KacyLynnRN

KacyLynnRN

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  1. Retention and Recruitment Commitee

    KacyLynnRN replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who worked a very short time in LTC, I know what drove me out of it...staffing levels! Often I was expected to have 50+ patients with 4 CNA's and maybe 1 QMA if I was lucky and that was too...

  2. NCLEX test is Bull, nonstandardized, Cr*p

    KacyLynnRN replied to Paramedicated's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I have heard the 'NCLEX is standardized' statement many times, but here is my experience... 2 years ago when I took the NCLEX-PN boards, a school friend of mine took hers the day before I did....

  3. Need help with 12hour shifts.....

    KacyLynnRN replied to maddiecat's topic in General Nursing

    For me, it took awhile (I'd say 2 months or so) to get used to 12 hr. shifts. At first, they were a killer! Once I did get used to them though, I love them. I love having 4 days a week off and I don't...

  4. Personal malpractice insurance....yes or no?

    KacyLynnRN replied to bam_bam's topic in General Nursing

    I have ALWAYS had personal malpractice insurance. Why in the world wouldn't you? I have had people tell me that 'they won't go after me if I don't have insurance' and that is the most ignorant...

  5. What is an ACLS & a BCLS certification? Is it the CPR training...

    KacyLynnRN replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! ACLS ceritifed after one 9 hour course? BCLS only took one day, but the ACLS took me 30+ hours (4 8-hr.days) in the classroom and an exam to get ACLS

  6. Babies uneccessary death!!

    KacyLynnRN replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't surprise me a bit that this happened at a teaching hospital. I work at a teaching hospital and often a patient has inpatient med service (which are the interns/residents) seeing them, as...

  7. How often do you replace your Drug Guide Handbook?

    KacyLynnRN replied to EvelynRN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I get a new drug book about every 3 years. Where I work, we have something on our intranet called carenotes, they are like patient education topics, and I can look up any med there if it's not in my...

  8. Peer Evals didn't go so well

    KacyLynnRN replied to TiffyRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have peer reviews at work and last time we had one, I became very upset...there is one person at work that I have always had a personality clash with, she is a CNA but acts like she is an RN, and...

  9. Who went straight to ICU after getting your BSN

    KacyLynnRN replied to UpwardMobility's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

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  10. Also Ran Careers... what did you decide against before choosing nursing

    KacyLynnRN replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Nursing

    I wanted to be a professional baker (decided if I did, I would end up weighing 300 lbs!) or run my own day care. (someday when I have children I may still do something like that) A few years ago, an...

  11. Eating Boogers??? Is this for real?

    KacyLynnRN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Equally gross... Once when I was doing a dressing change on a patient, he picked a scab off of his body and ate it. I about puked!!!!!!!

  12. What do you do and how long have you done it?

    KacyLynnRN replied to RNPATL's topic in General Nursing

    What a refreshing post, RN PATL! I have been a Med/Surg LPN for 2 years. I now work part-time and go to school full-time in an LPN to ASN bridge program. I will graduate with my ASN in May of 2005....

  13. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

    KacyLynnRN replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is a very hard part of my job as well...I am on a med/surg floor that is usually 3-4 nurses short (and that might be a 'good day' sometimes!) and it seems that family members are really a force...

  14. LPN Scope of practice/Picc lines-just moved to Indiana

    KacyLynnRN replied to krissiee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi Krissee,, What part of Indiana? I am in Indianapolis. You should be able to tell whoever hired you that you need training in PICC lines. At my hospital, we have many PICC and central lines, and...

  15. What NOT/Never to talk about at work...

    KacyLynnRN replied to susanna's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, one of the registry nurses I work with once bragged about a threesome she'd had with her husband and best friend that weekend while we were preparing for report. Too much info. there and I...

  16. unworthy of an RN

    KacyLynnRN replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    I am an LPN and do IV push meds, blood transfusions, start IV's, draw blood, do assessments, etc, etc, etc...about the only things I can not do at my hospital is charge, and push a few cardiac meds....

  17. Which stethoscope is better?

    KacyLynnRN replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    I love the plain old steths with the double tubing, costs about $15 and you can buy them at jasco.com or cottonscrubs.com. I think they are called sprague stethescope. If you can use one of those, I...

  18. Family in room during a resusitation?

    KacyLynnRN replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    I had a family member present once for a code and it was awful...the docs were telling her to leave the room but she was freaking out and wanted to stand next to the patient, well it was impossible...

  19. How Did You Survive Nursing School???

    KacyLynnRN replied to michelle_s_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    As a former LPN student and current RN student, I have a few surviving school-tips... I make a solid effort through school to try to take care of myself so I won't get run down and get sick all the...

  20. Are you in Nursing for the Caring or the Cash?? Be Honest

    KacyLynnRN replied to 1BlessedRN's topic in General Nursing

  21. Should new LPN grad go into Med/Surg right away?

    KacyLynnRN replied to J Lynn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would definitely recommend getting some med/surg experience...I went into med/surg as a new grad LPN 2 years ago, now I am in RN school and my med/surg experience has made my RN studies a lot less...

  22. $12 an hour?!

    KacyLynnRN replied to HisTreasure's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hi, I live in Indianapolis, Indiana and I guess from what I've been reading, LPN pay is pretty good here! I started 1 1/2 years ago fresh out of school at a local 700+ bed hospital on the med/surg...

  23. Nursing Magazines

    KacyLynnRN replied to Mr.Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Highly recommend Nursing made incredibly easy, offers loads of valuable educational info. every issue...also recommend Nursing 2004 (name changes depending on the year), it is about 50/50 educational...

  24. RN bashing

    KacyLynnRN replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I hope that I have not contributed to any "RN-bashing" on these boards, considering I will be one in 10 months! One thing that I think frustrates a lot of us LPN's, CNA's. etc...is that the public...

  25. "Generic" MSN program??

    KacyLynnRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am getting ready to graduate with my ASN, and I'm getting ready to immediately start a 1 yr. ASN to BSN program, then after that thinking about getting my MSN...maybe... My question is...if I would...