Nurse_RaRa

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have a BA, going for an ASN

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  1. RN to MSN advice please

    83 views and not one reply?
  2. D. All of the above = great advice. Don't fear the NCLEX. It is full of common sense questions. Just study critical thinking questions (I found a bunch on a keyring for sale at a Hastings once). Us...
  3. RN to MSN advice please

    Been an RN (ASN) for 9 years, have a Bachelors in another area (ancient) and now want my RN to MSN. I'm too old school to do it all on line and I found a place around the corner that offers the...
  4. Hi fellow Nurses. I have a very old BA and an 8 year old ASN but i want to go back to school to get my BSN, MSN and maybe even PhD. I've started looking at on-line places and classroom. i'm 50 soon...
  5. Fired from first RN job

    Don't give up. things like this happen and you are NOT a terrible nurse because of it. I agree with both the previous posts. Just say it didn't worked out or it wasn't a good fit for me. That's what...
  6. So just needing a dose of self esteem that I recently lost after being declared "Not a good fit" at a large hospital in a large city. I don't understand why on a critical care floor they are still...
  7. Grieving a perinatal loss

    I wasn't a nurse when after having three healthy children inside three years, (and waiting another 3) it was discovered that my next baby at 12 weeks gestation had anencephaly (no brain). Anencephaly...
  8. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

    LOL. love the comments. I third the wine but since you said you don't smoke, drink or exercise...and we don't know if you have a pet for stress/comic relief...here are some ideas. If you are single...
  9. Are there any good LTC's out there??

    WOW! They made u a supervisor and a cart? that is plain stupid! I don't blame you for quitting. My very first RN job was at a SNF - I had 28 or so pts and was so behind in my very first med pass that...
  10. Anyone worked for Bestaff Travel?

    Not many may want to touch this one.....i haven't worked for them and, like you, I wish there was a Nurses review site on their experiences in Travel nursing. What i have learned is take the housing...
  11. all great points....here's a twist = make two accounts! my bf did that when he was running for office. i also live in a small town and have encountered upsets at work! with fb wars so innane that i...
  12. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    ...they are a frequent flyer, older patient, end stage ________(fill in the blank), mean and verbally abusive to any loved (?) ones still coming to see them/with them - in this case , the wife (poor...
  13. 1st job in CCU

    YOU are more than welcome and YES - we will be taking over soon because so many of the older nurses will be retiring. I JUST found out last work shift that I wasn't given the "welcome to our floor...
  14. where did i go wrong? please comment

    I hope you didn't give up nursing or if you moved that you moved to a different facet of nursing like in a rest home where the acuity isn't so stressful. thanks - I learned from your
  15. 1st job in CCU

    hey, neco, I'm with you. I only have two years exp in a small rural hosp and i recently took a job on a 33 bed cardiac floor of a huge hosp. I am still in orientation but overwhelmed a bit. I can...