kookiepumpkin

kookiepumpkin has 35 years experience and specializes in Surgical-Medical.

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1. Can an RN work as a CNA?

   kookiepumpkin replied to ursuscalifornia's topic in California Nursing

   I would call around. Some hospitals don't have CNAs anymore. I'm in Socal , at my hospital we have PCAs and sitters. CNA license is not

2. Exploring Visa Options for Nurses: From H4 EAD to Green Card

   kookiepumpkin replied to Valli Devanai's topic in International Nursing

   I came across this on a job search

3. Patient load on med/surg

   kookiepumpkin posted a topic in Florida Nursing

   I'm considering moving to FL. But I'm spoiled by CA staffing ratios 1:5 on med/ surg floor. What is the general ratio in hospitals in

4. Canadian RN - cannot find work

   kookiepumpkin replied to Hacker's topic in Florida Nursing

5. Older RN

   kookiepumpkin posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm 56 working in an acute surgical setting. I'm struggling with the ever increasing demand of real-time charting, Management is auditing faster across several topics than I can input/ update. It...

6. Hearing Impaired Nurse

   kookiepumpkin replied to strength4unityRN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

   Hi there, I get you! I was just told that I have moderate hearing loss and am niw facing getting hearing aids and trying to figure out which stethoscope will work. I joke around a lot to cover up...

7. How much personal info do you share with pts?

   kookiepumpkin replied to Bouncyball's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I just went through an encounter with a pt with a drug seeking, manipulative personality disorder. I am originally from Europe, my accent is subtle but noticeable. It frequently becomes a subject of...

8. thinking about turning in my resignation letter tomorrow....any advice?

   kookiepumpkin replied to texasguyrn's topic in Texas Nursing

   I feel your pain. I wrote my resignation letter one night shift when I just couldn't hold it together anymore. I felt that we were understaffed , had unstable patients , a lot of float nurses, admits,...

9. I fainted today in the ICU!

   kookiepumpkin replied to aismail3's topic in General Students

   Yes, on my first day of OR observation I nearly passed out too. I felt it coming on when the scalpel cut through the first layer of an abdomen. The preceptor had her eyes on me and guided me to a...

10. Personal hx of cancer & going into onc nursing...

    kookiepumpkin replied to dreavt's topic in Oncology

    Congratulations! Hope it works out for

11. Personal hx of cancer & going into onc nursing...

    kookiepumpkin replied to dreavt's topic in Oncology

    Sounds a little like my own story. I am a breast cancer survivor. Which caused me to change my specialty to oncology 8 months ago. When I went for my interview my hair was still very short, I thought...

12. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    kookiepumpkin replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    This cancer is killing your loved one. We can't do more than we already have, don't keep asking for miracles. Change the code status to DNR, sign up with hospice and take him/her home and enjoy the...

13. Day One in the Life of a Nursing Student

    kookiepumpkin replied to MachoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry to hear that you had so little support from the mentor, tank god for the tech and the clinical

14. nurses with cancer

    kookiepumpkin replied to kookiepumpkin's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Just an update: It has been almost a year since my DX of BC. I survived chemo and just finished radiation last week. During the last three months I have occassionally worked through registry when my...

15. nurses with cancer

    kookiepumpkin replied to kookiepumpkin's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Yes, I would imagine when they see the medication list they can ask you but you don't have to answer. If you do they have to keep it confidential and can't withdraw the job offer. I also will start...