LandD_RN_chica

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1. I live in an area with A LOT of snow, and as a nurse, do I need an SUV?

   LandD_RN_chica replied to BlueChocolateCat's topic in New Nurse

   I swear by 4wd. I'm in PA. Needed it a lot last winter. Also you can use it as a tax write off as something needed for employment. Get an suv with 4wd. With the way people drive and the accidents I see and have been in myself. I would never buy a car...

2. Cna hourly wages/nursing home?

   LandD_RN_chica replied to BreakRoom011's topic in CNA/MA

   I worked in a hospital as a patient care tech aka cna while I was in nursing school. I was in NJ and it was $14.50 an hour.

3. A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

   LandD_RN_chica replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I work with pregnant women from basically conception until their child is older. I educate about breastfeeding from day one. Until the point they make an informed decision based on all the education material that has been provided for them. So that's...

4. A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

   LandD_RN_chica replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I wasn't referring to your comment. I am all about educating. That's a major part of my job. I was referring to the post prior to yours. :) sorry for the confusion.

5. A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

   LandD_RN_chica replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

   You should never judge a person. You don't know their story or what they've been through in their life that led them to that decision, unless they chose to share it with you. I get to become very close with my clients and their reasons are shared wit...

6. A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

   LandD_RN_chica replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I counsel all of my clients with the correct. Evidenced based information. At that point they are allowed to make an informed decision as it is their baby and their body. I obtain my clients early in pregnancy and have a lot of time to talk to them a...

7. A nurse who doesn't breastfeed

   LandD_RN_chica replied to j0yegan's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I did not breast feed either of my children. It was my choice. I worked in a baby friendly hospital and used to get so mad at some of the nurses who would judge the formula feeding moms and force breastfeeding on them. It was annoying. If you want to...

8. RN's - how long did you stay at your first job?

   LandD_RN_chica replied to sunshyne17's topic in ADN/BSN

   3 years in the OR. Loved it. Went per diem. Went to L&D. Hated nurses. Moved on to home visits with moms and babies and love it. I do miss the OR terribly! Wish I could go back, but injuries prevent that!

9. Proud to be in scrubs??

   LandD_RN_chica replied to Brian's topic in General Students

   I'm a bit of a clean freak. So I loved working in the OR with provided scrubs that I threw in the laundry everyday after the work day and kept my danskos in the locker. Now that I do home visiting (no scrubs) I still strip as soon as I walk in the do...

10. Trauma Room (OR)

    LandD_RN_chica replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Operating Room

    So if you want to do trauma bay go for the ER not the OR.

11. Trauma Room (OR)

    LandD_RN_chica replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Operating Room

    Sorry forgot to answer other questions I was a Surg tech before coming to the OR. Orientation was 6 months but I was taken off way before that and put on call. They know when you are ready you are paired with someone while on orientation and do both ...

12. Trauma Room (OR)

    LandD_RN_chica replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Operating Room

    I was hired as a new grad in the OR. No certifications. Except CPR. Once orientation is over. (Sometimes up to 6 months) you start taking call which includes trauma. My suggestion is if you want trauma. Shoot for a job at a level one trauma hospital....

13. Your first experience with a dead person

    LandD_RN_chica replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My first death was a baby. L&D nurse. Baby died inside. So sad. Parents were trying and trying and finally got pregnant and the baby died inside in the days leading up to due date. They were aware babe had some abnormality the entire pregnancy, b...

14. How many different nursing positions have you had?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to LittleMissVixen410's topic in General Nursing

    3 and a half years. 1.) OR for 3 years. Full time then per diem. Level 1 trauma hospital. 2.) L&D for 4 months...wish it was longer but the unit was toxic...nurses were terrible and extremely caddy and did not like me and I didn't like them. In...

15. what did you have a previous degree in before you went into nursing?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to RNtobe23's topic in General Nursing

    Surgical tech. I had my first daughter young and always wanted to be a nurse but never wanted to put the schooling in to do it. So I did a night time Surg tech school while my daughter was young and then never got a job doing it because they wanted e...