DizzyLizzyNurse

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  1. Got first nursing job but can't afford loan payments

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to venousr3tuRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Get a second job, get a roommate. Cut expenses - no cable, dinners out, very basic phone service. Make up a budget and stick to it. Also I second calling the loan company and seeing if they will...

  2. How not to say the wrong thing.

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to TopazLover's topic in General Nursing

    Love this!!! I think most people consider us nurses as the biggest circle of all

  3. How to pick a travel nursing company for first time travelers?? Help!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to vivre_rire_amour's topic in Travel

    How do you juggle 4-5 agencies? How does that work with health

  4. The most gruesome situation you've encountered?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to SuzieVN's topic in General Nursing

    Really? Is it weird I kinda want to watch one? You can watch the kid breaking his leg on YouTube...it was pretty

  5. Do Not Underestimate the Difficulty Level of Nursing School

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to tenjuna's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some of us worked full time because we HAD to. I was always so jealous of the people who didn't have to

  6. Aya Healthcare/contract okay?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to BD-RN's topic in Travel

    How did travel nursing go since you only had 1 year of experience? I am looking at doing travel nursing and besides LTC I only have a year of m/s

  7. Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

    13???!!!

  8. Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

    5 - 9 patients on night shift in NY. We have 2-4 PCAs for the 36 bed unit depending on who calls in. No secretary and the PCAs do all the blood

  9. Med surg patient ratio

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to pugmom79's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work nights. I've had anywhere from 1:5 to 1:9 depending on how short we are. 36 bed unit and we have anywhere from 2-4 PCAs. No secretary. And one of the nurses who has patients is

  10. Why is Night Shift always picked on?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to lilaclover6984's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've experienced the same thing for myself. Everyone thinks the patients sleep all night. They also think we should do all the dressings changes, etc because we have time at night. Man if I got...

  11. Job Satisfaction: Can it be real in this field?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to thelittledoe's topic in Health, Stress Management

    THIS is a huge pet peeve of mine!! Room is dirty? Clean it up, don't bother housekeeping. Food came up cold? Don't yell at dietary! Stop what you are doing to heat it up for the patient. Make...

  12. How young is too young...?

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    How is he now when he's home

  13. Uncomfortable from Sexual Remarks from Patient

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to tinkywinky's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you are right. The older I get, the less it bothers me but I still don't put up with it. I even laugh sometimes because it's ridiculous. Not a nervous, uncomfortable laugh. An "are you for...

  14. Uncomfortable from Sexual Remarks from Patient

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to tinkywinky's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had an A&O patient purposely pee on himself and tell me (19 years old) "Now you have to touch it to clean me up" with a disgusting wink. I handed him some towels and a basin and told him to...

  15. If you think you are "too old" to go back to school....

    DizzyLizzyNurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    A lot of people post here thinking they are "too old" to go back to school. Well this 102 year old lady is back in college:

  16. I just can't do this anymore...

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to ruthiemk's topic in General Nursing

    It always mystifies me when people don't want to be nurses or don't want to go to school for it anymore....and other people think they are crazy. These people who think someone is crazy not to be a...

  17. New Grad Nurses struggling to find jobs - CNN Reporter wants to hear from you

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This was my problem. I got offered one LPN job (I had been an LPN for years before my RN) but it was a huge pay cut and it seemed stupid to take it. But there was a chance I'd become elligible for...

  18. New Grad Nurses struggling to find jobs - CNN Reporter wants to hear from you

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not to mention how many people thought I must be doing something wrong because I couldn't find a job. It was so demoralizing to hear people say this, when they didn't know what they were talking...

  19. New Grad Nurses struggling to find jobs - CNN Reporter wants to hear from you

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Not to sound grouchy but it's about time. I struggled 2 years ago for 9 months to get a

  20. Off Duty RNs Save Gunshot Victim

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nurses Rock

    Yay

  21. The math doesn't add up

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    When I did LTC management had cards out for people after they passed away. They were in a location where any staff member (PT, OT, SW, nursing, dietary, etc) and other residents and their family...

  22. working 3rd shift, raising small children, and sleep..how??

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to jwill85's topic in General Nursing

    Um if your husband isn't working and isn't sleeping from working nights as well, he needs to do his part. It's only fair. I don't have kids, but the nurses I work with who have kids and whose...

  23. My feet HURT!!!

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to NursieNurseLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a big fan of

  24. Child care hour friendly nursing jobs??

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to RunninOnCoffee's topic in Nursing Career

    This is probably a bad time to look for a school nurse job. I'd assume it's the wrong time of the

  25. Dear new grad...

    DizzyLizzyNurse replied to smurfynursey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I chose to leave one LTC place to go to another LTC place. This was because the second place was part of a hospital network and I could transfer after a while. I got lucky and was able to transfer...