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City-Girl

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  1. New Grad Resume

    City-Girl replied to nurse_jnicole's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You may want to include a section for your education (degree received) from your university/school of nursing. In the future you can add to this section education and

  2. How long have you been a nurse

    City-Girl replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    I often jest that someday I'll be riding up the hallway on my Lark to pass my

  3. How long have you been a nurse

    City-Girl replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Almost 20 years as a

  4. Patients & Pet Peeves

    City-Girl replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    When a person calls on the phone to inquire about a patient and starts the conversation with "I'm the healthcare proxy so you can tell me what's going on" on a young~ish patient who's A&O

  5. I Desperately Want Out

    City-Girl replied to toxiktraktor's topic in Nursing Career

    Speaking as someone who loves being a nurse for the past 20 years, the first few years are really the hardest and it does take time before you find that love. Not only are you trying to learn your...

  6. PACU

    City-Girl replied to Madamenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Usually a quick report from anesthesia while I getting my patient settled. All of this information they were telling me was also noted on the anesthesia flow sheet. If there was time, the circulating...

  7. Dropped Pill - Do you give it?

    City-Girl replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    Story not about a pill I dropped, but that my patient dropped. I was working at the time on the in-patient heart failure floor. The patients were usually young and typically in-house until...

  8. reactivating NJ RN license

    City-Girl replied to EverYBeaTCounTs's topic in General Nursing

    So, I've been curious about this all day and wondering why an individual state would require you to re-sit for the NCLEX which is a national exam. I came across this article and even though you are...

  9. Didn't scan a narcotic at bedside

    City-Girl replied to Hailbop16's topic in General Nursing

    If it truly was an honest mistake, let your manger know. Hospitals usually have systems in place for going back to chart undocumented

  10. reactivating NJ RN license

    City-Girl replied to EverYBeaTCounTs's topic in General Nursing

    See # 12 "Provide written veri cation of licensure in good standing from the state in which you were originally licensed, or are currently licensed, and from every state in which you have ever been...

  11. reactivating NJ RN license

    City-Girl replied to EverYBeaTCounTs's topic in General Nursing

    Haven't tried, but had been looking at reciprocity. Looks like it's just an application and fee as long as the license was in good standing....

  12. Weird actions that are out of nursing scope

    City-Girl replied to AriRN36's topic in General Nursing

    You'll get friends and family members (and even the occasional random stranger) who will ask you medical advice. I usually respond with something light like "its my day off, so you're going to have...

  13. Sahm going back to work

    City-Girl replied to Bqaderi's topic in General Nursing

    After many years as full-time RN, I decided to go per diem when my daughter was born. My husband agreed that keeping my foot in the door could provide a lot of security for our family. I work the...

  14. Dr makes me feel so incompetent?

    City-Girl replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Never let anyone make you feel stupid for using good nursing

  15. What made your jaw drop

    City-Girl replied to DextersDisciple's topic in General Nursing

    Whenever I'm setting up a PCA for a patient, I always explain that PCA stands for patient controlled analgesia and if the patient is awake enough to push the button, they are safe to get the dose and...

  16. Looking for new area.

    City-Girl replied to Jeremy Cosby's topic in Nursing Career

    Boston, MA is a great city to work as an RN in with many hospitals to choose from. Many different patient case types and technological advances only seen in a few areas of the country. The pay is...

  17. Debating Going back to school

    City-Girl replied to Rayacj's topic in General Nursing

    After many years practice as an ADRN I made the choice to finish my BSN. There were several factors that affected my decision to return to taking classes. I happen to work at a large teaching...

  18. New Grad Orientation Contracts

    City-Girl replied to Kaiyas's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You could try running it past an attorney to get a good feel of whether its actually a binding legal contract. It sounds a bit like indentured servitude and I have to wonder why its so bad that they...

  19. Assisted living turned nightmare

    City-Girl replied to danij040866's topic in Nursing Career

    Even though getting a lunch break is a luxury for all nurses, if you are writing that you've taken your 30 minute break and you in fact have not, that is false documentation on your time card....

  20. Staying Healthy as a New Nurse

    City-Girl replied to EmxoRenee's topic in General Nursing

    Although it's a total bummer to think that you might not be able to get 30 minutes of uninterrupted time, at least if there's snacks in your bag you'll have something that can take away the "hangries"...

  21. Best thing about being a nurse?

    City-Girl replied to LM838's topic in General Nursing

    I have considered my career as a nurse a privilege. The fact that we are able to enter a patient's life, provide them comfort, or see them through a difficult time, even become part of the patient's...

  22. Infusion error and I feel terrible!!

    City-Girl posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I have been a nurse for almost 20 years. I know no matter how careful we are as nurses we all make mistakes. For the past 3 days I have been reading many other's stories about making a mistake...

  23. Struggling in current clinical - feeling really depressed about it - Advice?

    City-Girl replied to Philly85's topic in General Students

    It isn't easy recovering from poor first impressions, but it can be done. I remember when I was working as a well-respected CNA and having a hard time in nursing school. One of the seasoned nurses...

  24. June 2018 Caption Contest: Poll - Select $100 Winner!

    City-Girl replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    You're going to need a bigger bag to clean out the

  25. June 2018 Caption Contest: Poll - Select $100 Winner!

    City-Girl replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Should we initiate contact