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  1. New Grad, work calling on days off

    momof3lv replied to hopemedsurg2picu's topic in General Nursing

    I would just not answer the phone. Saves the problem of feeling bad about saying no. Switching shift is another thing. If you want to be nice and help out your coworkers then do it, if you can't then...

  2. Scrubs for the slim

    momof3lv replied to 2k15NurseExtern4u's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Urbane makes slim fitted tops but you have to get the newer style that is longer. The down side is their tops can be a bit snug if you have large

  3. Nurses with pedometers - How far do you walk?

    momof3lv replied to ixchel's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I average about 11,000 steps on a medsurg floor. But our set up is three small pods of 12 pts and each nurse has 6. So all my patients are in one small area, although I do a lot of running around...

  4. Screwed Over by My School

    momof3lv replied to Brilton's topic in General Students

    Why? What is that going to solve? You can't go back in time and change anything so what difference does it make now that it says August instead of May? The outcome is the same. Changing it to may is...

  5. Nurses forced to work as aides

    momof3lv replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It seems weird to me that a facility would just not give all nurses a smaller assignment and have them do primary care than pay an rn to be a cna. That's what we do at my hospital. Granted that...

  6. whats the starting salary for new BSN grad in Nevada?

    momof3lv replied to biancabrianna's topic in Nevada Nursing

    Oh and I don't really think there is much of a difference in pay for BSN vs associates. I didn't get a pay raise but I can't vouch for all

  7. whats the starting salary for new BSN grad in Nevada?

    momof3lv replied to biancabrianna's topic in Nevada Nursing

    It's around $30/hr. Give or take a dollar or two. Usually night diff is about $2/hr and weekends another $1. About 55,000-60,000 a

  8. How much do nurses make?

    momof3lv replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and that's without

  9. How much do nurses make?

    momof3lv replied to firefly101's topic in General Nursing

    I make approx 70,000 a year in Las Vegas. One year med surg experience. I think that's pretty good since cost of living is pretty good and no state

  10. Do any colleges accept an associates degree from excelsior for a bridge to BS?

    momof3lv replied to Lexilou08's topic in Excelsior College

    You don't need the nursing portion to transfer. You get credit for your RN license. You might have to take a few more general credits based on the schools requirements and usually sciences might need...

  11. Patient bathing

    momof3lv replied to texasrn71's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah we have to use the approved creams with the

  12. Patient bathing

    momof3lv replied to texasrn71's topic in General Nursing

    We are in the process of a study using the CHG wipes. I hate them. I think their gross and I don't even like touching them with my bare hands let alone wipe down a pt with them, but it's what we have...

  13. Be honest, what pt behaviors do you find annoying?

    momof3lv replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh all the dang time. I hate that the patient wants to talk to you statement

  14. Other departments trying to skip on work with RN's "blessing", aka lazy people wanting som

    momof3lv replied to ixchel's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The lab tech the other day came in and seriously went to every room and was like "I'm the lab tech are you sure you really want to have your labs drawn now? No? Okay someone will come back later." Of...

  15. What nursing task do you loathe???

    momof3lv replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Orthostatic bp. Hate it. Charting the same thing over and over in different places, waking patients up at 6am to give them their protonix or whatever stupid med can't wait till 9am med pass. Wearing...

  16. What nursing task do you loathe???

    momof3lv replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh this is so annoying. They always call at 7:30 and want a full update on what grandma did all day. Geez give me a bit of time to actually see

  17. What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    momof3lv replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Lpn-25. Associates RN-36. BSN

  18. What color are your scrubs?

    momof3lv replied to Iliauna's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    RNs wear royal blue. I don't mind it, I like the color and it eliminates the what do I wear today ordeal. This is in vegas. Not all hospitals have standard colors though, some still do the wear...

  19. Pressure ulcer during prolonged surgery always happens?

    momof3lv replied to RachelHuang's topic in General Nursing

    I heard from one of the other nurses that floated down to surgery that they were putting a mepilex dressing on the coccyx of every patient going into surgery to prevent pressure ulcers. I thought that...

  20. University of South Alabama FNP Spring 2016

    momof3lv replied to fsuao2006's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Cool. I think it said application opens in August. That's for fnp though, not sure if it's the same for all specialities. I think I'll apply at frontier also and hope I love get into

  21. University of South Alabama FNP Spring 2016

    momof3lv replied to fsuao2006's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Anyone planning on applying for summer

  22. Fired for Pyxis discrepancy

    momof3lv replied to Kristen75's topic in Patient Medications

    Are you Union? I don't really have any advice. I have never heard of someone getting fired for forgetting one waste. That just seems weird to me. Especially if like you said others have not been fired...

  23. Fired for Pyxis discrepancy

    momof3lv replied to Kristen75's topic in Patient Medications

    That seems extreme but according to your post you did it backwards. You need to sign in to the pixis and then hit waste and your coworker cosigns the waste. I'm taking it this wasn't your first

  24. RN to BSN at WGU?

    momof3lv replied to noelly10's topic in Western Governors University

    Yes Klone explained it better then me. It is truly at your own pace. If you come into with a good knowledge of stuff then you can really plow through a bunch of classes. You are given everything you...

  25. RN to BSN at WGU?

    momof3lv replied to noelly10's topic in Western Governors University

    No. You can take it with them. They send you a kit and you do some experiments at home. It's a bit tedious but not