DenaInWyo

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1. Stupid mistakes!!!!

   DenaInWyo replied to kit3375's topic in First Year After Licensure

   Oh Lisa..LOL I am SO glad to see that I am not the only one up late at night (well, I do work nights..or did) looking around to see if anyone else out there is making mistakes. I made a dumb one this...

2. your very own personal crusade

   DenaInWyo replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

   UGH! I hate this too, and it seems to be chronic where I work. I know I am a student and will learn more about how "the real world" works once I am out there, but it still seems to me that this is a...

3. your very own personal crusade

   DenaInWyo replied to goats'r'us's topic in General Nursing

   Paper pants! I love it! Think that's what I'll start calling them. My pet peeve: my coworkers who think that it's okay to put our elderly ladies' hair into little kid hairstyles. We're talking...

4. Want RN-MSN but...

   DenaInWyo replied to BunnyBunnyBSNRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   You didn't mention details, so I don't know if this applies to you or not, but just in case: I had one semester while I was still majoring in computer science that was just a mess for me. I got 2 Fs!...

5. Smoking among Nurses is hypocritical.

   DenaInWyo replied to thomasgbsn's topic in General Nursing

6. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   DenaInWyo replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   This isn't a ghost story exactly, but it kind of bugs me and is undoubtedly creepy. My grandmother passed away last January. It was a very emotional situation, with a lot of hard feelings on both...

7. Things to do while awaiting NCLEX (or any other) test results

   DenaInWyo replied to prmenrs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Have a barbeque with some of your friends who are in the same boat..misery loves company :chuckle Go buy yourself some cute new scrubs..you're gonna need 'em when those positive results come in!!...

8. Things to do while awaiting NCLEX (or any other) test results

   DenaInWyo replied to prmenrs's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Have a barbeque with some of your friends who are in the same boat..misery loves company :chuckle Go buy yourself some cute new scrubs..you're gonna need 'em when those positive results come in!!...

9. Things to do while awaiting NCLEX results

   DenaInWyo replied to prmenrs's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   Have a barbeque with some of your friends who are in the same boat..misery loves company :chuckle Go buy yourself some cute new scrubs..you're gonna need 'em when those positive results come in!!...

10. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN Good/Not Good?

    DenaInWyo replied to watchthis22's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Um, yeah, I would think so :chuckle Saunders has 4000 practice questions. I don't think they make it for Palm, but it does come with a disk for your PC. And about summer..honestly, I would have...

11. First Death Experience

    DenaInWyo replied to DenaInWyo's topic in General Students

    Thank you all so much for your responses..your kind words and shared experiences are really helping me wrap my head around this. I can really relate to having it in the back of your head through the...

12. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN Good/Not Good?

    DenaInWyo replied to watchthis22's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Too funny..that's exactly what I'm doing! I hate to say it out loud (or type it), but now that the first couple of weeks of summer have passed, I'm (GASP!)

13. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    DenaInWyo replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Heck, we're having a problem with a CNA that is like that. You can tell that she truly hates her job..and the residents at my LTC suffer. She's just a bad attitude on two legs. In her case though,...

14. Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN Good/Not Good?

    DenaInWyo replied to watchthis22's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Just got Saunders last week. Spend your money there. So far I've only browsed through it (hey, it's summer vacation!) but I've found three questions that are almost word for word the same as ones...

15. First Death Experience

    DenaInWyo replied to DenaInWyo's topic in General Students

    Actually, she did have someone with her the whole time. As I said, she was a much loved resident, so every aide in the building made it a point of coming and spending a few minutes with her. At...