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  1. FREEDOM! I Quit my med-surge job!

    LifelongDream replied to zofran's topic in General Nursing

    A month ago I left a job where I worked with two wonderful nurses. When they questioned why I was leaving, my answer was: Five years from now, I bet you won't even remember my name, however my kids...

  2. Current Undergraduate Student Wishing to Pursue a BSN but Does Not Have an RN Degree

    LifelongDream replied to Val A.'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to try to make this less confusing than previous posters. There are different routes to the BSN Degree. These include: Diploma RN: Receive their training at a hospital and sit for State...

  3. Should I Take the Chance/Sacrifice?

    LifelongDream replied to HopeItWorksDNP's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be silly... This is no different from FutureRN, HopeitworksRN, etc. It's not like she has it on her name tag. I guess your mother never taught you "If you don't have something nice to say, don't...

  4. Please need help....

    LifelongDream replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you discovered your mistake and wanted to start over, but the instructor wasn't buying it. I would accept I made a mistake and move

  5. Accelerated BSN, how much did it cost you

    LifelongDream replied to Sophiamez's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I paid $21,000. Why would I commit to working for a specific hospital to get school for free when I might not like it? I'm glad I took out the loans and I have the power to say SEE YA if I want to!

  6. Missed fingerstick

    LifelongDream replied to CC918's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, ha, ha.... You're clueless. My husband is a Type 2 Diabetic. He was diagnosed at the age of 27, the same as his mother. He is 5"8', 140lbs. He eats healthy and he fit none of the "classic profile"...

  7. For all of those on Medicaid

    LifelongDream replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't believe my eyes as I read these posts... Because you have six kids, you must have medicaid???? Amazingly cell phones are sometimes cheaper than house phones, so is it THAT strange that they...

  8. Question about holding Lantus

    LifelongDream replied to prinsessa's topic in General Nursing

    Our facility has a reminder posted everywhere. It states: You wouldn't hold the pancreas, don't hold the

  9. how to leave work frustrations at work and not at home??

    LifelongDream replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am just finishing my 8th month. I still experience what you are talking about. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to happen as often. Hang in there or go back to you previous profession like I'm doing!...

  10. We Need Your Feedback for a New allnurses.com Video Commercial

    LifelongDream replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Allnurses.com offers support to all nurses. It's a place where nurses can go and ask advice from their peers, the only people that truly understand a Nurse's

  11. Turning q2h, any ideas?

    LifelongDream replied to smarti15's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has a q2 clock that we use hospital wide. Every patient will be on the right side from MN-0200, back 0200-0400, right side 0400-0600, etc. It is a card in every patient's room. Good

  12. Giving Up???

    LifelongDream posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work at a large regional hospital in Pediatrics. We get patients from smaller hospitals for "higher level of care". For some reason, I felt mildly scared for the first several months, but suddenly...

  13. Do you like your IV Pump?

    LifelongDream replied to Vicki_RN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We use alaris and I like them. Occasionally, you get a channel that's alarming constantly for air in line, but if you replace the channel, works like a charm. Recently we also started using the...

  14. Help me with my project on New Grads! Please!

    LifelongDream replied to FtrFen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. What type of education program did you complete? Second Degree BSN 2. When did you graduate and how long have you been working? Graduated August 2009, Started working August 2009 3. Current...

  15. 2nd bachelor's degree accelerated nursing

    LifelongDream replied to dlammons7076's topic in General Nursing

    I completed the ABSN program through Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Odessa last August. We received tons of scholarships and overall, I would say that I received $12,000 in scholarship money. My...

  16. The Patient in Bed 519

    LifelongDream posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a Peds floor that is quiet on most nights from April-September. On the quiet nights, the call light will sound 4-5 times. If there is a patient in that room, nothing. My charge nurse has...

  17. Frustrated to no end.....

    LifelongDream replied to LACA's topic in School

    Prior to becoming a nurse, I was a teacher for five years. I had a family (little sister, brother, and eventually big sister) that had a chronic lice problem. CPS DID finally get involved once my...

  18. Is this "normal"?

    LifelongDream replied to firstyearstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You need to realize that there are others that are responsible for checking that the procedures are done as well. It is rarely one person's fault. It usually the fault of several people. Rarely does...

  19. How many consecutive 12-hour shifts do you consider safe?

    LifelongDream replied to 09NewGrad's topic in General Nursing

    Consider working a fulltime schedule split with someone else. There are a set of nurses in Pedi and NICU that I'm aware of at our hospital. They say it works out well for them and if the need arises...

  20. i feel dumb

    LifelongDream replied to Lissacheer87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow.... It's amazing how God places things in just the right places for you to find them. I graduated from an ABSN program in August. I graduated at the top of my class, but I was aware that I still...

  21. IV Sticks in a pediatric pt

    LifelongDream replied to imintrouble's topic in Pediatric

    A little secret that Pedi nurses keep is the transilluminator. It's a light that when you hold it beneath the hand/foot, illuminates the veins. If you don't have this light, you can use an otoscope,...

  22. Best and Worst of Pediatric Nursing

    LifelongDream replied to legoac's topic in Pediatric

    Best: Seeing my kiddos get better. When they start smiling and playing, it makes me SMILE!!! WORST: Babies get very sick quickly. It can be scary at

  23. anyone come to the ER with peds experience?

    LifelongDream replied to hollyrn08's topic in Emergency

    I'm thinking of making the same move. i'm interested in hearing what people have to

  24. I feel like an absolute fool!

    LifelongDream replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit clerk in NICU is very familiar with families of our babies. After being off for a few days, she had confused the fathers of two of our babies. When the father stated that he was there to see...

  25. Exhausted and depressed

    LifelongDream replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    You're not alone. I started inPediatrics in August of last year. I'm working nights and I'm miserable. During school, my clinicals were at night and I loved it, but I worked my three days together....