blackberry74

blackberry74 has 4+ years experience and specializes in Geriatrics.

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1. I want to be a travel nurse. Advise?

   blackberry74 posted a topic in Travel

   I have been in touch with Aureus staffing ever since I graduated almost a year, letting them know how my experience was going (I have been in Ortho/MegSurge for the past two years, one as a nurse tech and one as a RN) and was recently told that the t...

2. First day as an official RN: Reflection

   blackberry74 replied to _littlemissBSN's topic in General Nursing

   it has been my first day at work as a solo nurse myself Christmas day, which wasn't bad, but the day after was horrible. All the surgeries had been on hold for the Christmas weekend and so Tuesday was a nightmare. I was being nurse, tech, and "firema...

3. Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

   blackberry74 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   I find it helpful. I actually find the patient is the complete opposite or there is something much deeper going on that "patient is an oddball'. Sometimes they are characters like me XD

4. My first day as an RN

   blackberry74 replied to blackberry74's topic in General Nursing

   It was a great first day. It was like putting on my clinical hat and doing in-depth patient assessments in school all over again :) We have switched from McKesson to Cerner so I need to go to orientation for that as I only got CNA training on Cerner ...

5. My first day as an RN

   blackberry74 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello Allnurses! Today is the day I have been working towards for a very long time. I graduated in May, took my NCLEX August 23rd, got my license in the mail and my hospital offered me an RN position. So I have been a CNA for 4 years, a nurse tech fo...

6. Needle stick from urine collection cup.. Patient HepC positive...

   blackberry74 replied to Leeleeboo7's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital had these for all of about 2 months and then they disappeared. Apparently people sticking themselves with them happens more than it should.

7. Sweet, Honey

   blackberry74 replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

   I would rather Sweetie and Honey than the alternative of that spectrum. but seriously, I am a northerner in the South, and it happens a lot. I guess after a while it just becomes the norm.

8. Mel, Nurse

   blackberry74 replied to Davey Do's topic in Men

   this was much needed on this site! thanks for the laughs, DaveyDo!

9. So what's going to happen to health care now?

   blackberry74 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

   This was the best post I have ever read. I laughed so hard about that turkey sandwich, the costs some of these street urchins rack up though, oh mylanta..

10. Am I too old to start this?

    blackberry74 replied to mightyaphrodite's topic in General Students

    42 and on my final stretch in nursing school. You can do anything you want to. Don't let anyone decide your fate for you

11. Veteran's Day 2016 - A Salute to Military Nurses

    blackberry74 replied to traumaRUs's topic in General Nursing

    I served the US Army from 92-94 as a turbine generator mechanic. Didn't become a medical professional until recently. I adore my fellow veterans and easily relate to them when I have them as patients. Often when people realize that I'm a veteran and ...

12. Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    blackberry74 replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    or they ask for you to look at their rash or what could this pain be? I tell them I ain't a doc... not even a nurse yet, just a nurse tech :)

13. Going Back at 40 years old...

    blackberry74 replied to kjkolesar's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Good for you! I started college courses back in 2012 at 36 years old and was paying cash for them as I worked my way out of retail and into healthcare. I got a job as a CNA, and continued plugging away at prereqs until finally, I go that amazing lett...

14. My first job in my new career

    blackberry74 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone! I wanted to share my excitement in my new job! I am a new Nurse Tech I at the local city hospital, 7p-7a, a limit of 24 hours a week because I am still a student. I've been a CNA for three years with a home service provider so it is a...

15. Female vs male patients

    blackberry74 replied to qaz99's topic in Relations

    My two cents? I'm still a fledgling student nurse tech, but I have had plenty of salty (and sweet, for that matter) men and women patients. I prefer the patients who can ambulate. This thread is a pretty good thread, OP asked a question that has went...