Nacki MSN, NP

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    aaaahhhhh! should i leave now?

    Nacki replied to aeolus's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I never said it didn't count to me. That's just the way it has been viewed in my experience. How do you think I felt when my 4.5yrs was downgraded to 1 year RN experience? I put in my time and money...
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    Help! Need advice concerning Jackson Memorial in Miami and pay-rate!

    Nacki replied to Tennesseeliving's topic in Travel

    Well how much do you get paid on staff now? Do you think it would be worth traveling for $28.90? Remember traveling incurrs expenses on its own. My first assignment was about $27.00 up from $20.41. I...
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    Night shift: does it make you sick?

    Nacki replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I worked night shift for 3 mths and had horrible dizzyness and headaches when getting up for my shift. I too lost some weight and couldn't function on nights. I finally gave up and worked the 3-11...
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    Should I wait? please advise!

    Nacki replied to JadamR15's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    APPLY,APPLY, APPLY. What's the benefit of waiting? You can apply now for the class begining Fall 2009. Way to go! I won't be able to apply until this time next year. Think of it this way, if you get...
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    Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    Nacki replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I speak to all my patients regardless of brain death or not. It just seems so cold and unlike me not to. I don't like treating people like a slab of meat. This person was once alive a mother,...
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    Do new grads find jobs as LVN?

    Nacki replied to fascinoma's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    When I became a LPN it took me 3 mths to find employment. This was in Oklahoma City, I thought I was a nurse in high demand....boy was I wrong! Before I even graduated RN school I had at least 8 jobs...
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    Anybody else work with a "super nurse?"

    Nacki replied to Rapheal's topic in General Nursing

    What about the "posers," ones who claim they can do any and everything and then get flustered when they have to take patients. (like my Assistant Director at the last facility I worked at). I couldn't...
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    Prefering RNs to LPNs

    Nacki replied to SunnyandIrish's topic in General Nursing

    lol~! I was a LPN for 4.5 years. I still feel like that aspect of my life should have been skipped for my RN degree. I have never charged over a LPN ( I work ICU, where I have yet to see a LPN) I...
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    aaaahhhhh! should i leave now?

    Nacki replied to aeolus's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    So where in my post did I say getting an LPN was a waste of time??? RE-READ. I too was your age, as a matter of fact I was already a LPN! You will learn (if you do want to pursue to a higher degree),...
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    aaaahhhhh! should i leave now?

    Nacki replied to aeolus's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I'm not knocking LPN's as I was one myself. Its just that a lot of facilities/and people don't view LPN's as skilled, professional nurses. If the OP wants to continue on with their education I say...
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    How much is your pay?

    Nacki replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    How much is the cost of living up there in Chicago? How much overtime do you work? $15,000 a month is alot of $$$ no matter how you look at
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    aaaahhhhh! should i leave now?

    Nacki replied to aeolus's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Leave now and apply for RN school. You won't make much money as a LPN and won't get the respect they deserve. If you want to continue in nursing LPN experience "doesn't relly count," I was an LPN for...
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    "Big Money"

    Nacki replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why would you even consider going into a career after all that schooling and student loan debt WITHOUT caring what you made? Do you know that gas will more than likely hit $4.00 a gallon soon? I don't...
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    How much is your pay?

    Nacki replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    Im an RN with almost 2.5 yrs as a RN and 4.5yrs as a LPN. Moving to Houston from OKC, making $5,600 per month in Houston as compared to $3,200 in OKC. My employer also has a good benefit package I...
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    Do you pay for parking at work?

    Nacki replied to SarahRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    You all have it cheap. I work in a large medical center and parking is $12 a
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    18 gauge insertion

    Nacki replied to Murse7's topic in Emergency

    I used to have the same problem with the 18 gauge. I found that it really was a simple solution once I figured out what the problem was, another nurse pointed it out to me... For some reason when they...
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    Knowing what you know now about nursing, what other career would you have chosen?

    Nacki replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    A Pedi doc... I found out in High School how much schooling it took and decided against it, I wanted to get a paycheck sooner. So here I am a RN working on my BSN to go to CRNA school. At the time I...
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    What do you wish for in a break room?

    Nacki replied to RNmom08's topic in General Nursing

    The basics for eating like plates, silverware, cups a ice and water machine. A TV. Coded entry...these are a must for
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    Where you afraid of becoming a CRNA?

    Nacki posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    In the process of figuring out you wanted to be a CRNA where you afraid of all of the responsibility that comes with it? Example, I was scared to death my first time in the ICU, afraid of the vent,...
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    How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

    Nacki replied to bigmac018's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    As an Associate degree trained nurse I get compensated well. I don't think someone with a BSN is a better nurse than I because I have had numerous years at the bedside considering I was a LPN before...
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    Disturbance During Lunch/Break

    Nacki replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I get inturrupted all the time for stupid stuff that can wait until I'm done with my lunch. I just got inturrupted yesterday by a pompous doctor who had me out for 30mins to read the chart for him and...
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    Post CCRN work experiences

    Nacki replied to jedimasterr's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Jedi. I haven't got my CCRN yet, I plan on taking it in May. In my experience people without their CCRN view the people with thier CCRN as "smart." I want to believe its because a lot of nurses do...
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    Ethical ? about AIDS....

    Nacki posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    There is a patient in my unit that is dying of full-blown AIDS (PCP). His wife who lives in Mexico is completely unaware. The doctors are not telling the wife what the problem is. They just say he has...
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    Ethical ? about AIDS....

    Nacki replied to Nacki's topic in MICU, SICU

    I believe he just has friends here. He didn't want to be treated for anything in the first place, but ended up in the hospital somehow. He got emurgently intubated a few wks
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    Ethical ? about AIDS....

    Nacki replied to Nacki's topic in MICU, SICU

    This whole situation is sad. I don't know if the proper authorities have been notified and if this poor woman has been made aware