Illinurse2010

Illinurse2010

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  1. the "mean girls" of nursing school

    Illinurse2010 replied to loveoutloud's topic in General Students

    I attended nursing school at 33 after being home raising children. Certainly there were lots of highly motivated 20 somethings in my class, with lots of plans for higher education. Some made it, some...

  2. Don't You Just Want To Scream?

    Illinurse2010 replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I don't feel I have any lack of use of my critical thinking skills when I send a Resident to the hospital at 4am for sats in low 80's, irregular heartbeat, and diminished lower lobe lung sounds. I may...

  3. New student..what should i do?

    Illinurse2010 replied to cellphone's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You want to get 80,00 into debt for a BSN? Thats nuts. Even if you don't fail the program and end up in debt for nothing, it will take you decades to pay those loans. Go the longer route.. I came out...

  4. Will nursing grow on me?

    Illinurse2010 replied to lilmissnurse12's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to see anyone discouraging you-- telling you "maybe you should not be a nurse" esp since you are not out of school yet. Being in nursing school is nothing like being a nurse. You are prob...

  5. The weekly addition to the workload...

    Illinurse2010 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    My managers add to our responsibilities every week too, but this weeks is a doozy. Tonite I am attending a meeting that will teach me how to check the ADL charting the CNAs put in on each of my...

  6. New grad RN needs advice on resigning

    Illinurse2010 replied to MidnightStars's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know if it is necessary to stay anywhere a year anymore. Alot of the girls I graduated with last year took jobs in skilled faciities and worked there for 3-6 months until they found hospital...

  7. If you had to spend your last few what NCLEX book would you buy?

    Illinurse2010 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    LaCharity is a must..22% of NCLEX questions are Prioritzation and

  8. What is in your opinion the best shift for new nurses to work?

    Illinurse2010 replied to gatoraims RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I started on nights in LTC as a new grad. It was a very hard learning experience. You have less resource staff at night (less nurses to ask for advice or help), and no management around, I have 41...

  9. was i unprofessional? (quick story)

    Illinurse2010 replied to raindrop's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think you were that unprofessional, the charge nurse set herself up so she would not have to help with admissions--dumping the work on you and your coworker, and you showed her that was...

  10. Why is unionization a subject of taboo??

    Illinurse2010 replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    We would be one step closer to ending this problem is the government would pass the "Employee Free Choice Act" which gives workers the right to organize into unions w/o fear of retaliation from...

  11. Politcally incorrect rant aka how my day went

    Illinurse2010 replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

    Obamacare does not go into effect for 3 years if it does at all.. Its true our system is broken, and our politicians only care about serving themselves. These are not great times we live in now. While...

  12. I don't enjoy nursing school...

    Illinurse2010 replied to jxlab's topic in General Students

    I don't really know anyone who enjoyed nursing school. Nursing school barely resembles in any way shape or form being a real nurse. For me nursing school was 4 semesters of waking up every day feling...

  13. young spring chickens or career changers?

    Illinurse2010 replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    I know this, the 20 somethings had jobs almost immediately after school as new grads and those of us in our 30's, 40's, and 50's did get jobs but it took longer. The 20 somethings got jobs in ICU's,...

  14. Most important thing to know in LTC

    Illinurse2010 replied to beatrice1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Be nice even when your residents call you the b word, and try to punch you for helping them. Remember its not

  15. Do you think nursing would be more advanced as a profression if...

    Illinurse2010 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is a service profession. On its most basic level we take care of people while they are sick until they return to their lives in the community. This type of job has traditionallly been viewed...

  16. Had to bite my tongue and....

    Illinurse2010 replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I too would never discourage anyone from having a dream but it seems to me alot of the I want to be a "NP" or "insert high ranking medical degree" dream here are people who are self absorbed braggers....

  17. What could "HA" be an abbreviation for?

    Illinurse2010 replied to hubbellr1's topic in General Nursing

    HA stands for hospital acquired-- ex Hospital acquired MRSA- when I was in nursing

  18. Night shift -- can you just take it easy, please?

    Illinurse2010 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I am tired of the shift wars too.. I do as much as I can on nights to set up the day shift--but put the blame where it belongs on the business nature of healthcare business that demands our perfection...

  19. Just started my job... and considering quitting

    Illinurse2010 replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You are not going to get 6 months of orientation in LTC... I think I had 12 shifts as a new grad and the other nurses were talking about me like I was spoiled. I work the night shift and have 36 to 42...

  20. NCLEX results= FAIL :(

    Illinurse2010 replied to Short-Stuff 23's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also highly recommend Kaplan but also an extra book called Prioritization, Delegation, and Application by Linda LaCharity. 22% of the NCLEX questions are prioritization of care (which pt do you see...

  21. Do hospitals incur a net gain or a net loss from the training of a new graduate RN?

    Illinurse2010 replied to WDM08002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My facility got a tax exemption for hiring me (New Grad RN)..The stipulation was that I had to have not worked for at least two years prior to them hiring me. Its called the HIRE Act and it started...

  22. That is not how you address one on the telephone.. *vent*

    Illinurse2010 replied to Forever Sunshine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually the admitting dx can be quite different from what you sent them there for.. I sent a man who had fallen in our facility earlier in the day and was complaining of backache and running a temp...

  23. is it wrong to sit on a patients bed?

    Illinurse2010 replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC, I sit on pts beds when gving TB skin tests, the angle of the needle is much easier to control and it works better..and sometimes when gving mouth care so I can see in my residents...

  24. What to do by constantly asked to cover other shifts?

    Illinurse2010 replied to happyinillinois's topic in General Nursing

    This happpens to me multiple times a week..I work a .8 and I feel I have more than enough hours, and when they call me in (I work midnights) they want me to come in at 6p to work half an afternoon...

  25. anyone had endometrial ablation lately?

    Illinurse2010 replied to BacktotheBeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had NovaSure December 2008 when I was 33. It stopped the clotting completely but after three months my periods were back to being heavy and lasted 8 days..I decided to take OCELLA birth control...