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    *Easy* things I just hate doing

    I love bathing people. I have my best conversations with patients during bed baths. If another nurse is helping me it's even better. Love it. Keep in mind this is on night shift. I know it's...
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    *Easy* things I just hate doing

    I dislike doing vitals, too. Why is
  3. I will be finishing a RN to BSN program the end of February. How is the Walden MSN Informatics program for those who are enrolled? Would love to hear about your
  4. I love PERRLA! Life
  5. I am considering enrolling in Walden's MSN Informatics program. I have one more 8 week session left in the RN to BSN program through another school. A friend of mine is in the Public Health PhD...
  6. January 4th begins my final session at Chamberlain. I will be taking Capstone. I can't believe I'm almost
  7. Awesome!
  8. This economics midterm hurt my brain:uhoh3: ha ha
  9. Finally!! Right? ha ha
  10. Taking the Economics and Humanities midterms today. Yes, I waited until the last minute. Capstone next session and I'm D-U-N done!!
  11. exnavygirl-RN

    What's your favorite lip product for work?

    Ooooo this sounds good. The next time I go to Bath and Body works i'm going to check it
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    Smelly question

    Smells don't bother me anymore. I don't know if I'm desensitized or just manage my reaction better. The menthol cough drops are a great idea. One day you will be able to recognize many different...
  13. exnavygirl-RN

    What's your favorite lip product for work?

    Love Burt's
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    Breakfast before a 12 hour shift..

    Good brain food to get through a busy
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    Breakfast before a 12 hour shift..

    Great thread!!! This morning I had two eggs cooked in cooking spray and two whole wheat waffles. I wasn't hungry again until around noon. I think this is going to be my regular breakfast for now on....
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    MDS courses through AANAC

    Katoline, I do have have long term care experience. For some reason it is assumed that I do not. When I worked for the VA I worked acute care and LTC. We had a 30 bed nursing home. The financial side...
  17. Thanks for the advice everyone. I ended up doing it on PTSD. Lots of info on this as well. After this session I have 3 more classes and I'm DONE!! I would have been finished if I had not of taken...
  18. I remember you mentioning that when I started taking this last session. Did you use a specific group like smoking and
  19. I ended up dropping my classes last session. Picked them back up this session. I'm taking Community Health and EBP. I'm having difficulty choosing a population, health concern etc for the Caring for...
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    MDS courses through AANAC

    I'm sure what part of my original post resulted in your reply. I was simply asking a question about MDS courses. Not whether or not you or anyone else will hire me. Thanks for reminding me why I...
  21. I have no experience in case management. I'm hoping this course will
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    MDS courses through AANAC

    Thanks! Like I mentioned before I'm clueless about MDS. I'm looking into other nursing avenues other than bedside nursing. I don't know how much longer my poor back will hold up. So, I'm going to...
  23. I'm in the USI course right now and really like it. There are 6 modules. Each module has a due date. There are study questions to answer for each module and you submit them for feedback by an...
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    Garden Park Medical Center ER

    I worked at Garden Park as a LPN for over 3 years. I loved it there. I worked Ortho and med/surg. The RN pay isn't the best from what I hear but the working environment is great. I would go back in a...
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    Who has the most "gravy" RN job ever?

    I tell a lot of new grads that there are jobs with IHS if they are willing to move and live in an isolated area. My facility just went "tribal" and we lost a lot of employees. I'm still a federal...