KiusLady

KiusLady ASN, RN

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About KiusLady

KiusLady has 6 years experience as a ASN, RN.

KiusLady first went to school for Computer Animation and had been in the graphics field for over 15 years. In the meantime she's gone on to become a crafter, seamstress, blogger, belly dancer, doula, martial artist and wife. Time for something new: after deciding that taking care of people isn't as terrifying as she had first thought (dealing with an exploding colostomy is what did it), she got into nursing school, and is now working as an RN.

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  1. Nurses Begin Trauma Recovery from COVID: 5 Ways to Cope

    KiusLady replied to jeastridge's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I worked as a COVID nurse for about six months. It got a little too much for me (not so much because I was losing patients - I was in a department that took care of *stable* COVID patients); it was...

  2. No Interest/Passion In Being A Nurse

    KiusLady replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agreeing w/ a couple previous comments: I'm hearing Depression. It sounds like you started your education passionate and excited, but now everything in life has a dull film over it despite...

  3. How To Study for Nursing School Success

    KiusLady replied to J.Adderton's topic in General Students

    All great advice!! In my first half of nursing school I found that taking notes from the PowerPoint (and textbook) before class and then filling them out further during lecture worked very well....

  4. Scrub Skirts

    KiusLady replied to KiusLady's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Thx much for the feedback! Certainly makes a lot of sense on that

  5. Scrub Skirts

    KiusLady posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It's looking like I just might graduate nursing school in a few weeks and with that (after passing my boards), I'll be working as a fer real nurse, wearing fer real scrubs. I've been curious about...

  6. Going back to Nursing School - Fearful of failing again

    KiusLady replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    If you want to try dipping your toes in the water before going head-long into a nursing program, try getting a second job as a home-care aid. Some don't require any type of certifications or medical...

  7. What made you want to be a nurse?

    KiusLady replied to MollyM99's topic in General Nursing

    Disclaimer: I'm not a nurse, a baby nurse, or even a "fetal" nurse (as in I'm not even in nursing school yet, but I've taken my pre-req's and will be slamming through gen-eds this spring and summer....

  8. Tips for my students that work

    KiusLady replied to tabrojajo's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    That method does sound like it'll be immensely helpful when I get to that point! Right now I'm just taking pre-req's, which is helping me a great deal get a feel for what I'll need to focus one in...

  9. How did you study for A&P?

    KiusLady replied to Neywel120's topic in General Students

    I'm taking *Essentials* of A&P this semester as a pre-req for the real deal (because I heard A&P 1 & 2 are so tough). The nice thing is I love this stuff and took a much simpler version...

  10. If You Could Have Any Skill to Deal with Difficult People -- What Would It Be?

    KiusLady replied to PancakeSaturdays's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a bad habit of getting passive-aggressive when dealing with people who are being difficult (either deliberately out of a need to be "in control" or because they themselves are getting...

  11. Why is there a Bully on the Playground?

    KiusLady replied to Ahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    I'm finding that most people who bully tend to not even realize their behavior is inappropriate. To them, everyone else is mean or incompetent. There's a general lack of inborn empathy and a sense...

  12. Meaning of your username?

    KiusLady replied to Flightless Bird's topic in General Nursing

    I'm KiusLady all over the interwebz. Since I'm a blogger, utter and complete anonymity isn't the hugest priority for me. "Kius" (which has been spelled "Ciuss" in the past and "Kai'us" presently)...

  13. Just starting out. Am I being naive? Arrogant?

    KiusLady replied to KiusLady's topic in General Students

    Thx. I'll get that avatar

  14. Just starting out. Am I being naive? Arrogant?

    KiusLady posted a topic in General Students

    I'm in my mid-30's. I've been in the graphics field for over fourteen years. And I just enrolled in my local community college with the hopes of getting into their nursing program early next year...