theantichick

theantichick

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  1. What degree is better for an RN?

    theantichick replied to _amararose_'s topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I recommend to anyone starting out, if you can at all, get the BSN. But, I second the poster above who said research your area hospitals. In my area, they're moving quickly to BSN only for new...

  2. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    theantichick replied to mcgocara31's topic in Nursing Career

    I've only been a working RN for 2 weeks, so bear that in mind. My responses may be a whole lot different in 5 years. I'm 43 and a career changer out of a fairly lucrative I.T. niche. Driving a desk...

  3. What is your favorite nursing scrub design? Do you have one?

    theantichick replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    Aviators are my favorite... though I've never figured out what the heck to do with the ankle pockets - I'll specify to leave them off with my next order. I also very much like the Cherokee Flexible...

  4. Ex-corporate world employees turned RN (advice please)

    theantichick replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Nursing Career

    Just wanted to say - I've been working as a nurse for 2 weeks now, and it's night and day compared to the corporate grind. I come home from every shift tired and sore (I've let my physical condition...

  5. New grad starting LTAC job next week - advice?

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Esme, thanks for the encouragement and the info. I'd already scavenged the forums and pulled down the brain sheets and am currently trying to figure out the right "flow" for me. :) I wasn't sure...

  6. Ex-corporate world employees turned RN (advice please)

    theantichick replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Nursing Career

    Well, I start my first nursing job on Monday, so I'm not sure I meet your criteria to already be working as a nurse... however, I'll chime in anyway, ignore if you want. :) I've been in corporate...

  7. How Nurses Feel...

    theantichick replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I'm entering the profession with a documented 1400 cc bladder.

  8. Tattoo question

    theantichick replied to SmYle4PeDs's topic in General Nursing

    You may also want to consider a placement that is easily hidden by a large (washable) watch. I had several co-horts in nursing school who got by with that plan. They found that the dermablend and...

  9. So we can't wear clogs...

    theantichick replied to allycat77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My nursing school required shoes to *be* lace-up, white leather which is why we weren't allowed to wear Danskos. I'm not entirely sure why they required lace-ups when there are other styles of...

  10. Should nurses perform outside scope of practice during emergency situations?

    theantichick replied to chels0641's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Esme - you make good points. I grew up very rural - EMS was volunteer and almost always BLS when they did show up 45 min + later. I still do a lot of travelling in very rural areas of Texas. In the...

  11. Should nurses perform outside scope of practice during emergency situations?

    theantichick replied to chels0641's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'd also be interested in what you find out. I was a Paramedic years ago, and still carry an emergency kit in my car with full airway equipment (no cric kit, tho... I never trained on that and would...

  12. How do HESI scores correspond with passing rates of NCLEX?!

    theantichick replied to rehric00's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I scored 1136 on the HESI. I didn't take any review courses but I did do a moderate number of practice questions with a phone app (don't remember which one - had a white cross on a red background for...

  13. Soiled Scrubs Mid-Shift

    theantichick replied to TheBlackDogWaits's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a GN so I haven't worked shifts in the hospital yet outside my clinicals, but I'm one of those people who needs to be prepared, and I did get "slimed" a couple of times in clinicals. I always had...

  14. To get a job as a RN.

    theantichick replied to jjo9el's topic in Nursing Career

    Are you in a position to move to another area of the country for a year or two to get experience? I know there are areas that are truly having a nursing shortage. If I'm not able to get a job as a...

  15. Blogs

    theantichick replied to mchssrn8813's topic in General Students

    Yep. It's on my profile, I think. That's not all I blog about, but it's one of the topics that has predominated the posts. I graduated in December, so until I get a hospital job, the nursing posts...

  16. Bad resumes/good resumes *rant*

    theantichick replied to mclennan's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I'm a new GN and have only had a couple of interviews so far. However, I've been in Corporate America for a good many years, and I've been on hiring committees many times. I applaud people who set...

  17. single mom. full time nursing student. full time job..

    theantichick replied to Lauraash's topic in General Students

    Don't let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do. Only you know yourself - how easily do you absorb new information? How much time do you have to spend studying/reading to "get" something? How...

  18. Discrimination & Whistle blowing - Would you hire this nurse again?

    theantichick replied to SunshineSmile's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was raised SDA, and believe me I know the sundown-to-sundown rules in exquisite detail! They really suck to most SDA teens! :) (I no longer practice for other reasons.) There are large numbers...

  19. Discrimination & Whistle blowing - Would you hire this nurse again?

    theantichick replied to SunshineSmile's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Dirtyhippiegirl... Just FYI the SDA's observe sundown to sundown as

  20. Discrimination & Whistle blowing - Would you hire this nurse again?

    theantichick replied to SunshineSmile's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I was raised as a Seventh Day Adventist which is a Christian Sabbath observing religion. It is well understood in the SDA church that it is allowable to work on the Sabbath if you are in a "life...

  21. Day shift or night shift - Which do you prefer? Why?

    theantichick replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I haven't graduated yet, but one of the things I'm looking forward to is (hopefully) a 7p-7a shift. I am a natural extreme night owl. To this day if I don't discipline myself I'll be up until 5am...

  22. Patients who "cheat" and drive home

    theantichick replied to Lilme04's topic in Gastroenterology

    Then what's the problem with a

  23. Patients who "cheat" and drive home

    theantichick replied to Lilme04's topic in Gastroenterology

    You don't have a clue who I am, or what my experience is, beyond the fact I'm a student nurse. You don't know what I've done in my many years in the corporate world, what positions I have or have not...

  24. Patients who "cheat" and drive home

    theantichick replied to Lilme04's topic in Gastroenterology

    What a short-sighted and privileged response. It's not a problem because thousands of people manage it all the time. What about the thousands you never see because they simply can't arrange it. I...

  25. I am reading my syllabus correctly???!!!??? Foley Cath's

    theantichick replied to DisneyNurseGal's topic in General Students

    I can't speak for every program, but we didn't practice foleys on each other - just a mannequin and then onto live patients. They also didn't allow us to practice venipuncture or I.V. starts on each...