racing-mom4

racing-mom4 BSN, RN

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  1. Bosses playing favorites

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

    Hate to say it but there are favorites and unless your one of them it can suck if you take it personally. Is it right? no---but it is human nature...I have favorite people I work with, and I am sure...

  2. Where to report?

    racing-mom4 replied to wkh092201's topic in General Nursing

    You would refuse but your friend didnt--that is between her and her boss---what exactly is there to

  3. No gifts from the Drs???

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

    Trust me I am not crying that I didnt get my plate of cookies from the Docs this year--trust me my belly does not need more junk food!!! I just found it odd that in the past we had trays of food...

  4. I have relatives that always put me down

    racing-mom4 replied to LulaNurse's topic in General Students

    I too got married at 19---probably my own way of creating the family I so badly wanted...Your 24 and old enough to make your own decisions and follow the path you need to live...You cant make everyone...

  5. Day shift vs. Night Shift

    racing-mom4 replied to ivorybunny's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wrong---but very funny!!! back to the orginal OP. I think the day/night shift complaint is world wide...our unit it is not that bad as most of us swing both ways per say...I think all of us have...

  6. Eating at the nurses' station

    racing-mom4 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    Every night I work I eat at the desk. So does my partner nurse...1) eating alone in the cafeteria would boring and lonely and 2) we really cant just have 1 nurse alone in the ICU for an extended...

  7. book for prioritization, delegation And infection control?

    racing-mom4 replied to shush001's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have never takent the LPN test but the have heard that the LPN/RN test are in fact much different ---Though I would be interested in hearing from those who did take both to expand on the test...

  8. TEAS scores required for Fort Wayne, IN

    racing-mom4 replied to sdc62's topic in General Nursing

    Schools open Monday--call them all and see what they say. that way you can ask about thier pass rates/class sizes/wait lists. You may want to post this under the Indiana section--you will get ALOT...

  9. I want her fired!!!!

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

    Honest to god I could not get that image of you pushing thier grandkid around in a WC, I would have thought you were getting punked too...It just enrages me when mgmt does not stand up for the front...

  10. Characteristics of Nurses

    racing-mom4 replied to golfergirl17's topic in General Nursing

    Thick skin---you will NEVER make everyone happy. As long as at the end of the day you feel good about the work you did and the care you gave you will sleep good. Also a nurse MUST be flexible--your...

  11. need MD order for Triple Antibiotic Ointment?

    racing-mom4 replied to JCLVN67's topic in General Nursing

    maybe it is a state wide thing, as we do NOT need an order--like the above post, we keep it on the wound cart with the gauze,band aides and cotton balls and all the other good wound stuff. ---I am...

  12. book for prioritization, delegation And infection control?

    racing-mom4 replied to shush001's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did the entire lacharity book 2 weeks before my test and I felt it was the most like

  13. Gifts for nurses

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

    What ever happend to my favorite gift??

  14. Brown Mackie College

    racing-mom4 replied to nursing123098's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Make sure the credits transfer to an ASN/bsn school if you want to further your career...There is a bm in my city and I know the RN schools do NOT take thier the majority of the

  15. NCLEX...when to start studying....

    racing-mom4 replied to sh1901's topic in General Students

    Start day 1. As you prepare for your very 1st nursing exam use and NCLEX book--Saunders is a good one and you can target your questions to what your studying in class---Also I found alot of my nursing...

  16. I want her fired!!!!

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

    True very true--we dont know how we would react until we actually are in that posistion. I am sure once she thought about it all night long--I know I would think about those days events all...

  17. Nursing in Texas- Full Name legality on badge

    racing-mom4 replied to rkitty198's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My state also requires we have 1st and last names on our name badges...The mass majority of the nurses I work with--including myself have strategically placed either our nursing pins or our breast...

  18. I want her fired!!!!

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

    I am sure her staff wants her to quit to as now she has set a precedence with this family---if they yell enough they will get the VIP treatment from the nursing staff!!--pushing the grandchild around...

  19. Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

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

    I think God must somehow make sure at least one parent can handle

  20. Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

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

    Just wait--someday when your sweet little bundle of love pukes in your hair---and they will. You will just push your hair aside and wipe the tears off her fevered little cheeks...LOL---or possibly...

  21. Pay Rate 2009

    racing-mom4 replied to sam.morgan's topic in General Nursing

    sam are you planning on moving? As it doesnt really matter what we each make in our own home states unless your planning on moving here...and if that is the case, then you need to add in average cost...

  22. Can an employer penalize you for calling-in due to illness?

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

    In my household when a kid is sick they want thier mom. Moms/dads--Husbands/wifes are different. We are each better equipt to manage different things. Yes when my husband makes dinner I do look at it...

  23. I want her fired!!!!

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

    I am dying to know what happend when southerbee went into work today---Did they fire her? Did she quit? Did she tell her Mgr to shove it where the sun dont---ya know the rest!! I know this is an old...

  24. What field of Nursing as a RN is the "BEST BANG" for the Tuition Buck!?

    racing-mom4 replied to Future-Male-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree--when I hear nurses say "I dont do it for the money" I always reply "well then why dont you just

  25. NCLEX RN Mystery

    racing-mom4 replied to Ng74's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Time per question has nothing to do wtih it, unless you run out of time and you only take 70 questions I suppose---but dont ever try and beat the clock per say... I am a fast test taker-always have...