msmona

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1. New grad fired, need much encouragement!

   msmona replied to jennykaye's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for sharing one of your most humiliating and degrading moments of your lives. These posts have given me enough encouragement to keep trying-WE ARE NOT ALONE. I do think that at least both sides of the story ought to be heard or none of the ...

2. New grad fired, need much encouragement!

   msmona replied to jennykaye's topic in New Nurse

   I have had a similar nightmare first RN jobs. I was fired after 6 mos. My question is: How do I handle the questions that come up during an interview? Actually, I haven't even been able to get an interview because I was "terminated." Unless I go t...

3. What makes you nervous about or irritated with a new grad or orientee?

   msmona replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   Oh Yes!

4. Nursing School Blues??

   msmona replied to Nili927's topic in General Students

   SOOOO GLAD for all you who shared your story. I did not pass my 3rd semester clinicals and really have been tossing a lot of stuff around in my head. Thanks for letting me know I am not alone and it CAN be done.

5. Bad Clinical Day

   msmona replied to firstyearstudent's topic in General Students

   My nervousness has gotten me written up- don't know how to get past this, especially now. I must now be absolutely perfect in pulling the meds (under the microscope) or be out of the program.

6. I'm so ashamed...

   msmona replied to ALMED's topic in New Nurse

   Re: Post by Daytonite: I'm just a student but I'm wondering- is this what they mean by nurses eating their young??

7. Psych Nurse ="not a REAL nurse"?

   msmona replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   This bothered me too, thanks for puuting it so gracefully into words.

8. to tell or not to tell?

   msmona replied to ablynn's topic in Safety

   I am a student in KS and our CI informs us we are NOT operating under her license.

9. my paper on my patient...can someone help me with it?

   msmona replied to Janinern84's topic in Student Assist

   Thanks for asking that question. I have my LTC clinical tomorrow and will keep all this in mind. MsMona

10. Family Witnessing Code Activities

    msmona replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe we should address this with patients at the same time we discuss advance directives and the like so the patient can decide if they would like to allow family to observe or not. Then family could decide if they wish to observe. I think we und...

11. Rude students

    msmona replied to UnderpaidNurse's topic in General Students

    Keep advocating for the patients. I saw so much of that when my mother was ill it provoked me into nursing school! We need compassion out there so don't let 'em get to you, let 'em inspire you.

12. Any Tips for Teaching ECGs?

    msmona replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    What is the title of this Dale Dublin book? I can't seem to find it on the net.

13. Anyone do NS ENTIRELY on loans?

    msmona replied to janony's topic in General Students

    I am 50 and am doing my BSN on loans- I have less time to pay it back but it's still worth it. I wish I had done this years ago...do it while you are young. If you can't invest in yourself-who can you invest in?

14. Volunteer Nurses Needed for Hurricane Emergency!

    msmona replied to glascow's topic in General Nursing

    Safe to say student nurses not able to assist?

15. Introductions:"New" and "Old" Students.

    msmona replied to Love-A-Nurse's topic in General Students

    Hey I just noticed you are from Manitoba! I buried my mom in "Windypeg" in 2003. Born in Montreal, raised mostly in U. S. I hadn't been back until then and reconnected to family. It was GREAT. Winnepeg is much like Kansas- no wonder my mother felt...