catlady

catlady BSN, RN

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  1. Working Part Time as a Nurse

    catlady replied to angelina02_21's topic in General Nursing

    How many hours part-time would be is usually up to you. Most hospitals will be relatively considerate of your school schedule, within reason (i.e., nothing grossly unfair to the other nurses). You...

  2. please vote--change career mid life?

    catlady replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't a clue what GWB has to do with this discussion. I didn't start in the Stone Age, dear. Times were not terribly different. There was a recession, jobs of any kind were hard to find, the...

  3. "But I'm pregnant . . ."

    catlady replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    That surprises me. Usually where I've worked, pregnant women don't get the option of light duty, because light duty is reserved for job-related illness/injury. I don't think (hope!) they got...

  4. Needing a day off (kinda long)

    catlady replied to PhillyKidRN's topic in General Nursing

    I left work to go out of state to be at my dying father's bedside. He didn't expire quickly enough, I guess, because my employer started pushing me after a few days to come back to work. I went back...

  5. Salary info??

    catlady replied to ImAnursingstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Please search the archives. There was just a huge, acrimonious thread on this very

  6. Importance of being a CNA before RN

    catlady replied to sail81's topic in General Nursing

    I never worked one minute in any type of health care environment before I became an RN, and I've somehow managed to get by for the last 20 years. The OP should do what works best for her, because...

  7. RN vs Ancillary Staff

    catlady replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    When I started in med-surg, we didn't even have RT on the floor. The hospital didn't think it was important enough. RT only covered the ICUs. So we did everything for our patients, and believe me,...

  8. do physical therapists make more money than RNs?

    catlady replied to nurse~ashley's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: :yelclap: -- catlady, rn,c, b.a., m.a.,

  9. Lets play with titles!

    catlady replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I've just gone back to bedside nursing after years in management, so I'm a Reconstituted Nurse. Or maybe Resurrected Nurse. Or maybe just

  10. Already Burned out.....heading to LTC

    catlady replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, don't fool yourself that the CNAs do all the patient care and the LPNs do all the wound care. If you think that, you're either dreaming or you're in the world's best SNF. Some days it is like...

  11. RN advertising availablitiy on craigslist?

    catlady replied to begalli's topic in General Nursing

    If you post your resume on monster.com, they will

  12. J&J Tribute to Nurses Videos--MUST-SEE!

    catlady replied to RDH-NrsgStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for those

  13. License

    catlady replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    Your NJ license is active in the state of NJ. If you want to continue to keep it (and many people recommend keeping active in the state of your original licensure), you will have to meet their...

  14. Scrubs...Pointless Unless We Leave Them At Work

    catlady replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Edited because double-posting is bad, bad,

  15. Scrubs...Pointless Unless We Leave Them At Work

    catlady replied to SkateBetty's topic in General Nursing

    Says you. Almost every day I am compelled to touch knee to floor in some shape or form, and I'd rather do it in a pair of scrubs, be they mine or the hospital's, than in my street clothes. Not to...

  16. please vote--change career mid life?

    catlady replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that most of us who have been nurses for more than a few years are somewhat astounded at the people who are now considering nursing "for the money." These are the same people ten years ago...

  17. Putting RN on license plate???

    catlady replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    Good thing he teaches CPR and not law. I could put MD on my license plate, but that neither makes me an MD nor creates a duty to respond. As others have said, should you choose to respond, you have a...

  18. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    catlady replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm. You conveniently snipped the numerous examples I gave of union nursing gone bad. Apparently, your definition of sticking together as a profession is that I roll over and agree with you. You've...

  19. Getting Paid $$ for End-of-Shift Overtime?

    catlady replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    I need to hear a whole lot more than that to be convinced. I have seen too many incompetent workers protected by unions. I have seen excellent nurses who could not receive merit raises for doing a...

  20. Help with Accelerated BSN program

    catlady replied to middleageNP's topic in General Nursing

    My avatar isn't actually my cat, but a picture I found elsewhere. I don't know what kind it is; I just liked the tabby markings. I just posted my cats' pictures in the photo gallery,

  21. Putting RN on license plate???

    catlady replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    He was a mass killer, not a serial killer. Not that it made much difference to those poor young

  22. Help with Accelerated BSN program

    catlady replied to middleageNP's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to know how they can offer 31 credit hours in a semester. Do you go to class from 3 am to midnight??? Either the material is going to be overwhelming or the credit hours are

  23. Putting RN on license plate???

    catlady replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    There actually was a game show a couple of years ago that was nothing but people trying to decipher license plates. Talk about hostility on the boards, I am not getting some of the anger here shown by...

  24. PTA, LPN or RN?

    catlady replied to janicejanice's topic in General Nursing

    This is allnurses.com and you're wondering if there's anyone out there who's become an LPN or an RN. Hokay. There are thousands of threads archived discussing why people like/dislike what they do,...

  25. Does this bother you?

    catlady replied to Gods child's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly the thought I had. I graduated from high school at sixteen; despite my academic successes, I can't imagine having been mature enough to be a 17-year-old RN, even if that were legal (is...