Horseshoe

Horseshoe BSN, RN

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  1. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Language does evolve. Eventually we'll all just grunt at each

  2. Career day-toddler class

    Horseshoe replied to Followingfootsteps's topic in General Nursing

    I think the OP has it easy. Can you imagine how the Actuary is agonizing over her

  3. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    Horseshoe replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I looked that up. In one state, you may serve at 17. All others range from 18 all the way up to 21. I didn't have any luck when googling minimum age to administer

  4. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    Horseshoe replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't believe there is any law about starting nursing school at a given age. It is likely school policy and facility policy for clinicals. Maybe the OP's mother could appeal to the given school if...

  5. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    Horseshoe replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Good points about filling out her development/education with non science classes as

  6. Career day-toddler class

    Horseshoe replied to Followingfootsteps's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, career day for toddlers? Really? Well, perhaps you could utilize various dolls to show about physically caring for children and adults. You could even engage the kids this way by letting them...

  7. Getting around the 18 y.o requirement

    Horseshoe replied to npaar's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    To the OP, I don't think you do get around the 18 year old requirement. But I think you have gotten a lot of good advice. She can proceed with her education in the sciences; it will only help her...

  8. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "I took care of a women with COPD." I see that

  9. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    'Toe the line' - the meaning and origin of this phrase Toe the line - Grammarist "TOE the Line," NOT "TOW the

  10. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Lol, I've never seen anyone do that.

  11. How long did it take you to feel confident as a nurse?

    Horseshoe replied to future_nurse_d's topic in General Students

    It took me at least a year or two to feel "confident." The first year I felt literally sick to my stomach on the way to work every

  12. Would you give up a great federal job to pursue a nursing degree

    Horseshoe replied to Divalish918's topic in General Students

    I would definitely wait until you can get reimbursed vs. taking out loans. It's surprising to me that given your circumstances, taking out loans vs. waiting for a relatively short period of time is...

  13. I need some peace of mind

    Horseshoe replied to Amorenz's topic in General Students

    Everyone I knew who passed NCLEX the first time came out of there saying "WTH?!?!?! That was hard...I have no idea how I

  14. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

    Horseshoe replied to Cisabel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Have you ignored the many comments which have addressed this issue? Many of us have testified that when we were in nursing school, our CI did indeed take full responsibility for our instruction. This...

  15. What do you do?

    Horseshoe replied to potatoz's topic in General Nursing

    At the top right corner of the page, just under the big yellow bar, is a box which says "enter keyword." That's where you type in your

  16. Nursing career? Advice.

    Horseshoe replied to sparkles226's topic in General Nursing

    You say you have your anxiety under control. It might seem that way, but right now you are not in a stressful environment. If you were to go back to nursing school, you might well find yourself no...

  17. For The Love Of All That Is Holy . . . .

    Horseshoe replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    My pet peeve is apostrophe love. One doctor = doctor. More than one doctor = doctors. More than one doctor does NOT = doctor's. More than one patient does NOT = patient's. Are they just not teaching...

  18. Nursing.. balancing school/work/mother

    Horseshoe replied to Hanan2017's topic in General Students

    What do you plan to do once you start taking nursing classes? You won't be able to take only one class at a time in most nursing schools. As far as how to balance? You won't. Your life will not be...

  19. ER rushing patients to the floor

    Horseshoe replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    But that's not on the ER, that's on the doc who transferred him to a floor vs. ICU or stepdown. Additionally, the nurse to patient ratio on her floor is appalling-again, not ER's fault. If a patient...

  20. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Horseshoe replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    Just to illustrate cost of living differences: This 1200 sq. foot home in Burbank costs $640K 1719 N Pass Ave, Burbank, CA 9155 | Zillow This 5598 sq. ft. home in a Dallas/Ft. Worth suburb costs...

  21. It seems like everyone but nurses make more money

    Horseshoe replied to rearviewmirror's topic in General Nursing

    You aren't "lowly" paid. But you do live in a very high cost of living state, in one of the higher cost of living areas of that high cost of living state; additionally you have to pay state income...

  22. How much of a pay cut is too much? Personal opinion

    Horseshoe replied to raecudzy1's topic in General Nursing

    raecudzy1, if you will use the "quote" feature right next to the reply button, the person whose post you are responding to will understand that you are addressing

  23. Only charting?

    Horseshoe replied to Niquolea26's topic in General Students

    I agree. I know there are some very good FNPs who went straight into practice without working as RNs, but I think overall that experience in the trenches FIRST would make them even better. JMO, and...

  24. Eating Their Young

    Horseshoe replied to futurelnd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If I owned All Nurses, I would make using the phrase "eating their young, NETY, eating their students," etc, against TOS because it's become such a trite, overused phrase used to describe anything...

  25. would you take a job with a mean doctor?

    Horseshoe replied to mmccool719's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work for a doctor owned OR PRN. After a few years there, I finally told the scheduler that I would be happy to work for Drs. A, B, and C, but if Dr. D needed a nurse, I was not available-ever. One...