Isabelle49

Isabelle49

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  1. Do you need a license to practice as a RN or can you just how proof of passing NCLEX?

    Isabelle49 replied to ilove's topic in General Nursing

    Prior to taking the NCLEX, we were issued a temporary license as an R.N. App. After passing the NCLEX, we were issued an RN License. You cannot practice as an RN until you have the license or it is...

  2. Job posting- "Must not be overweight"

    Isabelle49 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Weight is not protected by antidiscrimination

  3. Blood on my hands

    Isabelle49 replied to M.Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Thank God you were there. You did an excellent job. I understand wanting to know how she is. I've assisted in a few accidents, wondered about the outcome and moved forward. I know what you say...

  4. Finding a job after probation, will I ever be the nurse I really want to be again?

    Isabelle49 replied to mymelody's topic in Nurses Recovery

    To make us really feel bad, an RN, who was my preceptor was caught 'shooting up' on the job, by myself and another nurse. She was reported, was out of work for about a month and back on the job on...

  5. Finding a job after probation, will I ever be the nurse I really want to be again?

    Isabelle49 replied to mymelody's topic in Nurses Recovery

    My daughter, who has been a nurse all of 7 years received her first DUI last year. She pled guilty because she knew the DA probably had her lab results. At present she is only allowed to work in a...

  6. is this what nursing is supposed to be like?

    Isabelle49 replied to newnurse012's topic in General Nursing

    Remember that profit is the bottom line and most important in the business of Health

  7. With the way nursing is today, the common sense thing would be...

    Isabelle49 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I felt and was treated more professional as a minimum wage clerk than as an

  8. Would like input

    Isabelle49 replied to eyeball's topic in General Nursing

    As a professional I would give 2 weeks notice, but I would be tempted to call in sick a few times. We are in a state that does not have right to work laws, we can be fired for no reason whatsoever...

  9. bad feeling

    Isabelle49 replied to birdie22's topic in General Nursing

    You live and learn. Just glad the TPN was running too slow and not too fast. I noticed when working in hospitals that there were times that I was paying attention to what I was doing, but I was also...

  10. Thanks for applying, but......

    Isabelle49 replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    My daughter is applying anywhere she can in our area, but it must be done on line. That is the only way applications will be

  11. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

    Isabelle49 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

    I once had a retired pathologist for a home health patient and she would tell me stories of life in medical school. She told me that when her class graduated form med school, they considered their...

  12. Classroom Nursing Orientation

    Isabelle49 replied to neuronRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are going to watch tons of very boring

  13. interviewing for a ft/rn hh position

    Isabelle49 replied to rward12's topic in Home Health

    Full time work in home health, in the field will NOT be a bed of

  14. Change in Matrix: pros and cons

    Isabelle49 replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    The major problem with the consultant's recommendation that 1 nurse take 3 to 4 patients is that hospital management will interpret it to mean each nurse take 7 to 8 patients. Management thinks the...

  15. I love management!!.....not

    Isabelle49 replied to ooper3076's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses in management don't have to be caring, they have to be managers. Interesting that managers in business field are much more compassionate toward employees in

  16. I love management!!.....not

    Isabelle49 replied to ooper3076's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds almost as bad as a hospital I used to work for. A nurse had a miscarriage on her weekend to work and she was told she had to make the weekend up. I think it was about this time when I...

  17. I precepted a nurse intern today...

    Isabelle49 replied to FlyingScot's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an old Liz and even us old ones rock

  18. A bit overwhelmed.

    Isabelle49 replied to derekfitness's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P is a huge amount of information taken in over a short period of time. I loved it. Are you taking a lab also? It actually helps if you are in a lab and can actually visualize what you are...

  19. Tips for a new grad wanting an NICU job= nursing school didn't prepare me!

    Isabelle49 replied to LR_C's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hopefully you will have a strong orientation/preceptor program. Our orientation was for 6 months. It was

  20. Oral feeding on nasal CPAP??

    Isabelle49 replied to Carmen Huston's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I haven't been in NICU is years, but I don't think I would want to nipple feed a baby on CPAP. It would seem that the positive pressure could force feeding into the airway! Could these babies...

  21. Is a per diem HH job less crazy than most f/t HH posts?

    Isabelle49 replied to michiganRN1234's topic in Home Health

    Seeing 3 - 5 patients per day is not bad, really. You do have to stay on top of the paperwork everyday to avoid problems with so much at the end of the week. I wouldn't do HH full time again, it was...

  22. Useless "charge" nurse

    Isabelle49 replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a few units with Charge Nurses who did nothing, but assign patients to the incoming staff. Complaints didn't help, as they were the sweethearts of the department. Hospital? Never

  23. Orientation Issues with Prioritization

    Isabelle49 replied to suzem's topic in General Nursing

    Your preceptor was clearly

  24. pull away halfway during med pass to another floor

    Isabelle49 replied to misfiled's topic in General Nursing

    That is absolutely UNSAFE, to say the

  25. does anyone regret becoming a nurse?

    Isabelle49 replied to CC999's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome for you FCMike11. You will be way ahead of the game, compared to other med students. Best of all you will know what it's like to be a nurse. Congrats and good