chicookie BSN, RN

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    Is there alot of mandatory O.T. in your nursing department?

    chicookie replied to PopeJane3rd's topic in General Nursing

    We used to have mandatory OT. Not anymore! I don't "do" overtime. Now its more of who wants it gets it. And there are plenty that want it
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    Enough is Enough

    chicookie replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    People at Disney World. Happiest Place on
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    FRUSTRATED

    chicookie replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    ok, if you aren't getting paid for lunch you better take it. Most patients on a med-surg floor will be ok for 30 minutes. Secondly, GO to the bathroom. My fellow NS buddy was doing this, she wasn't...
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    Stressed out, no energy. What do you do?

    chicookie replied to Nurseangel10's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you are going through a funk. I think a vacation is in order! You need something to recharge your batteries. Also remember why you are doing this. That always helps
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    freaking out just about to go to nights!

    chicookie replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to warn you. IT WON'T BE EASY! I was on nights for about 3 weeks. The first week was ok. The second was bad. The third was worse. Now I get nights every now and then and I still can't get...
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    Weight Gain

    chicookie replied to kcb007's topic in General Nursing

    Actually there was an article in Times that said exercise will not make you lose weight. Its more about the foods you ate. And because to me its a convenient "truth", I do just that. DON'T RESEARCH IT...
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    Anxiety Attacks

    chicookie replied to kcb007's topic in General Nursing

    I have what I like to call IBS attacks with a twist. Normally when I stress out I get this really bad pain in my abdomen. But I walk it off or do something physical. A couple times though, I had this...
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    random question......

    chicookie replied to RedXIII_'s topic in General Nursing

    Remember the more you earn the more you spend. When I started working, the first thing I wanted was a new car. But when I got enough money I decided a new flat screen TV would be first, then I wanted...
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    What to do with people who think they know nursing?

    chicookie replied to nohika's topic in General Nursing

    I usually say it as it really is. Yeah you might think that but the reality is this...blah, blah, blah and go about my merry way. I'm too busy to pay attention to
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    Did you always want to be a nurse?

    chicookie replied to Divest's topic in General Nursing

    No. It wasn't mine. I wanted to be a doctor. But I finished high school when I was 16 and I was scared to go to medical school. So I stayed here and went into nursing. I wasn't happy about it at all...
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    What does HONDA stand for?

    chicookie replied to Waves142's topic in General Students

    Non-compliant
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    Back Injury

    chicookie replied to Scrubby's topic in General Nursing

    aw I am so sorry about the bad news! I hope it can be resolved quickly and
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    How many different jobs have u had since u became a nurse?

    chicookie replied to SurvivorRN's topic in General Nursing

    An RN for less than a year and I have 3 different positions: med-surg, peds home health, and bloodless medicine (kind of a clerical RN
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    child abuse coursework

    chicookie replied to bml941's topic in General Nursing

    I think that is something you need to ask the New York Board of Nursing. Maybe even the school you attended might shed some light on the situation if you can't get through the
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    oral care..

    chicookie replied to darren_callcareer18's topic in General Nursing

    Because lemon is the flavoring of
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    Mollie Was an Angel

    chicookie replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I am so jealous, Leslie called you a keeper. But it was really nice. Unfortunately its something nurses have to deal with but I am glad that she had a caring nurse like
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    Renting books?????

    chicookie replied to Peeker19's topic in General Nursing

    I bought mine from previous students and it was alot cheaper. I am glad I did keep them because now that I am in an RN-BSN program the books are pretty much the same. And it was only like my...
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    There won't be any raises this year

    chicookie replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    We normally get our raises in April but this year they were moved to Oct IF the hospital could afford them. But if they don't I am going to be thoroughly upset because on my floor they all got new...
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    Sticking with nursing as a career and not becoming homicidal. How?

    chicookie replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    oh man not that song again. Its going to get stuck in my head forever!
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    Looking down upon LTC nurses?

    chicookie replied to vicki429's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. I could never been a LTC nurse. They work so hard and keep it all together. They have hearts of steel for
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    Stuck In A Pickle..

    chicookie replied to michelle4698's topic in General Nursing

    I love pickles! if it were me. I would do day shift just because sleep is sacred to me and I couldn't stand night
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    Never seen anything quite like it (the things visitors do...)

    chicookie replied to NurseKatie08's topic in General Nursing

    My manager got a complaint of me that I gave a bed bath wrong. I have never gotten that complaint before but the family member said that I wasn't supposed to wash her mothers' hair and some other...
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    Need help finding a job at a Hospital

    chicookie replied to BieMar's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital someone has to literally die before there is a labor and delivery position open........ I think you should contact the managers directly. Its what I did plus be persistent and don't...
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    disappointed in myself

    chicookie replied to treysdaddy08's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be so hard on yourself. It happened. Now you have to move forward. But I bet when you do go back you will pass with FLYING NEON
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    Sticking with nursing as a career and not becoming homicidal. How?

    chicookie replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    My friend I think you have completed the first step to recovery: being aware of the problem. For now you do the best you can. Sometimes the only thing that can fix us is time to adjust. Before I...