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  1. working as GN vs. waiting to your RN license

    Guest 360983 replied to justchill's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One of my best friends relocated halfway across the country from your city (where she attended a very well known University) because the job situation was pretty bad a few years ago. I hope it's...

  2. working as GN vs. waiting to your RN license

    Guest 360983 replied to justchill's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my town, if you didn't apply for the spring or fall internships and start on their timetables, it was very difficult to find a job. Some of my friends decided not to apply during our last semester...

  3. You know its a seeker when . . .

    Guest 360983 replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Emergency

    When I look you up in the computer and see that you got a new pain prescription 2 days ago from one of our clinics and went to our sister hospital last night for your pain, yet you say you've never...

  4. Resignation Advice & Help Requested

    Guest 360983 replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in Nursing Career

    If your hospital expects 30 days notice, I'd give them exactly that. If they were the ones ending the relationship, they wouldn't give you nearly that much notice. I'm kinda cynical,

  5. Immunizations and being a nurse

    Guest 360983 replied to MrsF26's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just trying to help you out with a nice warm nasal lavage!

  6. Immunizations and being a nurse

    Guest 360983 replied to MrsF26's topic in General Nursing

    Look at the side effects of the diseases you're being vaccinated against. Look up the possible side effects of the vaccine. Learn about how the US determines what is reported as a side/adverse effect...

  7. Precepting a nursing student

    Guest 360983 replied to CrazyCatLadyRN's topic in General Nursing

    PinkNBlue--I was skeptical, but it really seems to work. We get lots of small victories to boost our confidence, we can practice one thing until it's right and we understand it, and the preceptor is...

  8. Precepting a nursing student

    Guest 360983 replied to CrazyCatLadyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Things that my current preceptor does that I love, and that I wish someone had done with me in nursing school: -Focus on documentation. Almost all of my "class" of new grads struggles with this as it...

  9. Tuition Reimbursement to get a BSN &Continuing Education question!

    Guest 360983 replied to ShaynaSmart's topic in General Students

    I live in a large city with a disproportionatly large number of

  10. Tuition Reimbursement to get a BSN &Continuing Education question!

    Guest 360983 replied to ShaynaSmart's topic in General Students

    Most hospitals in my area do tuition reimbursement. Some will reimburse you for an unlimited number of credits; some have very limited reimbursement. The thing is, very few hospitals in my area hire...

  11. Feeling useless/unsure in clinical/sim lab

    Guest 360983 replied to skulskcc01's topic in General Students

    When you're talking to patients, ask a lot of open ended questions. One that usually works well is asking about family, especially since a lot of hospitalized people are old enough to have grandkids...

  12. Why do you like being a nurse?

    Guest 360983 replied to Kendel.G's topic in General Nursing

    I like teaching uninsured patients how to use the county system of doctors to stay OUT of the ER. Today I told one patient "Get hooked up with this program and stop hospital hopping for...

  13. No more fun scrubs

    Guest 360983 replied to EJBNeuroRN's topic in General Nursing

    All the hospitals in my area do this. Every hospital gives the same reason--so people aren't confused--but I kinda fell in love with my hospital when I saw that every patient whiteboard has a a blue...

  14. Is going into Nursing a good idea?

    Guest 360983 replied to littletwinstar's topic in General Nursing

    Go to med school. I'm a new grad so I'm still trying to get my feet under me, but I really think you need to like nursing to survive nursing school and be a decent nurse. I'm not saying working...

  15. Do they check to see if you have your BSN/Masters degree ?

    Guest 360983 replied to lumbarpain's topic in General Nursing

    Hey! I should do that so I can go to CRNA

  16. Do they check to see if you have your BSN/Masters degree ?

    Guest 360983 replied to lumbarpain's topic in General Nursing

    They will call your school to verify your graduation date and if they can't verify it, you won't have a job. I had some trouble with my school not marking us as "graduated" until we got our diplomas 2...

  17. Why Fever and Leukocytosis with Cholecystitis?

    Guest 360983 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient in the ER yesterday with cholecystitis. When she first came in, my preceptor was thinking sepsis because her WBC count was 24 and temperature was 103. The docs were also thinking of...

  18. Why Fever and Leukocytosis with Cholecystitis?

    Guest 360983 replied to Guest 360983's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. That's what I figured, but I was surprised that the pt had such a large response. A bump in WBC and a shift to the left, sure, but a level that was more than twice our upper limits surprised...

  19. If There Was A Major Epidemic / Pandemic Would You Report For Duty?

    Guest 360983 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Nursing

    As long as it's not zombies, I'd probably go to work. Seriously, I work in a crazy busy ER. We don't have enough iso rooms so it's not unusual to keep our iso patients in plastic tents that I don't...

  20. Need advice about my CNA job :(

    Guest 360983 replied to Vblub01's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Hang in there. No one likes being stressed and overworked and it sounds like you had a really terrible day. I'm an ER RN and I can promise you that there are days we get report, see our least favorite...

  21. Male going into CNA-Legal issues?

    Guest 360983 replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I love my male techs. They are good at tackling my psych patients when they try to escape. Seriously, it's awesome when they do that, but all the techs I work with make my life 1000000000x easier....

  22. Encouragement NEEDED

    Guest 360983 replied to RN119's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm less than a month into my first job as an RN. I'm terrified every day that I go to work and I study every night. I'm having a lot of thoughts along the lines of "WHAT did I get myself into???"...

  23. Are you a nurse? Do you draw blood? Can you take our Quick Survey?

    Guest 360983 replied to swytas's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What is your educational background? BSN so fresh the ink isn't dry yet Years of experience? WELL under 1 year--I'm still in my first month of work. Years drawing blood? Two (I drew blood in the Army)...

  24. A BIG pitfall of working office hours. warning long!

    Guest 360983 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    If you were me, I'd leave. You sound miserable. If you're ever asked about the job by future employers, tell them it wasn't a good fit. Say you left for whatever you end up in next. If you don't get...

  25. Male nurses student and skipping OB/L&D clinicals

    Guest 360983 replied to Jfarmboy's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm a woman, and I really didn't like OB. I sucked it up, learned, and got through it. Yes, it's a little harder when you're a man because of the patients, but if you act confident and compassionate...