Rabid Response

Rabid Response

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  1. BSN vs MSN

    Rabid Response replied to biltz's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I would go for the (less expensive) ABSN for several reasons: I graduated from a private ABSN program (probably the one that you rejected) and the amount of debt that I have now is crushing. Because...

  2. Am being treated poorly

    Rabid Response replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, let it go. Lots of nurses speak Tagalog around me on my unit. I'm actually starting to pick up a little bit of the language. In certain situations it could be construed as rudeness, but sometimes...

  3. Want others to know...and learn

    Rabid Response replied to lilywater's topic in General Nursing

    I am very sorry for your experience, lilywater. I also had to change preceptors during my orientation period and had a challenging relationship with my second preceptor. On top of the regular stress...

  4. Night shift: does it make you sick?

    Rabid Response replied to inthesky's topic in General Nursing

    My first few months on nights I had symptoms very similar to the ones you describe. I have always been very healthy. I went to my doctor several times with these rather generalized complaints, but she...

  5. jitters

    Rabid Response replied to nrsGrad08's topic in General Nursing

    That used to happen to me! Even my first time using the glucometer with a patient during my first clinical rotation was nearly a disaster. I was having trouble getting my operator code to work in the...

  6. The same question everybody keeps asking...

    Rabid Response replied to jspacegirl's topic in MICU, SICU

    I started directly into the ICU right out of school, and I'm doing okay. BUT, if I had it to do all over again, I would have started in med-surg. I do not think that my hospital's ICU training program...

  7. Documenting and not DOING anything for pt's.

    Rabid Response replied to worstnurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Last week my boyfriend was really sick with the flu. At one point he was pretty grouchy and whiney and called out to me from his bed, "You're a nurse! I'm sick! Why don't you nurse me???" I told him,...

  8. New Grad in CA needs Advice

    Rabid Response replied to NewGrad08CA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    NewGrad08CA--I am sorry if my response to your original post was less than therapeutic. I was responding to you as a peer and not a patient. And we are certainly peers as I also live in CA and...

  9. New Grad in CA needs Advice

    Rabid Response replied to NewGrad08CA's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think you are in for a rude awakening. You will work your ass off more often than not in any of those areas. You will deal with psych and geri patients and undocumented immigrants almost anywhere...

  10. Starting to really HATE clinicals!!!! LONG

    Rabid Response replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't like clinicals very much either when I was in school. My first med-surg clinical rotation was so bad that I shut myself in a storage room and cried the first day. The nurses were really mean,...

  11. Night Shift Woes

    Rabid Response replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

    It's lonely! I find that on my days off, I cannot go back to sleeping at night (unless I'm sick). I wind up staying awake all night at home, creeping around the house while everyone else sleeps, and...

  12. THE REAl DEAL!!

    Rabid Response replied to Jogirl's topic in California Nursing

    My hospital offers either 8 or 12 hour shifts, but I haven't met any new grads who were hired for 12's. Unfortunately, I think that my hospital no longer hires LPN's, so I can't tell you much about...

  13. THE REAl DEAL!!

    Rabid Response replied to Jogirl's topic in California Nursing

    I know that it's not true for new grads. A new grad at my SF hospital makes almost 43/hr. With my night shift differential, I make around 50/hr. Of course, in my neighborhood, a studio (one room!)...

  14. LONG - Incompetent, me? Nah - just inept

    Rabid Response replied to RiverNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ack, what a horrible day! I, too, feel like a total incompetent, but only when I work with certain nurses and one charge nurse in particular. Unfortunately, I'm so accomodating that I tend to live...

  15. Need some advice...

    Rabid Response replied to CarboneF11's topic in MICU, SICU

    CarboneF11, I feel you. I could have written the same exact post as you when I ended my shift yesterday morning. I've been working in a medical/surgical ICU for four months as a new grad. It's hard...

  16. Shifts that new nurses work? I am worried about nights!

    Rabid Response replied to RNWannaBe724's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad working nights. Nights were the only shifts available to me in the area where I wanted to work (ICU). All of the new grad hires are on nights except one who is on evening shifts. In one...