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devi ADN, BSN

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  1. Working from Home During COVID-19 Shut Down

    devi replied to SchoolNurse91's topic in School

    My schools have been closed since Friday, but school nurses are employed through the health department here, so we're being utilized as public health nurses while this is ongoing. We've done...

  2. How often do you go to the office?

    devi posted a topic in Private Duty

    I'm totally new to PDN. I was offered a job for an agency and will start training next week. There are a handful of cases in my area, but they're split among multiple offices, the closest of which is...

  3. How often do you go to the office?

    devi replied to devi's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for the response, Kitiger. I'm hoping my agency works the same way. If you have to take a verbal doctor's order, does that get faxed or mailed,

  4. Has Your Facility Ever Tried to Have a Set Schedule?

    devi replied to flashpoint's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It must be catching. The NM on my surgical floor just decided to put all the nurses on a track for weekends. We're supposed to start working every third weekend. Our input wasn't requested in the...

  5. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    devi replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Thought this would be the thread to share this, since we've discussed availability of appropriate PPE during a pandemic. Anxiety in Mexico City Near the end, there are a few healthcare workers...

  6. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

    devi posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hope it's alright to put this under general discussion. I just wanted to get some other nurses' opinions on a new staffing grid that's supposedly going to be unveiled during our next unit meeting at...

  7. Is it just me? (Nurse/patient ratio related)

    devi replied to devi's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the input, everybody. I found out last night that I'm not the only nurse on the floor who's upset about this. It reassured me to hear that even nurses with 10+ years experience are worried...

  8. Passed! *happy dance* :)

    devi posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Took NCLEX on Saturday, June 7th. I wasn't feeling too great about it. I took it out of town (in Asheville, NC) and spent the night before with my best friend who lives there. Well, there were 4 kids...

  9. I'm graduating

    devi replied to GeorgiaPeach2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Me too, me too!! Well, I graduated Tuesday night. Pinning ceremony was the night before. I had this horrible nightmare the night before graduation that one of my instructors came up to me right...

  10. A little experience please...

    devi replied to MissERN's topic in General Nursing

    Very little experience here since I'm still a student, but thought I'd give it a go. One of the ways the kidneys help control acid-base balance is by forming and reabsorption of bicarb. In kidney...

  11. new/old nursing student soon at cpcc

    devi replied to islamujeres's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Like a previous poster said, CPCC is all about the points. I was never put on a waiting

  12. new/old nursing student soon at cpcc

    devi replied to islamujeres's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I started the ADN program at CPCC in fall '06. I finished Fundamentals and Psych and then withdrew near the end of last spring semester during Adult Nursing. I've been accepted to start back this...

  13. Which is quicker when applying for college and financial aid

    devi replied to Iwannabeababynurse's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    online, definitely. Good

  14. Gay / Lesbian patient resources for nurses?

    devi replied to glbtnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, this isn't true in all states. In NC, sexual preference isn't added to the list of protections against discrimination unless a company adds it by free choice to their employment...

  15. Ok, whats the secret 4.0 students???

    devi replied to FNPhopeful's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    To be honest, I really don't know. I don't study any more than my classmates do - in fact, I'm pretty sure I study less. I'm never the best clinical student, either, but our clinicals don't affect our...

  16. Age when you had your first child?

    devi replied to sugabuga's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had my only child (boy) at 18. Was I ready? Heck, no! But I loved being a mom from the beginning and still do. Part of me wants to have another in a few years, but I'm reluctant to start over again...

  17. So embarrassed, just want to vent.

    devi replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry you went through such a humiliating experience! The way those women treated you was ugly and disgusting! :angryfire I've been in a couple of similar situations and was just as shocked...

  18. I have a surname. I'd like to use it.

    devi replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if it's a generational thing. I'm 26, but I would definitely prefer being called by my surname. After all, I call patients by their last names (unless clearly invited to call them by...

  19. Appeal approved! (update)

    devi replied to Aeval's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Great news! Congrats! :yelclap:

  20. sex education in school

    devi replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in School

    I, too, am in the Bible Belt and found sex ed in school seriously lacking. I only had one sex ed class in 7th grade. I went to private parochial school in high school and they didn't teach it at all...

  21. Q's about financial aid suspension..

    devi replied to Aeval's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm sorry about your FA suspension When I worked in financial aid, it was always a sad situation to have to tell a student that he or she was no longer eligible, especially when I knew they had a...

  22. What do you honestly think you would have done?

    devi replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just keep imagining how it would have felt for the last employee left there alone with the remaining residents after all the others had one by one left to evacuate with their families. At least the...

  23. Why is there such an out break of Whooping cough

    devi replied to paytonsnana's topic in Pediatric

    I had the pertussis vaccine when I was a child, but after my titers for NS, my pertussis one came back too low to afford any immunity. Since the vaccine isn't given to adults, I had to sign a form...

  24. Books

    devi replied to danbranham_2000's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was originally in Section 11, but we already lost enough people for them to cut that section and spread those of us who were in it to other ones...hence how I ended up in Section 8. I'll be in...

  25. Books

    devi replied to danbranham_2000's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    yep yep :) Sorry, I just assumed you already knew that from the thread about orientation. Nice to meet you! Don't suppose you're in section 8, huh? That would be a big