KalipsoRed

KalipsoRed

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  1. Not Sure If Nursing Is For Me

    KalipsoRed replied to D.C.Guy's topic in General Nursing

    If you are not able to get use to cleaning up foul body fluids and stool then I'm not sure if nursing is for you. CNAs, PCAs, and Student Nurses are the backbone of healthcare, not nurses. I have been...

  2. Schedueling and Weekends

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    My aggrivation is mostly due to the fact that there does not seem to be an oganized procedure for scheduling. It is not so much that I mind working weekends...I really wouldn't mind having to work...

  3. Schedueling and Weekends

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I'm a new nurse. I have been off orientation for a week and, aside from freaking out on occasion, I'm starting to hang in there. My issue is the scheduleing on my floor. Upon hire I was told that I...

  4. mistakes made during your first year...

    KalipsoRed replied to RNmaria's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know what, I've had a wonderful orientation and a decent hospital on a decent floor. The mistakes I've made thus far are: I gave someone a whole metoperolol when I was suppose to give hime 1/2, I...

  5. How do you know if nursing is for you?

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just graduated in May and have passed my boards. I worked as a secretary, tech, and a registrar for the last three years in a 65 bed ER while I was getting my BSN. It was a very stressful work...

  6. Insulin injections...when to give in.

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new nurse, graduated in May, and have passed boards. I have two weeks left in orientation. To night I had a 82 year old patient with a type B aortic disection. And for all of you out there who...

  7. $ pay scale range

    KalipsoRed replied to parrot07's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad with a BSN, passed boards, and living near Saint Louis, Missouri. I make $21.18 per

  8. Insulin injections...when to give in.

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for all the replies so far.:) I do realize that patients have the right to refuse. In this situation it was her son who was talking and not letting me or his mother get a word in edge wise. She...

  9. Greatest Nursing Item You Ever Bought

    KalipsoRed replied to Sponkie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Grey's Anatomy scrub paints because the are soooooooo comfortable and soft! I'm also in love with dickies wide leg cargo pant that has pockest on both thighs. The pockets are great for

  10. Starting Salary.

    KalipsoRed replied to indiawhitaker's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I live in Saint Louis and just started as a new grad with 1 year registration, 1 year unit secretary, and 1 year of tech experience at Barnes Jewish Hospital ER. My base hourly rate at a smaller...

  11. First mistake hanging blood

    KalipsoRed replied to ambersnight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You know, honestly I'm impressed that you were capable of being responsible for three patients, with a discharge and blood infusion among them. I'm a new nurse on a telemetry unit but I've been there...

  12. Grades don't matter!

    KalipsoRed replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    Aw heck folks. Obviously those of us who replied to this post, got offened by being called "average" or a "snob" cared about the grades we got in school despite what they were. C=RN is a fact. I said...

  13. Career Guidance: Where to go after a BSN?

    KalipsoRed posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I just got through with school in May. I have my first nursing positon on a telemetry floor. I love it, I am SOOOOO lucky to be with such a supportive staff. I plan on working in telemetry for 2...

  14. Career Guidance: Where to go after a BSN?

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    I guess sometimes you just need someone to tell you it's OK to relax. :)

  15. Would you feel comfortable with putting your loved ones in a nursing home?

    KalipsoRed replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know I watched both of my grandmothers die in nursing homes. I hate them, especially the ones that are affordable by medicaid recipiants. Middle class America is facing this decision. Do I put my...

  16. Career Guidance: Where to go after a BSN?

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    :redbeathe Thanks so much for the advice. I'm thinking better of moving around as often. Speaking of age; I am 27. I have no spouse or children and the rest of my family lives a 1,000 miles away from...

  17. Career Guidance: Where to go after a BSN?

    KalipsoRed replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the comments so far. I don't want to be a business person will a small amout of nursing experience. That is what gets on my nerves about the current business people I work with. :) I've...

  18. Help! Problems delegating to techs!

    KalipsoRed replied to KourtneiNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow that is a horrible situation. I would quit and find a job with more supportive managment and staff if your manager is not going to do anything about it. You know I've worked at two hospitals one a...

  19. Grades don't matter!

    KalipsoRed replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    "I think most of the "good students" have acknowledged that they wanted good grades for their own benefit. That's fine if someone is happy with their C's...but personally, I knew I was capable of...

  20. Grades don't matter!

    KalipsoRed replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    "WOW....no judgment there huh? Glad to see you're so compassionate and open-minded." I am compassionate and open-minded. I don't down people who are struggeling to get by just because I am doing...

  21. Grades don't matter!

    KalipsoRed replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    "C=RN That irks me to no end! I've read so many posts on here where people state that "your grades don't matter!" Are you kidding me? I bust my butt to get A's. I think my grades reflect my work...