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kittykatty

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  1. Passed boards! Have several job offers, which one to take????

    kittykatty replied to Tony1790123's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Hey Tony Congratualtions on the VA job!! I just applied for one in my area and I was wondering? How long does the process take? From reading your posts it looks like it took 6 weeks for you? that's...

  2. Any INFP nurses out there?

    kittykatty replied to ijuanabhappy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What is an

  3. Should I take a non-nursing position?

    kittykatty replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Good luck MissBrittanyRN on your interview--Is it a hospital or LTC or SNF? Or better yet

  4. Im miserable at my new job!!! HELP!

    kittykatty replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    I find this position very interesting because ever since the culture has become less polite I find that people do not do the customary "Excuse me--Are you busy? Can I ask you a question?" Most people...

  5. Infection Protection?

    kittykatty replied to angelausp's topic in General Nursing

    I do the same thing but now after I get changed and throw my clothes in the laundry I wipe down the door handles with Odo-Ban which kills viruses--then I am ready to interact with the

  6. Should I take a non-nursing position?

    kittykatty replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here's something I found--

  7. What do you think of chantix?

    kittykatty replied to egglady's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know whether Chantix works because I never tried it. What worked for me was --(I was a serious heavy smoker)--I bought a book by Alan Carr called "The easy way to quit Smoking"--read the book...

  8. Moving to France

    kittykatty replied to cassy94's topic in General World

    Parisian french is very different than creole or canadian french but it will help to know the words I guess but the syntax is different, 600.00 will not get you very far in France not unless you are...

  9. 2 Acceptance Lttrs...Now what? Private vs. Community college Help...

    kittykatty replied to BlessedMom4's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Community College--frankly I think they are better than the university--at least in my area they are highly regarded. Graduate debt free--get a job in hospital and let them pay for your BSN--it is a...

  10. Debt! Advice please

    kittykatty replied to mollysdirtysprocket's topic in General Nursing

    Do the ADN at a community college--it is much cheaper-- then get a job at a hospital that will pay for your BSN. Our hospital has an on campus class and in 2 years you have your BSN. The community...

  11. Changeover- Worst Night of my life (vent long)!!!!

    kittykatty replied to RNgrrl09's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Can someone tell me what a changeover is? I have never worked

  12. So overwhelmed..any advice?

    kittykatty replied to Rachelks's topic in Home Health

    Just curious--do you work for a large hospital? Which state? I was thinking about going to work for a large hospital here becuase I thought maybe it would be run better than an

  13. Im miserable at my new job!!! HELP!

    kittykatty replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    I know this may sound weird but the few times that I have been in that situation (clique barrier) I either ignored it entirely or made a point to purposefully interject myself into situations so they...

  14. Words you never dreamed you would say as a nurse...

    kittykatty replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Here, Mr. Jones. Put your member in the duck." OMG!! Do you know if you were in France and said that they would think you were talking literally--it is quite the fashion with the elites there (like...

  15. future nurse and taking care of my parents

    kittykatty replied to jallen5's topic in General Nursing

    Bless You for taking care of your Mom and good luck with nursing school. Just a tip to save money in school--For textbooks you need--go to school bookstore and get ISBN numbers from books and then buy...

  16. future nurse and taking care of my parents

    kittykatty replied to jallen5's topic in General Nursing

    I planned ahead for my Mom coming to live with me when I built my house--I put a separate living but connected area on it for her. She has been with me since 1997--she did get very ill about 3 years...

  17. Over confident colleague

    kittykatty replied to SNurselewlew's topic in General Nursing

    Yes--This girl has the right answer!!!! Grill him Danno!!! If he is making these stories up he will be short on details and you will be able to expose him for the liar he is--Believe me--HE will be...

  18. Anyone take Statistics?

    kittykatty replied to espo44's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Loved Statistics--easiest math course I ever took--got a 96 on the final--Don't be afraid of it--I thought it would be hard too--but it wasn't--Good

  19. Administration lacks the reasoning ability of a 5 year old

    kittykatty replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    First let me say I agree with everything that the OP stated---redundancy in documentation is ridiculous--but it will never get better unless we can do Tort Reform and cut down on the ridiculous...

  20. For those of you "hot shots" who didn't think the nursing program was " that hard"...

    kittykatty replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just curious--how could you be a "B" nurse with a GPA of 3.96--just curious and congratulations on your

  21. State license lapsed after 18 years; how to get relicensed

    kittykatty replied to Protoman2050's topic in Retired Nurses

    Are you sure she has to take NCLEX again? I just took a refresher course with several people away from nursing for 20 years and all they did was the refresher course and

  22. Need some encouraging words as new grad in LTC

    kittykatty replied to luvmyguys's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I took this from another link because she has the best advice for you to use. Hang in there!! TonydeMom says---- Re: Help? Need cheatt sheet while doing precepting in nursing home 1. Come to work...

  23. why do nurse manager cheat on last paycheck when staff quit?

    kittykatty replied to Aviationurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think she owes you some money--if you worked it then she owes you--just call her everyday or go to the business office. Why did you

  24. For those of you "hot shots" who didn't think the nursing program was " that hard"...

    kittykatty replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I don't want to play Doctor but could you perhaps be Bi_polar--the reason I ask is because all of the symptoms you describe my husband had until he was diagnosed as bi-polar--they put him on lithium...

  25. Family member complaint. Sorry, long post.

    kittykatty replied to KarmaComesAround's topic in General Nursing

    You know I am glad that Vito addressed this because I was wondering the same thing about telling the family from the get go that congregating in the room while I am trying to do my job is a big fat NO...