Nurse_RaRa

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/...

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...

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...

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...

...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...

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...

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 post.

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 handle three pts for 12 hours (night shift) but they r...

Hi weak, I agree with the others - just find a better place. Easier said than done if you have a family or ties to the area. I moved and I love the new place/hospital. All the staff are not like that at all. I know you wrote first in February but all...

Earlier someone mentioned that it would be great if a person got CNA experience and it was countered (a bit) with the textbook answer message (which was a valid point). I am a First Responder - Ambulance and this (EMS) also is a great way to 1) get f...

Thank you for helping me prepare for my prerequisite classes of A&P and CHEM - I just found out that I have an A in Chem and won't have to take the final and I have an A in A&P so far with the final next week! I haven't posted in a while but ...

I agree with the roller bag. Found mine at Wally's World $13.99 - Love it...but what about when it SNOWS!!!!!!!

I know how it is to go without for a long time and then reward yourself (so you don't go AWOL). I don't know what i'd do for the final graduation but I'm saving up for a trip to Ireland. I think little goals are good too so a chocolate shake, body ma...

I love ice cream. I have great memories of my parents taking us to BR after pizza and even my sorority gals and I would do BR runs and made up a song about it! I'm nervous about not getting accepted also (this DEC). but if it happens - I'll take some...

That was so sweet! - I hope I get a chocolate one right before I go!:chuckle Actually - I did cry and need to talk to some EMS partners when my first pt died. He was fine when I put him on the plane. It hurt because I had talked with him about his ...

I wanna know too! - Passing Thru - Sounds like you answered yer own question!! Future Managers Take NOTE!!!! Geeze - if I was in charge of a HOSP - I'd make sure that the public's perception of the hospital was #1 - Efficient. friendly, clean....