TinyHineyRN

TinyHineyRN

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  1. Pediatric advice, please! Love kids, scared to death! Help!

    TinyHineyRN replied to KayRN910's topic in Pediatric

    Darn autocorrect....I meant grad

  2. Pediatric advice, please! Love kids, scared to death! Help!

    TinyHineyRN replied to KayRN910's topic in Pediatric

    Not only SHOULD you get Peds experience before grad scholar, you HAVE to have Peds experience. Most PNP programs require 2 years of Peds nursing experience before applying. Good luck with the job...

  3. What is something from nursing school that has been the most beneficial to you

    TinyHineyRN replied to almost30's topic in General Nursing

    One of my nursing instructors told us once, "Water is stupid. Water follows sodium everywhere it goes." You know what? Its does! And I ALWAYS think of that when I have a patient with SIADH or cerebral...

  4. Doctor as a patient

    TinyHineyRN replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    One benefit to working with kids is my patients are never docs! In my experience, I have had a few parents or family members who were docs or nurses or CNAs and, for the most part, I have had fabulous...

  5. New Nurse Relocating: From NJ to Greenville, NC

    TinyHineyRN replied to flamengo's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Those are great rural areas. A lot of people I work with live in Winterville. I think if you are looking for something with a smaller community that is still convenient to the "amenities" of...

  6. Do you think I would be better off starting the ADN program as a generic student?

    TinyHineyRN replied to delores4's topic in LPN to RN

    I wasn't an LPN, but my RN class had 2 LPN entry students. They started in our 2nd of 5 semesters. The only thing they bypassed was 1 semester of basic nursing stuff. I don't know if your program will...

  7. Epi Pen makes a good day

    TinyHineyRN replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Nursing

    You want to inject it into the lateral upper thigh. Its such a powerful force that you don't even have to take off your pants to inject it....even if you were wearing

  8. Epi Pen makes a good day

    TinyHineyRN replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Nursing

    He he he...I've done the same thing with my own expired

  9. when do you declare a specialty

    TinyHineyRN replied to bs98241's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Certified Pediatric Nurse....I guess I "declared" a specialty in Peds. My first job out of nursing school was as a staff nurse on a general Peds floor. Now I work in the Peds ICU. While my...

  10. How much do you get paid for being on call?

    TinyHineyRN replied to RN-ing's topic in General Nursing

    I get a straight up $25 for a call shift, so about $2/hr. Then if called in, its time and a

  11. Do you remember everything from nursing school?

    TinyHineyRN replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

    That's interesting, since I use nursing diagnoses everyday when charting care

  12. Can someone please appease my paranoia?

    TinyHineyRN replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    I think its one of the joys of Peds to get exposed to as much crap as humanly possible! They like to poop on you, puke on you, cough directly in your face, etc. But, as gross as it can be, I wouldn't...

  13. Do you remember everything from nursing school?

    TinyHineyRN replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

    I barely remember everything I did today, let alone everything from nursing

  14. Can someone please appease my paranoia?

    TinyHineyRN replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    Glad that your paranoia has resolved. But, to keep it in perspective, I'll tell you about my "exposure" this past week: A couple shifts ago, I was taking care of a teenager with a trach who is vent...

  15. Can someone please appease my paranoia?

    TinyHineyRN replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    I have to think that CDC/WHO recommendation refers more to mothers and babies living in underdeveloped 3rd world conditions where the only choices are exposure to HIV or death related to dysentery...

  16. New Nurse Relocating: From NJ to Greenville, NC

    TinyHineyRN replied to flamengo's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm really not too sure. I've only lived in Greenville and Winterville. But nothing catastrophic that I can

  17. New Nurse Relocating: From NJ to Greenville, NC

    TinyHineyRN replied to flamengo's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    If you want space, go with

  18. do you put patient teaching in a nurses note?

    TinyHineyRN replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our charting program generates an education flowsheet based on the care plans we enter. We use that flowsheet to document education topics, who we educated (pt, family, etc), modes of education...

  19. Can someone please appease my paranoia?

    TinyHineyRN replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    I've had way worse on my hands than boob juice.....like when the baby I was feeding last night decided to reflux, spewing about 15ml partially digested formula all over my hands. Lovely. Unless your...

  20. Orientation time

    TinyHineyRN replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    Not so relevant, but when I switched from Peds to PICU, I had a 5-6 week orientation. But I had also cross-trained to intermediate PICU patients. We have an experienced PICU nurse that just started...

  21. Thoughts on PCMH (now Vidant Medical Center)

    TinyHineyRN replied to Turd Ferguson's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I've been at PCMH for 3 years and I love it! I work in a fabulous unit with incredible people (hey, our motto is "Incredible people providing incredible care, everyday"!) and a wonderful manager and I...

  22. New Nurse Relocating: From NJ to Greenville, NC

    TinyHineyRN replied to flamengo's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I live in Greenville and have been here for almost 9 years. I'm one of the ones that moved to Greenville to go to ECU and just never left! As far as PCMH, I love it. Of course, you can fins lots of...

  23. PLEASE i need help! I failed Nclex 5 times!!!

    TinyHineyRN replied to 7Laquisha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sometimes the hospitals in your region offer NCLEX tutors. I know the hospital I work for tutors the people they have already agreed to hire if they didn't pass the

  24. What should I have done differently?

    TinyHineyRN replied to nursedolphin's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, unless you are in a TRULY unsafe environment, I think I would suck it up and stay my year, then peace out if it is still and absolutely horrible place to be. Fact of the matter is, new grad...

  25. PLEASE i need help! I failed Nclex 5 times!!!

    TinyHineyRN replied to 7Laquisha's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took a Kaplan review course to prep for the NCLEX-RN and I can't praise it enough. Besides having access to all those 80 billion review questions, the class was super helpful in not only reinforcing...