SarasotaRN2b

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  1. To Quit or Not to Quit...

    SarasotaRN2b replied to Dottie78's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Okay, here is my 2 cents...1) Nursing school isn't going to go away if you don't go next August (have you finished any prereqs you may need, have you applied?), 2) your children are only young for...

  2. Exaggerations about nursing school

    SarasotaRN2b replied to RNDreamer's topic in General Students

    This brings to mind a speech made by a motivational speaker I had watched on TV..."yard by yard, it is hard, but inch by inch, it is a cinch." I'm probably paraphrasing, but this was the jest of it,...

  3. I was assigned to cardiac stepdown!

    SarasotaRN2b replied to RNmom08's topic in Cardiac

    Well, why don't you wait until you know her longer...since at this point you are only meeting her for the first time. As you work with her, you may come up with an idea or so.

  4. Night Shift might be killing me

    SarasotaRN2b replied to NICU_3_RN's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been working solid nights for going on 9 months now. It was really tough in the beginning, and I have found that if I can work the same 3 days every week, it helped a lot. I know that those two...

  5. inapproprate RN on staff

    SarasotaRN2b replied to bell83's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some people have so little going on in their own lives they have to create attention on themselves by gossiping about others. You are not the first to have not passed your first time, and you won't...

  6. Ever had a older nurse treat you as a lowly new grad?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to <3Nursing07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Actually, when it comes to new admissions, isn't it the charge nurse who assigns the new patients? If she was assigned a new patient, it is her responsibility to do the admission work up, not you....

  7. New Grad: Wait for speciality position or just settle for anything?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to pRNss808's topic in Nursing Career

    If you were interviewing within the next month, I would say hold on, but you are looking at perhaps close to half a year before you start, if you get the position. A year in med/surg won't kill you,...

  8. LPN to RN - Can't afford it!

    SarasotaRN2b replied to nursesherry's topic in General Nursing

    How much time would you have to work at your hospital if you did take the tuition reimbursement? As long as I work one year after receiving tuition reimbursement, I wouldn't have to pay anything...

  9. Is this possible (need an experienced nurse's opinion-- warning a little long)

    SarasotaRN2b replied to WestWingFan's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I think you may have to do at least a year full-time after nursing school. Most per diem position will require some previous experience, not just nursing school. But after that, I'm sure that...

  10. Age you will/were graduated?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I'll be about a week shy of 45 when I graduate in December '09. When I think I could have went straight in when I finished high school and accepted the first time...yeesh! But I definitely think I...

  11. Teaching students?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to sleepyjane's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Chances are those new students weren't paying as much attention to you than to the patient. Seeing a patient with 80% burns would definitely have them reeling themselves. They may have been more in...

  12. Practicing B/P

    SarasotaRN2b replied to mzjones6's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    well, first i have to chuckle at your first sentence. second, i wish i could thank you more than once. you are always such a wealth of information.

  13. Young Nurse Looking Toward Management

    SarasotaRN2b replied to luvbug9956's topic in Nurse Management

    :yeahthat: I was going to write you should definitely apply, but I realized that this is an old post (May 2007). So did you apply? What

  14. Mothering?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to DEB52's topic in Nurse Management

    But it is the attitude that it's not mine or I didn't do it, that can get frustrating. If everyone would take ownership of their unit and take care of one little thing that is a glaring no, no...it...

  15. Staff "refusing" to work a schedule

    SarasotaRN2b replied to twarlik's topic in Nurse Management

    Our Clinical Manager had given us time to request what does we wanted by ranking them, as twarlik's did. We had five days (Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve, and New years...

  16. Name the hospital and its Starting Salary!!!

    SarasotaRN2b replied to amadime1's topic in New York Nursing

    But there is one benefit NYC has that CA doesn't have...you can totally get by without having a car which in itself can be a major

  17. Failed my NCLEX and haven't picked up a book since...

    SarasotaRN2b replied to catheegurl's topic in General Nursing

    You passed nursing school!!! That is a BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT! Of course, you can pass this test...although I do agree with leslasic that you should talk with someone and push up the test. I work with...

  18. General Nursing School Prerequisites??

    SarasotaRN2b replied to smallwonders07's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi Smallwonders07, For nursing pre-reqs, it is usually A&P I and II, microbiology. A lot of course will depend on the nursing program that you are applying to. In general, I would suggest taking...

  19. Pushing drugs for the Man bother anyone?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to somebody's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you mean allopathic, considering that most MDs are allopathic doctors. I think you mean holiopathic

  20. When is the best time to go to NS?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to np_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    This is a little harsh. One can very much want to be a nurse but timing is very important. It is not like the OP took the spots (and dropped) preventing anyone else from attending. The OP was...

  21. What do you think about people calling you "honey"?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Honey doesn't bother me...ma'm

  22. Cofused and need your opinion

    SarasotaRN2b replied to RN1025's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: No way...I totally agree with Blee. The floor I work on is a Cardiac acute floor (same one I hope to work on when I am done with nursing school) has both classroom time and a minimum of 3...

  23. He want to study medicine after finishing his BSN Degree

    SarasotaRN2b replied to Adham Ahmed's topic in General Nursing

    Well, of course, it depends on where he is hoping to get into medical school, but in the US, one usually (99%) require receiving a bachelors degree, making sure that they take a year of general...

  24. The 'look' that people give you...

    SarasotaRN2b replied to theatredork's topic in Burn

    I think that working in a ICU Burn Unit takes a great deal of strength. I think that most people may act this way because while nursing maybe what they want to do, it takes a real special nurse to be...

  25. Im doubgting myself..can I really become a Nurse?

    SarasotaRN2b replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about it until you get to that point. A lot of whether you will do IVs rest with the schools and the facilities...some schools will require it, some might not. Some facilities may...