bernikitty

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1. Health Care and Contraception: Did the Supreme Court Get It Right?

   bernikitty replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   difficulty getting access to contraceptives have an over-whelmingly negative impact on women. this ruling is unfair and discriminatory against women IMHO. a very wise woman once said that if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament; and...

2. Brookwood Medical salary & Benefits

   bernikitty replied to tutti15's topic in Alabama

   hey, if you do your preceptorship there you will have a good shot at getting a job offer, but they make you sign a contract promising to work for them for 2 years. they also want you to begin working towards a BSN if you don't already hold one. i don...

3. so EXCITED!! first job interview as a new grad RN tomorrow!!

   bernikitty posted a topic in New Nurse

   it's at a big hospital approx 25min from my home. it's a medical unit, so i'm not sure if that means like MICU or med-surg and i don't even care! it's a shot at a real salaried job! i haven't had one of those since may of 02 when my first daughter wa...

4. am i making a mistake?

   bernikitty posted a topic in General Nursing

   hi i'm a brand new grad here (graduated aug 3!). i was also the first in my class to take the nclex. so now i'm a licensed RN, who is desperate for a job (i'm a single mom of 3). i really LOVE critical care nursing. i did my preceptorship at a small ...

5. I just finished nursing school...thanks!

   bernikitty posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've posted on this site a few times, but mostly spend my time lurking. It's a great site and I've really enjoyed the insights I've gained from reading the stories and comments you have all posted. I posted one time, when I was about to start nursin...

6. avoid for profit, nonaccredited schools

   bernikitty replied to GinaR's topic in General Students

   i did a twelve hour shift last night as a part of my final semester preceptorship. there were two young girls who were also there from a private college. while i was charting, i overheard them quizzing each other on nclex questions. i was amazed at ...

7. a dumb question for experienced nurses

   bernikitty posted a topic in General Nursing

   what is a "shift count"? is this refering to the narc count? a new clinical instructor mentioned this term in this context: Shift counts should be obtained upon receiving the morning report. N/G suction, foleys, IV's, chest tubes, etc. is calculated ...

8. Backing out of RN school

   bernikitty replied to rgodfrey's topic in General Students

   don't let a crappy program, keep you from pursuing nursing if that is what you really want. this advice is for me as much as for you, LOL!! i'm starting my final semster. it's a summer semester so at this point 9 more weeks, i have to complete 90hr ...

9. Nurses with bad breath

   bernikitty replied to MarRN2012's topic in General Students

   once you start working, a little bad breath will be the least of your concerns.

10. Experienced Student Nurses...advice?

    bernikitty replied to cchesney's topic in General Students

    learn to do drug calculations, learn the cranial nerves, find out the modules you'll be covering in fundamentals and start on your reading. start to familiarize yourself with drug catatgories.

11. 3 Months until NS starts.. What should i be doing!

    bernikitty replied to niqua8604's topic in General Students

    get a calculations with confidence book and learn how to do medication calculations and learn the cranial nerves.

12. Once again.....I'm a "nurse".....

    bernikitty replied to cherrybreeze's topic in Professionalism

    seems either everyone claims to be a nurse, or people are trying to make nurses invisible. i read that in the ninties, some hospitals were trying to stop RNs from wear tags that said RN. they wanted everyone to have the same generic title like 'care...

13. very nervous, very stressed, any advice?

    bernikitty posted a topic in General Students

    so, i've almost done it. i'll be starting my 5th and final semester in a few weeks and i'm terrified about everything. so much is hanging on this, i've worked so hard, and my kids have sacrificed so much for 2 yrs and i'm so scared i will fail. i'm s...

14. New to nursing and need some help please...

    bernikitty replied to jonathanrisko's topic in Alabama

    i'm a single mom of 3 currently in my 4th semester at the jefferson campus, i have a few bits of advice: do all of your prerecs before starting the nursing program. the nursing program is very tough when you are only doing nursing courses, i really d...

15. Just some questions

    bernikitty replied to Deceptive_AzN's topic in Alabama

    hey, i'm 4th semester at the jefferson campus. my semester was the first that had to take the teas, before that is was just points. that was a bummer. i was taking micro at the time and some of the material was covered the week after the test. i gue...