A/A/OX3

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1. My externship is not going well

   A/A/OX3 replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   To begin with, I believe it is quite presumptuous of you to identify NP's goal as 'having a successful career'. Her goal may be to fatten her bank account. Her goal may be to snag a doctor husband. Her goal may be to please her parents. Her goal m...

2. Working while in Nursing school

   A/A/OX3 replied to ZootRN's topic in Florida

   I was 38 when I started nursing school. That is almost 20 years ago now. I had four kids, a mortgage, piece of crap cars, and bills up the wazoo. I went to school fulltime, taught at he university part time and interned nights part time, local hos...

3. Stupid Sign

   A/A/OX3 replied to Farkinott's topic in Humor

4. How Did You Survive Nursing School???

   A/A/OX3 replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

   When I started nursing school I was 38, had four kids and no skills. If something would have happened to my husband, the five of us would have been out on the street. Motivation got me through the long nights and trying days. You have to be 'inves...

5. My externship is not going well

   A/A/OX3 replied to NP2BE's topic in General Nursing

   Funny... your quote stands in direct opposition to your recommendations. You tell NP2BE to cave and suck up to this self-indulgent, egocentric preceptor wannabe, then close with the following words: 'Well behaved women rarely make history'. You a...

6. This Is An Outrage

   A/A/OX3 replied to ainz's topic in Activism

   Hey Oramar, Just wondering if its the California 'whine' that makes your females more palatable.

7. This Is An Outrage

   A/A/OX3 replied to ainz's topic in Activism

   Wink, Funny thing is, other's would call US tattletales. Understand that for more than half the years I've been a nurse, I said nothing... just took it. But, finally, I couldn't look a one more crying nurse, watch one more patient being ignored, o...

8. Charge Nurse in ICU

   A/A/OX3 replied to pjdRN's topic in MICU

   Can anyone spell S-A-F-E H-A-R-B-O-R ?

9. This Is An Outrage

   A/A/OX3 replied to ainz's topic in Activism

   Oh, come on ladies and gents. I am ICU x13 years. I have been fired from three jobs for patient and nurse advocacy. It wasn't the doctors that took me out... it was other nurses. Why? Because I refused to participate in: the abuse, the brutal...

10. Documentation

    A/A/OX3 replied to jlsand's topic in General Nursing

    To error is human to forgive is devine, unless something happens to the patient when you were calling him a gazillion times and he never returned the page. In that case, he never got the call and nurse CYA is sadly mistaken. One of the hospitals whe...

11. Finding a good fit.

    A/A/OX3 replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Michael, I am critical care, through and through. My favorite sight is an IV forest. The very best part of ICU is that it is so darn cerebral. ER has the heat but somebody is always thinking for you. I have been doing this for 13 years. My o...

12. Chest Tubes

    A/A/OX3 replied to faithrahm's topic in MICU

    I have worked hospitals where RNs do pull chest tubes and those that do not. I think that ICU nurses are always ready to gain new skills and beef up their resumes. Some of these tasky things can definitely inflate one's ego, however, what I have le...

13. Big Ups myself. Got my CCRN after only 6 mths of study and 1 yr of exp

    A/A/OX3 replied to Ghetto Supersta's topic in General Nursing

    I have been CCRN certified for nine years, and ICU for 13 years. Each year I sit for the exam instead of buying CEUs... far too expensive and less stimulating. Everybody thinks I am a loon. At times I would have to agree. I work CVICU at Methodi...

14. frustrated, with nclex

    A/A/OX3 replied to itsnowbegun's topic in New Nurse

    This should make you feel better. I have been a critical care nurse for 13 years... 9 of them CCRN certified. I graduated 2nd in my class at Indiana University and am a member or Sigma Theta Tau (International Nursing Honor Society). I work at th...