NurseKate16

NurseKate16

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  1. stupid question maybe?

    NurseKate16 posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I live in New Jersey. I have my Associate's degree and am a Registered Nurse. I'm currently enrolled in a RN to BSN program. I was just wondering if anyone knows what is needed after that to become a...

  2. stupid question maybe?

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes that helped! I thought that's how it worked but I wasn't positive. I appreciate your

  3. Provenge

    NurseKate16 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone have any experience administering this? What are your thoughts and feelings about this drug? And also, what does your infusion policy/infusion reaction policy include for this? I am going...

  4. Nursing Tattoo

    NurseKate16 replied to jwilso19's topic in General Nursing

    "the caduceus is sometimes mistakenly used [color=#0645ad]as a symbol of medicine and/or medical practice, especially in [color=#0645ad]north america, because of widespread confusion with the...

  5. Provenge

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    and the policies I need to develop are one for the actual infusion process and one for an infusion

  6. Provenge

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    They are described as minimally symptomatic. They can have no moderate or severe cancer related pain and cannot be on narcotics for cancer related pain. They can't have been on chemo within the last 3...

  7. To those who wear white scrubs?

    NurseKate16 replied to Aly529's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I totally did this. Nice little bonfire in the backyard....along with my hunter green ones that I wore as a nursing assistant for 5 years. once I got my first nursing job and found out that I could...

  8. Provenge

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ProstateCancerNews/provenge-cancer-vaccine-months-life-worth-100k/story?id=11269159

  9. Provenge

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    Its a drug that is mixed with a patients own blood. It costs 93,000(31,000 per treatment x3). Its for patients with metastatic prostate cancer and it basically gives them about 4 months longer to live...

  10. can I still become a nurse, though I had bad grades in college?

    NurseKate16 replied to janthi's topic in Nursing Career

    yes, I would say talk to your advisor. Discuss what classes you can take to bring your GPA up(*cake classes*) and also, when you enroll in your nursing prerequisites(sciences, etc) just do your best...

  11. Where should I take the NCLEX?

    NurseKate16 replied to swaffy8's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from school in NJ. A friend of mine who graduated with me was moving out of state shortly after she would be taking her boards. She applied to take them in NJ but also have them count for...

  12. RNs paid under the table?

    NurseKate16 replied to 0ohunnio0's topic in General Nursing

    No one is "allowed" to be paid under the

  13. NEED ADVICE

    NurseKate16 replied to al17315's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Just seeing this now. Is it possible she was just really busy? I know a lot of the time when I worked at the hospital my managers would say theyd do things by a certain day and then they just...

  14. current nursing job just doesn't "feel right"?

    NurseKate16 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Everyone! I'm Kate. I'm a 25 year old new Associate's Degree Registered Nurse from NJ. I previously worked on an ortho/surgical floor at my local hospital as a nursing assistant/unit secretary for...

  15. fainted during a procedure at work!!

    NurseKate16 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, so I'm telling this as kind of a funny story that happened yesterday. First let me state that I am in my first year of nursing but I have seen many gross and bloody procedures and don't have an...

  16. fainted during a procedure at work!!

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    nope...it involves cutting a piece of skin on a man's *ahem...special part. there was scar tissue from a circumcision and they just needed to release the

  17. fainted during a procedure at work!!

    NurseKate16 replied to NurseKate16's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha. yes I'm sure he went and told everyone he knows what

  18. The worth of the nurse

    NurseKate16 replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

    yes i would say thats exactly what that means!!!! but also, i think its a compliment to how hard we work and what we

  19. calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    NurseKate16 replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    NJ-Passed RN boards in May of 2010,1 interview, hired in August

  20. Are you an organ donor?

    NurseKate16 replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto!!

  21. Narcotic Counting Book

    NurseKate16 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone, I'm a Registered Nurse at a Urology center that performs office based surgery in NJ. I have been tasked with finding a narcotic counting book to keep track of our narcotics(obviously). I...

  22. Nursing Shoes

    NurseKate16 replied to AlleycatLPN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Dankso clogs! I'm a 25 year old, new nurse from NJ but I was a Nursing assistant for over 5 years before this. When i finally got danskos my back and my feet both thanked