xtxrn

xtxrn ASN, RN

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  1. Teenage Pregnancy/Nursing

    xtxrn replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    Yes- sex ed is important. It's not happening effectively at school or home, and I'm not sure where nurses fit in, unless kids seek the information themselves. All of the lectures about abstinence...

  2. Teenage Pregnancy/Nursing

    xtxrn replied to LoveMyBugs's topic in General Nursing

    This may or may not be useful. It goes to assessments beyond the belly :) I timed contractions at a psych hospital on a 12-year old. It was her fathers' baby. The home situation sometimes needs...

  3. Job posting- "Must not be overweight"

    xtxrn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    I agree- but with the op, that's the set up- a Craigslist ad for a nurse who isn't overweight.

  4. Do you need a license to practice as a RN or can you just how proof of passing NCLEX?

    xtxrn replied to ilove's topic in General Nursing

    No more birthdays- I"m now carbon

  5. Job posting- "Must not be overweight"

    xtxrn replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Well, if it's someone paying out of their pocket for private duty care, the difference is a job

  6. Nurse pressing charges

    xtxrn replied to Girlygirl69's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Fine . Press charges

  7. Older PCA/CNA

    xtxrn replied to Girlygirl69's topic in General Nursing

    Which could be 24 if she had a rough vag. delivery and tore half way to her

  8. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    xtxrn replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    I guess you must be the first- congratulations

  9. Do you need a license to practice as a RN or can you just how proof of passing NCLEX?

    xtxrn replied to ilove's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, I worked as a GN before taking boards, in IL. Same huge rooms of 1500 students...4 parts of the test- 2 each day. You got to work as a GN until board results were "out"....if you hadn't...

  10. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    xtxrn replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Then do something besides nursing. You won't change

  11. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    xtxrn replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    Ok. But they don't need you for anything- you need them for an education in the field you chose. Gotta play by their rules- whatever and however many there are. :) If you think it's "stupid" now,...

  12. What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    xtxrn replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure they still make the cargo pockets on the pants with the cuffs at the ankle....but between the two pockets on my thighs, and the two patch pockets on my top, I sounded like a junk truck....

  13. What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    xtxrn replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Well that is certainly a disappointing

  14. Ranting!...

    xtxrn replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    Another OP MIA..... go

  15. How am I going to get the time off for a tummy tuck?

    xtxrn replied to NurseLady1's topic in General Nursing

    :heartbeat Just be sure the doc knows how heavy those carts are when you have it done- don't want to have something bust loose:eek:

  16. What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    xtxrn replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    :barf02: I think I would have carved that part of my neck

  17. How am I going to get the time off for a tummy tuck?

    xtxrn replied to NurseLady1's topic in General Nursing

    Pushing that med cart will trim the gut. Wait until your vacation time comes up in a year, and see if you really need to pay someone to whittle off what 200 pounds of drugs and wheels will do, and...

  18. What reason is used for call offs!

    xtxrn replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, how horrible for both of

  19. What helps you get through a shift ?

    xtxrn replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    That's what drove me out of pedi - I lost a month of hours one 3-month summer period. The married nurses w/2nd income couldn't get it through their heads that I had to make enough to pay rent all year...

  20. Ranting!...

    xtxrn replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

  21. Why does this stigma exist in relation to new nurses?

    xtxrn replied to VeraciousRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How embarrassing for you - LOL.... :anbd: I'm so sorry !

  22. Do you need a license to practice as a RN or can you just how proof of passing NCLEX?

    xtxrn replied to ilove's topic in General Nursing

    that's what i was thinking. geez. it seems like folks are really getting ripped off re: not being taught really basic stuff. not the student/gn fault- it's not common random knowledge. isn't...

  23. Ranting!...

    xtxrn replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    Gee, what a pro you are. Maybe something besides YOU was at the top of her things to think about when you saw her

  24. What have you found in your pockets at the end of your shift?

    xtxrn replied to Poi Dog's topic in General Nursing

    Ouch ! What hoops did you have to jump through to get those back? (we used to have to bring them back immediately - this before cell phones- in the meantime, maintenance would change the locks on...

  25. Nursing makes me nuts!!!!

    xtxrn replied to ksc0723's topic in General Students

    And if the admission process makes you nuts? HA! Just wait