wonderbee

wonderbee BSN, RN

critical care; community health; psych

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  1. It seems asif this year my life has been flushed down the toilet.

    wonderbee replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, when the social waters are rough, I find it best to keep to myself insofar as I am able. Advice?? Of course there will be those times when an extra hand (or two or three!!) is needed to...

  2. New CVICU RN.. First PT death... OUCH, this hurts!

    wonderbee replied to CarolineRn's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for choosing to be a nurse. I'm proud to enter a profession with compassionate people such as yourself as my colleagues. Please be good to yourself and be just who you are. Don't let others...

  3. RN bashing

    wonderbee replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    Are not we all in the nursing profession with a common objective? My point in any bashing I may have done is that we have to make the best out of what we have to deal with and it's counterproductive...

  4. What an Aid Hates

    wonderbee replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, you have a point. I know the type. We really have very few of them. Our professional aids are mostly very conscientious and caring but the one or two that are truly lazy and don't belong in the...

  5. What an Aid Hates

    wonderbee replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had days like that too. Maybe it's the nature of the beast of our system of health care that stretches our good will so far that it's as thin as a rotting rubber band. Looking at that 12 hour...

  6. What an Aid Hates

    wonderbee replied to AcosmicRN's topic in General Nursing

    this is exactly the attitude that is needed. i'm a student rn and work as a tech on a busy community hospital med/surg floor. i've been talked about in my presence like i wasn't even there and had...

  7. thoughts about miami area

    wonderbee replied to andreaJ's topic in General Nursing

    Barry has an excellent reputation. I'm a native Miamian and lived there for many years of my adult life. It's expensive and a victim of urban sprawl. Miami's population is extremely diverse. It helps...

  8. What is the best area for a new graduate nurse to start in?

    wonderbee replied to finchertwins's topic in General Students

    I suggest you post this under the grad nurse forum or general nursing discussions for the most exposure. Med/Surg and Med/Tele are the busiest floors in our hospital and require a lot of everything a...

  9. Professional in scrubs?

    wonderbee replied to Kora0880's topic in General Students

    "THE NURSE" May be a little off topic but now working as tech while attending RN school, I have come to realize that most of the direct, hands-on nursing care a patient receives is from the tech/CNA....

  10. How many days and hours per week.......

    wonderbee replied to fourblessings's topic in General Students

    We have two clinical days @ 7 hours a

  11. USA Scholarship Services

    wonderbee replied to newgrad2005's topic in General Students

    THROW that envelope away. These companies are notorious for being deceptive. Just fill out your FAFSA and start from

  12. RV or possibly sailboat?

    wonderbee replied to Soonstudent's topic in Travel

    I'm an ADN student slated to graduate in December 2005 and single. The kids are grown and I'm divorced. I rent a rather inexpensive apartment in south Florida and have a couple of kitty cats. Do I...

  13. Can you test for LPN when in RN school?

    wonderbee replied to Jill1215's topic in General Students

    I had this very same conversation with my charge a couple of nights ago. I told her of my plan to sit for my LPN boards following my second semester. She told me that while it's true we can take the...

  14. Anyone in the Gainesville, FL area?

    wonderbee posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    anyone live in the gainesville, fl area? when i graduate, i'd like to leave the south florida experience for something less urban. how would you describe gainesville and what hospitals are good...

  15. Anyone in the Gainesville, FL area?

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

    Thanks Kitty. I'm not sure I'd like Gainesville seeing as I'm not 25 and the party type. Working at Shands teaching hospital is something I know I'd be interested in. I'll be looking to live somewhere...

  16. Do you skip a lot of classes if attendance isn't taken? Be honest!

    wonderbee replied to Star Trek Nerd's topic in General Students

    I got started thinking about some really boring classes and yes, there was a class that I skipped. Art Appreciation had to be the most boring class I dealt with EVER. I was allowed 3 absences and I...

  17. Do you skip a lot of classes if attendance isn't taken? Be honest!

    wonderbee replied to Star Trek Nerd's topic in General Students

    Why would you skip classes you paid for? In nursing, if you miss a 4 hour lecture, you screw yourself. In clinical, when there are only 10 students or less, one would definitely be missed by the...

  18. Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

    wonderbee replied to Sheri257's topic in General Students

    It just seems natural to me. It has always seemed natural to me. Even way back when there was no shortage and female nurses were relegated to wearing caps and dresses, I seemed to just fit into the...

  19. Professional in scrubs?

    wonderbee replied to Kora0880's topic in General Students

    Did someone here recommend a return to dresses? Oh no! Tell me it isn't

  20. Professional in scrubs?

    wonderbee replied to Kora0880's topic in General Students

    If nurses are to be taken seriously as professionals, we have to get away from the uniform idea. Do we put our physicians in a uniform? How do we know that they are physicians? Their paychecks! I get...

  21. Nursing students dating patients

    wonderbee replied to Kiwi's topic in General Students

    Is it unethical? You have to ask if there is harm involved. I'm sure there would be a problem with a psychiatric nurse dating a psych patient. But for the average acute care patient, I don't see the...

  22. Alternate Status???

    wonderbee replied to RNSuzq1's topic in General Students

    Susan, sending you hugs. I know how much you want this. There are other ways into nursing. How about an LPN program? LPN's are given priority into the RN program at most schools. The online option you...

  23. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    wonderbee replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    Think of first semester as a transition phase. You will be introduced to the profession and its members. Although you are a student, it's not too soon to develop habits of professional behavior and...

  24. IM injections deltoid and dorsogluteal location?

    wonderbee replied to Wheaties's topic in General Students

    The acromion process is basically the uppermost part of the shoulder joint. We measure 3 finger breadths from that point for a deltoid

  25. worst part about being a nurse

    wonderbee replied to jlw1412's topic in General Students

    As far as being a student nurse, learning to fly under the radar is difficult for me. And the holier than thou back-biting students that will be holier than thou back-biting