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pinkiepie_RN

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  1. Sleep/work schedule for working 12 hour nights

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi guys! I just started working as a new grad, working 12 hour nights (7P-7:30A). My preceptor tends to work one day on, one or two days off, and then back in for a day because she's got a baby @ home...

  2. Proton pump inhibitors with meal or without?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, Protonix is given at 0600 on an empty

  3. Get to OR as nurse or PA?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Laird215's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting! Thanks for filling me

  4. How can you help a person who is diagnosed with a mental illness

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Toshiba's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As a nurse, the therapeutic relationship is important in helping a patient with mental illness, but so are psychotropic medications as prescribed, time speaking with the psychiatrist and group therapy...

  5. Get to OR as nurse or PA?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Laird215's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I've ever heard of a PA working in the OR, but I have heard of CRNAs (advanced practice nurses), scrub techs, and registered nurses in the

  6. Sleep/work schedule for working 12 hour nights

    pinkiepie_RN replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks! That's really sound advice and just what I was looking

  7. Sleep/work schedule for working 12 hour nights

    pinkiepie_RN replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been discovering that getting some things done before I sleep after a night at work helps me wind down and I definitely agree with the food rules. I have no trouble getting to sleep after a...

  8. shift "brains"

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hi guys. I'm going to be starting on a general inpatient short stay psych unit on 7P-7A night shift. Group report is taken on all patients (it's a 26 bed adult unit) and nurse/patient ratio...

  9. Should I Continue Fighting For What I Want?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Nursing

    I think given your history of failing two nursing courses in one semester, your school finds you to be a chance they may not be willing to take again. It doesn't matter to them that you're willing to...

  10. Should I Continue Fighting For What I Want?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Nursing

    It may just be that there's not enough space to re-accept you. I would ask to see why your petition was denied. Do you think you're better thanks to your time in

  11. Starting a New Relationship

    pinkiepie_RN replied to MegoEgo's topic in General Students

    Dating in nursing school is completely do-able. It's all about balance and communication. As long as you make sure to bring up that nursing school will come first and take up alot of time, it...

  12. To Have a Roomate or To Not Have a Roomate...

    pinkiepie_RN replied to SnowRain7489's topic in General Students

    There's nothing wrong with being in the library all the time. I think it's good to not isolate yourself inside of your apartment but studying is a necessary part of nursing school. Get involved, but...

  13. Heavy books

    pinkiepie_RN replied to MHSA LPN's topic in General Students

    With the exception of a few books, I didn't really find myself bringing my nursing textbooks to school. I used a regular L.L.Bean backpack

  14. Scrub requirements

    pinkiepie_RN replied to JamesCohen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm starting as a new grad at a hospital that does this. I'm going to be in psych, so I can of course still wear street clothes/business casual, but dress code for nurses is all white or navy pants...

  15. PASSED the NCLEX

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    After waiting a little over 48 hours, sitting through part of hospital orientation, borrowing someone's smartphone 1095688990 times trying to access the PearsonVue website, and asking the HR recruiter...

  16. Towson Nursing School

    pinkiepie_RN replied to MegoEgo's topic in Maryland Nursing

    The uniform consists of a white polo shirt with the school of nursing logo and royal blue scrub pants. No one has to "okay" the size, or at least no one did for me. It also took a while to wait...

  17. Towson Nursing School

    pinkiepie_RN replied to MegoEgo's topic in Maryland Nursing

    I just graduated from Towson University's nursing program in May. I still have the uniform (top, scrubs, and lab coat) if you want to save money versus buying from the uniform company. Please feel...

  18. Help! Student in Leadership course

    pinkiepie_RN replied to aicrag51's topic in General Nursing

    For my leadership class project, which required something similar, we had previous years' projects to look at for estimated costs of supplies and equipment. We were also encouraged to contact nurse...

  19. Pathophys or not?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to Murse7's topic in General Students

    I think the knowledge of pathophysiology is crucial to being a nurse and helps put it all together when working with medication, doing critical thinking, and the like. I was in a BSN program that...

  20. First few weeks/month as a new grad - check in

    pinkiepie_RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I thought it might be fun to see where everyone is in the grand scheme of things among new grads who just recently graduated (past 6 months). I just graduated at the end of May and so far I've:...

  21. Graduate in December with my AS in Medical Assisting......But....

    pinkiepie_RN replied to shayk80's topic in Maryland Nursing

    You'd have to apply to a BSN program but as long as you have the appropriate pre-requisites, it shouldn't be an issue. RN to BSN programs are for those with a diploma or ASN in nursing, I think....

  22. Help! How to handle sleep with nursing school schedule???

    pinkiepie_RN replied to MystyqueOne's topic in General Students

    What shift do you work? Do you work overnights or something just with early morning hours? This is a tricky thing with your husband working overnight, you going to school in the afternoons, and you...

  23. do nursing students get to do RESEARCH?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Students

    That is SOOOO cool! I love research and would have loved to do that as an

  24. do nursing students get to do RESEARCH?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Students

    In my nursing research methods class, we wrote a hypothetical research proposal with our expected results, but no research was actually conducted. I think we may have had the opportunity to take an...

  25. obtaining a bsn?

    pinkiepie_RN replied to sleepyhead4's topic in General Students

    *shrugs* If you looked at the facebook pages of over half of my classmates, you'd think all they did was drink and party...but somehow they made it through and put in the time. If you mix in some...