cocoon2butterfly

cocoon2butterfly specializes in Psych, Pediatrics, GI, Diabetes.

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1. Who starts IV's at night at your workplace?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to NoblePath's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Either our charge nurse does, then the floating preceptor, and if all else fails, someone from PICU will come over and put one in - if we know in advance it's a hard stick, we just call the PICU from...

2. Dressing up on Halloween... unprofessional?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to agent's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I work at a pediatric hospital...it's pretty much required to dress up, hehe... We had a fairy theme this year on our floor...so we were all wearing wings and lots of glitter butterfly tattoos,...

3. What are some of your benefits and how good are they?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to sasha2lady's topic in General Nursing

   $50/biweekly for a PPO medical/dental/vision/life plan... 401k match... 20% shift diff for working nights, ~30% for weekend nights... ...along with other random benefits that would be too long to...

4. new grad might be hired in psych but debating whether or not to take the job

   cocoon2butterfly replied to dedicate's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I graduated in May 2008, first nursing job started in January 2009 was pediatric psych in a private hospital for a year and a half, and then switched to working med-surg at one of the top pediatric...

5. Four 10's or Five 8's? Which would you do?

   cocoon2butterfly replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

   4 10s, without a doubt in my mind, haha!!

6. Asked to job shadow on the day of interview

   cocoon2butterfly replied to loving2's topic in General Nursing

   My job interview was like this - interview before, shadow after - and I was offered the job within 18 hours, hehe... Good luck!

7. scared i'm going to lose my license..

   cocoon2butterfly replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

   Congratulations!!! I just got out of a similar situation like that - scarily similar, actually - I have 4 days left at that job, and then on to working at one of the best children's hospitals in the...

8. Should I go ahead and get "RN" engraved after my name when

   cocoon2butterfly replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

   Lol, hilarious thread... I wrote "RN" everywhere for inspiration the second I graduated, down to the index card I kept under my pillow... ...in pencil, hehe... I think that makes me

9. Depressed nurse here, lexapro is not helping.

   cocoon2butterfly replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Health, Stress Management

   I feel you - I had my own issues during and after nursing school, and used meds and therapy to get through it... Personally, the only way I could do nights is if it's in 12-hr shifts - I couldn't do...

10. The 1st check as an rn....yay!!! Or nay!!

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Serrano2886's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nice thread... I just switched from part-time days to full-time nights, and that's a big difference, haha!! I have two goals - to knock out my 2 credit cards, and start saving up for my dream computer...

11. Can you get good experience at a part-time job?

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Hartley's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I worked part-time for my first job, and I loved it - I actually ended up doing pretty much an alternating schedule - one week, I would do 3 days, and the next week, I'd do two days - so, actually, it...

12. Frustrated by job search.

    cocoon2butterfly replied to NJFek's topic in First Year After Licensure

13. Okay to email a potential boss?

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Bumashes's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I emailed my resume to my NM at 8pm at night...I had an interview scheduled 37 minutes later... ...And I had an offer for my dream job (at the dream hospital!) 17 hours after the interview ended. The...

14. where to go? Emory or a community college

    cocoon2butterfly replied to neurontin's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I agree with the others for all the reasons mentioned (and I WENT to Emory) - if for no other reason than this: Do you want to be stuck with that huge price tag and not have a job afterwards to pay it...

15. Question regarding Humalog insulin

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Blondie24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think about it this way - generally speaking, when using a sliding scale, whatever amount of insulin you give is going to account for the blood sugar and the meal. So if you only have one of those...