GooeyRN

GooeyRN ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN

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  1. Is it OK to not work for a few years after passing NCLEX?

    GooeyRN replied to barkandwag's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would work some at first, at least a year. Maybe not full-time, but at least 24 hours a week. Then go very limited per-diem after that year. After you get a little experience you can maintain...

  2. What exactlly is "Charge Nurse"?

    GooeyRN replied to LuVnLpN08's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like a charge nurse... When I worked LTC, every LPN was a charge nurse. You were in charge of your hall. The residents, the CNA's, the calls, the new orders, the treatments, the meds, the...

  3. Feasible to get Thanksgiving and Christmas off as new RN?

    GooeyRN replied to ATLbubbles's topic in General Nursing

    I like that arrangement!!! I bet people don't complain too much that

  4. Feasible to get Thanksgiving and Christmas off as new RN?

    GooeyRN replied to ATLbubbles's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of staff members are flexible and like to trade around. Don't expect BOTH Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and the weekend after off. That normally doesn't happen. However, if you are REALLY...

  5. How long did you work for while your were pregnant?

    GooeyRN replied to MaraG.'s topic in General Nursing

    I had canckles too! Thank goodness for crocs is right!!! They were the only type shoe I could fit on my feet after

  6. How long did you work for while your were pregnant?

    GooeyRN replied to MaraG.'s topic in General Nursing

    I guess he didn't get the memo about no working until after you are cleared after 8 weeks post-partum for

  7. How long did you work for while your were pregnant?

    GooeyRN replied to MaraG.'s topic in General Nursing

    I worked until delivery both times. I did my job as normal, no special precautions other than staying away from pts on radiation or other dangerous things. I prefer to work until the very end, then...

  8. How To Document Sleeping On Night Shift

    GooeyRN replied to Iggy123's topic in General Nursing

    I don't chart that a patient is sleeping... B/c how do you know if they are sleeping or just resting? I chart "pt in bed, eyes closed, respirations regular at 18 or whatever respirations per minute....

  9. How do you manage to get to work in snow storms ?

    GooeyRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly, this year it will mean calling off. I work 80 miles from home and yes I can attempt to plan ahead... But sometimes it does snow when unexpected! I don't think I will call off for snow as I...

  10. Major decision about RN or LPN-to-RN?

    GooeyRN replied to tngal's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Me, too. I did the LPN program first. It made the RN program WAY easier for me. It would also be nice for you to be able to work weekends as an LPN, that makes some nice money without major time...

  11. Nurses who wish you "hadn't" - other healthcare careers you wish you'd pursued?

    GooeyRN replied to arigsbee's topic in General Nursing

    lab tech or rad tech. I like nursing, but I don't like how nursing staff is blamed for just about everything. Everything seems to be the nurses

  12. He doesn't want her to work. Is it fair?

    GooeyRN replied to mscgirl09's topic in General Nursing

    It's their business... There are compromises in life. It sounds like they both need to make some if they want their future marriage to work. I personally wouldn't go for that, but I would go for...

  13. texting at work

    GooeyRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I would never consider looking at a received text while in a patient room, talking to other staff, a doctor, etc. It would wait until I had a second without anyone around for me to check. I think...

  14. texting at work

    GooeyRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    They didn't check on you when you were sick? (assuming you were sick sometimes when they had to go to work, of course. Maybe that didn't

  15. texting at work

    GooeyRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't really care if people text while at work, as long as they aren't constantly doing it, and not doing it around patients. Doing it once and awhile to check on the kids or whatever is fine by...

  16. Where do you complete your required CEU's online?

    GooeyRN posted a topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I am looking to do the required 30 CEU's online. Where do you guys do yours? Free would be nice, but not necessary. It is too hard to get out of the house with 2 little ones to do them in a...

  17. pro life to work in ER OR OB

    GooeyRN replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    If you work in a nursing home, I doubt you will have to assist in an abortion... Just

  18. pro life to work in ER OR OB

    GooeyRN replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    Really participating in an abortion is NOT the same as taking care of someone who is a child molester or drug dealer or whatever. Participating in the abortion is ASSISTING in taking of the life and...

  19. Question about IVs

    GooeyRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I normally prime at the sink and never waste more than a drop. It is just

  20. Continuing Education Credits in PA

    GooeyRN replied to mdonohue's topic in General Nursing

    I am from PA. You have to do 30 CEU's each time you renew your license, so 30 CEU's every 2 years. I did mine for free via medscape.com. It is very time consuming to do it this way, but you can't...

  21. pro life to work in ER OR OB

    GooeyRN replied to Beebop25's topic in General Nursing

    I am a Catholic pro-lifer, too. We sometimes have to make sacrifices. For me, that means no working in area's where it is likely I will be put into the situation of having to care for someone who...

  22. Oh, the gossip.

    GooeyRN replied to LOLRN's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry you are going through this. Mean people suck. Some people enjoy watching the newbies squirm. I don't know why, but it gives a lot of people a feeling of satisfaction. I currently work...

  23. Patients adding me as a friend on facebook...

    GooeyRN replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't add patients unless they were also friends before you took care of them. I keep my FB set to private so only friends can see pics, then I also narrow it down to WHAT friends I want to be...

  24. Do Most LPN's do NA Work Too?

    GooeyRN replied to jjnmrsmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have never encountered that and have never seen that. Normally everyone pitched in to help the

  25. LPN....I'm still a nurse, right??

    GooeyRN replied to kkluczynski's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have nice words for that guy. Sorry you went through