75 and passed

15. ER Nursing

    iamNurse23 replied to JettRNurse's topic in Career Support

    I'm a new grad and looking into going straight onto the floor as an ER nurse, at first I thought I needed med/surge experience first, but many people say its possible to go straight to ER. So i'm up for the challenge