proudnurseRN

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1. February 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   proudnurseRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   No way is your blood sugar 500 after eating a salad... where are you hiding the

2. I notice nice veins!

   proudnurseRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   My husbands best friend, a well-built young man with multiple veins that I have eyed ever since knowing him, got into a motorcycle accident last year. After his release, during our first visit, and...

3. I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

   proudnurseRN replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   I'm trying to remember if I went to the ER as a child. My parents were poor, and didn't have health insurance, so I don't remember any trips to the doctor or ER until I was 17 for an abscess. Then,...

4. January 2014 Caption Contest: Win $100!

   proudnurseRN replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

   Ain't nobody got the money for

5. I asked for Christmas off and they...

   proudnurseRN replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

   The way our unit works- and as far as I know only our unit and only nightshift- on the 5 winter holidays Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, NYE, and New Years Day we place our order of preference...

6. If you have kids, when do you study?

   proudnurseRN replied to mz23's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   When I was in nursing school I purposely scheduled classes with a 1-2 hour break. That was the majority of my study time. Also, if I had a 10am class I would get to school at 7am and study in the...

7. Hospital Marketing FAIL

   proudnurseRN replied to tom's topic in Emergency

   That hospital changed their signs around a year ago so there was no longer a "30 minute" promise. Now I think the signage reads "Quick ER" or something similar. KateICURN- we must be

8. New grad, new job, 1 week of orientation. :/

   proudnurseRN replied to pullingallnighter's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   That's ridiculous. When I was in your position (worked as a extern/PCA) I still received 5 weeks of orientation. Since then they've cut orientation from 6 weeks to 4 weeks which is still not enough...

9. What are you good at?

   proudnurseRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   The other day at work I had a series of small issues with a patient. First, I couldn't get the CPM to fit right no matter what adjustmants I made. So I brought in our floor "CPM expert" to help get...

10. 100-200 questions per day

    proudnurseRN replied to drbettner's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    That was my main strategy for preparing for the NCLEX and I passed with 75 questions and in 30 minutes. I felt I was very well prepared, but I also researched each question I missed and would even...

11. Calling a Death

    proudnurseRN replied to KareBear0609's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not an ER nurse, but spent a few weeks doing a stint in the ER. We had a MVA and the doctor asked the same thing... "Anyone else have any ideas?" I think it's a matter of respect and making sure...

12. Any RN in the surgical world got a few moments....

    proudnurseRN replied to Lisa1980's topic in General Nursing

    I work with post op joint patients and other fresh surgeries, some have standard care paths and specific post-op orders. Orders for the degrees on a CPM, and whether or not it's even used, is based...

13. What are your must-do's?

    proudnurseRN replied to missdeevah's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot sit to chart until all my physical work has been done. I have to check the last 2-3 pages of orders before doing anything else... I hate surprise orders at 2am. A couple of weeks ago I was...

14. When did you decide nursing was for you?

    proudnurseRN replied to pishoncna's topic in General Nursing

    In 2002 I was working at a well known company, making decent money for a single girl, doing a job I hated and was slowly but surely getting shipped overseas. At the same time, my grandmother became...

15. Indiana State University - Online

    proudnurseRN replied to FemmeEnergy's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I graduated there with my BSN... but I don't know anything about their on-line