kmarie724

kmarie724 has 5 years experience and specializes in LTC.

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1. Pregnancy, Graduation, New Job

   kmarie724 replied to Future.Nurse.2020's topic in General Students

   I was pregnant during my last year of nursing school. Our last day of class was a Thursday, my daughter was born the following Tuesday, and I went to my pinning ceremony that Friday, the day after I...

2. How do you get your first nursing job?

   kmarie724 replied to stnurse2016's topic in General Nursing

   My first nursing job was at the LTC facility I worke at as a CNA while in nursing school. Ten years later I am still there, now as a nurse

3. Holiday rotation

   kmarie724 replied to JBMmom's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   Every other holiday. If the holiday falls on a day that would normally be your day off, you still work the holiday (e.g. if the holiday fall on your weekend off, you still have to work even though...

4. Maternity discrimination

   kmarie724 replied to Kmendi's topic in General Nursing

   Do you have a job now that you can stay at until you have the baby and pass NCLEX? I was 9 months pregnant when I graduated nursing school. I had my baby a few days after finishing school, took 6...

5. What nursing task do you loathe???

   kmarie724 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

   Orthostatic BPs. I don't know why, but I hate doing those! Feeding pts. Again, I don't really have a reason for this, I just don't. I also hated feeding my own children baby food. Packing wounds....

6. Ridiculous Reasons to See the Nurse

   kmarie724 replied to NanaPoo's topic in School

   I'm not a school nurse, but my (fully potty trained) kindergartener took a trip to the nurses office yesterday because she wet her pants. Why didn't she go to the bathroom? "Beause I was trying to set...

7. Is anything at your work that puzzles you

   kmarie724 replied to pras's topic in General Nursing

   1. When somone scheduled for Friday, Saturday and Sunday PM shift calls in on Friday, stating "I'm so terribly sick, I won't be able to work today or Saturday but I know I'll be better and able to...

8. whats for lunch

   kmarie724 replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

   If I don't have any leftovers to bring, I usually grab some crackers and string cheese along with some fruit or

9. Changes in language

   kmarie724 replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

   My 6 year old was playing with one of those old fashioned Fisher Price toy phone (the rotery type one) and kept calling it a clock and asking why it didn't have the right numbers on it. I told her it...

10. Holidays ????

    kmarie724 replied to GGirll22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am always happy the years I have Christmas off because it is my favorite holiday. But if I do have to work it, we just celebrate on a different day. I never felt like I have "missed out" on...

11. Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

    kmarie724 replied to westieluv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always let calls from work go to VM. If I want/need extra hours, I call back and offer to work. If not, I don't call back. If it asked in person if I can work another shift and I don't want to work,...

12. weekend work Harder?

    kmarie724 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in LTC. If there are no call-ins, new admissions (we get short-term rehab admits on weekends sometimes), emergencies, or hospital readmissions, weekends are pretty low-key. But usually it's...

13. Bedside nurses and pregnancy

    kmarie724 replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    Both my babies were born around 39 weeks. So before my EDD, but not technically early. My first pregnancy I was working nocs as a CNA. She was born at 39 weeks. I worked until the end, I called in for...

14. Help me feel better about this - Full time 8 hour nights

    kmarie724 replied to amyshell's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time 8 hr nocs for a few years and I actually kind of liked it. On my nights off, I would stay on my awake at noc, sleep during the day schedule and stay up until 4 or 5 and sleep until...

15. While You are In Here..I May As Well Try To Go To The Bathroom....

    kmarie724 replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What I usually do is put the call light one and start the process of getting them to the BR and then let the CNA take over when they get to the