mom and nurse

mom and nurse

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  1. I passed!!!!

    mom and nurse replied to gillijr1001's topic in California Nursing

    CONGRATULATIONS

  2. PLEASE can anyone and everyone please help me

    mom and nurse replied to tryingtobecome's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - It depends on which nursing school you are planning to attend. Check out which schools are in your area and call up the nursing program to find out which classes are required. In our area folks...

  3. Why Hospice Nursing?

    mom and nurse posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Just curious. During my undergraduate rotation we visited a hospice and I was impressed with the dignity with which the nurses treated their patients (for example... making sure they were not just a...

  4. The NEW Nurse (Not the ones AOL speak of)

    mom and nurse replied to walk6miles's topic in General Nursing

    Wow.... :sofahider It was not that long ago that I was a new nurse (4 years ago). I worked in a fine facility.... the nurses worked very hard. We loved the patients in our little hospital and...

  5. Net

    mom and nurse replied to happy456's topic in General Nursing

    Hi - Welcome to allnurses.... Is NET a nursing entrance test? Just curious, I'm not familiar with those

  6. NP Salaries Realistically and grades!

    mom and nurse replied to ncaru01's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My starting salary as a new RN 4 years ago was about 45,000...8 hour days and 8 hour evenings alternating days/evenings by weeks, I also worked every other weekend... and as anyone knows as an RN 8...

  7. I am giving up

    mom and nurse replied to tryingtobecome's topic in General Nursing

    Seven years ago I decided to go back to school to become a nurse. I was 41. Folks couldn't understand why. I mean... I had a degree in another field which I'd never really used. It was suggested I...

  8. trouble getting a job

    mom and nurse replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Actually - I received my degree as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and I am finding that most of the job openings in my area are for FNPs or Women's Health NPs. I didn't start looking until I had taken...

  9. I was slapped by a doctor!

    mom and nurse replied to cluelessRN81's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry this happened to you. STRIKING A NURSE, NOR ANYONE ELSE, IS DEFINITELY NOT ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR. And at the hospital I worked at the doctor's found their own charts.....:angryfire I...

  10. New Grad: Go to Spinal Cord Rehab or ICU?

    mom and nurse replied to miss print's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a acute rehab hospital for my first job. Was working there as I obtained my Masters and had to go from full time to part time to PRN. (I was studying to be an NP which of course requires...

  11. Woah! A peek at a practice exam for NP

    mom and nurse replied to singleprego's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hey... I remember the MSN program at my university looked downright scary..... Once you go to class, get the education, learn the material, and study study study (until you think you never want to see...

  12. What shortage?

    mom and nurse replied to LogCabinMom's topic in General Nursing

    Actually - it appears to be related to the area you live in and the field you want to go into first. I remember it may be hard to start of in the ER but it may be easier to get a job on the med/surg...

  13. Ever feel "spacey" at work?

    mom and nurse replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your doctor. I felt spacey at work due to feeling depressed and overworked at my first job. I ended up quitting the job. I remember another nurse testing the pulsox on me and my HR was...

  14. Before I officialy commit myself to the pre-nursing program I have a question

    mom and nurse replied to ThatPoshGirl's topic in General Nursing

    There was a policy at the facility I worked at as a new nurse which required everyone to check the name and medical record number on an individual's wrist band with each medication. I know that some...

  15. An apology

    mom and nurse replied to LesMonsterRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Les- just happened to read the apology and went to view the other thread. Just wanted to say... as a new RN I was very grateful to the two LPNs of 30 years who helped to train me, the CNAs who helped...

  16. Age you will/were graduated?

    mom and nurse replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    45 when I graduated with the BSN in May 2004, 48 when I finished the Masters NP program in December

  17. Why Hospice Nursing?

    mom and nurse replied to mom and nurse's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Thanks for your response (especially the idea to shadow a hospice nurse for a day). I think that would be a great idea!

  18. most enjoyable nursing books for pleasure / films

    mom and nurse replied to aussiemags's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing this. I actually read a couple of her books when I was taking prerequisites for nursing school. I found her book "Tending Lives" with a different story in each chapter, very...

  19. June 30th Nclex, Scared, using Kaplan

    mom and nurse replied to Gdschild's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Gdschild - I can't remember what my scores were when I took the Kaplan course (online version). I just wanted to encourage you to not give up and send hugs your way. Hang in there :hngon: I tell...

  20. What to read, Where to look?

    mom and nurse replied to wannabemalenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps try http://www.accessgenealogy.com The main site for Native genealogy is http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/ And the link for various rolls to look up an ancestor's name is at the same...

  21. Help I Failed!

    mom and nurse replied to mp478's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Don't give up. And I agree with Daisy RN. I used the Fitzgerald CDs to study and listened to them again and again. I also would probably have taken the other certifying test had I failed (ANCC)....

  22. Nurse given anti-HTN & dig, yet documenting bradycardia.

    mom and nurse replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I notice you said that she is a "new nurse". I agree that she is probably just a bit frazzled and needs to know the dangers of giving such medications to a patient with a HR She should definitely be...

  23. I can smell poop...

    mom and nurse replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes.. my daughter used to complain when I'd come in that I smelled like the hospital. I learned to leave my nursing shoes outside the door in the garage... and one pair I retired and simply would not...

  24. Nursing Career Change - Is it worth it?

    mom and nurse replied to love38's topic in General Nursing

    I became a nurse at 45. This after originally having a bachelor's degree in Communication Disorders, being a government secretary, data entry clerk at a law firm, fulltime housewife and mom (my most...

  25. Trapped in this office job and waiting for nursing school...

    mom and nurse replied to cherubhipster's topic in General Nursing

    Enjoy your office job for the time being (and going home with time for yourself and your family). And best wishes in nursing