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I'm the exact same way. I found out when I was in the hosp having my first child. I KNEW I'd had all of my immunizations as a child, but they said I was negative and gave me the MMR. I had another baby the following year, same thing happened. A year later I was in having baby #3 and they tried to give it to me AGAIN. I refused that one. When I went to nursing school I was negative and had to get ANOTHER MMR. I just don't show immunity and never will.

FYI, critical thinking was taught from day one in my ADN program. That's what it's all about. Skills can be taught to a monkey ~ that was a quote from one of my nursing instructors. We were taught to be good nurses, not trade workers.

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At my hospital, BSN gets you a quarter more per hour. I was a single mom doing it all on my own, needed my degree fast, chose an ADN program which has a better rep than the local BSN program, and have never regretted it. My student loans are about $10K less than they would've been w/ the BSN so I couldn't see .25/hour doing me much good.

I know some nurses swear by Dansko's but I think they are horrid. They hurt, they're hard, they do nothing for me. And I think they're hideous as well. LOL I wear Saucony Cohesion NX tennis shoes. They take me through my whole 12.5 hours and feel like cushions the whole time. I do think shoes are something that's different for each person, though.

That's such a generalization... maybe it's just specific to your place of employment and the personalities working there. Where I work we don't have this issue.

I beg to differ. It happened to me. Demerol IM, hit my sciatic nerve. That was 19 years ago and I still have pain at the injection site, especially if I get bumped there. I'm 5'1" and weighed about 95 lbs at the time, not sure if that made a difference, but to make a sweeping generalization such as yours isn't a good idea.

How old is this person? 13? And he's wrong, you do not HAVE to go to the ER to be admitted. Duh.

I love my job. :)

Is it Dolce Note?? That's my FAVORITE! *wine

I'm always telling my 14 yr old athlete son that he has garden hoses for veins and that I want to start an IV on him... he shudders LOL

Never be afraid to ask questions! Always own up and take responsibility. Always be honest and forthcoming.

When you have 6L running in wide open and only a 3L bag for output, well... do the math. LOL

Ours are 3L and I've still had to be in the room Q 30-45 min to emtpy.

We use text-paging but we are never to put in any identifiers. I usually just write "please call me at ext 2300".

And as you can see, it isn't done consistently at all anywhere... LOL

Mine are all things that have probably been listed... nothing is difficult, just tasks I don't care for. ~ finding another nurse to check off our insulin draws ~ finding another nurse to waste narcs/etc with ~ bedbaths ~ setting up for meals ~ admission info

WOW... you're graduating in a month and haven't done those things?????

That's exactly how it's done at our hospital.

Wow I could've written your post, OP! (except the last sentence; I did love my unit and coworkers, I'm still on the same unit, just day shift) I transferred to days after 8 weeks on nights (still was in orientation) and I am SO happy I did. Days is much more my speed.

I work two 12's and one 8 and love it. I did work five eights for a bit and thought I'd love that, but ended up hating it. Might be because I did the 12's first then went to the 8's, but either way I love my schedule so much better this way.

I absolutely LOVE being an RN. I've only been out of school a little over a year, but I wish I'd done it years ago.

My blood sugar bottomed out back in November and when the squad checked me it was 34. I've had a patient with a BS of 29 before.

No, no, no, and NO!

I take offense to that statement. If you had said "does not always equal good..." that would be different. I was at the top of my nursing class and I know that I possess good clinical skills as well. It is entirely possible to have both book smarts and good clinical skills; they can go hand in hand. Sorry for the vent, but I get tired of people putting down nursing students who did well in school by saying we are not strong clinically. Too broad a brush to paint with.