NICUMurse87 BSN, RN

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    Why did you choose psychiatric NURSING, rather than psychology/counseling?

    NICUMurse87 replied to LilaDavis's topic in Psychiatric

    It took me a Bachelors in Psychology and 3 years experience in a psychiatric hospital to realize that psych was NOT my thing, so I'm glad you've figured it out the other
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    Online, Go-At-Your-Own-Pace, RN to BSN Option through Capella University

    NICUMurse87 replied to pmabraham's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yeah, I don't know if I'd want a nurse who went to a school whose main selling point was how easy it was. I don't think difficulty is necessarily a measure of quality, but I certainly don't think ease...
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    CNA as a student - should I?

    NICUMurse87 replied to sym92's topic in General Students

    I don't know how it is where you are, but where I live, after the first semester of clinical experience, I was on par with CNA's as far as the hospitals were concerned. I didn't need to sit for any...
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    Transitioning from Psych to ICU/Med Surg

    NICUMurse87 replied to indnur87's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that it can be incredibly difficult to transition from psych to med-surg nursing, as far as getting a job goes. I would recommend getting a letter of recommendation from a nurse currently...
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    when to apply for jobs

    NICUMurse87 replied to midwifemae's topic in General Students

    Best thing I can say is to check the websites of the hospitals that you are interested in working for and searching "Nurse Resident", "Graduate Nurse", "RN Residency", or something similar. I never...
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    when to apply for jobs

    NICUMurse87 replied to midwifemae's topic in General Students

    I would start looking now because some residencies open months before graduation and end only a few days later (I'm looking at you,
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    Thread for Trolls

    NICUMurse87 replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Wtf is going on here?
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    What do you think of 12 hour shifts

    NICUMurse87 replied to RNattie's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you have kids, you'd be better off just staying on a night schedule. I always sleep during the day, as most things are open late enough/early enough that I can get my errands done right after I...
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    St. David's/ HCA nurses- Is Meditech on the way out?

    NICUMurse87 replied to yankintejas's topic in Texas Nursing

    We got word of a huge new update to Meditech a year or so ago that was supposed to bring it closer to Epic. The update came and... if you looked reeaaaaally hard, there were a few screens that had...
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    Getting Clean To Be A Nurse

    NICUMurse87 replied to cnatobsn17's topic in Nursing Career

    I've been urine tested once for starting nursing school, once for my PCT job during nursing school, and once for my nursing job after graduation. That's three urine tests and no hair tests. If my...
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    CNA program flu shot

    NICUMurse87 replied to nursingnurse2b1's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Isn't that all of
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    nursing

    NICUMurse87 replied to nursingnurse2b1's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I started off as a model, but I found even they were too shallow, so I pursued a career in
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    Catholic Nurse Sues Duke University Hospital After Refusing to Assist with Abortions

    NICUMurse87 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I've been Catholic for 30 years, 12 years of Catholic school, and have never heard of vaccines being against our religion. The abortion stuff makes sense, but even then, maybe work in an area of...
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    I did something in clinical that may fail me? Pls read.

    NICUMurse87 replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Students

    You're not ONLY in LPN school! You're studying to be a licensed nurse! Don't downplay your successes, you sound like a competent student who did something the instructor may not like. You got
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    Memorizing drug interactions!

    NICUMurse87 replied to Banana nut's topic in General Students

    I need one of those! Did you buy it online or did the hospital give it to
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    I'm too afraid to do anything in the clinical setting

    NICUMurse87 replied to CurrentlyCrying's topic in General Students

    The only advice I can give is practice. Patients can sense when we don't believe in ourselves and it's hard to believe that you can do something you've never done before. This is your own opportunity...
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    Depressed patient refuses positioning even though she is lying on her own bowel movement

    NICUMurse87 replied to MissHannaway's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody else has said this, but I would see what the facilities policy is on such things. If it's like any hospital I've worked for, they should have a policy on almost anything you can think of. That...
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    What are my options?

    NICUMurse87 replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    When I spoke to a recruiter, I was given the option of entering as an RN when I graduated, working for 2 years (I think it was 2, may have been 1) and then going towards my Master's while still...
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    Taking out a loan or work to pay for nursing school

    NICUMurse87 replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

    I worked 2 PRN tech jobs during school one or two 12 hour shifts per week. It helps that my wife is a nurse, so she understands the struggle. I was able to hang out with friends and stuff maybe a time...
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    My husband wakes me up!

    NICUMurse87 replied to BabyRN_nights's topic in General Nursing

    People who don't work nights will never truly understand. My wife and I have worked night shift on and off for 7 years and it never fails that our families schedule something at 2 pm and are...
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    Taking out a loan or work to pay for nursing school

    NICUMurse87 replied to Big_Mike's topic in General Students

    I obviously don't know your particular circumstances, but I personally am 3 weeks away from completing a 15 month ABSN program where I was advised not to work. I worked 12-24 hours per week in...