RNitis

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1. So I Just Have To Get Creative?

   RNitis replied to Soliloquy's topic in New Nurse

   I felt the same way (still do a lot of the time!!) But I work in Long term care with some 30+ patients. I hate feeling like I'm just throwing pills at them (like you would a cookie to your dog!) But if u don't, u never get anything done in time and g...

2. Have you ever had an AP class where everyone is failing?

   RNitis replied to diana10's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Mine was not A +P, but the second class in nursing (I honestly can't remember the name as it was a long time ago!), but I failed first try- fail was a C, I got a C -) anyway, it took a few semesters of a majority of the class failing and many student...

3. Leaving Job While on Orientation

   RNitis replied to starmickey03's topic in General Nursing

   i never really understood this. Every time someone starts a new job, comes an orientation period, where the hiring manager will usually add "we'll see how orientation goes, then go from there". But in my experience, I've done orientation, where th...

4. Cry baby CNAs

   RNitis replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Relations

   Ditto....except to the nurses who truly are lazy.....you all know the "wait til you graduate, you'll never have to wipe a butt again" and walks away from a you and an assist of 2 covered in number 2....(CNA, now RN, if wondering)....

5. My nursing school story

   RNitis replied to SC APRN's topic in General Students

   You earned your education as a service woman for our country. How's that free?

6. Per-diem nurses

   RNitis replied to Vishwamitr's topic in Activism

   To fedide: thanks for clarifying for me, I appreciate it!! Didn't mean to cut into the original post, but thanks for answering!

7. New grad, required monitoring...where do I look for a job?

   RNitis replied to gradrn1's topic in Recovery

   Why would you not be able to get a pardon for it. (Not sure if state related): but in CT, after 5 years of the offense and completing the requirements, like probation, u can apply for a pardon. People usually use them to erase felonies, so they are q...

8. Per-diem nurses

   RNitis replied to Vishwamitr's topic in Activism

   Perhaps it's bc I work in long term care (or it's bc I was a brand new nurse-RN when they hired me, so they had to train me), but I don't get a "per diem" rate as u all talk about here. I get paid starting rate for a new nurse in the state of CT. Is ...

9. New Grad and Patient's Who Hit Close to Home

   RNitis replied to canadianjess's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked on an oncology hospice floor of a hospital and a patient would pass and the family would cry, all I could do was put myself in their shoes and the tears would come. I would also think of those I've lost in my life and a time when I alm...

10. Should I do nursing or follow my dreams?

    RNitis replied to lindseynicole12's topic in Pre-Nursing

    "But, I decided that it was too much risk to go to school and get a degree in a field where it's difficult to find a job." Really?!?! Definitely DO NOT go into nursing. It took me TWO years, my relationship with my boyfriend taxed and over, home in ...

11. Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    RNitis replied to vab229's topic in Job Hunt

    At least you have your mother to fall back on! I almost lost my house (My fault...bad choice in partner I bought it with, I know) because I was unable to find an RN job for 2 years after graduating. (I'm still on the edge of losing it....hoping time ...

12. Seeing the big picture

    RNitis replied to pockunit's topic in New Nurse

    Same here, just off orientation. I at least feel like I can actually do it now! But today I really felt like I don't know what I'm doing (when in reality, we just don't have the experience, yet)..OP explained it perfectly, going from task to task. I...

13. Good News!

    RNitis replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Job Hunt

    Yippee!!! I'm so happy for you!! :) I felt your pain when you wrote "fired after fifty" and I also wondered if that was what we have to look forward to at the end of our careers. Very happy to hear your going home!

14. Nursing Home: Tips on how to be faster in med pass?

    RNitis replied to itsdebraanne's topic in New Nurse

    It depends on the facility. Last year I got a job at an LTC (horribly organized and on strike-I realized why, really quick!) where I was thrown under the bus. I felt horrible for the residents, and the workers were "for themselves." I now work at a g...

15. Random drug tests in nursing school?!

    RNitis replied to Yolopilas's topic in General Students

    We didn't have drug testing while in nursing school, but when I was an aide, someone in the hospital I worked in stated they "saw me smoking marijuana in the parking lot during my lunch". (I do remember walking out to lunch that day and I was walking...