Dixiecup

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  1. pre-employment exam from h*ll

    Dixiecup replied to pedinurse05's topic in General Nursing

    I've had to do this in two different jobs I've applied for in the past. (I got both jobs by the way). Lots of physical stuff, and it was darn hard! But nobody poked around on me, what was the purpose...

  2. mother dies after refusing blood transfusion

    Dixiecup replied to FireStarterRN's topic in United Kingdom

    So, I'm curious. What do the JW's think happens to all the rest of us that do accept blood transfusions. If they believe that strongly, I'm sure they believe that the rest of us will not be going to...

  3. How much do u have in loans?

    Dixiecup replied to 23mark23's topic in General Nursing

    I got student loans for my BSN and I am now getting loans in the Nurse practitioner program. I'll have about 90,000 when I'm done. My NP program is quite pricey and I've borrowed every extra dime...

  4. Skilling For Tube Feeding

    Dixiecup replied to nratchet's topic in MDS Coordinator Information

    It is my understanding that they can be skilled again (after the 60 day period) but they can never be skilled for the tube feeding again. It has to be something

  5. Culture Change In LTC?

    Dixiecup replied to RN 4 Life's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I am very fortunate to work in a facility that when they say the resident comes first, they really mean it. I've never worked anywhere like this place. We are slowly implementing changes, it does take...

  6. What kind of LTC resident will you be?

    Dixiecup replied to squeakykitty's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a friend who says she wants a tube in every oriface, colostomy, foley, and feeding tube so she won't have to get up and do anything. She will just sit in her chair and have them pour beer down...

  7. Very Important question about NP loans! Please help!

    Dixiecup replied to BrandiannRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    St. Louis University (SLU) in St. Louis, Mo. I think it's one of the most expensive schools in Mo but it's totally online so I can cont. to work full time. It's $768 a credit hour. The $90,000 number...

  8. Very Important question about NP loans! Please help!

    Dixiecup replied to BrandiannRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm going to end up oweing about $90,000! Because I took all the extra I could get, and I also work full time! To quote Scarlet O'hara "I won't think about that today, I'll think about that tomorow"....

  9. RN-MSN Thesis vs. project

    Dixiecup replied to Mahage's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Thank goodness the NP program I am in does not require one. I've written what feels like 1000 papers in the program already. I don't think I could survive that big one right at the

  10. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    Dixiecup replied to naturalized's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in LPN school there was a middle aged women in my class and she really struggled to pass. She flunked out in the second semester. She applied the next year and they let her back in (same...

  11. I just failed my second semester of nursing school.

    Dixiecup replied to naturalized's topic in General Nursing

    I went to LPN school first, then a few years later went to the RN program. The LPN program was by far much more difficult than the RN

  12. Culture Change In LTC?

    Dixiecup replied to RN 4 Life's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We are implementing some of the changes now. The way we did the "get up when you want to" thing is we interviewed each resident (the ones who were cognitively impaired, we interviewed family members...

  13. Why Take A Bath, Change Clothes, etc.

    Dixiecup replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My grandma would always use just two little squares of toilet paper. I never could figure out how she managed

  14. Survey begins

    Dixiecup replied to ktwlpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We had our survey a few weeks ago. The last day they came in at 5am to watch the cna's do am care and things like that. One of the surveyers was observing a cna and this poor little cna had only been...

  15. TV in dementia unit

    Dixiecup replied to lilybean's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Had a man on our unit who before his mind got bad, spent a lot of times walking the highway and picking up cans for extra money. He loved it. We had a big fenced in area behind our unit and we would...

  16. Any nurses here date the officers?

    Dixiecup replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in Correctional

    didn't date any officers but I did have an affair with the medical director (I was the DON). Lasted for five years before anyone even had a clue. I was married at the time to the warehouse supervisor...

  17. What's the dumbest thing you ever got called on the carpet for?

    Dixiecup replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was the DON at a correctional facility for several years. One early morning one of my new nurses called me at home and said that when they were counting a box of vials of demerol, she noticed the...

  18. Stupid things you've been called out of a pt's room for?

    Dixiecup replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I just don't go! It's ridiculous. I used to until I learned the fine art of saying "take a message, I'm busy". If they want me to leave a pt room, they'll have to come and bodily drag me out. And if...

  19. Butterflies?

    Dixiecup replied to LNDis4ME's topic in General Nursing

    I like butterflies also esp on older adults, but it is a bit more challenging to see if you can obtain the speciman with a vacutainer. The main reason I was always told to veer away from butterflies...

  20. Does it seem like it is usually the same ...

    Dixiecup replied to GreenNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work in LTC. Don't have any trendy nurses but we do have one room that every resident admitted to that room seems to die. We call it the death room. (only among ourselves of

  21. Patients on Medicaid

    Dixiecup replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That seems strange to me that physicians would do that. My best friend if a doctor and he says his biggest revenue is medicad patients. And he never has any trouble getting paid from medicaid, he says...

  22. Time to graduate from a part time NP program

    Dixiecup replied to core0's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm considered part time and it will take me three years. Six 16 week semesters with two classes per semester and three 8 week summer semesters with one class per those

  23. Burned out as a RN, but happy as a NP?

    Dixiecup replied to 7starbuck7's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am in the FNP program (it is a totally online program)I will graduate Dec. 08 (seems a million miles away!) I have been a nurse for about twenty years so I'm not lacking experience but you still...

  24. Doctoral degree to become an NP???

    Dixiecup replied to VickyRN's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I realize this thread is two years old but I just had to comment. I can't speak for anyone else but money was the top priority on my list of reasons to become an NP. As a matter of fact it was about...

  25. online programs or traditional programs???

    Dixiecup replied to buster4's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am currently in the FNP program through SLU in St. Louis. It is totally online. I don't have to attend campus for anything. I love it. It is structured just like a traditional program you just don't...