purple_nomad

purple_nomad specializes in 10 weeks in Pediatrics.

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1. IV starts turn into hematomas

   purple_nomad posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   So I've been having this big blow to my confidence lately... I'm a new nurse, just off orientation at a children's hospital ED. We do a lot of IV start s(obviously) and sometimes on very little...

2. Job interview tomorrow...will my clothes make or break me?

   purple_nomad posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just moved to California a few weeks ago. To make a long story short, I applied for a job before I moved here and now they want an interview! Yippee!! Concern: My interviewing clothes are back in...

3. No $$ for NCLEX

   purple_nomad posted a topic in General Students

   Well, I got this email about registering for my NCLEX 1-3 months before I graduate. Problem: I don't have the 200 dollars to spare to pay for it at the moment! I graduate on May 7th...and I think I'll...

4. Nursing poetry?

   purple_nomad posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just read the Fall issue of "Scrubs" magazine, and there was a great section by Courtney Davis, who is both a poet and a nurse and has managed to bring the two together. I was wondering if there...

5. RNs tell your hospitals to hire new grads

   purple_nomad replied to DedHedRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Aren't we supposed to be having a nursing shortage? Or is that not happening anymore? Schools are pumping out new grads, and nursing schools have waiting lists, and...er...no

6. 2 months of school left!

   purple_nomad replied to Lennonninja's topic in General Students

   On the same boat! (Well, not a tech, but the two months part) I totally feel like I'm cruising...for some reason, the way my program is set up, senior year isn't so bad. It was JUNIOR year that nearly...

7. Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

   purple_nomad replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

   Also heard Alzheimer's coined as "Old

8. Calling a recruiter?

   purple_nomad replied to purple_nomad's topic in Nursing Career

   Thanks for the advice! I really appreciate it! I think I can discuss my internship as "real"...at the end of the ten weeks, I WAS the nurse (i.e. managing care, administering meds, etc) for three...

9. How would YOU like to see a nurse portrayed in the media?

   purple_nomad posted a topic in General Nursing

   Nursing in the media means a lot to me. I think one of the main reasons I almost chose NOT to be a nurse when I was in high school was because I kept seeing these medical shows where the doctors did...

10. Calling a recruiter?

    purple_nomad posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Well, I am relocating from Missouri to California after I graduate, and I really REALLY want a job at Children's in Fresno. There are no RN I positions posted on the site as of now, and so I was...

11. What grosses YOU out?

    purple_nomad replied to JenTheRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I was bathing a woman who was on palliative care. As I was washing around her mouth, I noticed this brown, bumpy piece of SOMETHING hanging from her lip. I had to peel it off, and when I was examining...

12. Getting more clinical experience outside of school?

    purple_nomad replied to anashenwrath's topic in General Students

    Sadly, clinicals just tend to be this way. Really, clinicals seem to mostly be about you getting comfortable with the mechanics of actually BEING in a hospital, assessing a patient, doing some meds,...

13. Ideas for preceptors/new grads

    purple_nomad posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I had an internship this past summer that was truly amazing! I learned so much, especially being under the guidance of my preceptor, who firmly believed in me figuring stuff out (under her close...

14. What would you do if you were Nurse Ratched?

    purple_nomad posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in my mental health class and have done a few clinicals already. Out of curiosity, I finally watched "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and was taken aback by Nurse Ratched. Not by how terrible...

15. I don't feel prepared for med/surg clinicals

    purple_nomad replied to cuppa_tea's topic in General Students

    Asking the nurses is a good idea. I think sometimes instructors feel a lot of pressure from the whole thing. Maybe it's because it's a favor from the hospital that we're even THERE. I'm sure there are...