Duttygal86

Duttygal86 BSN, RN

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  1. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    Duttygal86 replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    NS here. Yesterday when sitting through an HR orientation for my new barista gig, the girl next to me starts coughing badly (we were eating the standard stale, tasteless corporate pastries) and in my...

  2. Nursing to med school experiences?

    Duttygal86 replied to floatingribs's topic in General Students

    Oh! I apologize I didn't read the entire post! Sorry about the leadership at your school. Nurses love being nurses. There is obviously an entire culture and identity built around the profession. Most...

  3. Do any of your teachers give out final exam study guides?

    Duttygal86 replied to Creedyfbaby's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    My final for Med Surg is in the morning. She gave us a list of topics and told us how many questions would be in each. But the list is not super specific. It

  4. What do you do for money during nursing school?

    Duttygal86 replied to Infofreak411's topic in General Students

    I have found that this question is very person specific. Especially, when over the course of my 3 years in a BSN program (thus far) my financial situation has changed multiple times. I would say the...

  5. Nursing to med school experiences?

    Duttygal86 replied to floatingribs's topic in General Students

    The major problem I see is time constraints. My school has a unique (antiquated) paradigm. We were allowed to take our pre-reqs right along with our nursing classes, this semester I had Microbiology,...

  6. Has anyone been caught omitting job on application

    Duttygal86 replied to Alongroadtorn's topic in Nursing Career

    All through my 20's I've omitted jobs that didn't work out or didn't apply to the type of job I was applying for. I generally don't like to have jobs on my resume that are less than 1 year and because...

  7. Aging Nurses - Where do we go?

    Duttygal86 replied to TamDar429's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked for a travel Medicare auditor we had nurses traveling with us. They got meals/housing/travel expenses paid for and worked 9-5 doing chart review. They still cleared over 1K per week...

  8. SO hows the job market these days?

    Duttygal86 replied to debi49's topic in General Nursing

    I'm graduating May 2017 with my BSN and am seriously considering Mayo, it checks off all of my boxes. I've been doing my research since freshman year. I am applying for the Summer III, but my GPA is...

  9. Advice for first clinical rotation?

    Duttygal86 replied to yoshi2560's topic in General Students

    You will have slacker classmates who provide pt. Care and then plop down in the nursing station or conference room. Don't do this! Always ask "what else can I do?" Also, you will realize quickly that...

  10. Metabolic/Respiratory Alkalosis/Acidosis

    Duttygal86 replied to mariok's topic in General Students

    I would also suggest googling "tic tac acidosis/alkalosis"

  11. Is My Pay Really That Bad???

    Duttygal86 replied to Nurse_Lightning's topic in Travel

    ^^This^^ Prior to entering NS I was a Medicare Analyst. I looked at the Medicare beneficiary health data all day long. The boomers are about to cause an enormous shortage, and not to be crude by the...

  12. Why do minorities have more respect for nurses?

    Duttygal86 replied to Runman1914's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a BSN student in the US Virgin Islands and I have noticed a few things: 1. Hatians are by far the most pleasant patients from childhood to older adults. The kids sit still during vaccinations...

  13. Travel Nursing to Virgin Islands

    Duttygal86 replied to JudyO's topic in Travel

    I live on STT so let me take a crack at your question.Pay - more than the staff nurses. They are paid less than the US average with a COL 3x higher.Hospital - equipment is somewhat antiquated, but...

  14. Orlando Health Paying RNs More than Fl. Hospital Orlando

    Duttygal86 replied to Preeps's topic in Florida Nursing

    What about Florida Hospital Waterman? I grew up in the area and want to return home to work their after graduation, but it sounds like FH is run poorly at every

  15. Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    Duttygal86 replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    As a SN right now, I will say that the majority of my complaining has less to do with the difficulty of the coursework AND more to do with the constant hoops that SN are made to jump through by...

  16. Florida Hospital Graduate Nurse Program July/August 2015

    Duttygal86 replied to kjhinckley's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hi! I have a quick question. I grew up in Lake County and have offically survived my 1st year in nursing school (yay!) anyway, I am doing my BSN in the US Virgin Islands but I am looking to move home...

  17. Student Nurse w/ Erb's Palsy

    Duttygal86 replied to Duttygal86's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Thank You both! I appreciate your help. I think half of it is me psyching myself

  18. Student Loans... HELP!!

    Duttygal86 replied to TriecyJay's topic in General Students

    Come do your BSN down here in the US Virgin Islands! There is NO Wait list. I am halfway through the program and am living off of a combination of sporadic PT work, Pell/Student Loans and...

  19. Can we all just get along: Communicating through 4 generations of Nurses

    Duttygal86 replied to Cynthiahowardrnphd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm a Millennial (1986) and I agree with most of these things except for not being flexible w/ weekend work. I've always been willing to work O.T. and change my plans to work on weekends. I think...

  20. working in nursing school

    Duttygal86 replied to marshay601's topic in General Nursing

    I've found it difficult to maintain a job during the semester simply because the area I live in the population here doesn't value education, which translates into managers who are extremely inflexible...

  21. Informal poll on grading scale

    Duttygal86 replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Students

    My BSN program requires a C, no C- allowed. So basically that is a 73 or greater. However, the way our paradigm is set up we take A&PI, II and Micro concurrently with our Nursing classes and...

  22. Why are Nurses paid so low in the south ??

    Duttygal86 replied to Michigann's topic in General Nursing

    The problem with classifying the entire South as a low COL region is that some regions have COL so high that it rivals NE cities. Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and most of South Florida is becoming an...

  23. Student Nurse w/ Erb's Palsy

    Duttygal86 replied to Duttygal86's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    No replies as of yet? That has me even more

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  25. Wanting to work in Caribbean as a Registered Nurse

    Duttygal86 replied to Jenna_Koz's topic in International Nursing

    If you are a U.S. Citizen RN, then I would suggest, for ease purposes, just come to the U.S. Virgin Islands. No visa is needed. It's just like transferring your license from Michigan to Rhode Island....