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  1. new nurses considering quiting?

    uscstu4lfe replied to 1styearsucks's topic in General Nursing

    A previous poster here encouraged to carry around saline flushes. I don't know what this world is coming to, but at our hospital, it is a violation to carry around a flush in your pocket. It is only...

  2. Having pooping issues!!!

    uscstu4lfe replied to locolorenzo22's topic in General Nursing

    i'm guilty about not recording the last BM in my charting. shame, shame, shame on me then when i'm asked about the date of last BM and i look in the chart, i see that no one else has either!

  3. Report peeves

    uscstu4lfe replied to Sisukas's topic in General Nursing

    after working for 13-14 hours, i'm just plain tired. i tend to draw blanks during report if it isn't written down. honestly, my reports are very straight to the point and concise. we are done in a few...

  4. How Do You Manage Graveyard Shift & Family?

    uscstu4lfe replied to Dottie78's topic in General Nursing

    i am working nights and let me tell you, it sucks. i'm so wiped about for about 48 hours after the shift. it totally toys with your natural sleeping pattern. people say you must keep up the sleeping...

  5. I have a BS in Business, should I go for BSN or ADN?

    uscstu4lfe replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    go for whichever is the fastest. the adn will be MUCH cheaper. if you plan on being a floor nurse for the rest of your career and OK with that, i would stick with the ADN. if you want to go onto...

  6. first nursing test: FAILED

    uscstu4lfe replied to robert2010's topic in General Students

    it's only one test. take a deep breath and refocus yourself. it's not the end of the world! lord knows i've failed my fair share of nursing exams. and i graudated and passed nclex the 1st time, so you...

  7. Scheduled meeting with manager, HR and union rep

    uscstu4lfe replied to meadow85's topic in General Nursing

    this sounds serious, especially when your rep will be there. i can't believe she said it was serious, but would not tell you what it was about - what a drama

  8. Pediatric Teaching Project - Need Suggestions

    uscstu4lfe replied to SimplyMeL3's topic in General Students

    diabetes is a big

  9. Infuriating Responses To Questions

    uscstu4lfe replied to ADPIE10's topic in General Students

    simply put, this is their way of saying "i don't know" but they refuse to actually say those

  10. BSN vs. ADN

    uscstu4lfe replied to Papi15437's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    at my hospital bsn/adn are the exact same pay rate. bsn is if you want to go into management, grad school,

  11. So angry right now. Warning: Extremely long

    uscstu4lfe replied to HappyPediRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i am sorry to hear that your father/family/you have been treated this

  12. Westcoast University or Community Colleges for lvn-rn program?

    uscstu4lfe replied to scorpio82's topic in General Nursing

    go the cheapest route. it's just not worth the

  13. Doctor title, Nurse title

    uscstu4lfe replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

    i think it is common courtesy to call a doctor by "Dr. X" unless they prefer otherwise. Not really a God complex to me, just what they deserve to be called after working long and hard for that title!...

  14. Nurses Make The Big Bucks

    uscstu4lfe replied to NewTexasRN's topic in General Nursing

    well, like someone mentioned earlier, it's depends on with whom you are speaking. i think RNs make more than a lot of other careers - plus we get the option of being able to work almost anywhere. but...

  15. Enduring the Pain (long-ish)

    uscstu4lfe replied to EleRico's topic in General Nursing

    we do a lot of walking, bending, pulling, tugging, pushing, and so on. i'm not not sure how your back would be able to handle this? but let me tell you, you sound like one smart lad and you would be a...

  16. ATI Testing!!!!

    uscstu4lfe replied to clvjackson's topic in General Students

    wow! i didn't know some people actually had to PASS the ATI to get through the class. we had ATI, but it didn't matter whether or not we passed the ATI. The ATI was, however, part of our grade. It...

  17. Blood transfusion question

    uscstu4lfe replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    yes that's right. i hang blood fairly often and we're told that the 4 hour or less thing is used so that bacterial growth is minimized as the blood starts to warm. also, once we get the blood in our...

  18. Calling out sick

    uscstu4lfe replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    My sick time is considered my paid time off. 2x a year we are allowed to "cash out" the PTO with a check, or we can keep it for when we're actually sick. I know that if I didn't have a cash out...

  19. Starting Salary.

    uscstu4lfe replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i don't think Joe said anything that would lend to the fact that he's in it for the money. people need a salary to survive. if nursing isn't going to provide a decent one, then you have to go...

  20. Bummed

    uscstu4lfe replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    kmcnelly... what does the call light have to do with it? at my hospital, it goes directly to the desk and the secretery finds someone available to answer it immediately if it's for something sersious....

  21. Bummed

    uscstu4lfe replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    well, i guess i had that coming. i had no idea that pee breaks were so important to

  22. Bummed

    uscstu4lfe replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    well, i completely disagree (just my opinion!). if a cna wants to go take a pee break, then go take a pee break! i don't need to know about it. a patient isn't going to code from wearing a wet diaper...

  23. Bummed

    uscstu4lfe replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    Are you really in a position to monitor someone like that? Just because you do it doesn't mean other people want to. How would you like it if you had to report to someone any time you had to go take a...

  24. $ pay scale range

    uscstu4lfe replied to parrot07's topic in General Nursing

    new grad in SoCal making about

  25. Do I need to keep my nursing school textbooks?

    uscstu4lfe replied to elee86's topic in General Students

    i kept a couple of books just because i can't believe i read as much as i did (after i graduated i looked back and was really amazed at how much i had read), and i just can't toss books i paid so much...