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Neldavi

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  1. They are just different. I think working part-time or per diem would be perfect. I was a SAHM for about seven years until I went to nursing school. Now I work full-time, 3-11 or 3p-3a, and the kids are still ages 4-10. It's a little grueling, b...
  2. burned out

    I took a year off and am glad I did. It let me focus on getting my bearings as a nurse. I didn't want to take too long off because I knew it would be hard to go back to school, but a year was just about right.
  3. Part time Nursing shifts

    On our small med-surg floor we work 8's and 12's. A lot of the newer nurses (including me) would prefer to work 3 12's but there are enough older, experienced nurses that only work 8's that it would be impossible to go to all 12's. Plus enough nurse...
  4. Shift Cancellations (Please HELP!!)

    Huh. I would be interested to know what your policy actually states, and how the "right to work" laws play into it. I work in a small, rural hospital and it mostly works itself out. We have a "wish list" where people can put a specific date they wo...
  5. RN's forced to do CNA work

    Yes, this. I appreciate a CNA **** once in a while for a break from all the charting and calling doctors, not to mention that I kind of see CNA work as the base of nursing. We just don't do it so much as nurses because there's no time to do everythi...
  6. Bad nurse?

    Thanks, I am trying to use it for good, it's just hard not to think that I'm just always going to be one of "those" nurses, a mediocre, not-on-top-of-it nurse. I really don't want to be that.
  7. Bad nurse?

    I'm a new nurse, barely 4 months in. I've heard all the advice, give it a year, the first year is terrible, be easy on yourself, but really, how can you tell if you might be a bad nurse? I'm feeling horrible today because a pt.'s family (who were n...
  8. Professional experience - only one job listed?

    Yes, I was only a nanny for one family. Baby-sitter is probably a more accurate term (though nanny sounds better :)), because it was very part-time and she's a friend of mine (so would provide a good reference). I worked for her sporadically over a...
  9. Hello, I am going to graduate in December and am working on my resume. I worked as a nurse extern this summer, so I am definitely listing that under work/professional experience, but other than that I have no relevant work experience. I've basicall...
  10. Nurse externship experiences

    I am doing an externship at a small rural hospital in MD right now. It's 8 weeks, CNA wages (around $10.50), rotating through four different departments, since it's such a small hospital. This is the summer between my 3rd and 4th semesters of a 4 sem...
  11. Shadowing? Preceptorship?

    I know of a NICU in my area that hired a GN. The PICU in that same hospital hired a GN from the same class. Not that that means anything for you, but just that it's not unheard of.
  12. Any homeschooling nursing students?

    Well, I'm about to finish third semester of a four semester ADN program, so my husband and I have homeschooled our 8 year old through half of first grade and all of second grade while I've been in nursing school. We also have a 5 year old and 2 year...
  13. The Mockery of Nursing

    I just read this whole thread. Love it. I wish these idiotic things that people say were an exaggeration, but alas, I know they're not. A couple from my real life: - ran into someone I took a pre-nursing class with (I'm in an ADN program now) and ...
  14. Mixed Emotions About Nsg School

    I'm in this boat. My kids are 7, 4 and 14 months and I'm in the first semester of a 2 year ADN program. I have barely worked since my oldest was born .. I've just been home and taking a prerequisite here and there until now, so this is a huge chang...
  15. I'm just a student but on my ER rotation last week an elderly man came in at 4 AM because he hadn't pooped since 4 PM.