catlady

catlady BSN, RN

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  1. How do you become a Moderator for this site??

    catlady replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    Off-topic post

  2. June 2006 TEST TAKERS IN THE PHILIPPINES RETAKE THE EXAM!!

    catlady replied to RNsoon!'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    After you finish school and take your NCLEX, assuming you pass, and then find out that someone else may have compromised the test, how happy will you be to be ordered to retake your test, even though...

  3. Disney Culture in Hospitals

    catlady replied to fedupnurse's topic in General Nursing

    And this differs from your average acute care hospital

  4. Were you rejected the first time you applied to a RN program , but eventually became.

    catlady replied to RNsoon!'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I applied to six schools. Because I didn't apply until February, I was accepted at four and wait-listed at two. Don't put all your eggs in one

  5. To all the LPN's out there, how challenging was the LPN program and what gpa was...

    catlady replied to RNsoon!'s topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Unfortunately, in the LPN program where I taught, it seemed the only things needed were a pulse and a payor source. Some of my students were quite sharp, but others were barely literate. It made...

  6. Would this discourage you?

    catlady replied to jennifers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If she knows enough to pass the test, then I'd say her knowledge is

  7. Which Nursing Theory do you agree with?

    catlady replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you going to keep posting all your

  8. need t-shirts for winter!

    catlady replied to Diva Nurse Dani's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I've always done well with good quality men's T-shirts. They seem to hold up better and be more comfortable than

  9. Would this discourage you?

    catlady replied to jennifers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    If they're not going to accept her credits, why shouldn't she be able to CLEP out of them? AFAIK, you only can't repeat courses that you're getting credit for--no double

  10. Nursing Pay

    catlady replied to haninks's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this post. I feel like I'm crying in the wilderness

  11. LPN or RN?

    catlady replied to heartstart's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So you've been accepted into anesthesia school? Congratulations on making it through the cutthroat competition.... Or are you just assuming you're going? They want to see more than "1 year of...

  12. attempt to debunk misperceptions about direct entry

    catlady replied to Gennaver's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm sorry, but I will never understand how someone with no nursing experience can go to school and somehow be deemed master's-prepared, and a better nurse than someone with years of experience and a...

  13. LPN or RN?

    catlady replied to heartstart's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    So in your opinion she should skip the LPN and go right for the Ph.D???? She's already working on her RN and has the chance to take the NCLEX-PN while she's in school. It will give her instant...

  14. Nursing Pay

    catlady replied to haninks's topic in General Nursing

    No, not really, because if you inflate the wage beyond what the employer is willing to pay, they're going to look for alternatives. Otherwise they'd just pay everyone $100K per annum and everyone...

  15. Nursing Pay

    catlady replied to haninks's topic in General Nursing

    So new grads should make more than experienced nurses? Because I don't make $35/hr. And I came from a very high cost area, too--close to what you're spending in NYC--and never made more than the...

  16. Would this discourage you?

    catlady replied to jennifers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    How about testing out through the CLEP

  17. LPN or RN?

    catlady replied to heartstart's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    If you can get your LPN license without missing a beat while working on your RN, do

  18. RN to patient ratios

    catlady replied to RN007's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I used to work on a urology floor where it was 1:10 ratio with no LPNs or NAs. I didn't stay

  19. Does it matter?

    catlady replied to striving2banurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    As long as it is an accredited school, nobody really cares. It might matter if you want to advance, though, but that's probably dependent upon who's hiring. Someone from Snooty U might want another...

  20. Help me understand this staffing model...

    catlady posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work on a 40+ bed telemetry unit that runs low census in the summer and high census in the winter. We normally take four patients on days and five patients on nights, with two CNAs, a ward secretary...

  21. Catholic hospitals-yes or no?

    catlady replied to texascowgirl's topic in Nursing Career

    When I worked at a Catholic hospital, my GYN wrote a note to the insurance company that I needed my BCPs for fibroids, and they covered

  22. maintaining an RN license

    catlady replied to dm22's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    It depends on the state. Usually if you don't have any RN hours after a number of years, you have to take an RN refresher course. Any kind of nursing will keep you active, though; it doesn't have to...

  23. New student needing research help!

    catlady replied to btjaj89's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, golly, you're not going to get an APA course in here. Get thee to the manual. PERRLA is a good program to get but you still need the manual. Googling "nursing capping ceremony" only brought out...

  24. Nurses Being brought in from another country

    catlady replied to KTYRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well put. That was one of the hardest things to get across to my students when I was teaching--it was not the collection of technical tasks they were learning that would make them a nurse. It's also,...

  25. Nursing Pay

    catlady replied to haninks's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am working in acute care. I have been a nurse for 21 years, and about fifteen of them have been in acute care and most of those years were in ICU. I started out as a new grad on a med-surg...