Nurse_RaRa

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1. RN to MSN advice please

   Nurse_RaRa replied to Nurse_RaRa's topic in Post Graduate

   83 views and not one reply? interesting.

2. I want to do well in nursing school...any advice

   Nurse_RaRa replied to loveSBK's topic in Pre-Nursing

   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 "front row gals" tape recorded the lecture, made per...

3. RN to MSN advice please

   Nurse_RaRa posted a topic in Post Graduate

   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 bridge. Question: Where do I get my "professional Associ...

4. Help! ASN wants BSN but has a BA

   Nurse_RaRa posted a topic in Post Graduate

   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 and think that if I could do most of it on-line that...

5. Fired from first RN job

   Nurse_RaRa replied to IrishRN123's topic in Career Support

   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 we all do. Then move on ASAP. Check and double che...

6. Is it me or that hospital's system?

   Nurse_RaRa posted a topic in Career Support

   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 doing the following 1)paper charting 2) non-user frie...

7. Grieving a perinatal loss

   Nurse_RaRa replied to Elvish's topic in NICU

   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 is a neuro tube defect where the neuro tube (the s...

8. Stress Relief after a BAD shift?

   Nurse_RaRa replied to JStollRN's topic in Stress 101

   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 = i like the long walk or hot bath/shower idea. I...

9. Are there any good LTC's out there??

   Nurse_RaRa replied to JLForever's topic in Geriatric

   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 the outgoing RN AND the DON stayed to help me (emb...

10. Anyone worked for Bestaff Travel?

    Nurse_RaRa replied to tulsanurse1's topic in 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 stipend and make sure you work your required hours/...

11. Facebook and Former Patient Friend Request

    Nurse_RaRa replied to us2uk4u's topic in Relations

    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 want to quit fb....i'm highly selective ( i don't ne...

12. Scared of MD

    Nurse_RaRa replied to tamari07's topic in General Nursing

    i agree. sometimes you have to stop and think....maybe they have never been taught how to PLAY NICE in the sandbox so teaching/reporting unacceptable behavior is ok. We had one doctor who was very untactful = like coming into the room to see the pati...

13. Scared of MD

    Nurse_RaRa replied to tamari07's topic in General Nursing

    I had a "run in" with a female (surgeon)and male (plastics) doc team. They came onto my floor to see one of my patients (without telling me - a CNA grabbed me to inform me). They started sawing on my pt's leg (MVA) with no medication given beforehand...

14. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    Nurse_RaRa replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    ...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 thing) and they are a frequent AMA (read: know thei...

15. 1st job in CCU

    Nurse_RaRa replied to neko11111's topic 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 and here's what you need to know " manual at the beg...