Awesomepossum

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  1. MBA in healthcare management or RN-MSN in leadership

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in Post Graduate Students

    Which is better for a floor nurse RN with a BS in another field? I don't want to stay on the floor ugh. My destiny is in the PACU/ICU/Surgery and eventually off the floor. But I can't decide which...

  2. Nurse to Patient Ratio

    Awesomepossum replied to flg2008's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have the same problem, I'm on a med/surg ward with a lot of complex cases, like people who just had all of their guts taken out and are getting chemo. I routinely have 6-8 pts on a "good" day (we're...

  3. Hourly Rounding

    Awesomepossum replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yeah good luck seeing everybody when you have 7+ patients on daylight or 10 on nights. I'm lucky if I see everybody once every 4 hours let alone every 1. I do try to see everybody regularly...which is...

  4. Should a gay male LPN reveal his sexual orientation...

    Awesomepossum replied to LPNTO's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    It's nobody's business what you do in your own home. Politely decline to answer. After all, nobody asks nurses if they're STRAIGHT do

  5. Please Help Me Survive Med-Surg

    Awesomepossum replied to Nursemeg89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    My floor is like that too only usually we have 40-46 patients, but only budget for 36 surgical so we end up with 5 nurses on days and 4 at night with 2 aids on days and 1 (if we're lucky) at night. Do...

  6. Should I feel bad about this?? New grad wanting to quit days.

    Awesomepossum replied to Bonnie86's topic in Medical-Surgical

    At my hospital nrew grads aren't allowed on nights all the time since "The floor is busier during the day and you need more experience" Um ok. I have 7-9 patients at night and we don't get breaks or...

  7. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

    Awesomepossum replied to coco42rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work in a city where if you say the word "union" the giant mega corp who owns the city (no really, they do!) will fire you and you never work in town again! I prefer nights...but at my "lovely"...

  8. Facebook almost cost me my job

    Awesomepossum replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This is why I use an assumed name for everything online, even facebook. I don't list my true town, where I really work etc. I also DON"T friend people I work with either. I had a problem with a back...

  9. Will certifications help get a job?

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So I'm graduating this winter and currently am going on 2 years of being a pharmacy tech. I'm worried that my lack of actual nursing experience will keep me from getting a job. I've tried to get an...

  10. I give in to drug seeking patients

    Awesomepossum replied to Raidernurse's topic in General Nursing

    We are not here to judge; if you want to judge someone else's business save that for church. We're here to save lives, not souls as it were. The way I see it it doesn't effect ME if someone is a drug...

  11. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    Awesomepossum replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    WOuld have been nice to know that there were no jobs back when I started but now I only have 1 class left so it would be stupid for me to stop now when I'm so close. Course I should be used to the no...

  12. Reality Check for Nursing Hopefuls

    Awesomepossum replied to DedHedRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Yes we are all very aware of the lack of jobs and how screwed all of us ADN students are even with another degree under our belts. HOWEVER it does nothing to help other people or yourself to spread...

  13. New Grads We Have Hit A New Low...Work For FREE

    Awesomepossum replied to SparkleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    slavery is rampant in this country, we just call it customer service, volunteering, community service, and nursing school clinicals

  14. Forearm bloodpressure

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So this week I had a patient who I needed to do a forearm blood pressure on and I just couldn't hear a thing with the manual cuff. I've practiced and practiced on other people and I just can't get the...

  15. Forearm bloodpressure

    Awesomepossum replied to Awesomepossum's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I did have a very hard time trying to get the stethoscope to lie flat. Where i could feel her pulse was right there on the edge by the thumb. Does it work better to listen a little further up on the...

  16. ADN Students Whom Already Hold a Bachelors in Another Field

    Awesomepossum replied to TheCareerStudent's topic in General Students

    A resume with a degree from UoP goes straight to the

  17. Is nursing a good career?!

    Awesomepossum replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    This could be send of ALL jobs now, not just

  18. Discouraged by Nurses who hate their job

    Awesomepossum replied to Tooimpatient's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Every time I go to clinical I have at least one nurse tell me to "Get out while you can! Drop out! This job sucks and it's horrible!" Makes it very hard if not impossible to keep a healthy outlook...

  19. Is it even worth it?

    Awesomepossum replied to Awesomepossum's topic in General Students

    I'm going to really try and get a tech job by this summer before that last semester. Right now I work in a pharmacy which is great for learning to deal with the irate patient and learning my meds but...

  20. Is it even worth it?

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in General Students

    I have 2 classes left to go before I finish this ADN degree and its so hard to stay motivated to keep up the good fight when all I hear is how there aren't any jobs and the few jobs there are are...

  21. Getting over the needle queezies

    Awesomepossum posted a topic in General Students

    Maybe this is just me, but after years and years and years of being a patient on the other end of that needle, I still get queezy when giving a patient a shot or watching procedures such as bone...

  22. States hiring New RN Grads?

    Awesomepossum replied to 2CareerRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Do NOT move to PA! Nobody is hiring despite certain large cities with black and gold football teams being a mecca for medicine and nursing schools keep pumping out grads by the

  23. Unemployed? Student Loans? At least you didn't go to LAW SCHOOL

    Awesomepossum replied to JeanettePNP's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In PA they need to. No one city needs more than 20 nursing school options and mine does. This creates massive gluts of new grads and no jobs. I graduate in December and I know there won't be a job...