rkitty198

rkitty198 BSN, RN

Med Surge, Tele, Oncology, Wound Care

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  1. sample rn resume needed

    rkitty198 replied to lsilva7's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Due to these economic times I went and spent the money on having my resume professionally done. I had been working and didn't need an updated resume until I moved and realized how hard it was to...

  2. Need prayers please

    rkitty198 replied to BSN75's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Oncology and I know that induction period can be just awful. I will pray for you and your family. Also make sure everyone around your son is washing their hands. Depending on his counts and...

  3. Odor Query

    rkitty198 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

    I took fenugreek and it made me smell like maple syrup..so I agree with the prior answer that it might be something you are eating? I can tell when someone eats garlic, as it seems to seep from their...

  4. Recommended books for a working RN

    rkitty198 replied to ceridwenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I recieve Nursing(enter year) and there is some great information that is presented in the magazine with current information to support best practice on some basic skills and this has helped me keep...

  5. LOL moments at work

    rkitty198 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had been caring for this elderly man who I thought was oriented and with it. I wanted to get him up to walk and he said he was having a visitor and asked if I could come back- I agreed to come...

  6. Do your ancillary depts annoy you (security, transport)?

    rkitty198 replied to jimmy the P's topic in General Nursing

    I get sort of annoyed with our case managers. They have their own office, but instead they like to sit at our station (where we only have four chairs/computers to sit and chart). They sit there and...

  7. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    rkitty198 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    A patients IV was infiltrated and was to recieve lasix...the RN decided to still use the IV site because she said that the lasix would help to take the fluid from the tissues and bring it back to the...

  8. Nursing degree (BSN) for under $30,000

    rkitty198 replied to pamela202's topic in General Nursing

    Check out El Paso. The city is a bit hard to get used to, but the education was wonderful! 4 year BSN program (I did pre-req's at community college) was about 20,000... The best way to go is to get...

  9. Is finding employment as a new grad hard?

    rkitty198 replied to Tj14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Answer is Oh yeah! There are a ton of threads about this issue already. Hard for everyone these days. :) I hope my link works for you......

  10. Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    rkitty198 replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Try a man's Hawaiian print top (not a scrub top) with buttons down the front paired with polyester tan pants (again, not nursing). I hate it when young new nurses wear some sort of lacy long-sleeved...

  11. What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    rkitty198 replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do understand your frustration OP, I do. Yet after my personal experience I think differently now. My mom was an alcoholic and addicted to pain meds. She had Hep C and her liver was shot. She quit...

  12. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    rkitty198 replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    I am sick of listening to my co-worker complain about how she purchased a set of pots and pans for $1500.00, how she spends $400.00 a month on cigarettes, how she spent $100.00 on alcohol at the bar...

  13. To get the flu shot, or not to get the flu shot...

    rkitty198 replied to jordansnapp's topic in General Nursing

    My facility makes me get a flu shot. If I dont I have to sign a waiver that I will wear a mask everyday to work until the flu season is over. If you are healthy otherwise you dont really need one, If...

  14. Any nurses have opinions on working at Tenet Hospitals?

    rkitty198 replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in Texas and I really liked my hospital. Now that was the co-workers. I always said that if I stayed there I was going to have a heart attack by the age of 30.... I never had one and I am 31,...

  15. oral care on vent patients

    rkitty198 replied to jnferguson11's topic in General Nursing

    I think the journal Nursing2007 or Nursing2008 had an article on VAP...I cant remember the year, I have the issue floating around somewhere if you want me to get it let me

  16. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    rkitty198 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Would you like it if I took a crap and called you on the call bell a million times just to tell you "I left you a little suprise in the toilet." Why in the heck do you want me to get you a sandwhich...

  17. Do you think it's right for nurses that are going to school do their homework at work

    rkitty198 replied to tobesmartt's topic in General Nursing

    I have a MAJOR problem with this (I work in an acute care hospital)- I think it is crap to come in at 7am and find patients with crusted on feces-dirty linens (pt said they were calling and they were...

  18. Ratio on step-down unit

    rkitty198 replied to cp24001's topic in General Nursing

    In Texas I did 1:6, it was awful. In WA 1:4- way more

  19. sharing personal info with patients

    rkitty198 replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I gave birth to a baby boy 4 months ago. I really found it comforting when the nurses who cared for me told me that they understood and they too had been through childbirth. Although comforting, It...

  20. Doctor help- prostate cancer

    rkitty198 posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hello my uncle was just diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was asking me about this Urologist Dr. Ackerman. I was wondering if anyone here works with him or knows about him? I am a nurse in Washington...

  21. Night shift not charting until 0000?

    rkitty198 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! Question: Does this sound right?? At our facility we have a mix of 8hour staff and 12hour staff. I work med/surg oncology. We have three columns to chart under. Nights, Days, Evenings I am a 12...

  22. giving report

    rkitty198 replied to melisgood's topic in General Nursing

    I swear when I am giving report, I have to give so many details to the point where why is it even necessary for the night shift to even go do an assessment? Ugh so frustrating. I used to cry after...

  23. Brand new license, brand new job, and pregnant...

    rkitty198 replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in General Nursing

    Yay! So happy for you! This happened to me, but I wasn't a new grad. I told my charge nurse and my nurse manager, because we give chemo and I am chemo certified and I didnt want to expose my baby-...

  24. facebook "stalking" as a nurse?

    rkitty198 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    klone- Bump up a response, I was responding moreso to babylady. Thanks

  25. facebook "stalking" as a nurse?

    rkitty198 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    I would never be on a public forum and leave private information about myself I wouldnt want someone to see. Just because someone is on Facebook or has a public profie, do they deserve to have a...