SquishyRN

SquishyRN BSN, RN

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  1. How do I get over the discouragment of not doing skills in clinical?

    SquishyRN replied to nevergiveup2016's topic in General Students

    For any job that needs these skills, you'll get plenty of practice once you're on the job. For any job that doesn't need these skills, well, it doesn't matter if you ever practiced them or not...

  2. Getting a feel for patient care....

    SquishyRN replied to 2ndchance85's topic in General Students

    I wholeheartedly disagree with this statement. All the technical stuff (like bathing, feeding, drawing blood, starting IVs, passing meds) are PART of our job, but these are the least important reasons...

  3. What is the drug of choice in your area?

    SquishyRN replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Alcohol, meth, cocaine, and opioids in that order. I've had ecstasy, benzos, and bath salts a couple of times. Haven't had a single patient for spice

  4. 2016 Salary thread

    SquishyRN replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    You get paid A LOT relative to your COL, even if the Bay Area is one of the more expensive places to live in the country. And that's an understatement. ESPECIALLY with only 3.5 years experience. Just...

  5. Do nurses and surgical technologists get inflation increases when working in a hospital?

    SquishyRN replied to Logan2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Depends on the hospital/facility, not the profession. Union facilities are more likely to have annual increases, but some non-union facilities do

  6. Are all rn to bsn programs online

    SquishyRN replied to Lightning90's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No, not all RN to BSN programs are online. The reason that a lot are online is to make it easier for working RNs to continue their education while working full-time. Regardless if the program is...

  7. Confused on How to even Start Toward Nursing

    SquishyRN replied to Frixell's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm in California, so I don't know any thing about the schools there, but you can post your question in the New York Nursing section and I'm sure you'll get some answers

  8. Is tipping allowed?

    SquishyRN replied to KRVRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yup! OP, if your step dad wants to make sure those particular workers are getting credit for a good job, he should write a letter to management about how great those particular staff members

  9. Confused on How to even Start Toward Nursing

    SquishyRN replied to Frixell's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    One option is that you can begin taking your pre-nursing classes while finishing your degree at CUNY in a major you enjoy and apply to an accelerated BSN program after you graduate. Accelerated BSN...

  10. being forced to pick up extra shifts

    SquishyRN replied to Baylorgal's topic in Nursing Career

    Sure they can threaten. Anyone can threaten anything. Whether or not they can actually do it depends on federal and state labor laws and your employment contract. Regardless, working under management...

  11. Work declining vacation request?

    SquishyRN replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

    This is how is works at my current job. The vacation request book comes out in October for the FOLLOWING YEAR. Vacations for the next calendar year are approved or denied by the 3rd week of December....

  12. OK to piggyback IV potassium?

    SquishyRN replied to MeganC012's topic in Patient Medications

    I can't think of an example off the top of my head how it is dangerous since it would still run at 10meq per hour, but this is certainly the lazy, shortcut way of doing it and is not best practice. We...

  13. Does 1 month experience count against me to get into new grad residency?

    SquishyRN replied to jellybeanjean's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Best to talk to one of the recruiters at UC Davis so you can explain your situation. Only they can give you the correct answer as to whether it will count against you or

  14. LTC's are a joke

    SquishyRN replied to baygrl11's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Having to pick up other people's slack isn't just in LTC, or even just nursing. This is in any job you have to work with other people

  15. Another reason unions suck!

    SquishyRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    The nursing shortage myth is indeed alive and well. The media continues to propagate it. I just read an Atlantic article released this month about the "nursing shortage." Nurses propagate this myth as...

  16. Another reason unions suck!

    SquishyRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I was being

  17. Another reason unions suck!

    SquishyRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Non-Union facility: going anyway=fired/disciplinary action Union faculty: going anyway=OP then becomes the selfish, lazy, incompetent worker he hates so much that doesn't get disciplined because of...

  18. It's just a ******* straight cath!!!

    SquishyRN replied to %D#2's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty incredulous how nothing was done for this patient in the 3 days OP was off work. OP was still the one who ended up sending this patient out. 3 days with no urine collected, no antibiotics,...

  19. Delay in transfer to floor

    SquishyRN replied to bebbercorn's topic in Emergency

    I make an entry into the chart similarly as turnforthenurse. Some units are really good about taking report and calling us back if they were busy, others are notorious for delay tactics. The latter is...

  20. LVN covering as caregiver for a shift

    SquishyRN replied to guest907278's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Can they do it? They can if you let them. It's not illegal for them to pay you less if you let them. But don't let them for the reasons Pangea just stated. Absolutely don't accept getting paid less...

  21. weekends?

    SquishyRN replied to nrse76's topic in General Nursing

    Even if she wasn't originally hired for it, she's been oriented to that floor as well. It's fair game to get floated to an area you've been oriented to, even if it's the weekend. OP, weekends are...

  22. Which route to take?

    SquishyRN replied to Breh_118's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I totally get how confusing all this college business can be when you're the first in your family to go through it. Especially in nursing, where there are so many levels of practice and options for...

  23. Which route to take?

    SquishyRN replied to Breh_118's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You're getting ahead of yourself. For some of these schools, like CSULB and CSUF, you're not officially a nursing student until after you complete the nursing program pre-requisites in your first and...

  24. Help! Trauma CEU's needed!!

    SquishyRN replied to livinthelife's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps you can ask whatever governing body that is specifically requiring you to have 8 trauma hours what they consider acceptable as counting towards trauma hours? I've never heard of needing...

  25. Help! LVN Wages?

    SquishyRN replied to Kiki1970's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You're going to get highly variable numbers related to geographic location since you posted this in the LPN/LVN forum. Your profile states you're in San Marcos, so San Diego/Southern California...