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racing-mom4 BSN, RN

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  1. Had a new job but now I don't!! WHAT?!?!

    racing-mom4 replied to sammy75's topic in General Nursing

    Ok here goes, I am getting ready to tell you something different. I would take the ER job. Why? 1) it is closer to home--gas prices are a killer. 2) yes the hosp is totally disorganized, they just got...

  2. Certified Letter?!

    racing-mom4 replied to ONCRN84's topic in General Nursing

    Did you have health insurance?? They usually mail your cobra forms

  3. My boards today

    racing-mom4 replied to shakinginmyshoes's topic in General Nursing

    I see today is your 1st post. Funny I too found allnurses.com the day I took my own Nclex exam!!! I wonder how many other of us discovered this site the day we officially became nurses.... THere is...

  4. When the hospital kills people

    racing-mom4 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Whoa--I was not blaming anyone and I am sorry if you read it as that. What this lesson taught me was to be more in depth on our assessment skills. Nurses are over worked, understaffed. That we can all...

  5. Can we give advice?? Stepping over lines??

    racing-mom4 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I agree question the Dr 1st, the ones I work with are generally very receptive to the nurses

  6. online lic verification replacing paper lic.

    racing-mom4 posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK here is a question, my state, Indiana has gone away with paper nursing lic. In fact this was the final year they were sent and there is no exp date. From now on, your employer will verify your lic...

  7. When the hospital kills people

    racing-mom4 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I belive with my heart of hearts that my Grandfather died just because he went into the hospital in Summer of 02. My grandfather was a great man, yes he had emphysema, yes he was SOB and yes he was...

  8. Advice Please: Work and Family

    racing-mom4 replied to marshYO8's topic in General Nursing

    If I would have waited till my life was smooth to have my kids, I would have never had them!!! It will be tough, but it is doable, I went to school with many mothers and many pregnant woman. I was in...

  9. Having A Nursing School Freak Out!

    racing-mom4 replied to lorenwithano's topic in General Nursing

    By the time you hit your last semester of nursing school you realize you really dont know much at all. Reality hits in that "oh crap soon I need to be responsible and I will have to actually keep...

  10. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Stafford loans do not check credit, unless you have either defaulted on a student loan before, and maybe they wont give it to you if you have had a drug conviction. Some one does not give you money...

  11. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Maybe you were not vested yet...I bet that is why you couldnt do it, some places require you to be an employee at least 5 years before your

  12. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Almost every scholarship I got I had to be enrolled full time. So that meant if I wanted the free money I had to basically spend more money. It doesnt make sence, but if you do the math you actually...

  13. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Any one can take out a Loan against thier 401k. We took one out to paint our house one year and another year we took a loan against it to buy a truck. You pay interest back but it goes to yourself, so...

  14. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    That makes complete sence---and come to think of it. I know when I went to IVY Tech you could drop almost till mid term adn still get some money back as in refund paid towards tuition. Where as at USF...

  15. Has anyone considered going all the way?

    racing-mom4 replied to Aariah's topic in General Nursing

    I have helped more families at the time of a loved ones death than the Dr. I provided the pain meds and the comfort care to not only the patient but provided huge amounts of emotional support to the...

  16. 17 teens make pregnancy pact

    racing-mom4 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    well consider the source. My teen daughter also told me that "half the girls at her high school are pregnant and the other half are skanks". I asked her where she fit in---then she said well ok not...

  17. male dominated areas of nursing?

    racing-mom4 replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    Many of days/nights our ER only has only males that are working. They have to pull some of us ladies down to sit in on vag

  18. It's Time To Hang Up My Cap

    racing-mom4 replied to aloha551's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Congrats and God Bless---by teaching you will impact health care professionals for years to come!!! What an honor to be an influence over young

  19. HIV positive nurses

    racing-mom4 replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    I know I was not given an HIV test when I started my

  20. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I never took out loans when I went to IVY Tech, but when I transfered to a University I did. I got my overage check about 2 weeks after start of class. My school let us put loan money on our student...

  21. Loan process

    racing-mom4 replied to kgle's topic in Indiana Nursing

    It also factors in any amount you have in your 401K. I was told I didnt get any financial aide because my husband put so much in his 401k each year, I explained that was HIS retirement money. The...

  22. Success on Suzanne's Plan

    racing-mom4 replied to blessedbsn's topic in General Nursing

    Go to the student tab/nclex section. You will find all you need to know and then

  23. Quick question or thoughts?

    racing-mom4 replied to thegreatone28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    There are male and female OB/GYN Docs, so I dont know why there couldnt be male and female OB nurses. The only part I as a new mom may feel uncomfortable with is a male nurse helping me with breast...

  24. Uterus transplants?

    racing-mom4 replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    according to the article in the link above the cost is : the cost is unknown but could top $500,000, including two weeks of hospitalizationthe cost is unknown but could top $500,000, including two...

  25. Uterus transplants?

    racing-mom4 replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    While your post is very true and I feel those same feelings on organ donation. On the flip side, your looking at an elective surgery only so that a woman can feel the joy of giving birth. Yet there is...