shanyone

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1. RN license in more than one state...

   shanyone replied to inProgress's topic in General Nursing

   You can definitely get both (I hold two). Have your school license you in FL and then apply to IL after you get your FL license. You can always do the opposite too. But you have to get your license in one state before you can get it in all the rest. ...

2. White nursing shoe recommendation?

   shanyone replied to RachAB22's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Love my Skechers Shape Ups! No more foot pain :)

3. Happier With Your Second Career?

   shanyone replied to morphed's topic in General Nursing

   This is a question for all of you who have started nursing as a second career. 1. What was career #1? Administrative Assistant 2. Are you happier with nursing as a career than you were with career #1? Yes, generally I am much happier because I've...

4. How do you manage to be healthy with 12 hr shifts?

   shanyone replied to Work in Progress's topic in General Nursing

   I usually only work out on my days off. I figure I'm walking an awful lot on my days at work. I lift weights pretty heavy and I do some type of cardio on most days off. This, combined with healthy eating, makes it easier to stay in shape. I find that...

5. Team Nursing

   shanyone replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

   Your last line "I can't imagine how I can continue providing the same level of care to my patients when I will be responsible for twice as many" is a legitimate concern. I work at a facility that practices team nursing. Every once in a while I get a...

6. How did you, remain positive while job hunting?

   shanyone replied to Destiny12's topic in General Nursing

   I was able to remain positive because I kept my old job throughout nursing school and until I found a nursing job that I wanted. I'm not sure how I would have remained positive otherwise, since bills would have been eating me alive. Maybe you can pic...

7. If you graduated between 2008 and 2009,how long did it take to find a job ?

   shanyone replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

   Graduated May, 2009. I sent out so many resumes and applied for so many jobs (at least 75) before I got a great job in a great hospital in October, 2009. This is in Ohio. Just keep trying. Perserverance is the only thing that will get you where you w...

8. No one told me....

   shanyone replied to Reese17's topic in New Nurse

   I swear by the Skechers Shape Ups. I can't say enough about them now that I've been wearing them for almost four months. I was a new nurse in October and within the first month of work my feet were hurting so bad that it was affecting me both at work...

9. Reality Shock...

   shanyone replied to xoblondebananaox's topic in New Nurse

10. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate your response to your first code blue?

    shanyone replied to Nuieve's topic in Geriatric

    You're not alone. I am also a relatively new nurse (October, 2009). I have been lucky enough to have only one patient of mine who needed rapid response so far. No codes for my patients yet but last week I ran into a room of another nurse's patient wh...

11. Do you wear your engagement rings at work?

    shanyone replied to SarahBerah's topic in General Nursing

    My husband was lovely enough to buy me a flat band with diamonds specifically for work. I have my regular engagement ring and band (attached after we were married) and this other ring that I love and wear to work. http://www.heartsonfire.com/#/us/en...

12. PDA of some sort for nursing

    shanyone replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Nursing

    I bought an itouch when I landed a job and I love the Davis Drug guide. I have several other applications from Skyskape as well but this is the one I utilize the most. I also love to have my calendar handy no matter where I am. I bring my itouch with...

13. Any ideas how to pass medsurg?

    shanyone replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    I believe Casi is right. You'll want to be sure that you have access to NCLEX type questions for studying. Doing hundreds of questions prior to exams was how I learned to answer nursing school exam questions. The rationale is presented to you after y...

14. Dealing With Difficult Family

    shanyone replied to shanyone's topic in Relations

    You are all so very right....thanks for helping me understand that I did what I could with what I had. Thank you even more for helping me to learn to think strategically if I run into this type of pathological individual or family in the future. I WI...

15. Dealing With Difficult Family

    shanyone replied to shanyone's topic in Relations

    Thank you for your ideas. Number 6 and number 8 are especially helpful and I will implement them the next time I have a family like this! Clearly I need to learn to set limits with this type of family. I definitely maintain a professional relationshi...