RNBelle

RNBelle

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  1. Nursing School or Med School?!? BOTH?

    RNBelle replied to Khaos05's topic in General Nursing

    Just to throw my 2 cents in. I was a biology major, senior year, took the MCAT and passed, had the grades, had the recommendation and I could have gotten into med school. but the hang up was that i...

  2. Skipping the HR person?

    RNBelle posted a topic in General Nursing

    Me and my hubby are moving thanks to the military. Now the town we are going to is in the middle of nowhere with a 75 bed hospital. I sent my application into HR via the internet link 2 weeks ago. I...

  3. Where are all the happy nurses?

    RNBelle replied to NPs4health's topic in General Nursing

    I am happy. I work postpartum and usually its a happy place to be. I work nights and the other nurses I work with are amazing. Management is less than desirable but by working nights I get to avoid...

  4. Just Offered an L&D Position........

    RNBelle replied to rastanursern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    congrats!!!! i actually love nights. being new to the unit, night shift tends to be a little slower and you can get the hang of things. and once a day spot opens up you can do that. happy...

  5. Finding an L&D position

    RNBelle replied to rastanursern's topic in Ob/Gyn

    maybe work postpartum or antepartum at the hospital where you want to be in the l&d. you will then have your foot well in the door and can transfer over to

  6. How far will a BSN take me?

    RNBelle replied to RNDave's topic in General Nursing

    having a BSN opens all kinds of doors. you can let it take you anywhere you want from quality management, bedside nursing, clinical instructor for ADN program, to pharmeceutical sales. its all up to...

  7. OMG.Do Nursing students really practice on eachother??

    RNBelle replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    we could practice IVs and injections as long as faculty were present for supervision. all the other stuff was for the dummies. foleys and enemas are bad enough on random

  8. Mandatory inservices, meeting, etc

    RNBelle replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    ok, so its not just the hospital that i work at that pulls that stuff too. i am PRN and schedule myself off to go out of town a lot. and they like fussing at me b/c they give me 1-2 wks notice when i...

  9. nurse patient ratio

    RNBelle replied to trmr's topic in General Nursing

    i work postpartum. our max per nurse is 8. a good night is if i have 8 postpartum and/or antepartum and they are behaving themselves. a bad night is when the hospital is full and i end up with 2...

  10. U.S. Public Health -- Commissioned Corps??? NEED ADVICE

    RNBelle replied to nurse2b_bakey's topic in Public, Community Health

    i looked at the site. looks very interesting, but you are right it is a little on the ambiguous side. my husband is in the Air Force so i understand the pay, benefits, etc. but i cant help with the...

  11. PHN Interview, Need Advice

    RNBelle posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    I am a new grad with 6 months post partum experience. I have had my fill of bedside nursing and will be moving to TX in a couple of months. With my upcoming move I decided to shift gears. I applied...

  12. VRE, etc on the floor?

    RNBelle replied to RNBelle's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i love pp for the teaching i get to do with my pts. but when i have 8 pts and 6 are medical and sometimes in really rough shape my pp's are definitely ignored. oh well....i am moving in a couple of...

  13. VRE, etc on the floor?

    RNBelle posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work on a post partum floor, we also take antepartums and gyn surgeries. Supposedly the state regulates that only non-infectious patients can come on the floor. So when the entire hospital is full...

  14. Epi Question - Stops working at 9 cm?

    RNBelle replied to Redlady's topic in Ob/Gyn

    epis are not necessarily meant to make the entire labor pain free. usually they try to dose it so that it wears off towards the end of labor so women can feel to push. but some epis are dosed so much...

  15. Will there ever be a day that I won't forget something?

    RNBelle replied to Newandconfused's topic in First Year After Licensure

    good to know i am not the only newbie RN forgetting things

  16. New nurse... with a baby on the way

    RNBelle replied to *nurse*mel*'s topic in First Year After Licensure

    if your hospital has a baylor program that might be an option. you could do nights or days on the weekends and then be home all week with the baby. the only downside is that you wont see your hubby as...

  17. Where were your clinicals?

    RNBelle replied to Finallyy's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a great nursing school surrounded by 5 other hospitals. I did the standard clinicals all over the place. But the best was my last semester I was assigned a preceptor in Shock Trauma ICU....

  18. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

    RNBelle replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    JMO - i think there should be color coded uniforms - but not necessarily white. wore white pants to work the other night - and ofcourse that was the night i spilled cranberry juice and salad dressing...

  19. Why shift diff nights when days are so busy?

    RNBelle replied to Johnny Moo Man's topic in General Nursing

    i have been working nights for about 3 months now. granted i work postpartum and usually its not too crazy. but about 50%-75% of the time some mess is going down. the nights i get to socialize with...

  20. Safe Nurse:Patient ratio

    RNBelle replied to hoopette34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i am a new grad and have just experienced the hospital bottom line of $$$ and not patient care and safety. i work pp which is usually not bad. we can have 8 max pts per nurse (which is fine unless...

  21. One RN on a shift?

    RNBelle posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new RN BSN grad. I have been working on a post partum unit for a little over 4 months now. I was scheduleded to work tonight with another RN. They called me off b/c they had 7 pts. So its just...

  22. Precepting an incoming 4th semester RN student

    RNBelle replied to KulRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was just recently a 4th semester BSN RN student that worked with a preceptor. So this is my point of view from a student's perspective. Most likely there will be something provided from the...

  23. Do you like day or night shift better and why?

    RNBelle replied to CrystalClear75's topic in General Nursing

    i work nights. granted it screws me up some weeks when i am stuck working every other night. but the RNs i work with on nights are awesome and there is no BS to deal with. i actually dread it when i...

  24. weekend/holiday pays during orientation

    RNBelle replied to tabycat's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad and when I was on orientation I was paid all my shift diffs. As for getting off orientation. Yes, its scary but nice b/c you can do things the way you want to do it and not worry...

  25. 4 weeks with preceptor?!?!

    RNBelle replied to Lee2584's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad and i got 4 wks orientation on a PP unit. I was suppose to have 12. But thanks to short staffing i got the boot into the real world. The only reason I tolerated it was b/c my...