CruisingRN

CruisingRN has 12 years experience and specializes in Surgical, Psych, Prison, Pediatric Psych.

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1. From the mouths of non-nurses

   CruisingRN replied to mattcastens's topic in Humor

   when my hubby and i had first gotten together, about 6 years ago i noticed on the very first night that he 'slept over' wink, wink... that he had a horrible case of sleep apnea. so, of course i make him go through all of the testing, getting the mach...

2. Bachelors in ???

   CruisingRN replied to SunnyAZRN's topic in General Nursing

   When I first got out of Nsg School in '96 I didn't see the point of getting the BSN... I was happy with myself and my skills and saw no reason... then I decided I wanted to be a nurse practitioner (adult or family) so I started taking classes. It was...

3. A question for working nurses

   CruisingRN replied to cherishlpn's topic in General Students

   You hit the nail right on the head! Staffing Ratios, Patient load are major contributors to burnout. Nurses are under-appreciated for all the things that we do. I graduated Nsg school in '96 when there was NO NURSING SHORTAGE... however, high patien...

4. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   CruisingRN replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   my mom and i are both nurses, and worked in a prison. i was only prn/per diem, but mom worked part-time. they decided about 2 years ago they would get rid of all the lpns and replace them with these 'certified med techs' it was a bit to-do. all the n...

5. Visual learner

   CruisingRN replied to adamsmom's topic in General Students

   I am a visual learner too, so having to read hundreds of pages a night for class really didn't work that well for me. The best thing I did was to pay close attention in class, take really good notes; when I write something down I remember it. Tape yo...

6. Wow!! I never knew there was so much much poop involved!!

   CruisingRN replied to CiCigirl's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Another fun thing that only nurses are blessed to be able handle is the dreaded disimpaction...:barf01: Newbies...if you don't know, it's the one thing that no one really likes... digital disimpactions... i'm sure you'll figure it out! I can't imagin...