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  1. KeepItRealRN

    Is it worth it???New Nurse

    KeepItRealRN replied to marleysnh's topic in General Nursing

    Well if you don't take and pass NCLEX than your nursing degree is completely worthless. Without the "RN", the only use for a nursing diploma is to line the bottom of a bird cage. What kept me going in...
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    is nursing really worth the debt

    KeepItRealRN replied to starnurse2b16's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree. There are a lot of new grads that wouldn't think twice about dropping that kind of money on a new
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    Want to leave Bedside. What are my options?

    KeepItRealRN replied to care2share's topic in Nursing Career

    Become a WalMart
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    Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^ This too
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    Should male nurses put the toilet seat down?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    "If a woman has to put down the seat before doing her business, she will be contaminating her hands, and then she has to wipe herself 'down there'." That could be solved by lowering the seat with...
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    KeepItRealRN replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the example I gave earlier, I am talking about SSI (state). My state is very generous when it comes to giving out benefits. So much so that people from surrounding states come here for that very...
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    Pt having a "friend" over for "special nursing care"

    KeepItRealRN replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ^^^^ This
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    KeepItRealRN replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Exactly. Like I said, in my state if you can get an ADD diagnosis, that will get you disability. It is much easier to get it for your children, but adults are successful as well in this area. The...
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    Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    KeepItRealRN replied to suanna's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have a good friend who is an LPN who came from a family and extended family full of people on disability. To describe the environment if one was to define success as distance traveled, for my buddy...
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    So Frustrated I Could Cry..

    KeepItRealRN replied to NurseQT's topic in General Nursing

    My place of employment does not allow vacation on your weekend to work until you have been there at least 15
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    What Does "New Graduate" Mean?

    KeepItRealRN replied to kaznurse's topic in General Nursing

    One thing I don't understand is if the job market is so dismal for new grad RN's then does it really make sense to invest more time and money into a nursing education only to have and MSN still no...
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    applied for PRN job. Do you have one? Would you?

    KeepItRealRN replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with another nurse who started a business with an RT doing mobile BLS and ACLS classes and is doing very well with
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    applied for PRN job. Do you have one? Would you?

    KeepItRealRN replied to tarotale's topic in General Nursing

    I worked with a couple of nurses who worked very part time at the Pottery Barn and loved it. They didn't do it for the $, they did it for the generous employee discount. I worked with another one that...
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    Should I quit my job, sell my house and sail to Hawaii?

    KeepItRealRN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but on this forum, you might get advice from someone who has actually done the same thing and may give you some valuable tips. Now it is different if an OP is asking "should" I do it. That is...
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    white scrub tops and males

    KeepItRealRN replied to jltbone's topic in Men in Nursing

    Straight men world wide need you to blaze the trail to increase straight male fashion
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    Jobs for nurses, besides nursing!?!

    KeepItRealRN replied to LPaigeRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Walmart
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    Nursing and the Ebola Virus

    KeepItRealRN replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Disaster Preparation

    This is actually quite reasonable. How bout a photo op with the President in a hazmat suit shaking the doctors hand. Really I wonder how many of the Physicians caring for this patient actually suit...
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    Understanding accents as a new nurse

    KeepItRealRN replied to MidLifeRN2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If one is a physician and is repeatedly asked to repeat himself/herself multiples times by multiple nurses, I beg to differ that it is the nurses problem. It is the speakers problem, and they need to...
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    Understanding accents as a new nurse

    KeepItRealRN replied to MidLifeRN2012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I agree, the people who have heavy accents know they have heavy accents and I'm sure people make them repeat themselves a lot. In the medical field precise communication is mandatory especially when...
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    Cardiac Stepdown unit 5:1 patient ratio...is this normal???

    KeepItRealRN replied to jaznia15's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I didn't look at the date, you're
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    Cardiac Stepdown unit 5:1 patient ratio...is this normal???

    KeepItRealRN replied to jaznia15's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    As much as you want to and probably need to do this I advise you not to. Administration already knows how much the place sucks. When you have the exit interview thank them for the experience and...
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    In at 6:30, out at 9:00 and not a drop of food. I love this job!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    So they float you between hospitals and floors? That does not sound like a good place to work. After you have your year in, if you like to take care of sick patients and to concentrate your efforts...
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    In at 6:30, out at 9:00 and not a drop of food. I love this job!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    That is true if one does not have anything to compare it to. If you are happy hang on to it. In my case between doing travel nursing, agency nursing, and having regular jobs, I counted at least dozen...
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    In at 6:30, out at 9:00 and not a drop of food. I love this job!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Again like I said if you look for better employment, don't burn bridges. Never tell a future employer you left or are leaving a job because you were
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    In at 6:30, out at 9:00 and not a drop of food. I love this job!

    KeepItRealRN replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking about it more. It sounds like the place you work simply sucks. There are good jobs out there, but might require relocating. I find that crappy working conditions tends to be a regional...