poppycat ADN, BSN

pediatrics; PICU; NICU

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    Blast from the past!

    poppycat replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I finished my program in 2009 & recently shredded al the documents,
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    Age vs Years Nursing

    poppycat replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    I’m 63 & have been a nurse 42
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    Aveanna Takeover of Maxim

    poppycat replied to River&MountainRN's topic in Private Duty

    I work for Aveanna & today was informed that I’m getting a raise to$28/hour effective
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    What's the nicest compliment you've gotten as a nurse?

    poppycat replied to NurseNinja1990's topic in General Nursing

    This came from the family of my private duty patient: nurses are the heart of our
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    Fairly new RN with newly diagnosed RA

    poppycat replied to lilpsychRN2017's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I was diagnosed with RA just over 6 years ago at the age of 54. The rheumatologist first put me on methotrexate but I had bad side effects from it so I was taken off it after only 3 weeks. At that...
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    a day for reflection

    poppycat posted a topic in Nurses Recovery

    Today as I celebrate my birthday, there's another date I celebrate. 28 years ago today was my very first sober day after 14 years of heavy drinking. I've learned a lot over these years but went to a...
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    Autonomous Jobs out there?

    poppycat replied to 2BS Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Private duty home care. You're the only nurse there for the whole
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    Here's a new one I've not considered until today...

    poppycat replied to catsmeow1972's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I know a product that can help your kitty. It's called Calming Collar. It's an aroma therapy collar for the cat. They work wonders for my scaredy
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    Alabama nurse killed...

    poppycat replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Nursing News

    According to one article I read, the hospital did have metal detectors & they haven't figured out how the person got the gun into the
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    Did you contract anything from a patient?

    poppycat replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I played several games of "Cootie" with my grandson this
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    Did you contract anything from a patient?

    poppycat replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I got influenza A from my patient in
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    Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    poppycat replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    My dog loves our life. I work nights & my husband works days so there's always someone for the dog to sleep
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    NY Times article: loss of license

    poppycat replied to missmollie's topic in Nursing News

    In Illinois, you can lose your license if you're behind on child support,
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    Well on My WAY!!!!

    poppycat replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going to argue when you have your facts wrong. Good luck with your
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    Well on My WAY!!!!

    poppycat replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    Associate degree in nursing is an AAS. I know this for a fact because that was my basic nursing
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    Well on My WAY!!!!

    poppycat replied to Adrianaboydlewis's topic in General Nursing

    AAS & ADN are the same
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    Healthcare insurance

    poppycat replied to Colleenj19's topic in General Nursing

    My husband's employer doesn't deduct anything for our insurance & we pay almost nothing for doctor visits & $0 for meds. The benefits of being in the Teamsters
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    Crusty Old Bats Will Remember... (part deux)

    poppycat replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Who sent you my graduation
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I cleaned out my messages so you can reply. Barrington is almost 2 hours away from me but Bolingbrook isn't
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    Only Crusty Old Bats will remember..

    poppycat replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    My cap looked like a Big Mac
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    Pocket Guide For New Grad RN

    poppycat replied to KrystalLynnRN's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    The pocket guide I love is "Pediatric Facts Made Incredibly Quick". It's pocket-sized & has a wealth of information. I got it from
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    What's 'General Specialties'?

    poppycat replied to No Stars In My Eyes's topic in General Specialties

    Would that be a
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    NPDB . I settled but now I'm worried!

    poppycat replied to MineRN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    National practitioner
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    Mother of nurse

    poppycat replied to Dgeertsema's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    In the "olden days" (1978) we had to wait 6-8 weeks for our results. Talk about
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    Pre Employment Physical

    poppycat replied to Tdrichie's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had any blood drawn as part of a pre-employment