peacepilgrim66 ADN, RN

peacepilgrim66 has 30 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in Geriatrics.

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   What do you do when the thing that makes you a great nurse manager is also your primary source of burnout?

   peacepilgrim66 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, Similar situation here at a LTC facility. I love what I do as a manager, but my availability to cover the floor is burning me out. Staffing is short everywhere and we are a NO agency facility. I am so busy doing floor coverage, that i am not r...
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   Controversies Surrounding ANA

   peacepilgrim66 replied to fostercatmom's topic in Student Assist

   Haha. I thought ANA was Against Nurses Advice! Don't know much about the American Nurses Association.
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   CDP Experiences?

   peacepilgrim66 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I am growing my experience in LTC further into caring for clients with dementia. I have an opportunity to pursue CDP (certified dementia practioner). Anyone else here with experience in that capacity. CDP training information Thanks!
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   Useless Shift Report Information

   peacepilgrim66 replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

   A previous co-worker of mine said best when she said, "Everybody's breathing and Nobody's on the floor!"
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   Trouble communicating with patients?

   peacepilgrim66 replied to tropsnegRN's topic in General Nursing

   Great topic. I try to offer to do something toward meeting their request, even if it is not what they ask/demand. A little try often goes farther than we think. I try to hear what the residents are saying beyond what their words are saying. We all wa...
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   Nursing job is making me sick ?

   peacepilgrim66 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

   Go with your gut.
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   How Much was your First RN Paycheck?

   peacepilgrim66 replied to igottaconquer246's topic in General Nursing

   1994 my starting pay was $13/hr.
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   Going into nursing with no prior medical experience. Am I insane?

   peacepilgrim66 replied to Mmonroe2004's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I had no medical experience prior to nursing. I was actually an international missionary considering trades to help me into other countries. I wanted to go into agriculture, but a good friend suggested nursing. He said he thought I would make a good ...
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   What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

   peacepilgrim66 replied to jezun's topic in Student Assist

   I was working in rural Idaho in 2000 (nursing home, hospital, ER, lab, pharmacy and clinic all rolled into one). Paper charting vs Electronic seems to be the biggest difference. The next biggest is the corporate conglomerations and hospital associate...
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    Help my first job feels like a nightmares

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Lovethenurse2b25's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! 1000 pages? That is crazy. E-Mars only adds technology to the mix - which can still be just as daunting. For paper MARS, I used a paper report sheet with columns for times and checked off each as I went. I would build up the tool as I went along...
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    I am not good at nursing

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Lostinorlando's topic in General Nursing

    Mistakes in the mechanics of being a nurse will never convince me I am a "bad" nurse. Nursing to me is how we approach a living human being and the struggles they face in their health. You have a license and endured nursing school like we all have. K...
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    Places with most demand for RNs??

    peacepilgrim66 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Maine is desperate for nurses, especially in Long Term Care.