GooeyRN

GooeyRN ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN

Psych, Med/Surg, LTC

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  1. Young Nursing Students

    GooeyRN replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    I was young when I finished... I was 22 when I finished the LPN program, and 24 when I finished the RN program. I was one of the younger students, and it sucked!! The older students would refer to...

  2. Pregnant...4 weeks...advice on sharing news at work.

    GooeyRN replied to jillianLPN's topic in General Nursing

    Woo-Hoo! Congrats! I would first tell your nurse manager or whoever makes the shift assignment. That would buy you a few weeks. You MAY need to disclose on a need to know basis if someone asks you...

  3. How to Quit a Job

    GooeyRN replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    Give a two week notice. I understand your feelings about not wanting to let someone down... But do you want to stay there long term miserable, when you can be working where you want to be? (I would...

  4. Pediatric Psychiatric Nursing

    GooeyRN replied to medgirlRN's topic in Psychiatric

    I used to child/adolescent psych. I had to leave it when I moved. I love love loved it. It is a very different kind of nursing. VERY rewarding. If you feel a pull towards it, go for it, you won't...

  5. How to deal with Kids? When you are prepareing for NCLEX

    GooeyRN replied to jabwemet's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Stay up super late or get up super early... Or let them play in the bathtub while you study in the bathroom with them. Or, put a chair up to the sink and let them splash in the sink. Either way...

  6. MAs are better than LPNs and RNs?

    GooeyRN replied to SPN-RC's topic in LPN to RN

    Sounds like jealousy... An LPN will have a TON more options down the road compared to an

  7. Does Psy nursing pay more

    GooeyRN replied to caribbeanbeauty's topic in Psychiatric

    In my experience, it pays

  8. Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?

    GooeyRN replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    NE PA med/surg nights 9 psych evenings

  9. TB Positive

    GooeyRN replied to New 2 iceeYouRN's topic in General Students

    I had a positive ppd and did 9 months of INH, too. This was in nursing school in

  10. Family-Centered Maternity Care and Rooming-In

    GooeyRN replied to Elvish's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I am not a labor/delivery nurse, but I delivered in a hospital where rooming in was required... IT was fabulous. I loved it. By baby never left my side. I didn't have to worry that anything was...

  11. Going from psych to med/surg or another specialty

    GooeyRN replied to Guest321574's topic in General Nursing

    I started out in psych, then switched to med/surg with just a 2 week orientation. It wasn't TOO bad. It was rough, but doable. I am back in psych now. I missed it, but am VERY glad that I got that...

  12. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    GooeyRN replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    I know of one female nurse who um, had some meetings with a male nurse and the one male doctor (not at the same time) and she was interested in another doctor... This was years ago... I have never...

  13. working out your notice on minimum wage

    GooeyRN replied to Caffeinated's topic in Nursing Career

    wow that's

  14. Quit in orientation

    GooeyRN replied to NewRNdreams's topic in General Nursing

    Be honest with your nurse manager. Tell her something more suitable to your interests popped up. Exit nicely and thank

  15. phone orders & prn meds in psych nursing?

    GooeyRN replied to GraceNotes's topic in Psychiatric

    I do prefer psych.

  16. Cna challenge lpn boards

    GooeyRN replied to marineswife0809's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Well this is scary. There is a whole lot more to being a nurse than doing treatments and passing meds, even if one takes a really good pharmacology course. What about having a good knowledge base...

  17. phone orders & prn meds in psych nursing?

    GooeyRN replied to GraceNotes's topic in Psychiatric

    Usually on admission, there are orders for PRN's. If by chance there are not orders, you call to get them if you need a prn. In psych, there is an enormous amount of paperwork. Then there are the...

  18. Shift Assignments - Who bugs you the most?

    GooeyRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I am a mellow drifter sort of... I thought I was being helpful by not creating a stink about the assignment I get. When I am asked what I want to do, I will say it doesn't matter. I know I am...

  19. What is Long Term Acute Care?

    GooeyRN replied to Spartan05's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    I agree. LTC does so much more now than they did only 10 years ago. So many do so much so they don't have to send patients out. But the nurse still gets ~30 residents each to care for, sick or

  20. Shift Assignments - Who bugs you the most?

    GooeyRN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I do not do charge, but I thought of a nurse that meets the description of each. The perky complainer drives me insane, the others not as

  21. What is Long Term Acute Care?

    GooeyRN replied to Spartan05's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    It is mostly Nursing Home type patients that are admitted to the hospital, but require a LONG stay. Not a 3 day in and out admission. The patients are typically elderly, total care, and have a lot...

  22. Life is too short to be this stressed

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

    I have not been cancelled yet, but some have been. I work in psych in a small hospital in NEPA. I only work 4 shifts a month, and they are on weekends, so I am sure they don't want to cancel me...

  23. Life is too short to be this stressed

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

    I want to work at that psych hospital. It isn't like that where I work, either of the psych places I have worked. There is more paperwork that med/surg, and we require our patients to have...

  24. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    GooeyRN replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    THAT

  25. Nursing is not what I thought...hate my job...need ur opinion

    GooeyRN replied to dtermineddenise's topic in General Nursing

    I was grossly disillusioned what nursing was like,too. I like working psych. There is an extreme amount of paperwork, but less of the physical stuff that keeps you so busy... Your job IS to talk to...