foreverLaur

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  1. Working third-shift while attending school for nursing?

    foreverLaur replied to heidster's topic in General Students

    Are you able to work 12s? I have done all of it, but I found it easiest to work three 12 hour shifts a week and then have 4 days off for class and studying. That way, I could sleep at night!

  2. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    For purposes of the NCLEX - which way should I do

  3. Columbus Ohio=no new grad rn jobs

    foreverLaur replied to leaBSN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Well, I am still in school to become a nurse. I haven't graduated yet :) I guess time will tell. Best of luck to you! I know you are in the best possible position to get hired there. I'm a float, but...

  4. Columbus Ohio=no new grad rn jobs

    foreverLaur replied to leaBSN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Really? I work at OSU as well (PCA) and a few nurse managers have said that when I graduate with my ADN that my application will be a "formality" and that I can consider myself hired. I hope they...

  5. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Wouldn't it be G1 P1? One pregnancy, one birth (regardless of the # of infants born)

  6. do nurses get employer sponsored pensionplan?

    foreverLaur replied to lily1289's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a pension plan. I am required to contribute 10% of each paycheck to it and my employer always contributes 14% of each

  7. First tech shift in ICU - hints/tips?

    foreverLaur posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I am a current nursing student. I previously worked as a tech on a general med/surg unit before starting school. In order to get into the hospital I wanted, I now work as a tech in a locked psych...

  8. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I posted it previously (the information) and it is from Old's Maternal-Newborn Nursing & Women's Health Across the Lifespan 8th edition by Davidson, London, Ladewig. I did clinical in one hospital...

  9. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I get that, but that's not how my school teaches it, that's not how my textbook teaches it, and that's not how our area hospitals do it. We do number of babies, not pregnancies for T (term) and P...

  10. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We were taught that Para is broken down into "term, preterm, abortion, living" in order to show the number of fetuses since para does not do that. My textbook explains it the same way - gravida,...

  11. State Issue 2

    foreverLaur replied to lyela's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Unfortunately, so many people bought into the propaganda. Most of it is very untrue. Voting YES will actually help out the fire fighters, nurses, policemen, etc. Too bad no one took the time to...

  12. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was not including para in my answer. I was including gravida, term, preterm, abortion, and living. You are correct that para is number of births and does not take into account the number of...

  13. GTPAL and Gravida Para need explanation?

    foreverLaur replied to studentnurse0221's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gravida: any pregnancy (including current), regardless of duration Term: number of term infants born (37 weeks or beyond) Preterm: number of preterm infants born (after 20 weeks but before 37 weeks)...

  14. Do any of the nurses here working 40 hr weeks and going to school, have children?

    foreverLaur replied to Glowinthedark's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend is a single mom of 2 (got divorced during nursing school) and works four 10 hour shifts a week and is also taking 6-8 credit hours every semester. Needless to say, she is not a member...

  15. Pyridium onset?

    foreverLaur replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I start peeing orange and feeling much better within about 45 minutes. Luckily, my doctor gave me a standing prescription for

  16. Scholarships

    foreverLaur replied to Prenurse in training's topic in Ohio Nursing

    So you want secret

  17. Scholarships

    foreverLaur replied to Prenurse in training's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I found this by using Google

  18. Scholarships

    foreverLaur replied to Prenurse in training's topic in Ohio Nursing

    http://bit.ly/t5Np4B

  19. Do you have PCTs in your CCU?

    foreverLaur replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey we aren't all like that. I worked as a tech on a very busy floor (med/surg, post-op, oncology, trauma overflow) with 15+ patients. I did it all - toileting, ambulating, feeding, bathing, foleys,...

  20. Which CRNA school is the best in the Midwest?

    foreverLaur replied to GypsyICU's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    The University of Akron (Ohio) has a great CRNA

  21. Is anyone here a psych nurse?

    foreverLaur replied to lilmissnurse12's topic in Psychiatric

    Have you done your psych rotation yet? I haven't done mine, but I work as a tech in a locked psych unit and it is a whole different experience than other types of nursing (I worked as a tech in...

  22. Advice on furthering education

    foreverLaur replied to DeliveryRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    There are a lot of nurses with a lot more education, knowledge, and experience than you that decide how much RN experience is necessary to continue on to be a NP or CNS. You don't have to like it or...

  23. Nursing students...I can't believe...

    foreverLaur replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I got that feeling from the OP who stated "VERY SINGLE one of them said they didn't want to work on the floor/be a floor nurse!" and "I would hate to have a nurse who hated her job and only did it so...

  24. Nursing students...I can't believe...

    foreverLaur replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    So if someone who is not a nurse decides being a Nurse Practitioner is his or her career goal, how do you suggest that individual get there? Being a RN is a prerequisite to NP school, but you think it...

  25. Are 12 hour shifts going extinct?

    foreverLaur replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has always been 8 hour shifts, but they are currently transitioning to 12 hour shifts. That seems to be the preference among nurses/techs. I can't imagine working anything but a 12! Who...