AR_RN

AR_RN

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  1. Just got hired into peds!

    AR_RN replied to AR_RN's topic in Pediatric

    I went and checked out your post. My starting pay is higher, but your situation is different. I'll be an RN, and I know LPNs do start lower. Plus, I'm in a hospital, and I know the peds offices...

  2. Just got hired into peds!

    AR_RN replied to AR_RN's topic in Pediatric

    Yes, it's a general peds floor. Unfortunately I'm not close enough to a children's hospital to be able to hire on at one at this point, and not in a position to move just yet. So even though it's...

  3. Need input from some RNs please

    AR_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've got an assignment for my Professional Role Development class and it requires "interviewing" 3 RNs with different educational backgrounds. I think it would be interesting to see the responses and...

  4. Need input from some RNs please

    AR_RN replied to AR_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Great, TraumaRUs. Thanks a lot. Can I ask what made you choose to go back for a higher degree each time? I know you said you went for the BSN to have more choices. What made you go on up to the...

  5. Need input from some RNs please

    AR_RN replied to AR_RN's topic in General Nursing

    BTW, cardiacRN, I saw your PM and sent you a reply asking for your degree. You can ignore it, since I see you replied here.

  6. Need input from some RNs please

    AR_RN replied to AR_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks, Tweety and CardiacRN. Megananne, I don't really mean to sound stressed. I'm not really. But as to whether it was a recent assignment, this is for a May interim online class which began on...

  7. Where should the BUBBLE Be

    AR_RN replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I think the issue being made so clear here is that 1. everyone is teaching wrong about this!! and 2. once you've been taught something, we tend to believe that's how it is come hell or...

  8. "I have kids! I need to come in late, need more sick time, etc."

    AR_RN replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I haven't yet read all the messages in this thread, but I've read the first several pages and I'm compelled to toss in my . I too am a parent and have busted my tail in all my jobs to ensure that...

  9. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    AR_RN replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I've gotta agree with Lauren07 and with EMTastic. It's not about Dr or not a Dr, it's about who they are as a person. Maybe lots of Drs do fit the stereotype we see here, but many don't. My...

  10. Are accelerated programs fair?

    AR_RN replied to caro3334's topic in General Nursing

    You're right...sort of. In my accel program, we have all types of majors, but most are science related in some way. My program is specifically a 2nd degree program, so everyone in our program is 22...

  11. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

    AR_RN replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

    I don't expect that I'll ever marry again, but I can't imagine marrying or not marrying someone based on their career choice. If the rest of the package is right, the career choice will be a...

  12. They called the cops!

    AR_RN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Angie, don't be upset with them. It's not as wierd or uncommon as you might think. In addition to all the stories that have been posted here, when I was a 911 operator we received calls similar to...

  13. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    AR_RN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    I know that's got to be an awful situation to work in. It's too bad that people have to be like that sometimes. However, as you of course know, that's not a CNA/nurse issue. That shows up...

  14. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    AR_RN replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I'm one of those "worst" CNAs (in the words of an early poster) because I'm a tech who is also a nursing student. I started out wanting to be POed and defensive, but really I can't. There's a...

  15. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    AR_RN replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital where I work part time and where I'm doing my nursing clinicals is color coded. Nurses wear any combination of blue and white (seems to be a common theme from the posts here), PCTs wear...

  16. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    AR_RN replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    All this talk of culture and what's acceptable in some areas and not in others overlooks one question in my mind. What makes some people see "honey" as "an attempt to demean" them, versus those of us...

  17. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    AR_RN replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Arkansas and like everyone else has said, honey, hon, darlin' and even sweetie are everyday occurances here. I've got one I run across fairly often though that I've not seen mentioned. Since...

  18. Are accelerated programs fair?

    AR_RN replied to caro3334's topic in General Nursing

    My 12 month program is similar. We did our first "semester" during august interim, Fundies and Essentials, 11 class days with quizes daily and 3 tests. This past Friday we completed our first fall...

  19. Are accelerated programs fair?

    AR_RN replied to caro3334's topic in General Nursing

    OP, I'm sorry that you've not gotten the understanding from everyone that you'd hoped for, but I do get what you're saying. I'm in a 12 month accelerated 2nd degree BSN program right now and we have...

  20. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    AR_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting how black and white your view of the world seems to be, Woody. Have you always, in every circumstance, gotten exactly what you deserved? Or has someone, somewhere occasionally cut...

  21. Professional courtesy from police at traffic stops

    AR_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just a little story about professional courtesy in general. I know many of you have been involved in the police "culture", but professional courtesy is just part of that culture. It may not be...

  22. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    AR_RN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I've spent WAY too much time on this thread and as an about-to-be new nursing student, it's been frightening as well as "enlightening". As a CNA I worked with an LPN who gave such a huge portion of...

  23. Hello all, I'm a single mom worried about juggling school & full-time work

    AR_RN replied to peoplefriendly1080's topic in General Students

    I'm in a similar situation, except that with my program (accelerated BSN) any outside job is strictly against the rules. I'm a single mom to an 11yo and a 3yo, and it will be intense. I'm planning...

  24. Dragging 'em out of bed

    AR_RN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I understand and agree with the general feeling about this issue, and I'm glad to hear that there are some facilities that are trying to do something about it. Where I'm a CNA we have a few residents...

  25. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    AR_RN replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, or around here it's