sweetnurse63

sweetnurse63 BSN, RN

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  1. Are we trapped by our nursing degrees? Is nursing worth it?

    sweetnurse63 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    As a single parent who struggled raising twins by myself financially, i can truly say that I am blessed to have my nursing degree. Also, not to mention struggling through nursing school, failing by a...

  2. how can a nursing home nurse get into a hospital job?

    sweetnurse63 replied to RN2783's topic in General Nursing

    Don't be too sure that the hospital pay is more than nursing home pay, i know from experience and i make soooo much more at a nursing home compared to the hospital, but it all involves how much...

  3. Job posting- "Must not be overweight"

    sweetnurse63 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I recently read an ad looking for nurses to go over saudi arabia, if i am not mistaking. The job posting listed high pay, great benefits free housing and more incentives; but at the end of the add,...

  4. why???

    sweetnurse63 replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    No one should ever compare doctors and nurses because we have two different scopes of practice. However, no matter who went to school the longest, makes more money or have the higher degree, both...

  5. why???

    sweetnurse63 replied to smily11's topic in General Nursing

    To be honest, RNs with an ADN degree have a total of at least 4 yrs of education if you include all of the prerequsite courses which adds up to about 4 yrs. BSNs have at least 6 yrs, sooo this makes...

  6. I was the first responder to a car accident today

    sweetnurse63 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    You did a great good samaritan deed, not all nurses would have stopped, thank God it wasn't more tragic than what it

  7. What are my Chances? Kind of bummed :(

    sweetnurse63 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I really hope you get the office job. I know how it feels to want to leave the hospital setting and I did leave and I am still satisfied with my decision. I wish you the

  8. Ridiculous V/S...are you out of your mind?

    sweetnurse63 replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

    If the CNA brings me an off the wall blood pressure reading, I usually recheck it myself by machine then manually as part of my follow up. Some cna's know how to take bps manually but others don't...

  9. First patient complaint...

    sweetnurse63 replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    I can not believe after all the things you have to do as a nurse, redundant charting, meds, orderings tests, talking to MDs, family members and sooooo much more, the Director of nursing is worried...

  10. BAD Preceptor, HELP!

    sweetnurse63 replied to Lizzy84, RN's topic in Emergency

    Every preceptor is not good at orienting and some of them really don't want to do it especially if they have a full patient load. I really hope that hospitals have preceptor classes to teach them...

  11. what would you do!!!!

    sweetnurse63 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was recently looking at a tv show portraying a nurse working in triage ER and the patient had coded in which he needed to be intubated ASAP. The doctor who was an intern could not do it, she...

  12. what is the top rate of pay for an RN in the states?

    sweetnurse63 replied to Guest505077's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on where you want to work because clinics and school nursing tends to pay lower. Long Term Care usually pays higher rate i guess due to the amount of patients who are under your

  13. what would you do!!!!

    sweetnurse63 replied to sweetnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    Wow!!! I never knew that years ago nurses were taught to intubate. I think it should be part of acls because most of the time nurses are the first responders when a patient codes. What a dynamic skill...

  14. feeling like I'm a loser

    sweetnurse63 replied to nola1202's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Do not let a job stress you out or take your peace of mind; it is a miserable place to be. Sometimes many of us nurses struggle daily with the conditions at our jobs, but if management don't make the...

  15. what would you do!!!!

    sweetnurse63 replied to sweetnurse63's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you whispera because they did not show CPR at

  16. Missing meds & I'm getting the blame

    sweetnurse63 replied to ForeverMoving's topic in General Nursing

    Forevermoving, if you did not take the medication, then the truth shall prevail and you will be

  17. stay at nursing home or go to the hospital?

    sweetnurse63 replied to haitianrn's topic in General Nursing

    Make your decision very carefully, because the hospital is a whole new different pace and setting compared to LTC, not to mention a decrease in

  18. Nurses not making enough...wait what?

    sweetnurse63 replied to Reese2012's topic in General Nursing

    You can say that again, and again:yeah: especially when I see commercials and the physician is the only healthcare member mentioned. I would love to see how it would be just one day without nurses,...

  19. Any phobias you overcame to become a nurse?

    sweetnurse63 replied to linzjane88's topic in General Nursing

    My phobia is helping to clean up the deceased and it is still hard for me. I absolutely can not clean up a dead body by myself, but i can try, at least with other people in the room

  20. What is your greatest fear in nursing.

    sweetnurse63 replied to Yiggs's topic in General Nursing

    My biggest fear is that I could get fired, since nurses are easily replaced these

  21. Looking for some advice- Mom verbally abusive/new grad not being able to find a job

    sweetnurse63 replied to crazyscrubs's topic in General Nursing

    So sorry to hear this crazy scrubs. It sounds like your mom is very unhappy with herself and her life and she is taking it out on you. First of all, to get through the first three yrs of a BSN program...

  22. How to quit immediately ?!

    sweetnurse63 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    There's nothing to it but to do it. Believe me if they are planning to fire you, they will not blink twice about

  23. Nurses eating their young

    sweetnurse63 replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    I believe the problem is the fact that preceptors are given their normal patient load and having the task of precepting a new nurse to the facility, adds more stress to an already stressful shift....

  24. Working two part-time jobs

    sweetnurse63 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Go for it, hope it works out for

  25. Yaaaaaaay!

    sweetnurse63 replied to AKA_Glamour_Pearl's topic in New York Nursing

    Congrats!!!!!!! to