prettymica

prettymica ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN, NP

hospice, HH, LTC, ER,OR

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  1. How does it make you feel?

    prettymica replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    No I would not have treated her any differently. During clinicals I got the chance to take care of an OR nurse post labor and she didn't remember I had clincals with her in OR. I didn't say one thing...

  2. How does it make you feel?

    prettymica replied to prettymica's topic in General Nursing

    I agree it has nothing to do with her rehabilitation needs. I think maybe it's because week after week I come into her home and she shares so much with me about her life and family life. Just the...

  3. What career did you have before nursing?

    prettymica replied to julibyrd's topic in General Nursing

    retail sales(MACYS,JCPennys), photo developer,door greeter and optician (for the last 8 years at sam's

  4. Darton College Summer 2011

    prettymica replied to smart99guy's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Don't give up if you read back in the thread I have 89 hesi score and 3.0 or 3.2 gpa and like We have all said it depends on who else applied.. So keep trying.. I can't name anyone that got into...

  5. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    prettymica replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    1. on a date 2. shopping 3. weekend get

  6. Ok people, face facts: Staffing in LTC is always going to be outrageous!

    prettymica replied to southernbeegirl's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    yes you are absolutely right@ OP. I couldnt suck it up any longer so I

  7. Darton College Summer 2011

    prettymica replied to smart99guy's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Yeah that's how it is in nursing school you have to be prepared... I went back to GHC so I wont have to

  8. Darton College Summer 2011

    prettymica replied to smart99guy's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hey pewinsto! I didn't get into darton... Taking micro at GHC hoping for Jan entrance.. How are you and what have you been up

  9. Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

    prettymica replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    As they say... nurses eat their young.. why IDK, we all started from the same beginning... new, and inexperienced..

  10. Dream job if you weren't an RN

    prettymica replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    me too.. also a

  11. Dream job if you weren't an RN

    prettymica replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    I was a greeter at Sam's club.. whole nother ballgame.. none wants to speak or let you check the receipts on the way out.. its extremely cold in front of those doors in the winter, needless to say...

  12. very low morale

    prettymica replied to sophie09's topic in General Nursing

    look for another job.. it wont get better. I spent 2.5 yrs in LTC and it never got any better. I was going through exactly what you described and this LTC was bought out by another company and things...

  13. When did you earn your wings?

    prettymica replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I will earn them.. but I feel them slightly poking out of my back... I have been called an angel by so many patients in all the settings I have worked and also by people that don't...

  14. What more can I do?

    prettymica replied to promote.health's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Reading patient history.. I would do this and people would be amazed that I actually knew all about the patient. most people think you sleep all night. I did chart checks, glucometer checks, refrig...

  15. Saying "Goodnight" to patients

    prettymica replied to deemalt's topic in General Nursing

    I made it a point while working in LTC at the end of the shift to stop by all 25 patient rooms and say

  16. No soap?

    prettymica replied to autumn_october's topic in General Nursing

    It was very common in the ltc that I used to work for.. also always out of spoons, straws, linen, bibs, accucheck strips.. every week we were out of

  17. lets hear from Nurses who started with No nursing experience at all!

    prettymica replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yes both are by lippincott 1. Lippincott's nursing procedures $45.00 2. Professional guide to signs and symptoms $38.00 I order both on

  18. Dream job if you weren't an RN

    prettymica replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    model, psychic,vet tech, or professional world travler

  19. lets hear from Nurses who started with No nursing experience at all!

    prettymica replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I had no health background.. I have had 3 nursing jobs so far. The 3rd is the first and only to give me more than 1 day of orientation. yes i was scared and i had anxiety but I have lots of books that...

  20. Most important thing to know in LTC

    prettymica replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    time management so you can get off the clock ontime and not get written up at the end of the week

  21. What nursing school do you attend?

    prettymica replied to 08icuRN's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I attended central Georgia tech in Macon. Currently at Georgia highlands in Rome. Will get a BSN from Clayton state( where I started :)!. I will probably get my NP degree from who knows :)! Good luck...

  22. Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

    prettymica replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yes please don't let it take that long. I thought I could continue working here until I finished RN school. Also at the time the only other options were to jump from one LTC place to another. After...

  23. Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

    prettymica replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Oh yes I know this all too well.. After 2.5 yrs in LTC. I switch from nights full-time to weekend part-time, Sunday was my last day. So tired of working under so much stress, disorganization, short...

  24. Ten Ways To Know You're Burning Out

    prettymica replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yeap I was there... Yesterday was my last day in LTC after 2.5 yrs. I was having nightmares and I hated to go to work. This was also only a weekend position, it took all week to de-stress. I was so...

  25. If you did not need the money...?

    prettymica replied to Daisy_08's topic in General Nursing

    Nope.. the pay sometimes, sometimes.. make it worth it. Then again I do like the flexibility, the hours, and you can pretty much hop around until you find a specialty. That can't be accomplished with...