francesca22

francesca22

OB, PSYCH ER, MED ER, PSYCH/MEDICAL

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  1. RN hourly rate

    francesca22 replied to mleej's topic in Texas Nursing

    [if you are a new grad in California, especially the SF Bay area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, or San Diego, expect to compete with the thousands of other new RNs that get dumped into the local employment...

  2. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    francesca22 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did not mean to judge my Southern bacteriology professors's pronunciation of 'oil' as 'wrong.' I know it was a regional dialect. Once I 'got ' that she was speaking in her native style, I...

  3. RN hourly rate

    francesca22 replied to mleej's topic in Texas Nursing

    Don't give up on California too quickly. TX is the pits, salary-wise, as are many of the Southern states. The border towns may pay more, but they are dangerous, as noted in a previous post. I live in...

  4. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    francesca22 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    My bacteriology professor was a woman from the deep South. I knew from nothing about bacti, so had no idea that her description of the microscopes as 'oool immersion' [long 'o'], referred to their...

  5. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    francesca22 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Originally Posted by SoCalHeart:This isn't a term limited to the medical field, but I can NOT stand when people say irregardless!! Yuck, I, too, cringe hearing someone use that word. It's...

  6. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    francesca22 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a neighbor who says, "de-hy-dre-ated" for dehydrated, "re-lator," and "vet-tra-narian." I get double snaps for not rolling my eyes or correcting her,

  7. Nursing programs that don't require Chemistry?!

    francesca22 replied to emily_ganshert's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Chemistry, both high school and college level were required when I attended 'boot camp nursing' and integrated collegiate pursuits in a diploma school, fifty years ago!. Later, in BSN and MSN...

  8. Professional/Personal Boundaries?

    francesca22 replied to chillchick's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't do it. A profession as intimate and sensitive as ours mandates [in my view] maintenance of professional boundaries at all times. A breach in that well defined line can really backfire,...

  9. I Need A Tubex!!!

    francesca22 replied to jlmb214rn's topic in General Nursing

    NurseNinaFla;4146863 [i actually have one of the old metal ones (which I used to use,guess I'm an old timer! and yes I loved using it!] When I was practicing, preferred the 'old fashioned' metal...

  10. I Need A Tubex!!!

    francesca22 replied to jlmb214rn's topic in General Nursing

    nurse-lou4146647 [$15! For a tubex! Heck! I know I have some of these around my house somewhere! I ought to list it on eBay!! Personally, I like the carpujects. I have one in my pocket at all times...

  11. I Need A Tubex!!!

    francesca22 replied to jlmb214rn's topic in General Nursing

    Here's one.

  12. How did you get your job?

    francesca22 replied to Reese17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This sounds crazy now, but: I graduated in 1959 from a S.F. Bay Area school that was renowned for turning out capable, battle ready nurses. As an IP, I worked nights in the ER at my home hospital,...

  13. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    francesca22 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    nrsbrker: [we take care of "clients"] Ugh. Agree. I watched a PBS show on which several 'suits' discussed the health care crisis in the USA, the phenomenon of the bottom line vigilant, for profit...

  14. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    francesca22 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was visiting a friend in hospital recently. Passed the nurses' station where I spotted a sign that exhorted RNs not to use QID, or PRN, other time honored Latin based acronyms in their charting....