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Finally2008

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  1. Sharing Prescription Drugs

    Finally2008 replied to Finally2008's topic in General Nursing

    Woah, everyone put down your rocks!! Public stoning for asking a question of my peers in what, I thought, was a safe forum? I DID NOT say this was a felony and I DID NOT report them. I was trying...

  2. Cleaner RN jobs

    Finally2008 replied to kyonguyen22's topic in General Students

    Public health nursing is the way to go! I LOVE my job! I never touch poop, vomit, blood, or mucous ---and I got my job after only 8 months in the hospital. Nursing is such a great profession that...

  3. Help i need patient education handouts

    Finally2008 replied to ajohnson8407's topic in Patient Education

    You might want to be careful giving out information from the internet. For example this is noted at the bottom of some of the articles on Medline Plus: "Any duplication or distribution of the...

  4. I want to get into public health nursing but not sure how. Please help!

    Finally2008 replied to thenursecalledmommy's topic in Public, Community Health

    Any luck with your

  5. Developmental Assessments on Peds

    Finally2008 replied to mackjazz's topic in Public, Community Health

    I have been doing the same type job for a little over a year now. We also use the Ages & Stages 3 Questionnaires (ASQ3). Yes, very easy to use--in fact, in our training, we were told to just...

  6. Rode up on first accident outside of hospital....

    Finally2008 replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I know it is difficult to know what is the right thing to do sometimes as a new nurse, but this is what I found out when I googled "duty to rescue". I found this in the "Nurses' Legal Handbook"...

  7. I want to get into public health nursing but not sure how. Please help!

    Finally2008 replied to thenursecalledmommy's topic in Public, Community Health

    I graduated in 2008 and have been in Public Health for one year now. I found my job with the help of my Community Health professor, but this is what I would suggest: Go to your local county health...

  8. Postpartum confusion.

    Finally2008 replied to guiltysins's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yep, I had people think that a lot (why??). Then, when I switched to calling my job Mother/Baby nurse, people always thought I was delivering

  9. Can new grads start out as public health nurses?

    Finally2008 replied to andpeggy's topic in Public, Community Health

    My Health Department told me that they sometimes waive the 1 year of experience requirement, based on other factors. Having a BSN will

  10. Working Full-time and MSN

    Finally2008 posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Ok, I need to know if I am crazy to try to do this. I work at the Health Department Monday through Friday and am looking at a Master's program that is every other weekend. I will have to do practicums...

  11. Do you ever plan on leaving the bedside?

    Finally2008 replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I've already left after less than a year. I could not take the stress and the physical toll on my body. I am happily working in Public Health with high risk infants. So far, I am very happy. I...

  12. The Night Before Nerves

    Finally2008 replied to nurseme3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep, I have the same thing.....Actually, I work tomorrow (days) and I have already found myself getting nervous....I have found that I have to have everything prepared the night before (lunch,...

  13. burn out in first yr

    Finally2008 replied to futurenicunurse2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am sorry to say that I have to agree with you. I am now in my 7th month of my first year and I come home exhausted or crying every day I work. I worked on nights for the first 5 months and have been...

  14. Switching to Nights---Help!

    Finally2008 replied to Finally2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for your

  15. Switching to Nights---Help!

    Finally2008 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad in an internship program. I started my training on days and will be switching to nights next Monday, the 13th. We are supposed to work a minimum of 3 months on nights before we can put...

  16. Best areas to rent or buy please near hospitals

    Finally2008 replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    The area near Perimeter Mall has many nice, new apartment complexes. That would be on Ashford-Dunwoody Rd. My mother lives in that area and, depending on the time, you can get to Northside in about 8...

  17. Malpractice Insurance

    Finally2008 replied to navydad51's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Thanks for the advice.....I am a new grad with a new job and just feel better about getting this insurance. I pray I will never need it, but better to have and not need, than need and not

  18. Psych Nursing?

    Finally2008 replied to Deb117's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I did one of my clinicals at Ridgeview Institute in Smyrna. I really liked it

  19. took nclex-rn yesterday...i think i failed...

    Finally2008 replied to ashlea19's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh my gosh! Well, in that case, you definitely need to put it out of your mind and go enjoy life for awhile! What's done is done....after all that time in school, it's time to live it up a

  20. took nclex-rn yesterday...i think i failed...

    Finally2008 replied to ashlea19's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Oh my gosh, you sound exactly like I did last Thursday! I see that you posted this at 3:30 am---yep, that was me. Couldn't sleep, would have waves of anxiety, kept looking up questions to see if I had...

  21. Kennesaw State BSN Summer 09

    Finally2008 replied to BamBam87316's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Yes, I heard the same thing, but I do still have the same stethoscope that I started the program with. There was one time I let someone borrow it and almost lost it! You just have to be vigilant about...

  22. If you took the boards did you find it hard and how many questions did you get?

    Finally2008 replied to PEBBLES1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations!!!

  23. If you took the boards did you find it hard and how many questions did you get?

    Finally2008 replied to PEBBLES1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also got 75 questions and thought the whole time that I was testing that it was not difficult. I felt like I was rushing through it and I left feeling like I must have failed because I thought it...

  24. Kennesaw State BSN Summer 09

    Finally2008 replied to BamBam87316's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I only knew one person with the Littman Cardiac III. It was pretty awesome, that is for sure! But, it is not really needed. I have the Littman Classic SE and it has been great---lots of nurses loved...

  25. Kennesaw State BSN Summer 09

    Finally2008 replied to BamBam87316's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hey all! Just wanted you all to know that you will be wearing uniforms, not scrubs, for the first (Holistic), second (Adult Health), part of third (OB), and final (Senior practicum) semesters. During...