TheLittlestNurse

TheLittlestNurse has 3 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Which job to take?

   TheLittlestNurse replied to Vanderbandit's topic in Career Support

   Don't think about 2 years down the road, when both kids are in school full time. What are the chances you will still be at your first nursing job after 2 years, when neither of the jobs you've been offered are actually in your goal specialty? In all ...

2. About to fail BSN program. What now?

   TheLittlestNurse replied to ca614129's topic in Career Support

   Any updates? Just wondering how things turned out. Also wondering what you decided about the EMT program. Hopefully you've already figured out that getting your EMT-B may or may not lead to a paying job, will not put you any closer to being a nurse, ...

3. One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

   TheLittlestNurse replied to BellaCat's topic in Relations

   A) Nowhere did I state that anyone speaking a non-English language is automatically making fun of someone else...but it happens pretty regularly as anyone who speaks a second language can verify. I've caught it in Spanish, friends have caught it in C...

4. One thing i dont understand(at the nurses' station)

   TheLittlestNurse replied to BellaCat's topic in Relations

   They aren't having a "private conversation" though. They are in a very visible, public space with lots of people obviously overhearing them. Someone who understands the language could be nearby at any time. A private conversation is generally held so...

5. Ready to start a career in nursing - Which path should I take?

   TheLittlestNurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Honestly, if you already have a Bachelor's degree, getting through a "second Bachelor in nursing" program will take no more time than getting an ADN. I know people who got it done in a year, others maybe a year and a half. Your time is valuable too.....

6. Can a Pro-Union Nurse-Manager Effect Change in a Non-Union Environment?

   TheLittlestNurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Just IMO, if you've never worked in a union facility, you can't fairly call yourself "pro-union." I thought I was pro-union too, until I left my non-union job and took one at a unionized hospital. Our union does nothing but take nurses' money and mai...

7. "Smart" students make bad nurses?

   TheLittlestNurse replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

   No truth to it whatsoever. My nursing instructors repeated the same BS, too...except they claimed that A students spend so much time on their studies that they don't acquire social skills; B and C students allegedly take a more relaxed approach and d...

8. Do you go to work with parabens on you?

   TheLittlestNurse replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

   Great. Now some gullible person is going to think that parabens in their shampoo might be a risk to their patients. For that inevitable naive person: Your products don't emit parabens into the air. Your patients would literally have to lick off your ...

9. 2/27/2016

   TheLittlestNurse replied to Mizlhady_Jhay07's topic in NCLEX

   Ok...here's the thing. The people at the testing center generally don't see or know your results for the NCLEX. Even if they did, they would probably have no idea if you passed or not if they saw a % of correct questions or whatever, as NCLEX is scor...

10. When does staff rights start

    TheLittlestNurse replied to Sniper06's topic in Psychiatric

    Once. Zero tolerance. The hospital I used to work in recently implemented a non-discrimination policy. In a nutshell, pts can no longer refuse staff members on the basis of any protected class (e.g., race, gender). So, they took a small step forward ...

11. Dress Codes for School

    TheLittlestNurse replied to kidzcare's topic in School

    This. The goal shouldn't be to teach kids to cover up so that no one will look at them. It should be to teach kids the need to dress appropriately and in a way that makes contextual sense. Life is full of dress codes, written or unwritten, that appl...

12. What to do about coworker not pulling her weight

    TheLittlestNurse replied to guest947568's topic in Relations

    For one thing, I would quote her for saying "they won't fire me." Then start the conversation with "I have a concern" and be prepared to back it up with some solid evidence. When I brought concerns to my old manager, she always asked that I documente...

13. Nursing speciality for someone that hates people

    TheLittlestNurse replied to Gogol's topic in Relations

    It's not about nurses being able to type and use computers, it's about the Informatics people being able to understand what nurses need to do with their EMRs. IT people who don't know 2 shats' worth about what nurses need or want are pretty useless. ...

14. How does it feel to have a Foley insertion?

    TheLittlestNurse replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    Had one as a pt in ER once. Let me tell ya, it sucked. Unless there's something more painful and traumatic going on at the same time, Foley placement is "unfortunate." It hurt when I peed for the rest of the day after it came out, too. I think I woul...