Mom2boysRN

I didn't read all replies. This is my advise... You should never have to hold yourself back or make yourself smaller to keep a relationship. If your relationship will not survive it, then it's not a relationship worth saving. A good partner encou...

When I took stats I needed ALOT of help. If you know you need help in certain subjects by all means get it. My nursing school also had tutoring available, not just for pre reqs. You need to understand the pathophysiology to be a good nurse. Being...

Ha! Yes, plans are good to have, but life has a way of changing your direction. I am also a second career nurse. My plan was to get in do my year of MS, then go to the ER. I wanted to be a trauma nurse. What actually happened was that I had di...

I'll just echo what others have said. You will run into patient's that look at you inappropriately, try and look down your scrubs, or say and do other inappropriate things of varying degrees. I ignore some things like innuendo (I act like I don't r...

I have donated to a couple of Go Fund Me pages, friends or someone I know of that is having a valid issue that I feel deserves help. I think back to where we had a crisis in our household (this was before Go Fund Me) and a friend offered to do a fu...

I just jot down some quick notes and then do my charting once I get home. I have a calendar/planner that I track my mileage on. My agency doesn't do anything on paper for the most part. I'm able to set reminders for myself inside the charting soft...

I do home health so it's a bit different, but I have made suggestions to my patient's on questions I would ask if they were my mom or dad. I try to be careful not to step on the docs toes while still advocating for my patient.

Home health. I work as much or as little as I want. When my kids were younger and they had something going on at their school I would plan a break in my day so I could go to it. Mostly daytime hours, if you have an on call requirement that would b...

We have agency parameters that we all have to follow. The only exception is if the doctor wants a different set of parameters.

I almost went into OT, but chose nursing instead. Due to having a previous degree the amount of time it would have taken would have been about the same for schooling. If I had it to do over again I would have done OT instead. No on call, no weeken...

I wasn't sure. I just knew I wanted nothing to do with OB.

I've never been a math person. We had a class you could take before even applying to nursing school that covered "nurse math". After completing that class I had no issues with the math needed for nursing school. See if you can find something avail...

One other reason this is not a viable option is that children aren't always with their parents. My son is old enough he is out with his friends, with his coach, or other lay people. I could handle drawing up epi, but I guarentee his football coach ...

I love that saying. I take it as saying slow down, don't just look at the monitor, actually look at the patient before deciding interventions. When talking about this saying I use this example where I said it to someone. We were in a patient's ho...

I make my schedule work for me. I schedule around doctor's appointments, break in the middle of the day to attend events at my kid's school, or whatever. I like to start as early as possible so I can end my day as early a possible. Honestly I don'...

I was in my mid 30s when I started nursing school. In 3 years you'll still be 28, so will you be a 28 year old nurse, or still be in your current job? If your goal is to become a nurse then to it!

We buy 2 epi pen 2 packs per year. They are incredibly expensive. It's difficult to always store your epi pens under ideal circumstances between recess at school and sports I know ours aren't always. We've had to use the epi pen on my son twice ...

Oasis is the form used for admission, discharge, recertifications, etc in home health. There are classes on oasis, but the only nurses that I know that have taken those (I've heard they're quite expensive) do chart reviewing. Most home health agenc...

A huge component of home health is teaching.

Things that should be considered... Do you know your mom well enough to know that you can live with her? Is your mom someone that you would want spending a lot of time with your daughter? Are there strings attached to your mom's offer that aren't ...

At the school I went to we were able to take the NCLEX PN after finishing our first year of the ADN progam. If that's an option you could do that so that you can start working as a nurse.

It could be difficult. Many patient's homes are kept clean and are animal free. Some don't look like they have been cleaned in years, if ever. Some people are very heavy smokers, have many animals, or have heavy fragrances. I would discourage som...

Former teacher here. Check into what requirements are to substitute teach in your area. In the state where I taught you only needed 65 credits in college to be able to sub. You may be able to be a sub on your days off from nursing and see what yo...

I'll give a serious answer... though I did enjoy the answers so far! I use my normal products before work as far as shampoo, conditioner, hair spray, and deodorant are concerned. My hair is pulled back which I think helps to control scent. I wash...

I had a teacher like this in the 1990s before anyone gave a rat's hoo haa if you were offended. He was Chinese also and he was very anti christian and made that very clear all semester, it was a philosophy class. One topic we were required to write...