bitter_betsy

bitter_betsy BSN

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  1. How do you handle rude comments?

    bitter_betsy replied to MA Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    You know - I may be guilty myself of "forgetting" something my close friend has said to me. It isn't that I don't listen - but things that are really personal I intentionally forget. I don't want to...

  2. Struggling with poor pay and a love for School Nursing

    bitter_betsy replied to ANL6822's topic in School

    I am not a nurse yet - but I am a mom. I gave up my career as a database programmer to be a mom. I struggled as a single mom for years. I homeschooled my daughter once she reached 6th grade. When...

  3. Not Vaccinated-In Need of Advice

    bitter_betsy replied to scouteb's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I would start on this sooner rather than later. I assume that you still live at home and you are going to need to figure out how to pay for whatever it is that you end up doing. Chances are even if...

  4. Toxic Workplace: have the rose colored glasses fallen off?

    bitter_betsy replied to lelms's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would like to add to view things from his side of the fence. Is something going on in his life to make him different? Its Christmas - is he single, is he in a bad relationship, does he have a sick...

  5. I failed A&P I - Need Some Advice

    bitter_betsy replied to an1230's topic in General Students

    My school required a pre-req to A&P I and they only offered it in the fall - and A&P in the fall also. So it would have set me back an entire year also. I'm now taking A&P at another...

  6. Data Abstractor position?

    bitter_betsy replied to jessimee's topic in Quality Improvement

    I was just invited to sit in on a PhD seminar on the use of AI in clinical data. The entire scope of the project is to write code to manually hunt through the non-indexed text fields in medical...

  7. Need Advice on my next move.

    bitter_betsy replied to jjamfam's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You go momma!!!While normally I would say apply to both - I would ask more questions. Make sure that you can either 1) get enough student loan money that you don't have to work 2) you can take the...

  8. best option for nursing/healthcare

    bitter_betsy replied to madisonlong17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    BlueScrub922 - 44 y.o. female in same boat. Hate programming... Almost done with pre-reqs. The only thing stopping you is ... YOU. Lets make this boat move - pick up that oar and lets ROW...

  9. Mentally done

    bitter_betsy replied to ADN_Is_Complete's topic in General Students

    So... your sister with 4 kids just moved back in and she lets them be monsters. Im willing to be money that 1 of 2 things is going on - 1) shes lazy and is looking for an easy escape from the...

  10. Once upon a time.

    bitter_betsy replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    So I'm not 25 anymore but I gave birth at 25. It changed my life. I was a well established database programmer. I had built a KanBan system that went into place at GE Aircraft Engines. I wrote the...

  11. Does it Exist? Automating Student Nurses Clinical Rotations Program

    bitter_betsy replied to ferwhat752's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Maybe you should post it here - I don't want to get booted for trying to help!! If an admin chimes in and tells me I can send my email to you I certainly will - I haven't been around long enough yet...

  12. Does it Exist? Automating Student Nurses Clinical Rotations Program

    bitter_betsy replied to ferwhat752's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I have been a database programmer for a long time. If you can send me some specifics - I will see if I can build you something that requires a little less work - no guarantees (and no money changing...

  13. Anorexia

    bitter_betsy replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    Thank you so much. I am actually doing really well - I would love to say that I'm recovered, but I don't believe the problem is ever really gone. I am so sorry for your friend and her family. It...

  14. Anorexia

    bitter_betsy replied to JenTheSchoolRN's topic in School

    I don't think there is much you can do for her specifically, unless you can get more people involved in her care. Anorexia is about control and if she still isn't eating, the issue isn't corrected....

  15. My husband wakes me up!

    bitter_betsy replied to BabyRN_nights's topic in General Nursing

    My fella is a fisherman and works with the tides. We make it a point every day to talk about bedtimes and wake up times. I suck at waking up - I tune noise out when I sleep now that my daughter is...

  16. Advice on best time to have a baby (please!)

    bitter_betsy replied to secondtimer14's topic in General Students

    I am not a nurse yet... just a mom who made a choice. I was a database programmer and quit when my daughter was 2. She needed me and it was her or my career. Once I got out - I couldn't get back...

  17. My Daughter is Interested in Nursing

    bitter_betsy replied to Kamilah Coney's topic in General Students

    From a momma thats been there.... I pulled my daughter from school after she completed 5th grade. She was being "left behind" so that the school could focus on getting the minimum scores for tests -...

  18. ADHD meds in milk?

    bitter_betsy replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Ok - so as the mom of a todder who spit cherry tylenol in my super long hair on a regular basis - the child learned how to take pills when she was just 2. Under the advice of her doc - I started out...

  19. New Grad RN- Night Shifts Killing Me

    bitter_betsy replied to lfolou's topic in Nursing Career

    I suffer from these types of migraines also. Its a ton of fun explaining to someone - "yea I may look like I'm having a stroke - but 99% sure I'm not...." My solution is a million fold. I've taken...

  20. Career Path to Flight Nursing

    bitter_betsy replied to Kgrady's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    I am just beginning my nursing journey, so I cannot speak to that portion - but I am a mom with a kid that I homeschooled from 6th grade through high school. I sent her to Montessori school at 2...

  21. Considering my options

    bitter_betsy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey Y'all! I'm new here and have just registered for school. I have an AA degree, a BS in IT and Security and I'm at a crossroads. Today I interviewed for a position in a PhD program in Informatics...