Mom2boysRN

Mom2boysRN

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  1. I didn't read all replies. This is my advise... You should never have to hold yourself back or make yourself smaller to keep a relationship. If your relationship will not survive it, then it's not a relationship worth saving. A good partner encou...
  2. Pre-req tutoring-Too much a bad thing?

    When I took stats I needed ALOT of help. If you know you need help in certain subjects by all means get it. My nursing school also had tutoring available, not just for pre reqs. You need to understand the pathophysiology to be a good nurse. Being...
  3. Future plans versus the unexpected future

    Ha! Yes, plans are good to have, but life has a way of changing your direction. I am also a second career nurse. My plan was to get in do my year of MS, then go to the ER. I wanted to be a trauma nurse. What actually happened was that I had di...
  4. Dealing with a dirty old man

    I'll just echo what others have said. You will run into patient's that look at you inappropriately, try and look down your scrubs, or say and do other inappropriate things of varying degrees. I ignore some things like innuendo (I act like I don't r...
  5. Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

    I have donated to a couple of Go Fund Me pages, friends or someone I know of that is having a valid issue that I feel deserves help. I think back to where we had a crisis in our household (this was before Go Fund Me) and a friend offered to do a fu...
  6. Documenting in car

    I just jot down some quick notes and then do my charting once I get home. I have a calendar/planner that I track my mileage on. My agency doesn't do anything on paper for the most part. I'm able to set reminders for myself inside the charting soft...
  7. Ethics help!

    I do home health so it's a bit different, but I have made suggestions to my patient's on questions I would ask if they were my mom or dad. I try to be careful not to step on the docs toes while still advocating for my patient.
  8. Ideal RN position for mother of toddler

    Home health. I work as much or as little as I want. When my kids were younger and they had something going on at their school I would plan a break in my day so I could go to it. Mostly daytime hours, if you have an on call requirement that would b...
  9. Potential problem/issue

    We have agency parameters that we all have to follow. The only exception is if the doctor wants a different set of parameters.
  10. I almost went into OT, but chose nursing instead. Due to having a previous degree the amount of time it would have taken would have been about the same for schooling. If I had it to do over again I would have done OT instead. No on call, no weeken...
  11. I wasn't sure. I just knew I wanted nothing to do with OB.
  12. Feeling discouraged :(

    I've never been a math person. We had a class you could take before even applying to nursing school that covered "nurse math". After completing that class I had no issues with the math needed for nursing school. See if you can find something avail...
  13. One other reason this is not a viable option is that children aren't always with their parents. My son is old enough he is out with his friends, with his coach, or other lay people. I could handle drawing up epi, but I guarentee his football coach ...
  14. Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    I love that saying. I take it as saying slow down, don't just look at the monitor, actually look at the patient before deciding interventions. When talking about this saying I use this example where I said it to someone. We were in a patient's ho...
  15. How do you use your flexible schedule?

    I make my schedule work for me. I schedule around doctor's appointments, break in the middle of the day to attend events at my kid's school, or whatever. I like to start as early as possible so I can end my day as early a possible. Honestly I don'...