Coffee Nurse

Coffee Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. New graduate residency application - please help!!!

    Coffee Nurse replied to chickidee717's topic in General Nursing

    I included my work history from high school/college on my résumé (medical transcription, department store customer service, home health aide) as long as I could write a blurb about skills that would...

  2. New to Site, questions from a High School Student?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Jahost's topic in General Nursing

    Hm...you characterize someone else as lazy, but can't be bothered yourself to search for the answers to your questions? I agree with systoly:

  3. should i review maternal child nursing?

    Coffee Nurse replied to reddellrn's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Definitely review it. There's an entire knowledge base and assessment that you probably haven't dealt with for five years or more. I wouldn't want to spend my first day on an OB floor asking what a...

  4. "Just a Nurse"

    Coffee Nurse replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    But we aren't "angels in white," that's the whole point. That stereotype is a holdover from the olden days of nursing and is inextricably linked with the "physician's handmaiden" image -- i.e., the...

  5. RN duties in the NICU

    Coffee Nurse replied to BrayaRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Sounds pretty similar to mine. Of course, it's apples and oranges, comparing Tylenol to attending deliveries. No matter where you are or what kind of unit you're working on, prescription falls...

  6. "Just a Nurse"

    Coffee Nurse replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

    Spot on, JBudd. VSMR, try hearing the words "just a nurse" in the voice of a belittling patient, doctor, or other non-nursing individual, and maybe the irony and professional pride of the piece will...

  7. Standard of living for Los Angeles nurses.

    Coffee Nurse replied to bluejumperbunny's topic in California Nursing

    Live at home/with roommates, take lots of part-time jobs. Or, you know, become a male

  8. Can I take a break between nursing school/NCLEX and applying for first RN job?

    Coffee Nurse replied to nursetobein2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Also, there are fewer new grad programs that start in January/February as opposed to June/July, and those that do are often scaled-back in terms of the number of positions available, especially in...

  9. Does internships count as work history??

    Coffee Nurse replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Put them under "Related Experience" or, since there's two, maybe their own heading of "Internships." No, they do not count as work experience, but a recruiter reviewing new grad résumés isn't going...

  10. Nursing scheduels?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Reminisce's topic in General Nursing

    Most acute care positions require that you work at least a certain number of weekend shifts per month or per pay period, so I doubt you'd be able to work only Mon-Weds all the time. The weekend-only...

  11. When you find someone who is unresponsive...

    Coffee Nurse replied to litchi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm thinking the blackness was lividity. When a person dies and their blood stops circulating, it settles in the dependent (lowest) areas of the body. Since "Tom" was lying prone, it would have been...

  12. Has your hospital changed visitors policy r/t the flu?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital isn't allowing anyone under 16 onto the fifth floor, which houses L&D, postpartum, NICU, and PICU. Solid decision, I

  13. Origin of the title "Charge Nurse?"

    Coffee Nurse replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I always figured it was the nurse in charge of the unit...maybe you mean the position itself, but I think the title is pretty

  14. please HELP ME!!

    Coffee Nurse replied to ssroadrunner's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it sounds pretty cut-and-dried, then. Do they consider completion of an RN refresher course to be "graduation"? Because otherwise I don't see how you could get around that

  15. please HELP ME!!

    Coffee Nurse replied to ssroadrunner's topic in General Nursing

    What if you took an NCLEX review course instead and then tried taking the exam and acquiring a license, before applying to a refresher

  16. reference question HELP FAST PLEASE

    Coffee Nurse replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    How old are the references that you gave

  17. Doing the NCLEX/license in California

    Coffee Nurse replied to cherubhipster's topic in California Nursing

    You can take the exam wherever is most convenient for you and apply for licensure in any state. I.e., you can apply for licensure in CA and take the exam in NJ, or vice versa. Once you've passed the...

  18. Am I really a nurse yet?

    Coffee Nurse replied to jcgrund's topic in First Year After Licensure

    License = yes, you are a nurse. Congrats! Now that you are, however, be very, very careful when dealing with family and friends. They will likely see you as a source of free medical...

  19. OK to wear nice pants on interview for staff nurse?

    Coffee Nurse replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'd nix the high shiny heels, actually. They may look glamorous, but you want an interviewer to think "professional," not "just off the runway." Low heels and conservative colors are preferable in...

  20. Had first experience of withdrawing pt care, emotionally drained, need some advice!

    Coffee Nurse replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have no advice for you, just a huge hug. I am so, so sorry for your pain; working in the ICU, you know awful situations like this are going to happen sooner or later, but that knowledge doesn't...

  21. How long are you considered a "new grad"?

    Coffee Nurse replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in California Nursing

    If you haven't worked at all, you're considered a new grad, although once you reach the one year post-graduation point it starts to get harder because you're competing with people who are fresher out...

  22. Interview after a night shift

    Coffee Nurse replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't interviewed the day after a night shift, but I've gone to classes, worked at my part-time job, etc. I'd say it's doable. Get some caffeine, maybe grab breakfast at a sit-down restaurant,...

  23. RN turns barista...

    Coffee Nurse replied to PeaceLove88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I moved cross-country after I graduated last year, without any job prospects, and did pick up a part-time job at a Starbucks a couple of months before I landed my job in the hospital. Fast-forward...

  24. Nurse Independent Prescriber?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing

    It's exactly the opposite of independent judgment, actually (if by that you mean the nurse's independent judgment). It means somewhere along the line, an MD (or, much more likely, a team of MDs) sat...

  25. Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    Coffee Nurse replied to SNLou84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It depends on the medication. Some don't enter breastmilk at all; most do, but to varying degrees. I think the doctor might have meant that the drug level could take two weeks to build up to a level...