mustlovepoodles

mustlovepoodles RN

OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD

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  1. Fire Drill...

    mustlovepoodles replied to lovepink's topic in School

    At my school I am responsible to evacuate whoever is in the clinic ONLY. Everybody has their job and that is mine. I can't just send little kids out into the street without supervision while I patrol...

  2. To all the moms out there: How did you do it?

    mustlovepoodles replied to Karina1481's topic in General Nursing

    Personally? I would wait until the babies are older. You're going to be very very busy with two children under 4. You're right. Going back to school will be like working full-time. Nursing school is...

  3. A totally different career path please

    mustlovepoodles replied to spp2423's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do you mind if I ask, how did you get all the way through 4 years of nursing school and just now you think you don't want to be a nurse? How does that happen? Im not being sarcastic, I really don't...

  4. The Good and Bad

    mustlovepoodles replied to QTNurseBSN's topic in School

    I could have written your post last year. I was in an urban/suburban middle school with 900 students. I had all the same issues that you're having and after 2 years I knew I couldn't do it anymore. I...

  5. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    mustlovepoodles replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    let me guess... you were a philosophy major,

  6. Can I handle transport nursing?

    mustlovepoodles replied to msgRN01's topic in General Nursing

    I would think this might be a deal-breaker. I was offered the opportunity to do transport a few years ago and I asked if I could please try a test-run. Oy~ Not pretty. I didn't throw up but I was...

  7. You know you're Old School when...

    mustlovepoodles replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    Clysis.:) Who remembers nurses wearing starched white dresses with belt at the waist, started high hat, hard Clinic shoes,and the blue & red wool cape? OH, and you never left home without your...

  8. Hazards, Risks, and Problems w/ Nursing

    mustlovepoodles replied to SuperDuperSuper's topic in General Nursing

    In 32+ years I have never been seriously hurt by a patient, nor have I contracted any illness from them. Sure,I've been bitten by a few kids, and kicked by a laboring woman in extreme pain. I've even...

  9. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    mustlovepoodles replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting take on a field you have no actual experience in. Your girlfriend must feel so very

  10. going backwards?

    mustlovepoodles replied to 1louise1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep, that's how you do it. If you are earnest, dependable, careful and hard-working I'm pretty sure people will be happy to work with you. Sometimes older nurses forget what it's like to be new, how...

  11. going backwards?

    mustlovepoodles replied to 1louise1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    THere's a difference in owning your mistakes and wallowing in them. Everybody feels this way when they start a new job, whether you're experienced or not. As a young nurse, you probably haven't yet...

  12. SCARED!

    mustlovepoodles replied to burghnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    YOu're going to be okay. I"m really surprised that you never had to place an IV or draw blood in school, but I guess they don't do that anymore:confused: Most hospitals that I have worked at like to...

  13. When knowing too much can be a bad thing.

    mustlovepoodles replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh. Me too. And it's gotten me in trouble a few times. Like when I was having full-blown symptoms of diabetes but I wrote it off to age and depression. Or the time I walked around for 6 days with a...

  14. I need a lot of help, failed out of nursing school

    mustlovepoodles replied to MakeMeABird's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Sounds like you might have had a panic attack. Definitely schedule an appt with your doctor and/or a therapist. I'd hate for this to repeat itself on the next test. Lots of people have test anxiety...

  15. If you speak your mind will you get a bad assignment? Come on..come clean!

    mustlovepoodles replied to Airbrushguy's topic in General Nursing

    My answer is yes, it is possible that if your girlfriend decides to speak up for herself she may experience some retaliation. That is the way of the world, unfortunately. I depends highly on what SHE...

  16. I need a lot of help, failed out of nursing school

    mustlovepoodles replied to MakeMeABird's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Ok now, deep breath. You didn't blow up the World Trade Center, nobody died, you failed a test (albeit, an important test.) Your situation is painful, but not irreparable. It's okay to feel sorry for...

  17. how much time did you study a day in nursing school?

    mustlovepoodles replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    I studied pretty much any time i wasn't in the hospital doing clinicals. Nursing school was by far the hardest curriculum I ever did. Certainly harder than my Elementary Ed degree! I had to keep a...

  18. pain meds

    mustlovepoodles replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    I had my thumb joint replaced a couple years ago. It's a pretty painful surgery--they cut off the proximal end of the thumb bone, replace it with a balled up tendon they pull out of your arm, and put...

  19. pain meds

    mustlovepoodles replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    What do I think? I think that nurse ought to undergo an ankle fusion and then be giving ibuprofen for pain. The old hag. Even confused people need pain

  20. Need insight and opinion of RN moms..........

    mustlovepoodles replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

    All I can give you is my own experience. I always preferred 8 hour shift. Twelve hour shifts really work out to be more like 14hrs, by the time you figure in transportation time. You'll leave before...

  21. You know you're Old School when...

    mustlovepoodles replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    "Twilight sleep" for deliveries--demerol, seconal, and scopalamine. No dads in the delivery room due to fears of contamination AND oh, yeah, scopalamine. Patients naked and swinging from the...

  22. New Grad Med Surg Nurse Freaking Out!

    mustlovepoodles replied to shakedwnst924's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now you're talking And for the record, I'm gonna pass on something an older wiser nurse told me when I was a new grad: people are harder to kill than you think. Yep,it's that whole will-to-live...

  23. Do nurses really "Eat Their Young"?

    mustlovepoodles replied to LVN2010M's topic in First Year After Licensure

    you make a good point. i see a lot of newly minted nurses coming to work with bad, bad attitudes. the ink is hardly dry on their bs diplomas and they know everything. it especially irks me that many...

  24. help! want to quit....how long do i have to stay to avoid looking bad?

    mustlovepoodles replied to limonada's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Most employers have a 90 day probation period during which either of you can decide to part ways amicably. Not every job is going to be a good fit and employers know that. It sounds to me like you...

  25. She switched my Hours now what?

    mustlovepoodles replied to LVN2010M's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah, first year nursing is tough. At this point you're low man on the totem pole. You're in an entry level position so might as well make the most of it. Lots of us started out on shifts we didn't...