Gator,SN

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  1. Just took NCLEX, now I'm terrified!!!

    Gator,SN replied to mitek's topic in First Year After Licensure

    first of all, RELAX!!!!!!! Everyone I know who had 75 questions, including me, passed on the first try! Try to stay busy its helps to pass the time. The bottom line is, even if you failed, you can...

  2. Thank you to all who have prayed for me......blackballed NO MORE!

    Gator,SN replied to cindyrn1's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations Cindy! I am very happy for you! Hopefully all the negativity of the past will be just a bad memory as you start this new year and your new job! Keep your chin up and show these new...

  3. Hi I'm new!

    Gator,SN replied to nickel606's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Nickel and Welcome!!!!!! Happy New

  4. Tell me I'll get over needle fear

    Gator,SN replied to luv2yoga's topic in Nursing Career

    I did have a fake arm in school to practice on, but believe me that it is not the same thing as a live person...at all! Please believe me you will get past this fear you have, though it will take some...

  5. Made to look like an idiot. (rant)

    Gator,SN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Marcus, I just wanted to let you know that I went to my local ER about 2 years ago with the worst abdominal pain that I have ever experienced and I was sure that I was going to die. I couldn't cough,...

  6. WARNING!! Discretionary subject matter!

    Gator,SN replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anything about what goes on in LTC, but when I was in school and finishing my psych rotation, I was assigned to a lady that I was told to "keep an eye on"....this pt had earned the right,...

  7. Central Lines: saline or heparin?

    Gator,SN replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we use heparin to flush a central line. Some nurses use saline first, then heparin, some skip the saline. I've been told to use heaprin to avoid the possibility of a clot. We have...

  8. :( sad and in need of advice

    Gator,SN replied to jacobsmum's topic in General Nursing

    I am also sorry to hear about your precious little one. My prayers are with you and your family at this time. I have had 2 patients in the last 6 months that had 'BOOP' and the only thing that helped...

  9. Why there is a debate re: ADN/BSN

    Gator,SN replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing

    oh...nevermind, I see the troll was already banned! my bad.....

  10. Why there is a debate re: ADN/BSN

    Gator,SN replied to Berkeley's topic in General Nursing

    I currently have a BSc in Liberal Arts and will be starting an RN-BSN program next fall.(posted by Berkeley) your reply sounds very much like what I came to know of nursing school instructors. The...

  11. Emphasis on caring or personal gain?

    Gator,SN replied to oregonvolunteer's topic in General Nursing

    This post sounds very familiar.......... Nurses behaving badly,......complaining about salaries,.....the old doctor vs. Nurse line of BS............nurses being 'ungrateful' because "at least they...

  12. A graduate nurse..........

    Gator,SN replied to debRNo1's topic in Nursing Humor

    LOL, I've read this before, but still think it's funny ......and true!!!

  13. Is it too late to become a nurse?

    Gator,SN replied to Alexbor's topic in General Nursing

    Alexbor, You are not too young to get into nursing! The average age in my class was 30! If this is what you really want, then I wish you the best of luck! Gator CONGRATS on the new baby

  14. New to the forum

    Gator,SN replied to MylissaG's topic in General Nursing

    WELCOME to the BB and Good

  15. A long lost "Nurse" poem from long ago....

    Gator,SN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Very Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!! send it, send

  16. all the latest tricks to keep nurses.

    Gator,SN replied to alansmith52's topic in General Nursing

    Alan, Help me out here, why isin't this true?? Are you saying this because employers promise ER and then float people to other floors? I am a new grad and I was hired and signed a contract. I have...

  17. nasty patients who whine too much

    Gator,SN replied to nadia562002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    ((((HUGS))))) Nadia! They say the first year is the hardest......I think thats right. Some days seem to go on for an eternity. You handled the patient well and as long as you are doing your best, the...

  18. tomato/tomahto?

    Gator,SN replied to fourbirds4me's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Good question. I've heard both too and thought that the person speaking had mis Mediaounced the words. I also hear orthopod, when talking about an orthopeadic surgeon. ??

  19. Tests during Orientation???

    Gator,SN replied to rosemadder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had to take a pharmacology test and it was horrrrrrible! Drugs I'd never heard of, calculations that seemed impossible! I passed it, though I don't know how! After the test, I could pass meds on...

  20. Required Math test for Nursing program

    Gator,SN replied to marci3335's topic in General Students

    Looks like every nursing school has the same requirements... Mine was 1 test, 90% or better or you were placed on remediation and had to go the tutoring sessions. If you failed again, you were out. I...

  21. Nursing, God's Work

    Gator,SN replied to Nurse Nevada's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you

  22. How Do You Manage To Clock Out On Time?

    Gator,SN replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    I don't usually clock out "on time" but lucky for me, they pay by the quarter hour so that if I leave at 7:29 instead of 7:15, I still get paid until 7:15. If I am there until 7:30, my manager puts a...

  23. "The View" insults nursing

    Gator,SN replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

    Disgusting!

  24. "The View" insults nursing

    Gator,SN replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl:

  25. "The View" insults nursing

    Gator,SN replied to SandySummers's topic in General Nursing

    oh, everyone knows the only reason to become a nurse is to marry a doctor!