rkitty198

rkitty198 BSN, RN

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  1. Nursing Student with a Drug Addiction

    rkitty198 replied to VanessaLee13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Drug test or not, an addict can find a way to pass

  2. I hate writing resumes: a little help please?

    rkitty198 replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    In this job market, I had mine professionally done. Resumes are hard for me and I just said heck with it. I paid $50.00....it looks really nice though.. good

  3. Patients refusing assessments

    rkitty198 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What do you do when: Your patient refuses exams from you and their physician? I cared for a patient who was septic due to shooting drugs into her femoral vein. She was in the stepdown unit for 9 days...

  4. Start nursing school with a newborn at home?

    rkitty198 replied to nurse2B444's topic in General Nursing

    I forgot to congratulate you on your pursuits! The baby will be next! Good luck and best wishes for a long career and mommyhood, by the way it is so exhausting so take a nap and a bath for

  5. NCLEX question! need help

    rkitty198 replied to nicolai16_m05's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It should remain normal, it was an uneventful delivery and it was an hour (lucky mom after a 9lb baby!) The mom should have normal blood sugar going in (the question does not say whether she forgot a...

  6. Patients refusing assessments

    rkitty198 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    If I could hit the kudos button a million times I would. That is exactly how I feel. Pneumonia was the admit

  7. Start nursing school with a newborn at home?

    rkitty198 replied to nurse2B444's topic in General Nursing

    I was a plan your family around your career person. I had my career and waited to have my baby. I think it is better to plan your career around your family if you can afford it. At the same time, I...

  8. Medicaid reimbursement and patient satisfaction scores

    rkitty198 replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to play devils advocate here. When management starts to see that patient satisfaction is low as well as their reimbursements, maybe they will give us lunch breaks and less

  9. The thing about 12 hour shifts...vent

    rkitty198 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    My mil was the same way until she stayed with us my three shifts, as my husband does that so i dont have to deal with her. She was asleep when I left the house and in bed when I got home. She did...

  10. Very angry with fellow nurse.

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

    It sounds like your duties are that which gives you a lot of floor responsibility. Sadly, while you have a lot of responsibility you don't have the control needed to run things smoothly. I say control...

  11. Very angry with fellow nurse.

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

    I have a hard time giving advice on this without knowing what your charge nurse duties are. Our charge nurses take

  12. PLEASE i need help! I failed Nclex 5 times!!!

    rkitty198 replied to 7Laquisha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I think I passed from taking question after question! I started studying my first year of school, as I heard some instructors use them on test questions for in class. I did Saunders, mosbys and...

  13. Question about enemas...

    rkitty198 replied to jnette's topic in General Nursing

    Is it okay to even perform disimpactions without an order? I read somewhere that we weren't supposed to, but I forgot my source. I did one on a patient (elderly) and he had a vagal response, which was...

  14. Help: Need Money for School

    rkitty198 replied to Alum08's topic in General Nursing

    You can do what my counselor told me to do... Get divorced... and have an illegetimate child. I was in shock over that advice. I applied for tiny scholarships that the hospitals around were offering-...

  15. Contract Issue

    rkitty198 replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    The grass may not be greener on the other side, remember

  16. Scheduling...

    rkitty198 replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    We have 8hr staff and 12hr staff, I work acute care. We have set schedules, you work on wednesdays and if a holiday lands on it you work, nevermind you worked it years in a row- for example. If you...

  17. is it wrong to sit on a patients bed?

    rkitty198 replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    One of our surgeons sits on the commode- lid open and all, then steals a bite of food from their tray! Saw it last week,

  18. Im doing my job,Im not part of your team

    rkitty198 replied to optimist's topic in General Nursing

    Pick your battles and let this go, even if it is annoying. It seems to be a nice

  19. amp of D50

    rkitty198 replied to happyRN21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The same thing with d50, you have 30min then you should have a more permanent

  20. Small Bowel Obstruction

    rkitty198 replied to smurph1's topic in General Nursing

    Oh that is not fair! Well life isn't fair.... I wish I knew about this website when I was in

  21. Adding a son to my existing petition

    rkitty198 replied to NarsNina's topic in International Nursing

    Are you talking about adding your child to a

  22. Do you stop infusion "for a walk?"

    rkitty198 posted a topic in General Nursing

    "I want to go for a walk and a shower," "will you unhook me?" Do you stop the IV infusion to allow the patient some freedom? Times where it really bothers me: -Patients who are on PCA's who want to go...

  23. Charge nurse and take patients?!!!

    rkitty198 replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    I took patients (one less than everyone else). We all signed off our own orders and pretty much all I did was oversee the bed control aspect of it. I was so grateful that I didn't have a heart attack...

  24. Help!!! Pregnant and on the job search

    rkitty198 replied to MJJFan1's topic in General Nursing

    If the bump shows (which is soooo darn cute!) I woudln't say a darn thing- although how hard is that gonna be, so excited I bet! The best scrubs for pregnancy is the Cherokee maternity wear. I tried...

  25. Better Option: Pregnant in nursing school/after

    rkitty198 replied to Pa0428's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and I thought I would have an uncomplicated pregnancy- I am very healthy. I ended up on bedrest several times during my pregnancy- luckily I have an understanding employer because I hadn't been...