cocoon2butterfly

cocoon2butterfly

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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...

  16. Question regarding Humalog insulin

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Blondie24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She wanted it given after d/t the poor appetite/depression. I work at a pediatric psych hospital, and we give the insulin after...if you give it before per guidelines, the patient might not eat...

  17. A totally different career path please

    cocoon2butterfly replied to spp2423's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Have you tried psych? You can still use your nursing degree, and psych isn't exactly "bedside" per se... Good luck whatever you choose, I'm going through the same thing myself trying to figure out...

  18. I'm so embarassed but I know I shouldn't be...

    cocoon2butterfly replied to RN1982's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Don't be embarrassed, lord knows the only way I made it across the stage at graduation was to get on medication, and therapy goes a long way, I seldom use the meds anymore...good

  19. Is insulin good after 28 days?

    cocoon2butterfly replied to lovepink's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    Personally, I actually keep pens in my purse in case I have an issue with my insulin pump, and I use them until they are empty - which generally takes more than 28 days because I seldom use it - but...

  20. Are you forced to get Immunizations?

    cocoon2butterfly replied to HighNursingGoals's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm...they couldn't make you, I mean, suppose you're allergic to them...(i.e. flu shot = eggs)? I have nothing against vaccines, but since every time I get one (flu or otherwise), I end up running a...

  21. Nurses and vaccines

    cocoon2butterfly replied to georgiasfynest's topic in General Nursing

    Luckily, I got all of my main vaccines when I was little...for some odd reason, the older I've gotten, the worse I react to them - flu vaccines, always feel awful and run around 99-100 degree fever,...

  22. Knowing when to medicate/give a prn

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Guest321574's topic in Psychiatric

    LovenandjRN-- I would have picked the Ativan over the Haldol (in this case) because of the sedating effect of the Ativan - I'm not one for "drugging" the patients, but if I were in that situation...

  23. Knowing when to medicate/give a prn

    cocoon2butterfly replied to Guest321574's topic in Psychiatric

    Personally, I would have given the Ativan...reasoning being that as someone said, I like to nip things in the bud as well, and also, because of the fact that there was only you and 2 techs present, I...

  24. You know your shift is going to be INSANELY busy when...

    cocoon2butterfly replied to abbaking's topic in Nursing Humor

    lol, that's hilarious...i feel your pain, i work psych, too and have had that happen to me, and that's never a good sign...

  25. RN turns barista...

    cocoon2butterfly replied to PeaceLove88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now, there's a brilliant idea right there...and who knows, start with that, and you might just meet a nurse who has that link to your first RN job... Honestly, I'd love to have a little side job like...