RN from Pennsylvania

RN from Pennsylvania has 17 years experience and specializes in acute, LTC, Consultant.

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1. Prayer Request... 2nd NCLEX Attempt

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to PA_CoffeeFreak's topic in NCLEX

   You can do this!!!!

2. HELP ME PLEASE!

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to elnkb's topic in New York

   One thing that I forgot to add. After the interview ALWAYS follow-up with an e-mail thank you. This shows your professionalism, how much you are interested in the position and keeps you up front in the interviewers mind. Good Luck!

3. Prayer Request... 2nd NCLEX Attempt

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to PA_CoffeeFreak's topic in NCLEX

   Don't sabotage yourself, you can do this. This is what you have prepared for. Think positive and stay calm. You made it through nursing school and if you can make it through that, you can make it through this. Remember, the most difficult part is ove...

4. Did you ever pass up a nursing opportunity in the past and regret it now?

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to bananabubbletea's topic in General Students

   I think that we all have those type of should ofs and could ofs in our lives. I have taken positions as an RN that I regreted, which is opposite. The important thing to remember, is that you are older and are sure of what you want now and are going...

5. Automatic Blood Pressure Machines (portable)????

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to dekagirlsRN's topic in Geriatric

   It sounds like your DON thinks like me. I feel that the most accurate and best way to obtain the patient's BP is by your sense of touch and hearing. I have been a DON and Nurse Consultant for many years and continue to have this belief.

6. HELP ME PLEASE!

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to elnkb's topic in New York

   Don't get discouraged. When I graduated from nursing school, there were to many nurses and I could not find a job in the acute care setting, so I went LTC. Going to LTC is a good idea and it will give you the experience that you need in order to ge...

7. Is the salary of an LPN even Worth the trouble of going to school??

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to Tony1790's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I have been a nurse for 17 years and nursing is something that you have to enjoy and have a certain dedication to. It is not a profession that you go into for the money, that is not what nursing is about; it comes from the heart. If this is not how y...

8. Preceptor becomes villain

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to chilly2008's topic in California

   Glad that it worked out for you. Good luck!

9. Preceptor becomes villain

   RN from Pennsylvania replied to chilly2008's topic in California

   Nursing is supposed to be a sister-hood, but unfortunately alot of the experienced tend to "eat their young" I always emphasize this when I give lectures to nursing staff and remind them how it was for them, when they were in training. I always hope...

10. Preceptor becomes villain

    RN from Pennsylvania replied to chilly2008's topic in California

    I have been a nurse for 17 years; the last 12 have been in management, DON, Consultant, etc. I remember when I was completing my med-surg and experienced a similar experience with an RN, who was younger than me and had been a nurse for about two yea...