chicookie BSN, RN

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    Nursing Experience!!!!

    chicookie replied to Cari Turner21's topic in General Nursing

    This was my first "light bulb" moment, I still think it's funny because I was so dumb, lol. I think it was around my second week working as an RN. I had this really sweet old man. He had Sundowners...
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    My 5-Year-Old Son

    chicookie replied to chuckz's topic in General Nursing

    Not only did he sound like the cutest thing ever, but he is. Look at that grin, Adorable! You better be careful, he is going to be a heart-breaker. LOL Sidenote: oh man, a Dig Dug t-shirt! good...
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    How do you politely walk away or say no?

    chicookie replied to Buggus's topic in General Nursing

    I always say, "Please excuse me. I have to check on other patients." But at first it wasn't easy. Once I walked to the ER parking lot on the other side of the hospital to take this patients' purse out...
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    My 5-Year-Old Son

    chicookie replied to chuckz's topic in General Nursing

    *tears up* that was the best thing I have read so far today! He sounds like the cutest thing ever. Congrats on raising such a sweet caring person. We need more of them in this
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    Nursing & Spanish

    chicookie replied to inthespotlight7o's topic in General Students

    At our facility even for the little stuff, we are not allowed to unless certified. I do it anyway but if caught by administration I could get in trouble. It depends on the facility of course how...
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    Nursing & Spanish

    chicookie replied to inthespotlight7o's topic in General Students

    It depends. I am a native Spanish speaker and I remember during my GN interview one of the questions was along of the lines what makes you special and I said well I am bilingual and..that is as far as...
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    Dealing with people's negative comments about nurses.

    chicookie replied to ledzepfan's topic in General Nursing

    I especially like when friends and family complain to me, I answer back and then comes the typical response: "What do you know, you are a fake nurse anyway." So I'm nursey enough to complain to but...
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    The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    chicookie replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    That is what I thought the OP meant.... Just making sure. My advice then:
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    The kiss of death: when you know you are about to get fired

    chicookie replied to fallinnstyle's topic in General Nursing

    I have a quick question about this: "The problem now is that the DON and ADON have pretty much made it clear that I must accept a unit manager position immediately." They can't make you accept...
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    Does anyone like their job?

    chicookie replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing isn't for everyone. That is true, BUT there are a lot of factors that may play into the nurses seeming miserable. (maybe it's a bad hospital, maybe that day its a bad staff combination) IDK,...
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    If you could do it all over again, would you choose nursing as your career?

    chicookie replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    The post wasn't about hating what you do. It's if you could do it over again, would you pick nursing. That doesn't mean they hate what they do or that they are unhappy about their choice. Heck I've...
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    TB test - potential antaphylactic reaction

    chicookie replied to LadyinScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    My first and only TB test was positive and most of my forearm was red, warm to touch (it was super hot to me) and swollen from the elbow down. They actually had to hunt down an infectious disease...
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    God, my feet hurt!

    chicookie replied to chall2011's topic in General Nursing

    In the mean time, I got this at Walmart. And just rubbing it on, my feet feel so much better. I know its for her but my dad used it once and even though he complained of the "girly" smell, he really...
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    If you could do it all over again, would you choose nursing as your career?

    chicookie replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    Its not that I regret nursing. I enjoy what I do, but I would have picked something else. Something that I would love without fearing that one day I am going to make a mistake lose my license and...
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    New grad looking for RN jobs in Jacksonville, FL

    chicookie replied to GradNurseFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    Honestly the only way you will get a job is to apply to a new grad program or speak directly with a manager. At least you have your BSN so you have a little leverage but lately I just don't see new...
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    Mayo Clinic and Shands: Jacksonville

    chicookie replied to PrettyinPink1234's topic in Florida Nursing

    I haven't had any personal experience with either one but friends that have applied there have told me that they take a super long time. I would call and see. Jobs are hard to come by in
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    Do Nurses Have to Make Their Home Addresses Public?

    chicookie replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    I'm from Florida as well and when I renewed I put the hospitals' address. Before that ANYONE could have known where I lived
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    Not "real nurses"

    chicookie replied to reussir1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't pass out meds or take vitals, and I am a real nurse. An OR nurse does not do typical procedures that a nurse on a med surg floor does but they are real nurses. A case manger does not perform...
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    Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

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

    I went to visit her at 9am, she was alert and orientated, we joked around some and she showed me her granddaughters pictures. (I might add when I walked in, he was in bed with her, feeding her...
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    sticky interview situation - what to do

    chicookie replied to VivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    ^ Super excellent point. I would also add: if the interviewer doesn't say anything about position #2 then you don't either. One of the person we interviewed asked point blank why I didn't want the...
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    sticky interview situation - what to do

    chicookie replied to VivaRN's topic in General Nursing

    This has happened to me.......twice. Except I am not person number one, I am person #2. The first time I applied for the higher position(even though honestly our job descriptions are pretty much the...
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    Pathway to (UGH) Excellence?

    chicookie replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    LAMMMMMEEEEEE! I am sure there are always exceptions to almost just about everything. Generalization is
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    Pathway to (UGH) Excellence?

    chicookie replied to LeeniesMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't you know? As part of the nursing profession, we need to be Suzie Sunshine ALWAYS! Who cares that the patient is high and is attempting to hurt you. Who cares that they came to the ER because say...
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    Interpreter Telling You How To Do Your Job

    chicookie replied to TacoBelle's topic in General Nursing

    You should have said: "You aren't the boss of me!" Actually, I am going through the process of becoming an interpreter because I can't interpret to anyone without being certified at my facility. One...
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    Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

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

    Agreed! Its case by case. I remember one patient and her spouse. She came in for a hysterectomy, was completely fine. He got into bed with her every now and then just to cuddle and hold her close....