guest042302019

guest042302019 BSN, RN

Progressive, Intermediate Care, and Stepdown

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  1. Got the job!!!

    guest042302019 replied to KKEGS's topic in School

    Woo! Congratulations! I love that excitement!

  2. Your clinical experiences with the nurses?

    guest042302019 replied to The_Muffintime's topic in General Students

    In my opinion, these student nurses are misinterpreting the staff nurse's actions. It has nothing to do with gender. Who cares if you are a guy or girl. What you don't realize yet is the level of...

  3. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

    guest042302019 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Yells out, "OH! BALLS!" as I insert a rectal

  4. PSA: WGU now has an MSN in Informatics...

    guest042302019 replied to featherzRN's topic in Western Governors University

    I'm in the MSN of informatics as well. Started March 1st too. So far so good. I agree with the comments above. I guess we'll see if it helps me

  5. A round about way into nursing informatics

    guest042302019 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    I want to get into Nursing Informatics but I've been on an unusual career path so far. I started in skilled nursing facilities for 1.5 years after I graduated the ADN program. I quickly had my fill...

  6. What Do You Love About Nursing?

    guest042302019 replied to Allison007's topic in General Nursing

    I love the people I work with

  7. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    guest042302019 replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm a progressive care travel nurse. I can tell you it's relatively easy to make 100k per year without significant overtime. And, you don't have to work in California which usually has the highest...

  8. Where did you get your MSN Clinical Informatics Degree?

    guest042302019 replied to gyanez's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I'm starting that program in March

  9. Must have tools for the Informatics Nurse

    guest042302019 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    As I have started to learn more about nurse informatics, I think it would be interesting know what tools, tips, tricks, books, journals, technology, resources, etc the experienced informatics nurse...

  10. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    guest042302019 replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The US definitely. Did you have some

  11. Hurricaine Matthew Relief: Who's Going?

    guest042302019 posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Currently, my wife and I are travel nurses in Oregon. But I'm going to try and adjust our contract somehow with the hospital to take some time off for the hurricane relief effort in Florida. Anyone...

  12. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    guest042302019 replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Does the red cross actually use you in a nursing capacity or are a general volunteer handing out supplies and

  13. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    guest042302019 replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    That's super helpful!

  14. Hurricane Matthew Relief

    guest042302019 replied to ColeRN5's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I too want to get involved but I'm on assignment right now in Oregon. I'm trying to get my contract adjusted so I can a couple weeks off to help out then come back. My plan is to fly down there and...

  15. My reaction to the Hesi A2...

    guest042302019 posted a topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    So I just took the Hesi A2 today. And, frankly I am happy that it wasn't as difficult as I perceived it to be. I didn't buy the guide, but I did find some free ones on the internet that gave a lay-out...

  16. If I didn't pass the Final, I would fail the program

    guest042302019 posted a topic in General Students

    "Andrew you failed the last test and if you don't pass the final, you will fail the nursing program." These are the words that I mulled over and over and over throughout a week prior to the final...

  17. And, on the 5th day, "Behold, the mighty gods of state!"

    guest042302019 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wait, don't do that, because if state finds out. Okay, so we're going to double pad normally but don't when State comes. State doesn't allow that. You're not following state's rules. I hope state...

  18. Med Passes

    guest042302019 replied to kcdunlap's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Put a piece of tape over the the top of the lid then write on the tape with permanent marker. That's what I do and seems to work well. :) Doesn't wear off

  19. Death Notification

    guest042302019 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In the nursing home, I'm around a fair amount of death. I notify the family regularly but sometimes, I wonder if I'm doing so correctly. I haven't found "guidelines" for this. I would say something...

  20. Death Notification

    guest042302019 replied to guest042302019's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thanks for advice. I use died because its not ambiguous like "passed away or he/she is

  21. Let me enligten you about the HESI A2.

    guest042302019 posted a topic in HESI Entrance, Exit Exam

    I've been roaming around this site for roughly two years. When I first looked into the nursing program, I learned about the HESI A2 exam. I took the exam without much difficulty because I believe I...

  22. Low Ball The New Grad

    guest042302019 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So here I am, licensed up and ready to work. However, as I get calls, I'm getting super low-balled in salary with each interview. For instance, in Iowa, the average salary is around 50k per year. I...

  23. LTC newcomer

    guest042302019 posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've recently graduated from college and now have accepted a job in a LTC facility. During nursing school, there was little focus on LTC and more on acute care. I've never worked as a nursing...

  24. EKG resources for the Student Nurse

    guest042302019 posted a topic in General Students

    I really enjoyed learning about EKGs while in school. Believe it or not, I'll read through EKGs periodically to brush up my skills (for fun). I used many of these resources from Allnurses as well as...

  25. Nursing Classroom Education: The big bang of powerpoint slavery

    guest042302019 replied to guest042302019's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    As I've read through the commencts, I've noticed some patterns among people. First, students that commented generally agreed with me. I wonder how many others agree with this idea of powerpoints,...