sbic56

sbic56 BSN, RN

Obstetrics, M/S, Psych

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  1. Pay to park?

    sbic56 replied to uamsrn's topic in General Nursing

    If our (free) parking lot is full we get a pass signed by the local PD so we can park in the parking lot of the business next

  2. young female docs

    sbic56 replied to youngfemaledoc's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent. I thought your post cleared things up alot. Nobody should be getting offended that people generally want to be recognized for what they have achieved. I can imagine it gets very old to have...

  3. miscarriage

    sbic56 replied to mbelle's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, at 5 weeks little can be done to save a pregnancy. Ultrasound would be indicated at this early stage of pregnancy to rule out ectopic pregnacy and perhaps an hCG level is indicated,...

  4. Psych Certification for ADN

    sbic56 replied to sbic56's topic in Psychiatric

    I agree CEU's should be mandatory for all nurses. Seems like that should be standard to me. I have been out of psych for a few years, so I am looking for the best way to get the freshest information...

  5. Psych Certification for ADN

    sbic56 replied to sbic56's topic in Psychiatric

    I have checked out the site. I appreciate your help and am going to see if this is something that will be beneficial to me. The requirements aren't a problem, so it's just a matter of whether or not...

  6. Most commonly used drugs?

    sbic56 replied to AlaskaKat's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'd bone up on all the neonatal resussitative drugs: Narcan Epinephrine Volume expanders: Albumin, LR or NS Sodium

  7. YOUR 3 hardest areas of nursing school

    sbic56 replied to Sunshine78's topic in General Nursing

    Now that's the way to do it!! (If you

  8. YOUR 3 hardest areas of nursing school

    sbic56 replied to Sunshine78's topic in General Nursing

    Hardest part? Paying off the student loans! Still chipping away at them 5 years

  9. Psych Certification for ADN

    sbic56 replied to sbic56's topic in Psychiatric

    OK...thx Ken...I knew about the CEU's for the renewals, not the initial. Certification may not be what I am looking for after

  10. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    sbic56 replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    When I'm done taking pictures in the wild, I'm changing professions to

  11. Psych Certification for ADN

    sbic56 replied to sbic56's topic in Psychiatric

    Hmmm...I have to get in touch with them after the holidays. I have plenty of psych experience, but it was when I was an LPN. We all know how that experience doesn't really count...(Ooops, wrong...

  12. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    That's interesting! Not doubting it is so, just want to see the research. Got a link to that

  13. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    No offense taken by me, kimlpn, and I doubt the OP is going to be offended, either. I completed the upgrade program, because I had no other alternative, if I wanted to be an RN. I just didn't come...

  14. Old Time Folk Medicine

    sbic56 replied to nowplayingEDRN's topic in General Nursing

    So that's it. He was just carrying out an old Jackson family tradition. Sorry...I know....I'm BAD. (You know I'm bad I'm bad - you know

  15. In One Sentence; if you weren't a nurse, you'd be a ________

    sbic56 replied to OCCHCanada's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be a wildlife photographer! (And that would be in the jungle, not at one of tom's "establishments":roll

  16. ADN wants to teach

    sbic56 replied to DLHRNUSAF's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    DLHRNUSAF You may be able to teach as an adjunct clinical instructor at a community college. I did that as an ADN in Maternal/Child Health, teaching clinicals to first year ADN students. As someone...

  17. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    I always thought they should refer to it as something else than "minimally competent". That just sounds bad! Sad part is, some who are way more than "minimally competent" fail boards because they...

  18. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    ktwlpn I made that statement because that is the criteria, not because of any matter of

  19. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    ratchit I do respect your opinion and take no offense to your position regarding extra classroom time for LPN's advancing to RN, except for the fact that I don't believe I gained much from it. I...

  20. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    If it were an option and you chose to take that option, it sounds like you beleive you may not have passed. So what harm done? You could then go through the program and take the boards again. I...

  21. Are you an incompetent nurse?

    sbic56 replied to tgibson3770's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You are so right on that one!! I worked with one of those people pleasers who truly knew how to work her magic with the patients and administration. Problem is, she is useless in an emergent...

  22. Trying to challenge RN boards

    sbic56 replied to krispynurse's topic in LPN to RN

    I don't know how many times I said I'd give them a grand to clep the entire RN upgrade program and take RN boards. I was as prepared to pass them prior to going back to school as I was after having...

  23. Are you an incompetent nurse?

    sbic56 replied to tgibson3770's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well that takes the...er...the cake! Not really OT unfortunately, either. Competence and *dazzling* customer service are synonymous to too many at the top. Just left a place that was soooo entirely...

  24. Nurses Who Kill

    sbic56 replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    Dayray Comparing the decades long cover-up in the priesthood to this incident with this one nurse is a stretch. There are tens of thousands of nurses. This one incident is not going to tarnish...

  25. Pain Medicine for a dying patient ...

    sbic56 replied to Tweety's topic in Pain Management

    Trixxy I loved your post. It shows how any one of us can come full circle once we