KarenAR

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  1. Can you be pro-life and an OB/GYN nurse at the same time?

    KarenAR posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think the subject line sums it

  2. Liability insurance

    KarenAR posted a topic in General Nursing

    Can anyone recommend a good liability insurance company? I am a new grad and want to get this set up a.s.a.p. - just don't know who has good rates, etc.

  3. Pharmacists refusing to fill orders for The Pill

    KarenAR posted a topic in Activism, Healthcare

    (Sorry in advance if not supposed to post articles...haven't been on the site in a while and can't find the rules about this.) Thought you all would want to know about this. -K. ========== From...

  4. Pharmacists refusing to fill orders for The Pill

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well, I checked back in after a while away...wanted to see where the thread I started ended up. Was EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED to see that it turned into yet another string of personal attacks and...

  5. Pharmacists refusing to fill orders for The Pill

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Because it's not about the pharmacist's own personal beliefs; it's about the pharmacist wanting to dictate the patient's actions according to those beliefs. Because it's not about the pharmacist...

  6. Pharmacists refusing to fill orders for The Pill

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    So, what can nurses do about this? What can citizens do about this? It IS only going to get worse. If you had told me 3 months ago that I'd be reading this in the news today, I would have said,...

  7. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi there - I was a magazine editor until starting nursing school in May 2002. Graduated from nursing school in August 2003 and started working as an RN in September 2003. Passed the boards with...

  8. What Would You Do?

    KarenAR replied to nurseygrrl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not saying you were wrong at all...in fact, I think you are totally "in the right." But - does the chain of command start with speaking directly to the person you're having the problem with, and...

  9. Adult Strep Throat

    KarenAR replied to camay1221_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Had it twice this past winter...two cases just two months apart. The second one was the doozy. Kept me out of work for 2 weeks straight b/c the first antibiotic (Augmentin) did not do the trick. So my...

  10. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    RealNurseWitch - My first magazine job was for a company headed by a ROYAL jerk. He and I were like oil & water. Thankfully everyone else I worked with there was wonderful (except for two others,...

  11. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    Heart: Yep, I forgot to mention it was an accelerated program!!! I think if it had been a "full-length" program, I probably would not have finished nursing school. But my program was so fast, I was...

  12. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    Bob, I'm curious: Did you mean that you worked in another field before nursing, and you can't go back for some reason? Or did you mean you didn't work in something else, but would switch back to it...

  13. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    Bob, I'm curious: Did you mean that you worked in another field before nursing, and you can't go back for some reason? Or did you mean you didn't work in something else, but would switch back to it...

  14. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you, Angel337! Yep, I stuck it out as long as I could, knowing that the first year is especially hard, and not wanting to give up too soon. If I were 10 years younger, I probably could have...

  15. Any 2nd career RNs going back to their previous careers???

    KarenAR replied to KarenAR's topic in Nursing Career

    Thank you, Angel337! Yep, I stuck it out as long as I could, knowing that the first year is especially hard, and not wanting to give up too soon. If I were 10 years younger, I probably could have...

  16. My dad has prostate cancer, help.

    KarenAR replied to Brenda-RN,BSN, WA.'s topic in Oncology

    Brenda, I'm not an oncology nurse. I just found this site online: http://www.prostate.com/ProstateCancer/ProstateCancer.asp I hope it helps. My dad is going for an ultrasound of his prostate, and...

  17. Why do you come to All Nurses?

    KarenAR replied to Energizer Bunny's topic in General Nursing

    No one else in my family is a nurse, so they don't "get it." My husband is in a completely different field and doesn't "get it." My kids are too young to "get it." But you guys all "get it." In...

  18. What was your secret weapon for surviving nursing school??

    KarenAR replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    (1) Studying at Borders or Barnes & Noble because it was away from the distractions of home, yet there was enough noise (and coffee) there to keep me awake. (2) Coming home and taking a dip in the...

  19. Job satisfaction/disatisfaction Internal/external or both

    KarenAR replied to Salus's topic in General Nursing

    My dissatisfaction stems mostly from the job itself. I do not like being in a profession where I am expected to know as much as the MDs and can be held legally responsible if I do not catch an MD's...

  20. Job satisfaction/disatisfaction Internal/external or both

    KarenAR replied to Salus's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is just ONE of the ways in which you can touch other people and "build the Kingdom of God." Hospital nursing saps me of the mental, physical, and spiritual energy needed to do that "building"...

  21. 13 pound infant...thank goodness it was c-section!

    KarenAR replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You reminded me - The next day, when I went to the nursery to tell them I was ready to bring the baby back to my room, I told the nurse my name, and she went to look for the right baby. I said, "She...

  22. 13 pound infant...thank goodness it was c-section!

    KarenAR replied to becca.utns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My 2nd baby was 10 lbs 8 oz. Birth was OK, 13 hrs total, vag deliv, no lacs, one dose of Nubain & that's it. I knew she was going to be big b/c during that last week, I could feel her head...

  23. where in north carolina?

    KarenAR replied to paula77720's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Tweety, thanks for the info on St. Pete's. I knew there had to be much more to the area than what I saw in downtown Tampa! And you're right about salaries. This time last year, UNC Hospitals &...

  24. where in north carolina?

    KarenAR replied to paula77720's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I lived in N.C. from 1999-2003, in Raleigh, and went to nsg school at UNC-Chapel Hill. You won't find a good house to buy in Chapel Hill or Durham for $100-$200K, but there are lots of houses in that...

  25. Choosing a specialty - website

    KarenAR posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello - A while back there was a thread in which someone mentioned a website for med students that helps with choosing a specialty, but none of us knew the site's address at that time. I just found...