chicookie BSN, RN

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    Not Much difference in job duties by a PCA and LPN?

    I agree with Eriksoln. (Big surprise, I always do. ) In Fl the only difference is that the LPN and the RN is the IV meds. Everything else is the same. I don't really see any other difference. Plus...
  2. or that is when you say, "i saw this on youtube once. it looked easy enough."
  3. Thank you for your vote of confidence!
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    Is this true? Stopping to help at accident scene.

    I think if I did that, I would do more harm than good. So no, I am not going to stop. I will call 911 and that is
  5. I am one of those people that if anyone causes me problems forget it, out of my life. Life is too short to be dealing with other peoples drama. Plus when people go on that your a nurse tirade, I...
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    Anything negative to say about nursing?

    No matter what job you go for, it can be the easiest job in the world and someone will always say how bad it, how much they hate it, etc, yet THEY never quit. I think the only way to find out is to...
  7. Well I am wayyyyyyyy new. (plus I have no clue what is going on. LOL) I know someone here said they provide critical thinking skills as a student and yeah maybe I think that is somewhat true but when...
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    Is this considered nepotism?

    Me either, I don't really see an
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    "Compartmentalized" support staff

    The other day, the secretary was on that same rampage, I finally got fed up and said I thought you were the brain of this nursing station, and if that is the case we are in some deep doo-doo. She...
  10. If I were your nurse I would have told them to leave, nicely of course. Who you want in your room is who you want in your room. In the short time I have been on the floor there have been times when I...
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    retaking NCLEX after 15 years

    I would suggest buy a Saunders book, I would also suggest maybe a refresher course since its been a while since you went to school. I know that some community colleges offer them. Well in Fl they...
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    I just can't believe this one!

    That really sucks! Take a nice long hot bath and get some rest! I am glad you said what you did, at least then they paid
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    New grad work history.

    I got hired on a Med/Surg floor with no experience. What I did though was on the application stress the customer service parts of those jobs. Plus I went straight to the manager and told her I know I...
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    I passed after torture...(265)

    :dncgbby:
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    Last semester blues...

    That last semester for me, I was sooooooooo beyond lazy. I didn't want to do ANYTHING! But you will get there before you know it. take it a day at a time. =D Congrats on getting to the finish
  16. I didn't get into a new grad program, I am being trained on the floor. I got hired without any prior experience. Which I honestly prefer being trained to the floor than a GN program. No working...
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    Possible to get a job??

    My advice is apply anyway and then call the manager. Where I am working at now there were/are no openings for a new grad, yet I applied and went to the manager on the floor. The position I applied to...
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    Getting first nursing job in this economy

    Its hard and you are going to do alot of leg work. I am a big advocate of talking with managers because that is what got me my position in the first place. Plus I agree with everything llg
  19. Song that describes my life is..... Afterlife by Avenge Sevenfold. Describes my work: Chop Suey by System of A Down. I think it describes nursing perfectly: self-righteous suicide.
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    Gave the MD the best answer ever!!

    You deserve a million pats on the
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    got shouted at yesterday night

    eh, his a 15 year old, just forget about it. You can be the nicest person in the world, you do one bad thing and they won't forgive you. At that age everyone is moody especially when sick, in my...
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    TB test positive... but may be neg?? Please advise...

    You can still work as long as your chest x-ray is
  23. 199: You post anyway even though you don't have anything really good to
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    Nurse's Notes

    oh I found the link:
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    Nurse's Notes

    ah the nurses "brain" I fold a sheet of paper twice so I have 4 squares. Each square is for each patient. I used a tip I saw on here. I write everything like history, name, allergies, etc in pencil....