WDWpixieRN

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  1. The skinny on working nights

    WDWpixieRN replied to UNC_nurseL&D's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not in a L/D (yet), but I am working on a med/surg floor and started nights a few weeks ago. I was freaked out at the thought as it's been almost 29 years since I had done so (working 6 - 8-hour...

  2. What would be reasons why someone didn't like L&D?

    WDWpixieRN replied to Sarah LnDHopes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wow....reading some of these posts has been rather eye-opening! I had my first child 29 years ago this past August and didn't get so much as a Tylenol during my labor. Had my second daughter 25 years...

  3. is it even possible?

    WDWpixieRN replied to Lauren3787's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say your best bet is to make appointments with the nursing counselors or coordinators at the programs you are interested in. Ask them about where you stand and where you want to go and what you...

  4. CNA's not wanting to help out

    WDWpixieRN replied to Wishes_RN's topic in General Students

    Good suggestions....new RN here and there are a few techs where I am that apparently feel like sitting on their tushes most of the night instead of doing some of their job duties is more important....

  5. ASN and bridge to BSN or BSN right away?

    WDWpixieRN replied to WhiteShadows23's topic in General Nursing

    My suggestion is to compare the costs and the time involved for all your options. I had a previous Bachelor's in business, so didn't want anymore student loans (and couldn't qualify anyway)....I...

  6. LPN to RN

    WDWpixieRN replied to brownie98's topic in General Nursing

    If you're in the STL area, LPNs primarily work in long-term care; very few hospitals hire them. I'm not sure where all the LPN programs are in this area, but I understand it's best to avoid a trade...

  7. STLCC Forest Park - Starting Jan '09

    WDWpixieRN replied to listener's topic in General Nursing

    listener: I don't know how to help you there. We had an orientation several months before the program started and I had to miss it, but I don't think they gave out a list then. I had written our...

  8. Getting Experience while Pre-Nursing

    WDWpixieRN replied to AngelaChanel24's topic in General Nursing

    The hospitals also need secretary help like crazy too. If you're proficient in those types of skills, it's another good alternative, but I think they prefer some health care experience. Volunteering...

  9. STLCC Forest Park - Starting Jan '09

    WDWpixieRN replied to listener's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck you two!! And anyone else starting soon!! Just remember to keep putting one foot in front of the other; don't look too far in to the future and just take it one day/week at a time. LISTEN...

  10. Welcome to the Missouri State Forum!

    WDWpixieRN replied to suebird3's topic in General Nursing

    welcome!! of course you can do this!! the hardest part will be sticking to it through thick and thin!! there's nothing so special in the rest of us that doesn't also exist in you!! best wishes and...

  11. what if you graduate without student loans?

    WDWpixieRN replied to vwood86's topic in General Nursing

    Let me also make another disclaimer for those of you thinking of taking out loans "just in case". The hospital where I was hired this past spring as a Graduate Nurse offers a nice tuition...

  12. Ideas on applying to St Louis Hospitals

    WDWpixieRN replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter just heard from a second hospital in town after submitting her app almost 2 months ago. She's now got 2 job offers and possibly a 3rd between the two. Hang in

  13. New Student---NCLEX?

    WDWpixieRN replied to jess8673's topic in General Students

    Saunders, Saunders, Saunders 4th edition. That was the text emphasized by the hospital where I was hired and I probably spent more time with that book throughout school and for studying for NCLEX....

  14. I've messed everything up.

    WDWpixieRN replied to AmyL's topic in General Students

    I think you KNOW what you need to do. Honestly, if you've already had problems in prior semesters, your faculty probably has reason to be keeping an eye on you. No one wants to work with someone...

  15. I know nothing!!

    WDWpixieRN replied to JennBoston's topic in General Students

    It's funny you write that....that's almost verbatim what someone said to me at work recently as I was lamenting being taken off orientation and expected to be a "real nurse". And something along that...

  16. I know nothing!!

    WDWpixieRN replied to JennBoston's topic in General Students

    I can't tell you how many times I wished this. And can't imagine why it ISN'T done. Maybe someone with more insight can tell us. But as a new nursing student, new to healthcare and hospitals in...

  17. Ideas on applying to St Louis Hospitals

    WDWpixieRN replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter just had an interview and job offer as a PCA with St. John's after just a few weeks. So apparently if they see something interesting, they move pretty quickly. She however, is choosing...

  18. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    WDWpixieRN replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    JER07: I think if you read some of the responses, it's not been a matter of being thankful. It's been a matter of facing some of the realities of the job. Some facilities seem to be staffed and...

  19. Ideas on applying to St Louis Hospitals

    WDWpixieRN replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    Neither does St. Joe's....but that's because there are lab techs that do that work unless the pt has a Port or Central line for the RN to do the draw. I wouldn't use that criteria to exclude a...

  20. Ideas on applying to St Louis Hospitals

    WDWpixieRN replied to carlarenee02's topic in General Nursing

    I think sometimes it helps to know someone, but as for myself and my daughter, we both just put apps in online for tech or secretary jobs. She's done this with two hospitals and I did mine with...

  21. I know nothing!!

    WDWpixieRN replied to JennBoston's topic in General Students

    As a fairly recent graduate, it seems I heard the words "Fake it until you make it" several times. Confidence, real or acting is important when dealing with pts. They will smell you a mile away and...

  22. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    WDWpixieRN replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Bless you as you figure out your next step. This job just isn't easy no matter how you slice it. Rewarding sometimes? Challenging? Oh, yeah. Financially I'm not making NEAR what I made in my...

  23. How many new nurses are seriously thinking about quiting?

    WDWpixieRN replied to PACNWNURSING's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know that I am near considering quitting, but I will seriously say that no way does school anywhere NEAR resemble real-life on the floor. The documentation, checking dr. orders, coordinating...

  24. Schools in St.Louis,MO to become A rn?

    WDWpixieRN replied to ms1985's topic in General Nursing

    The St. Louis Community Colleges are running approximately a 2-semester wait; of course that can always fluctuate. You must complete at least BIO101 and Chemistry as well as have passed the Nursing...

  25. Distance learning question???? BSN or ASN which one I'm so confused!

    WDWpixieRN replied to SoCyncere's topic in General Nursing

    The most important thing will be to ensure that whatever direction you take, that all the classes you will be taking toward your RN (ASN or BSN) will transfer toward your eventual goal of becoming a...