racing-mom4

racing-mom4 BSN, RN

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  1. Petrol Crisis in Scotland

    I am refusing to waste my 2.64 gallon of gas on non essential drives now. I walked to the grocery store 2x this week. Nice thing about walking to the grocery is you only buy what you need as you have...
  2. I need some ideas

    I agree with the above about contacting Red Cross/Habitat for Humanity/Bank for fund etc etc. But there is something really special about actually giving something tangible. Our hospital every year...
  3. Does anyone EVER

    OMG I am so happy for you. After I made my post I actually tried to log back on an edit/change it, but too much time had lapsed. I felt terrible for you because here you are worried and I say "Oh I...
  4. I am so sorry for you and HATE to hear stories like these. You described what was a wonderful environment now turning toxic. How frustrating for you. What will happen if you join the residents in...
  5. GPA dilemma

    It totally depends on your school, you need to meet with a nursing adviser to figure it all
  6. What's harder? NS or your first job as new RN?

    Both hard in different ways, but when it comes down to it I am getting paid for working!!!! :yeah:vs having to pay to go to school! FYI the stress of preparing for Nclex is the worse stress out there....
  7. 2nd timer report

    One of my dear friends passed with 115 give or take, she lost track after 100 but it shut off soon after that
  8. Does anyone EVER

    I actually did. I dont know if that is what you wanted to hear or not. I heard horror stories of people throwing up in the parking lot sure they failed only to find out they passed. I would be willing...
  9. NCLEX Prep Course -- can you make it without them?

    I passed with 75 questions and no prep course. Just practice at home using the disks you have. borrow some from friends too. You can do it. I personally thing those courses feed off your anxieties. I...
  10. DEAD BROKE and need to prepare for NCLEX

    I was in your same shoes last December. I didnt have nor did I want to part with 300+dollars on a review course for Nclex. Here is what I did. About 3.5 weeks before I sat for boards I took all of the...
  11. 2nd timer report

    Your did your best and your done and there is nothing you can do now but wait...my advice is take a nice long walk to clear your mind. Then come home and clean something, this always helps my mind...
  12. Meds on NCLEX

    I even had a question on an erectile dysfunction med!!!...and it was not something simple like to do with heart disease or alcohol, I think it was a dosing question. I kept trying to remember the...
  13. I can't do it all

    This is what is so frustrating about LTC facilities, they need good -competent staff like you---yet odds are you will be leaving there. Major changes need to happen in LTC settings, I believe it...
  14. My husband so I can officially say "we" own a business...One of the deciding factors in my becoming a nurse. Great affordable health Insurance for only having to work 20 hours a week. One of the...
  15. If you could have a different profession...

    Mafia wife with many babies at my feet and just as many diamonds on my fingers and
  16. confuse and scare.

    Well personally I dont believe hanging a med that expired 2 hours ago is the worst thing that can happen. Try to not beat yourself up about it. You can sched a meeting with your unit mgr and explain...
  17. dayturnal and nocturnal!

    That is what I do now and it has made a world of difference. Except my day during the week is Weds. I just cant do 3-12 hour shifts in a row. My "baby" has pre-k on Mondays and Thursday so I can take...
  18. What do you do to de-stress?

    I have found myself hanging out in the allnurses board alot lately. I also love to cook and find lots of recipes at my other favorite site allrecipes.com and I am a full blown shutterfly addict. I...
  19. Med error and im not even a real nurse yet!!!

    I too made a med error in school. I was at a facility with computer MARS and the pt had .05 mg of Drug X to be given at 0800. I scanned it and gave it. At 1000 Dr arrives and sees pt. At 1130 staff...
  20. Med-Surg

    My personal reason for not wanting to work in Med Surge is the huge pt to nurse ratios. I know myself and I could not take care of 7 or 8 pts and give good quality care. I would be afraid I would miss...
  21. Can a LPN work in L & D?

    The hospital I work at does not hire LPNs in OB, nor do our competing hospitals. I went through nursing school sure I was going to work in OB and some how I ended up in ICU and could not be happier....
  22. Wanting to become a Nurse - Questions.

    Welcome and know your not alone, nursing school is hard, but it is doable. I went when I was in my 30s with 4 very busy kids at home, one being a baby. I did not have that great support either. I met...
  23. Going back to get RN from LPN, scared to death

    Wow--how exciting. Like everyone has said you must just take it one semester at a time. I started school in my 30s with 4 very busy children, one being a baby!!! I also had a husband who though loved...
  24. dayturnal and nocturnal!

    I work 3 nights a week. Sat/Sun and Weds. Having a set sched somewhat helps. I have been known to take Excedrin Migraine (has caffeine in it ) at the start of my shift, or sudafed. I have also been...
  25. LPN Lactation Consultants

    I know this does not answer the OPs questions, but the best lactation consultant I ever had was the housekeeper at the hospital I delivered baby #3 in. he was the 1st child I had attempted to breast...