Student Mom to Three

Student Mom to Three

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  1. Endo/GI lab

    Student Mom to Three replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    How did the interview go?? The 40 hour work week can be a drag....but it is nice to be home every evening, weekend and

  2. Pay Cut "Because of ObamaCare and Jerry Brown"

    Student Mom to Three replied to i_love_patient_care's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Wirehead- You state that all of our scopes of practice will increase under the ACA. Source for this?? Does not each state BON set their own scopes of

  3. I got my CNA and now going to CC for my RN but with my three kids????

    Student Mom to Three replied to nurseismyheart's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    See my user name?? I made it and have been happily employed RN for about two

  4. Same cost to get ADN vs. BSN

    Student Mom to Three replied to JShe8918's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think I am misunderstanding something. The RN to BSN program is 5 semesters, but the regular BSN program is only a little over a year?? This is odd.....or I just really don't get it. If this is...

  5. Endo/GI lab

    Student Mom to Three replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    I work in outpatient endoscopy. It can be very, very busy. We have two procedure rooms and generally see about 26 pts per day. The RNs have three different positions: 1. Admit/Recovery- admissions...

  6. Clinic (Doctor's Office) Nurse vs. Hospital Nurse

    Student Mom to Three replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Nursing Career

    Oh,

  7. Unique situation as an upcoming grad.

    Student Mom to Three replied to lexicon28's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Just a little detail....I don't think it matters where you take your NCLEX. You could take the test in Alaska, but request the results go to the Florida BON for licensure. I tested in OR, but got...

  8. Finding places to put IVs

    Student Mom to Three replied to LLL01's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not fabulous at finding veins, either. I work in an ASC and have to get them in FAST! I get the tourniquet on and have the patient dangle a little bit. If I think there is a vein in the area, I...

  9. Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Student Mom to Three replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh, man, come on. I never ever said that assisting an incontinent patient is beneath me. Can't you tell that I have a lot of respect for my patients? I always...ALWAYS...put their dignity first. I...

  10. Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Student Mom to Three replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Aw, geesh. Seriously?? My attitude? Didn't you see that I love, love, love my job?? I would have taken excellent care of your family member- truly. I love educating, soothing and comforting my...

  11. Nursing specialty that requires minimum patient contact and best hours?

    Student Mom to Three replied to tsipareht's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To the OP....I understand where you are coming from....I think. This will probably rattle some people, but I made it through nursing school without ever wiping a butt. I have been an RN for a little...

  12. Clark College Pre Req Advice

    Student Mom to Three replied to pinky77's topic in Washington Nursing

    Hi! Clark grad here! I had a previous BS degree when I started, so only had to take the science pre-reqs. If I recall, you have to take some before you can take others? Like chem before nutrition,...

  13. Atypical New Grad here. Experienced nurses, suggestions please :)

    Student Mom to Three replied to Wokini1's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You are probably not as "atypical" as you think! My first degree was in psych and I worked as a casemanager for our state dept of health and social services for several years. Then, I stayed home...

  14. How much harder is it to find a job with an ADN?

    Student Mom to Three replied to MunoRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That whole article was pretty interesting. What really stood out to me, however, was that only 2% saw ADN as their highest educational goal, while a full 24% of new grads planned to go on to earn...

  15. Do you have 30 minutes for lunch?

    Student Mom to Three replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    I get a 30 minute lunch and an actual 10 minute break early in the day! Also, we usually have lunch brought in by some kind of rep about three times per week. Outpatient

  16. RN->BSN: Is it worth the investment at 57?

    Student Mom to Three replied to healing touch's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I think the areas more likely to hire ADN RNs are outpatient facilities. I was an older new ADN RN at 42yo 2 years ago. I had no problem finding jobs.....school RN, ASC and now outpatient endoscopy....

  17. Observation of the day

    Student Mom to Three replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work in endoscopy which means I do a lot of procedures where it is just me and the doc. My observation is that my feelings of competence vary greatly based on which doc I am working with. It is...

  18. Anyone else dealing with this?

    Student Mom to Three replied to Nurseamanda00's topic in Rehabilitation

    That is goofy!! Why on Earth would they do this?? Did they have problems with people not showing up for work?? Well....fire those people and hire ones who do show up! What a crummy thing to do to...

  19. The sight of blood makes me pass out.

    Student Mom to Three replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    Well.....after starting in endoscopy i couldn't eat over easy eggs for a loooonnnggg time. You endoscopy nurses know what I'm talking about

  20. Would you commute an hour to a job you wanted?

    Student Mom to Three replied to nursebythesea's topic in General Nursing

    Nope!! Used to do it....won't anymore. I worked 5 days per week so figured I was spending an extra 8 hours on the road that I could spend with my kidlets....or sleeping....or whatever! 8 hours per...

  21. Difference in pay between Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver

    Student Mom to Three replied to neurogirl77's topic in Washington Nursing

    I work in Vancouver and make $29/hr in an outpatient setting. There are two hospitals. The starting base pay at one is just under $32 and at the other is $34. You can look at the websites for...

  22. Nursing Student with Fear of Fainting.

    Student Mom to Three replied to tiffany91's topic in General Students

    I feel ya. I'm a fainter. Donated blood once. The Red Cross asked me not to come back because they had to spend too much time taking care of me after I zonked. Fainted when I saw my kid vomit....

  23. Declined admission!!! Please help!

    Student Mom to Three replied to FutureNurseR9's topic in General Students

    Welllll...... When I was applying to nursing school I applied to an ABSN and an ADN. I had a 3.5 from my previous degree and a 4.0 from nursing pre-reqs. Big, fat, ugly denial from ABSN, but...

  24. craigslist?...Am I crazy?

    Student Mom to Three replied to procrastinator911's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You'd be crazy not to try Craigslist!! At least in my area, tons of legit jobs are listed there!! I have had 4 nursing jobs and 3 of them were off CL! My current position is in outpatient endoscopy...

  25. When assessment skills go wrong

    Student Mom to Three replied to CheesePotato's topic in Nursing Humor

    HAHAHA! Yeah....I never wear make-up. My philosophy is just to keep expectations