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  1. Be a nurse to go to med school?

    DoeRN replied to judit4424's topic in Nursing Career

    Becoming a nurse and going to med school are 2 totally different pathways. If you want to become an OB then you will waste time going to nursing school. You should major in something that will aide...

  2. If you weren't a nurse, what would you have become?

    DoeRN replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    I would have been a lawyer. I'm actually starting law school next year. Whimsical I would have been a famous singer, fashion designer or a chef. I told my cousin who is trying to break into the music...

  3. Bedside report

    DoeRN replied to aem31's topic in General Nursing

    I like bedside reporting. I'm an internal travel nurse so I never know what I'm walking into. I usually give the dx and other info like that right outside the room. I go in and I introduce the...

  4. I confess...I'm a nurse who doesn't want to work in a hospital again

    DoeRN replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    I feel your pain. That's why I'm going back to school so I won't have to do floor nursing ever

  5. Commute for Job I would love, or less travel to Job I don't like

    DoeRN replied to countrygalrn's topic in Nursing Career

    I drove an hour and a half to work each way for several years and enjoyed my job until they closed. I didn't mind the commute. I made sure I had my car serviced and in good condition. If if is...

  6. Would you become an RN again if you had the choice?

    DoeRN replied to eminthesr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    This may not apply to some people. Myself included. I am a float/travel nurse for one company and I work everywhere from clinics to case management to the floors and out in the community. I work for a...

  7. Would you become an RN again if you had the choice?

    DoeRN replied to eminthesr's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I rarely post on here and usually just read through the threads. But I wanted to comment on this. No, I absolutely would not go to school to become a nurse. If I knew then what I know now I would...

  8. Do people take advantage of me because I work nights?

    DoeRN replied to frankie,RN's topic in General Nursing

    This happened to me when I was a new grad and worked nights. I would always say yes. Now I look at the caller ID and either don't answer or simply say no I'm not available to work. And if I'm...

  9. Is a nurse in the ER joking to a patient like this appropriate?!?

    DoeRN replied to Laurenslovely's topic in Emergency

    I'm sorry your dad is sick. I had 3 sick relatives while I was in school. I think it is great that the nurse educated your dad. I include all sorts of education information when taking care of...

  10. Advice needed for new BSN, RN in the Tampa, Fl area

    DoeRN replied to cashlock's topic in Florida Nursing

    That's great you found a job. I'm from St. Louis too but not a new grad. There are residency programs in St. Louis. I actually went through one. I had class once a week for 3 months and then once a...

  11. Stethoscope?

    DoeRN replied to sbem10's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Overall Littmann is a good

  12. For Burned out nurses who are leaving the profession...

    DoeRN replied to GaMBA's topic in General Nursing

    I am not burned out yet but I know how I am. I am going back to school so I can have other options so when I reach that point and I know I will I can do what makes me

  13. Looking for fellow black nurses!

    DoeRN replied to jtmonique's topic in General Nursing

    ok this is really off subject here but can you take the time to research black history in this country? i mean really research it, slavery, jim crow, racial profiling, civil rights movement. and...

  14. So we have a Code coming in....

    DoeRN replied to kellyp374's topic in General Nursing

    Good job. I am glad you were included. And trust me if you are worn out after CPR then you were doing it right. I know I usually am and I remember in one particular code the attending doc told one on...

  15. Failure to Respond to Jury Summons

    DoeRN replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    I just served and the funny thing is there were 4 RN's in the court room and all 4 of us got picked even though I was friends with a prosecuting attorney who works for the city. There was a med...

  16. HESI vs. NCLEX

    DoeRN replied to SDA3694's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hesi was way harder than NCLEX-RN for me. I struggled with Hesi. On Hesi there were a lot of questions about things I had never heard of. This was not the case for NCLEX. There were no suprises on...

  17. I start my new job tomorrow!

    DoeRN replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats. You will have to report back and tell us how your day

  18. What's in your pocket(s)?

    DoeRN replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in General Nursing

    RN general medicine 12 hour nights. I carry alcohol swabs, NS and heparin syringes, ink pens, sharpie, labels for iv tubing on one side and my folded up pt asssignment. A little note book with lab...

  19. In what department do you not wipe the backside?

    DoeRN replied to mirgadia05's topic in General Nursing

    Wow insult us please. I don't go to work saying yay I have to clean up poop. Don't you wipe your own backside. My goodness. I am there to take care of the patient. To give them some dignity....

  20. Tell me about martin review

    DoeRN replied to ps_09's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Look into Hurst review. You can take it online. Worked for

  21. Is Nursing school that hard??

    DoeRN replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    It was the hardest thing I have ever been through. Was it worth it? Yes, but trust me being a nurse is harder. I enjoy my job but it can be trying at times. It is doable because if it wasn't then...

  22. Charge Nurse Training Course

    DoeRN replied to jgsatx's topic in General Nursing

    Me too. I was the most senior nurse on that night. It would have been nice to have a class though. I got the hang of it but a class on what is expected as a charge nurse would have been

  23. NCLEX!!!! Omg I just took it and it was horrendous!!!!!

    DoeRN replied to LoveActually's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I had 75 questions and sat there when the screen went blue and said wow my whole career determined in an hour and 20 minutes. I thought of all the hours I had in clinicals, sleepless nights preparing...

  24. Patient with a Port

    DoeRN replied to SuzieQ1959's topic in General Nursing

    In the hospital that I work at you have to be port certified to access them which I am. Not all nurses work with and would have no clue how to access them, how to keep them sterile while doing so. In...

  25. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    DoeRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am guilty of saying a lot of things incorrectly. For the life of me I have the hardest time saying Wellbutrin and it is the brand