PnutButterJelly

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1. Nursing Specialties - Dream Job

   PnutButterJelly replied to ground's topic in General Nursing

   My dream job is in a PICU. I have been a nurse for 2 years, but I am not there yet. I took a job right after graduation in dialysis. Finally a position opened in a pediatric ortho hospital. I love...

2. Regretting becoming a nurse

   PnutButterJelly replied to lynlim's topic in General Nursing

   I felt this way too! I am coming up on my second year of being a nurse and it is sooo much better. For me, it involved getting out of a horrible job with even worse coworkers. I was depressed and...

3. Help Help

   PnutButterJelly replied to RN_TOBE's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I assume you are still in school? If your nursing program offers remedial math take it! I never needed it and everyone thought I was crazy for going to a class I didn't need at 7 am. But dimensional...

4. Transgender Nurses - experiences/opinions

   PnutButterJelly replied to Kaley1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   A nurse practitioner made this transition while working for my company. It went well from everything I know. Her patients were slightly thrown off, but nothing negative was ever said to her that I...

5. Is this practice illegal?

   PnutButterJelly replied to LPNalltheway's topic in Patient Medications

   I work in outpatient dialysis. Most of our patients see our medical director, who is there once a week. However, the other patients see doctors from a large practice. They are legally only required to...

6. Is this practice illegal?

   PnutButterJelly replied to LPNalltheway's topic in Patient Medications

   This isn't illegal so long as it is being put in under your name and just putting in the doctor that ordered it. I work in an outpatient clinic and our doctors are only required to come in and see...

7. How much is too much?

   PnutButterJelly replied to alth's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I think it depends. I work in a chronic dialysis clinic. My patients know I have kids and their names and ages. They know my husbands career as well. That is really as far as I go though. I do see...

8. Why do people insist on coming to work sick?

   PnutButterJelly replied to LTCNS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   At least where I work it is the culture. I work in a small clinic with around ten employees. Our nurse manager prides herself on coming in when she is sick and never missing. Because of this she...

9. U.S. Nurse moving to Sweden

   PnutButterJelly replied to lilnurse1211's topic in International Nursing

   It also depends on how you are moving. Is you husband a Swedish citizen? If not finding a job (after you get a BSN) will prove difficult. As a member of the EU, Sweden hires citizens of the EU...

10. Nurses with tattoos and piercings

    PnutButterJelly replied to emmygirle's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends. I have a full sleeve and several other visible tattoos. They had to be covered in school for clinicals. No big deal. Long sleeves and band aids worked fine. At work I can show all...

11. UU?

    PnutButterJelly replied to savoytruffle's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Love the UU church. I am an atheist and attend. Everyone knows and it doesn't bother anyone. In fact several members are atheists or secular humanist I love that I leave thinking about ways to...

12. New grad RN and dialysis

    PnutButterJelly replied to KJM-RN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I am a new grad that has been working at Fresenius for three weeks. So it does happen. This is far from where I wanted to be in nursing, but I think it is perfect for me right now. I am learning so...

13. "Fake" or Nonprescriptive Eyeglasses

    PnutButterJelly replied to DemosthenesRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wear prescriptions lenses. However I really have thought about getting LASIK and wearing non-prescriptions. I like the way I look with glasses but not needing them would give me the options to own...

14. Cursed at a patient-fired

    PnutButterJelly replied to sle9403RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I still wouldn't go into details. When asked why just state that the facility wasn't a good fit for you. Why would you ever tell someone you cursed at a patient and expect them to give you a job? For...

15. tattoos/piercings

    PnutButterJelly replied to Swellz's topic in General Nursing

    Our only policy is to wear company scrubs. We don't have to cover tattoos. I don't know the policy about piercings though as I don't have