Butterfliesnroses

Butterfliesnroses

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  1. HELP! Full-time job with nursing school, will that work?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to mabdirahman's topic in General Nursing

    In my nursing program it was highly suggested that we work no more than 20 hrs/wk. I worked 2 days a week (on sat and sun). This at times was extremely stressful. I can't even imagine working full...

  2. What is the normal work week?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to gohogs's topic in General Nursing

    I generally work thurs-sat. However I told my boss that I was sick of working EVERY weekend while certain other nurses got EVERY weekend off. On the day shift they HAVE to work every other weekend. So...

  3. Night Shift 1 hr commute: tips to arrive home alive

    Butterfliesnroses replied to babblingbrook's topic in General Nursing

    For some odd reason I don't get tired on the way home! Maybe it's bc at the end of my shift I'm STILL running. In fact that's when the majority of my running happens! I'm not saying the rest of y'all...

  4. if you are a sensitive or highly sensitive person.....

    Butterfliesnroses replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I consider myself super sensitive. I'm alot better than I was though. When I was a brand new aide just out of high school, there was one particular nurse that if she looked at me funny I would cry. 6...

  5. What is the difference between LPNs and RNs?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Chameleonchick's topic in LPN to RN

    In nursing school they really made it clear that once things got complicated with a patient the LPN was to hand things over to the RN. I work in a nursing home as a LPN. I think I'd get laughed out of...

  6. Hope for New Grads- I got the job!! :D

    Butterfliesnroses replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not a RN, but a LPN. Anyways I was offered the job at a nursing home that I worked at as an aide. 3 months later, a friend told me about a job at a different nursing home that wasn't cutting...

  7. I got the job!

    Butterfliesnroses replied to gorgenurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Congrats on the job! My 1st job I worked days and it was my 1st job as a nurse. I worked there as an aide so I already knew the residents. They gave me a month of orientation and it was far too long....

  8. Patient rights v. Clinical instructor?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to studentnurse0383's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned as a nurse how to convince people to do things that they initially say no to. I think it's something that comes with experience. With that said, sometimes patients DO refuse and as a...

  9. Credit check along with background? *****??

    Butterfliesnroses replied to choc0late's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I really don't understand this deal with credit checks to get a job! I mean it really annoys me! I've never had my credit checked to get a job (that I know of). When I was 18 I made some stupid...

  10. Worst Interview......so far

    Butterfliesnroses replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

  11. Bookish, low common sense... will I fit in?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to FRESH_90's topic in General Students

    I'm am super accident prone as well! I've been known to bruise my fingers with clean needles (by poking them!). I'm am constantly dropping things. My very 1st job I was sent to the ER for slicing my...

  12. shutting down my emotions...

    Butterfliesnroses replied to its_meee's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a nursing home in which I am the only nurse on duty from 8:30 PM until 6 in the morning. This has really strengthened me as a person and a nurse. I've learned how to keep my emotions in...

  13. Wanting to totally bail out on nursing

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Bruin's Mom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I second what other people have suggested and maybe switching specialties. IMHO the options in nursing are limitless and maybe you just haven't found your niche! I find that working 12s and having 4...

  14. What do I do about nurses who think my job is worthless?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to onlyj's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a couple of thoughts/experiences on this subject. When I was a CNA I was sitter for a resident that was suicidal. I was in nursing school at the time so I "practiced" alot of the therapeutic...

  15. An ER "First" for Me...

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    I really am "allergic" to NSAIDs. I get GI bleeds really easy! I used to take Ibuprophen and got a GI bleed and lost enough blood to need a blood transfusion. Then months laster my doctor put me on...

  16. 0.9 points kept me from graduating with my ADN. What to do?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Jess1980's topic in General Students

    You know I may get tomatoes thrown at me but the position my school took and I tended to agree with them was that the line HAS to be drawn somewhere. For them an 80% was passing ANYTHING below that is...

  17. Do you do venipunctures as a nurse?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to CassB's topic in General Nursing

    In my program they teach IV starts (which they say if you can start an IV then you can draw blood) the first qtr of the RN year. I did hear they are going to change it to the LPN

  18. Nursing shifts: Is this fact or fiction?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to magichospital's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we are all on 12s. I work night and work 3 on 4 off. I work thurs, fri, sat. The other 2 night shift nures work 2 on and 5 off. The day shift has rotating schedules with every other...

  19. It all comes back tenfold...

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    I'll never forget being in the middle of nowhere. I stopped at a gas station as I was down to 1 notch of gas. They didn't take debit cards of checks only cash. I was devastated, there wasn't another...

  20. night workers- how do you keep a normal routine/life?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to arnie1234's topic in General Nursing

    I work 6 PM- 630 AM and so on my first day back I get up at a normal time and then try to take a 2-3 hour nap before work. When I get off (I drive 30 min which is my wind down time) I sleep from...

  21. As a nurse, how do you perceive that physicians feel toward you?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to jaimeandjules's topic in General Nursing

    As a new nurse I'd often feel scared calling the doc (I work LTC) and sometimes I still get a little bit of nervousness in the pit of my stomach but most of the doctors are really pleasant to deal...

  22. Average # of admissions and discharges per shift

    Butterfliesnroses replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse in LTC. I work the night shift and so I generally have no admits and no discharges (unless someone dies). However it isn't unusual (I have the same residents every night) to come back from...

  23. Nurse Practitioner vs. Medical School, subjects covered?

    Butterfliesnroses replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in Nursing Career

    Sunny is SO right! My ultimate goal was to be a RN (and still is). However I realized that my daughter is only young once and was working and going to school and found myself being gone 7 days a week...

  24. Nursing Student with a Drug Addiction

    Butterfliesnroses replied to VanessaLee13's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I think you should anonymosly (sp?) report him. I mean what if he graduates and continues to use and then really have access to a bunch of narcotics. As nurses we are supposed to advocate for our...

  25. The thing about 12 hour shifts...vent

    Butterfliesnroses replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I experienced this same things yesterday! My sister and her boyfriend came over and woke me up and then later that day my sisters boyfriend made some comment about me sleeping at 2 in the afternoon. I...