kflood

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1. Help? I regret this career choice?

   kflood replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

   Another perfect example of a stressed out nurse who thinks being a nurse requires suffering and sacrifice. Sacrifice, sure, to some degree, but it doesn't have to be miserable, and being miserable and tolerating it doesn't make you more of an adult. ...

2. Help? I regret this career choice?

   kflood replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

   Being an adult involves, actually requires, knowing one's self and one's limitations. Self care is critical in nursing, otherwise you run the risk of turning into just another statistic: A burned out, overweight, stressed out, addicted to sugar/cof...

3. Help? I regret this career choice?

   kflood replied to katie6126's topic in General Students

   I completely understand. I graduated 2 years ago (2nd career, I'm in my 40s) and have limited myself to community-based clinics, flu shot clinics, etc. in order to avoid the all or nothing 12 hour shift with no breaks, overnights, etc. I want hospi...

4. How do I find private duty work outside of an angency?

   kflood replied to studentnurse2175's topic in Private Duty

   I would like to do the same thing............ so I am assuming one must carry their own liability insurance, yes? I would be helping a woman at home after her knee surgery, with bandage changes, bathing, etc. I would charge her by the hour, and ha...

5. How Do I Apologize to Professor?

   kflood replied to Valr's topic in Student Assist

   Sorry, meant "In addition to being an arrogant......."

6. How Do I Apologize to Professor?

   kflood replied to Valr's topic in Student Assist

   P.S.) Just an aside here, for what it's worth: I had an emergency with my dog during one of my scheduled clinicals. Luckily, I had scheduled too many, so I left a message immediately and was in no danger of coming up short. I had also never been l...

7. How Do I Apologize to Professor?

   kflood replied to Valr's topic in Student Assist

   Ugh. Posts like this make me so glad I have already jumped thru this hoop. I hear you, and I feel you. I went back to school to pursue "people nursing" in my 40's (I have a veterinary background as a credentialed veterinary technician) and was acc...

8. I think I might have blown a vein?

   kflood replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in General Students

   I think it takes a while. I know people who got there first IV in, first try. That's called "luck" not skill. Skill is what is developed from trial and error, and I think it also requires a certain amount of trouble shooting and recovering from th...

9. I think I might have blown a vein?

   kflood replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in General Students

   That is the brilliance of lifelong learning. We are constantly reminded that there is so much more to learn.

10. Veterinary Technician or RN?

    kflood replied to SugarBabe99's topic in Career Support

    You do need a degree and licensure to be employed as a vet tech. Unfortunately, many hospitals, especially the little rinky-dink mom and pop places, like to save money, so they will hire someone, train them to do a few things, then let them call the...

11. Veterinary Technician or RN?

    kflood replied to SugarBabe99's topic in Career Support

    WRONG. I've been a credentialed vet tech for the last 13 years, and we are the RNs of the veterinary world. Our scope of practice is way broader. See my new post below in this thread. They are NOT completely different..... and, as someone who ho...

12. Veterinary Technician or RN?

    kflood replied to SugarBabe99's topic in Career Support

    Hello! Just saw this, and have some random thoughts to offer. So......... I have been a CVT for 13 years now, and just two years ago earned my BSN in nursing. At the time I went to vet tech school, I already had a Masters in another field, so opt...

13. I don't want night shifts

    kflood replied to Phillip1988's topic in Pre-Nursing

    No! I just graduated and am struggling with the same thing. Our brains are not designed to fight the dark/light thing. It affects us on all levels. I had a bear of a time after 3 nights in a row and had to say good bye to a job that gave me no ot...

14. Working night shift, difficulty sleeping during the day!

    kflood replied to gloryfied's topic in Stress 101

    The night shift isn't natural, and don't let anyone make you feel bad for struggling. As nurses, we need to be the best versions of ourselves on all levels. And if we can't take care of ourselves, we can't take care of other people. I wasn't even giv...