cocoon2butterfly

cocoon2butterfly specializes in Psych, Pediatrics, GI, Diabetes.

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1. Who starts IV's at night at your workplace?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to NoblePath's topic in New Nurse

   Either our charge nurse does, then the floating preceptor, and if all else fails, someone from PICU will come over and put one in - if we know in advance it's a hard stick, we just call the PICU from the get-go...(I work in a pediatric hospital... :)...

2. Dressing up on Halloween... unprofessional?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to agent's topic in Professionalism

   I work at a pediatric hospital...it's pretty much required to dress up, hehe... We had a fairy theme this year on our floor...so we were all wearing wings and lots of glitter butterfly tattoos, hehe...the kids thought it was hilarious... :)

3. What are some of your benefits and how good are they?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

   $50/biweekly for a PPO medical/dental/vision/life plan... 401k match... 20% shift diff for working nights, ~30% for weekend nights... ...along with other random benefits that would be too long to list... Definitely love my job (and employer, haha!)

4. new grad might be hired in psych but debating whether or not to take the job

   cocoon2butterfly replied to dedicate's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated in May 2008, first nursing job started in January 2009 was pediatric psych in a private hospital for a year and a half, and then switched to working med-surg at one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country...had almost no orientation...

5. Four 10's or Five 8's? Which would you do?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

   4 10s, without a doubt in my mind, haha!! :)

6. Asked to job shadow on the day of interview

   cocoon2butterfly replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

   My job interview was like this - interview before, shadow after - and I was offered the job within 18 hours, hehe... Good luck! :)

7. scared i'm going to lose my license..

   cocoon2butterfly replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations!!! I just got out of a similar situation like that - scarily similar, actually - I have 4 days left at that job, and then on to working at one of the best children's hospitals in the country, yay!! Good luck to you!! :)

8. Should I go ahead and get "RN" engraved after my name when

   cocoon2butterfly replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

   Lol, hilarious thread... I wrote "RN" everywhere for inspiration the second I graduated, down to the index card I kept under my pillow... ...in pencil, hehe... I think that makes me superstious...

9. Depressed nurse here, lexapro is not helping.

   cocoon2butterfly replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Stress 101

   I feel you - I had my own issues during and after nursing school, and used meds and therapy to get through it... Personally, the only way I could do nights is if it's in 12-hr shifts - I couldn't do it if it were in 8's...it messes me up too much... ...

10. The 1st check as an rn....yay!!! Or nay!!

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Serrano2886's topic in New Nurse

    Nice thread... I just switched from part-time days to full-time nights, and that's a big difference, haha!! I have two goals - to knock out my 2 credit cards, and start saving up for my dream computer - an Apple MacBook Pro - might be a few paychecks...

11. Can you get good experience at a part-time job?

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Hartley's topic in New Nurse

    I worked part-time for my first job, and I loved it - I actually ended up doing pretty much an alternating schedule - one week, I would do 3 days, and the next week, I'd do two days - so, actually, it ended up pretty well! Good luck!

12. Frustrated by job search.

    cocoon2butterfly replied to NJFek's topic in New Nurse

13. Okay to email a potential boss?

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Bumashes's topic in Job Hunt

    I emailed my resume to my NM at 8pm at night...I had an interview scheduled 37 minutes later... ...And I had an offer for my dream job (at the dream hospital!) 17 hours after the interview ended. The worst she could tell you is no. I'd do it, haha!!!...

14. where to go? Emory or a community college

    cocoon2butterfly replied to neurontin's topic in Georgia

    I agree with the others for all the reasons mentioned (and I WENT to Emory) - if for no other reason than this: Do you want to be stuck with that huge price tag and not have a job afterwards to pay it off (assuming you'd be taking loans out) - becaus...

15. Question regarding Humalog insulin

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Blondie24's topic in Student Assist

    Think about it this way - generally speaking, when using a sliding scale, whatever amount of insulin you give is going to account for the blood sugar and the meal. So if you only have one of those factors (i.e. high blood sugar, but pt didn't eat), t...