nurse_robin

That's funny, I was just looking at the same site on the CA BRN. I also had the same thoughts cross my mind. I live in CA and work with a woman who got an online BSN degree (Jacksonville, I think) and then completed her Masters at Dominican which is...

i understand your feelings about being mistaken for the nursing assistant, housekeeper, etc. i am african-american and work in a small rural hospital and am the only black person in the icu. whenever someone assumes that i am not an rn, i smile and...

Hi HBS, I'm sorry that you have those feelings. I just got this in an email today and hope it can help you think thru your dilemma: ?The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.? ?Mohandas Gandhi You sound like a strong p...

Not sure, But I've been on and off the Atkins for a while now and the last 2 times I have attempted it, I developed kidney stones within a month or so.... didn't catch it last time, but this time it made me wonder if the diet could be part of the pro...

I don't get it either! That makes no sense to me. Sounds like things my MIL used to tell me when I first became a nurse...."Girl you should work for the state as a caseworker...that's a good job" :angryfire WHAT!!!! Oh yeah, I'll take that $12/hr ...

How about Home Care? You're more independent; have more autonomy , and most patients are a joy to work with. It's nice to be able to concentrate on 1 patient at a time, and they really appreciate you. It's also mostly the elderly Medicare clients....

OOPs! I think I was asking the same thing; how did the seminar go?

Just ran across your post today and am wondering. I am looking into this as this is something I may be interested in.

Thanks Wyoming! I sent you a priate email.

A Baylor Program is one where you work 12 hour weekends in exchange for full time pay and benefits. When I did it it was 3 out of 4 weekends/month although it varies. Robin

Same for me! Either Acute Care or Geriatric NP!

I graduated at a time when everyone said you had to pay your dues to med/surg. Well I lasted 3 months at a full-time med/surg job......was lucky enough to get a registry job, then a Baylor job.....never looked back! I think my problem is hospital po...

I have been an RN for 20 years now and have 2 adult daughters in college, and a 13 yo dgt still at home. No, nursing is not the easiest job in the world, but we have such flexibility as nurses. I have not in my 20 years found the best job in the wo...

Wow Lori, How encouraging! I felt better and it wasn't even me :)

Well, my most embarassing moment came when I had to put a foley in a 90-something lil ol lady....(Rumor had it that she was a hooker back in the day) Well I clean her and get ready to insert the foley and she clamps down hard on my hand and starts "g...

Yeah, there's usually an order for Demerol for fresh post-op pts during recovery for shivering.

Will be 46 next week ICU for me though I absolutely love Home Health and am thinking about going back if I can discipline myself to keep up on the paperwork.

Don't feel bad; I'm 46, been a nurse for 20 years and am still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow-up! You can always become a nurse and then go into nursing infomatics or administration where your affinity for numbers can also be used...

:balloons: :balloons: Welcome to the field of nursing. You made a wise decision. Robin

Girl, I feel your pain! I broke out into a sweat reading your post! :uhoh21: This is one of my worst nightmares! Hasn't happened to me (yet) and I pray it doesn't, but I remember other errors I have made and that heavy feeling that comes on when I r...

I am really confused! You were suspended??? Was it over a "so-called" error in your nursing practice, or political? Being suspended is a pretty strong punishment. If you followed hospital policy for whatever you were doing, then get all of your pro...

This is the hospital that paid for my nursing school! (20 years ago) They have/had??? a program where if you agreed to work for them right out of school, they would pay your tuition. I never did work for them b/c when I graduated hospitals were tight...

I'm in Cali also, and some hospitals require us to co-sign the assessment while other hospitals don't have that requirement. If I have to co-sign, then I do a focused assessment on the LVN's patient just to be sure I agree with the findings. I've ne...

Hi Rhiannon, Don't know whether to feel offended or not about your post....I was a low B-High C student when I was in nursing school (including Anatomy; frankly I was scared to death of cutting up the cat).....BUT, I scored very high on my boards and...

I worked for them when they were Ryad for 8 weeks as a local traveller (no, not a strike). The money was good, but they were definitely sleazy at that time....All of their travellers HAD to work 4 12's Fri-Mon .angryfire. That assigment almost kil...