Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. The hard FACTS re: what Nurses earn

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an RN, 11 years as a nurse, working part-time, and I don't make anywhere near those salaries posted above. I work in chronic dialysis in a metro area. I do, however, earn higher than the median...

  2. Something different

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Ned the Red's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I was a hospice nurse for four years. Although I worked acute inpt hospice, not homecare. One item that was a wonderful resource for me to give to pt families was a great little booklet called "Gone...

  3. resigning

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nurse62's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, cannoli. All kinds of awful

  4. resigning

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to nurse62's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    spacenurse: I have posted in these forums several times about the worst experience of my nursing caeer- working in a nightmare med-surg unit in the most toxic environment I've ever encountered; An HCA...

  5. Nurses in Other Professions

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to gizzy76's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing art work...sounds interesting. Do you have a link you could

  6. Hangups in Nursing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to kimmathis14's topic in Nursing Career

    Your apprehention is very normal. You sound like you know what you want and have a good head on your shoulders. You'll be

  7. Questions, questions ..

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to coffeejavule's topic in General Nursing

    The LPN/LVN exam for graduates of a non-degreed accredited vocational/practical nursing program is called the NCLEX-PN. In many ADN/BSN programs, students are eligible to take the NCLEX-PN and obtain...

  8. 2yr. Assoc. nurse or BSN nurse? Which is better?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Will's topic in General Nursing

    ...was theory focused. I had to write paper after paper, APA style. Care-plans were critiqued into minutia, and they had to be at least 30 pages long. We were actually lacking in the clinical hrs....

  9. Nursing without the "yukkies".

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    I did notice that,

  10. foley catheter placement question

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to rileygrl11's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Better yet- only licensed personnel should be inserting

  11. Nurses Not Answering Call Bells

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, you guys are giving it hors d'oeuvres. You'll whet it's appetite to come back for more! Use the ignore

  12. Nurses Not Answering Call Bells

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Dolphin777's topic in General Nursing

    First thing I thought when reading this post: PLEASE DO NOT FEED THE

  13. I Don't Think So!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    Shezam- I like your attitude, girl! Go get 'em! I worked at a LTC/subacute rehab unit for over 2 years on nocs. I had 65 residents to myself, with the help of three CNAs q noc. Nine of them were tube...

  14. Bully! Help! I need to write a rebuttal!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Bitten's topic in General Nursing

    I too, think I would resign if it were me. This kind of craziness can only get

  15. Nursing without the "yukkies".

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your definintion of "Yukkies". To me, the "yukky" parts of nursing are the lack of respect, the way some docs and ADM treat us, nurses who "eat" each other and rediculous work/pt loads. As...

  16. What is with these martyrs?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to oramar's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Agree, fergus! Step 4 is realizing that I'm not "better" than everyone else nor does it prove that I "care more" if I let the hospital abuse

  17. Hello, I'm a new member!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Corvette Guy's topic in Texas Nursing

    The Panhandle. And

  18. What do you do for your back pain from the job?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mystc42's topic in General Nursing

    I use a lot of Ben Gay, my dh massages me and pops my back, and I use medical strength magnets. I bought a jacuzzi and that helps. I never lift alone, and I have good shoes. I had PT, but it did not...

  19. Hello, I'm a new member!

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Corvette Guy's topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi Cary, Another Texas RN

  20. Who Should NOT do nursing as a Career?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Career

    Very interesting thread. I've enjoyed reading others' thoughts on who should not become a nurse. I'm worried about the people described here, however, who are wanting to become nurses (the suicidal...

  21. How the Battle Axe is Born

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Plato's topic in General Nursing

    imen1037, I got a kick out of your post in this thread, and especially the line: "...no matter how many others you condemn to Hell, there will always be enough room for you when the time comes." Lol!...

  22. Fingerprinting Texas Nurses

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to mattsmom81's topic in Texas Nursing

    Last year, I got a letter from the Texas RN BON stating that they were going to "invalidate" my Texas RN license, because I had not "officially declared" myself a "resident" of Texas! Hmmm. Well, I...

  23. who are these people?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to KLS's topic in General Nursing

  24. who are these people?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to KLS's topic in General Nursing

    I have started doing this, too. And... my "ignore" list is getting

  25. For those RN's that later obtained a BSN

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to New CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I too, am an ADN RN considering going on for my BSN. I'd like to know the same things that the original poster of this thread has inquired about. Also for those who went from ADN RN to BSN: Were you...