Spikey9001 BSN, RN

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    money

    Spikey9001 replied to Anktshah's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the OP completely. One of the main reasons I decided to take up
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    pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    Spikey9001 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Good point and I'm ALL for iPods and electronics being used in the clinical setting. It's 2011, we're in the age of information, not the dark ages. Why make your job more difficult when you can make...
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    pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    Spikey9001 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    That I do understand, and even then, the residents were willing to teach... albeit, MOST of them were just as harsh or tough as the nurses, but if they were, they said it right to their faces right...
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    pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    Spikey9001 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and how come y'all so hostile to people that could be your potential coworkers one day? Y'all know we don't know **** so why would some of you still try and undermine what little skill we have...
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    pet peeves when nursing students arrive

    Spikey9001 replied to sandanrnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    How come you don't see the doctors acting like this? It's like they welcome medical students a lot better than nurses welcome nursing students... None of that catty, egotistical BS. There's more...
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    extra shifts

    Spikey9001 replied to wiley6coyote's topic in General Nursing

    I will take an extra shift or partial shift if I feel like it. Simple as
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    Why does anyone go into nursing?

    Spikey9001 replied to guineapiglover2011's topic in General Students

    Pretty much this. And the possibility of being a CRNA, which is the closest thing to my childhood dream of being an
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    Could I be the only reformed misfit in nursing school?

    Spikey9001 replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    Well... -I was born to drug addicted mother. Don't know my father. Don't know my mother either. -Was bounced around foster homes and "the system" from birth until around age five. -Was adopted in...
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    Hypothetical Question: What happens when the baby boomers retire?

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I mean it's BOUND to happen eventually. But when do you think the baby boomers nurses will retire? And what's gonna happen when they do retire? I personally see this happening within the next 5-10...
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    Hypothetical Question: What happens when the baby boomers retire?

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    So the consensus is that hospital nursing will pretty much stay the same or get worse and a lot of LTC spots will open
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    What money can get you.

    Spikey9001 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    The ideologies of most of the rich aren't exactly the same ideologies that the other 95% of the country shares when it comes to politics, distribution of wealth, etc... I'm not saying it's a bad...
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    What money can get you.

    Spikey9001 replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing wrong with using money to buy your way out of stuff... Why struggle if you don't have to? Don't be jealous of people who have money because 95% of us would do the SAME thing if we were in...
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    So, what's it gonna take for nursing to change and become what it's supposed to be?

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What's it gonna take for nursing to become what it should be, which is providing nursing care from a nursing and medicinal, and holistic model to achieve the best patient outcome instead of a...
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    So, what's it gonna take for nursing to change and become what it's supposed to be?

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Yes patients are customers, but we're also healthcare PROVIDERS, not hospital customer service associates or servants. To me, putting too much emphasis on the customer service model devalues the...
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    How many use a car for class/clinicals?

    Spikey9001 replied to citylights89's topic in General Students

    Bus every where and I ask friends for rides when I can't get to the site. It SUCKS not having a
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    Job offer and unsolicited advice for future and current nursing students..

    Spikey9001 replied to MN-Nurse's topic in General Students

    Basically be at the right places at the right
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    Nurse Extern Vs. Tech

    Spikey9001 replied to NurseB_'s topic in General Students

    Where I'm from the difference between a tech/aide and extern is literally less than 75 cents (externs at this hospital start around $12.50 an hour). Also, although the externship is highly...
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    Why does only nursing have to put the patients first?

    Spikey9001 replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    If the nurses have all this accountability and responsiblility for other departments, how come they don't act with more authority and confidence instead of the subservient or even passive aggressive...
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    Landed a job at a hospital

    Spikey9001 replied to JustDes's topic in General Students

    I'm in the same boat essentially, minus the starting nursing school part (just completed first year). Just try and roll with the punches and learn as much as you can and come graduation, you'll have...
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    Just received a job offer for a CNA position in surgical stepdown/SICU.

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was just recently offered a position I interviewed for to be a nurses assistant in a SICU/Surgical stepdown unit. The shift is from 7p-7a. What is to be expected of me and what will a typical night...
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    Just received a job offer for a CNA position in surgical stepdown/SICU.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like all the stuff we did in clinical minus the "RN only" stuff that we did as
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    Just received a job offer for a CNA position in surgical stepdown/SICU.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Nursing

    I believe she said that it's a 13 bed unit. She also said that they'll get less acute patients when the less acute floors become
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    How did you celebrate your nursing school acceptance letter?

    Spikey9001 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    Pretty much this. I already knew I was going to get in before I even took my admissions
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    Some advice on trying to work and do school full time.

    Spikey9001 posted a topic in General Students

    I just received an offer from the hospital for a full time nurse's aide position in the critical care unit at the local hospital. It's a real big milestone for me because I want to work in critical...
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    Some advice on trying to work and do school full time.

    Spikey9001 replied to Spikey9001's topic in General Students

    Yeah, I do plan to work full time in the summer since I won't have any other obligations and I'm hoping they'll reduce me to part time. But I was hired as full time