racing-mom4

racing-mom4 BSN, RN

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  1. My preceptor ...

    racing-mom4 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can relate--I am done with my "preceptor" now and am technically on my own....but I still require alot of help. FYI I am a hard worker, I know I need some extra help, that is why I will get other...

  2. Do nurses who pick-up extra shifts get favoritism?

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

    If I Miss Mgr am in a bind and need to call in someone to work an extra shift, am I going to be happy when some one says yes? Am I going to remember that when they have a request that I can help them...

  3. Is working part-time really all that bad?

    racing-mom4 replied to cocoa9065's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work part time by choice. I am only committed to 2-twelve hour shifts a week. I am though open to picking up if needed and it works for my sched. We have 4 kids and my husband owns a high...

  4. PLEASE HELP ME! I thought there was a nursing shortage?

    racing-mom4 replied to scrubs2716's topic in General Nursing

    You need to just take a job somewhere in the medical field now. 90k in loans, I about fell off my chair. When you are a brand new grad I dont think it matters how professional your resume is, they see...

  5. How long was your training????

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

    I had 6 weeks in ICU. Last night I was needing a preceptor. I had two unstable pts, one on a cardizem gtt and one in restraints . Then we got two admits with in about 20 min, both chest pain, one...

  6. What is the right thing to say?

    racing-mom4 replied to missnurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Gentlywind--your post brought tears to my eyes. The fact that your able to exist each day is an inspiration. I am unable to even imagine what emotions you have felt. Your son will live through you...

  7. Hospitals in Bluffton, Ft. Wayne region

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

    Cost of living in Indiana is cheap cheap cheap--except for gasoline!!! 3.38 today...eegadds. Anyways---Bluffton is a very nice small town. About 15-20 min drive to both Parkview and Lutheran....

  8. Sigma Theta Tau--worth it?

    racing-mom4 replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    Out of curiosity I looked it up--and it looks like as long as you have a 3.0 (most nursing students do) and are in the top 35% of your class you can join...I still think there is a better use of your...

  9. Sigma Theta Tau--worth it?

    racing-mom4 replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    Call me cheap---because I am, but I would not join it. What does it have to offer you besides that fact you can state your a member. Before I decided to become an Rn I worked in the HR field and my...

  10. Does anyone else have a family member like this? (LONG)

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

    Angelfire----are we sharing a relative? I do have one over you though ...mine crazy inlaw smokes pot!!! Out in my garage when she comes to visit. When I walked out once and found her she said "dont...

  11. Commonplace to starve someone to death?

    racing-mom4 replied to HM7380's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen many patients who were NPO/DNR. Due to the stroke, I would NOT give her water...choking hurts. I would though keep her mouth moist with a sponge sticks with just plain cold water--not the...

  12. Educational Med Pass Audit Deferred ...

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

    Your post is very long so I must admit I just skimmed for some facts. What I gather is Bea requested some additional un supervised time before "pharm" observed her passing the meds. I must agree with...

  13. blood sugar monitoring w/o doctor's orders..

    racing-mom4 replied to kels764's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was under the impression that acu checks can be a nursing order/judgment. Many of times I have done an acu check(with out an order and the pt is not diabetic) if my pt LOC changes, or other...

  14. Hospitals in Bluffton, Ft. Wayne region

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

    I see you are a NICU nurse. Parkview North just opened a brand new, absolutly beutiful 32 bed NICU and they are hiring..... Lutheran also has a nice NICU not as cosmetically nice as Parkviews, but...

  15. LPN working as CNA

    racing-mom4 replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LPN111 it sounds like some staffing changes need to be made your your facility, now that you have 1st hand knowledge of how hard it is to adhere to turn schedules, feeding and toileting, you would be...

  16. I get to choose my own schedule

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

    All-right now are you just trying to rub it in here...pick your own sched--non stress work....I am moving!!!

  17. LPN working as CNA

    racing-mom4 replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Another thought I have is, if I heard through the grape vine that one my nursing supervisors refused to work as a CNA, my respect for her would plummet. My 1st thought would be "oh is she too good to...

  18. LPN working as CNA

    racing-mom4 replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I guess I just dont get it, do you not think you can transfer a patient safely to the bathroom? Safe transferring is part of basic nursing skills, bathing is also part of basic nursing care, so you...

  19. Nights 8 hr -weekend question

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

    Saturday-Sunday all the way...You wont have to go in till Saturday night, so you have all day Sat free. Sleep Sunday, then go into work Sunday night and sleep while kids are in school monday. That is...

  20. LPN working as CNA

    racing-mom4 replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I can and will pass meds if I have time and the assigned nurse is busy in another room. On the med surge floor the nurses hold the key to the med room, so if I have time and want to get the patient in...

  21. 3months pregnant.nursing school

    racing-mom4 replied to newbeginnings2009's topic in General Nursing

    That is my story only add one more child at home. I was not planning baby #4- yet I was planning on nursing school. I had to go part time the 1st few years of his life because it was just too...

  22. What do you wish you had a better foundation of in prep for Nursing School?

    racing-mom4 replied to ok2bme's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Believe it or not my school did not require it, but I wish I would have taken a medical terminology class. Some of our transfer students took it and they had an advantage because of it, yet we had to...

  23. how's the program

    racing-mom4 replied to PNin2009's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I did not attend Brown Macke--but I do have two friends who were teachers for them and they both left because they had some moral issues with them. FYI they made more an hour teaching for Brown Mackie...

  24. LPN working as CNA

    racing-mom4 replied to LPN01112005's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am an RN and have picked up CNA hours our on the Med Surge floor, as well as ward clerk hours, sometimes by my choice and sometimes because a CNA called in and the only staff we could get to pick up...

  25. LPN's and Broviac/PICC lines

    racing-mom4 replied to Pediatric4077's topic in General Nursing

    Totally depends on the state. In my state LPNs can do anything with an