SleeepyRN

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  1. PT RN job offer for allergy office. Salary?

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

  2. PT RN job offer for allergy office. Salary?

    SleeepyRN posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hello everyone. I graduated (ADN) last year. I have been having a heck of a hard time getting a job. My mom is a nurse who works for a private practice physician. She has worked for him for 32 years...

  3. PT RN job offer for allergy office. Salary?

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This family of doctors are notorious for paying extremely low. My mom works for his brother (30 years now as RN and office manager.) She only makes 40,000 a year. Cheap cheap bunch of doctors. They...

  4. working full time while doing part time accelerated bsn program

    SleeepyRN replied to andreead's topic in General Students

    Did you even read my response? It's a "crazy" schedule, but I said some people CAN do it. I did not mean to imply ALL will have to repeat a semester. My advice was to decide for oneself. Like I...

  5. PT RN job offer for allergy office. Salary?

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Update: So the office called me last week asking if I would come in 10 hours a week. I had to practically beg for 14 an hour. Doc said 13, I said 16, ended up at 14. And this is Chicago land, meaning...

  6. why is med/surg a hard class to pass??

    SleeepyRN replied to 2bmalenurse23's topic in General Students

    Oh, and these same people got A's in A&P as well. But it wasn't due to true understanding. The instructors did them a disservice by only making them memorize things for their

  7. why is med/surg a hard class to pass??

    SleeepyRN replied to 2bmalenurse23's topic in General Students

    I haven't had a chance to read the responses yet, but what I saw in my classmates was a complete lack of understanding of anatomy and physiology. If you don't understand physiology, you can't get a...

  8. Military Time

    SleeepyRN replied to krm7's topic in General Students

    This is exactly what I do. When I hear or read, for example, 18:00, I automatically go back 2 from 8 and think 6 o'clock. It just automatically happens in my brain

  9. What would you have done differently

    SleeepyRN replied to PaulBaxter's topic in General Students

    I would have stayed on top of the work. I stressed myself out by not studying til last minute or writing a paper last minute. Then I had tremendous anxiety. I agree strongly with everyone that you...

  10. Pet Peeve

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    And that just breaks the nurse - patient trust that needs to exist. If the patient or family hears this, they can mistakenly think the nurse is

  11. Pet Peeve

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Patient Medications

  12. Nursing school is killing my relationship!

    SleeepyRN replied to jarielle22's topic in General Students

    I know this is a very important matter to you, but I can't help but think of my brother, an officer in the Navy, who has a wife of 18 years and four children, and is deployed for months on end. My...

  13. working full time while doing part time accelerated bsn program

    SleeepyRN replied to andreead's topic in General Students

    Honestly, nobody can answer this but you. Is working full time through nursing school crazy? Yes. But that doesn't mean it can't be done. I had classmates who worked full time in a full time program....

  14. Why do nurses "eat their young"?

    SleeepyRN replied to hope4ccns's topic in General Students

    My instructors made sure to pair us up with nurses who were willing to teach. If a student reported that a nurse was witchy, our instructors made sure to not pair us up with that nurse

  15. Why do nurses "eat their young"?

    SleeepyRN replied to hope4ccns's topic in General Students

    I don't think the point should be about WHY a nurse became a nurse. The point should simply be respect. Some people can't teach and do their job at the same time. However that is not an excuse to take...

  16. why are my labs trending low- hgb, hct, rbc

    SleeepyRN replied to superherobubbles's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    How long has she been receiving the .9 NaCl infusion? 75 ml/hr isn't that fast. It could take more time for the Na level to increase. Any rate, good pick up on her receiving steroids at home and then...

  17. I am about to graduate and I feel like I know nothing!

    SleeepyRN replied to lakencassady's topic in General Students

    That was a light hearted joke btw. I agree with the above poster. You do know more than you think. It will come to you when you are in a situation at work. For example, if you have a diabetic...

  18. I am about to graduate and I feel like I know nothing!

    SleeepyRN replied to lakencassady's topic in General Students

    You feel like you know nothing because, well, you know nothing. Lol. From the very beginning of the program, at the information seminar, we were told it takes a solid year of full time work to start...

  19. Did you get to choose your Clinicals site/schedule?

    SleeepyRN replied to Stacilator's topic in General Students

    I agree. This sounds like very immature behavior. Actually, my school wouldn't have allowed such behavior. They would have said, "there is someone else who would gladly take your seat in the...

  20. Did you get to choose your Clinicals site/schedule?

    SleeepyRN replied to Stacilator's topic in General Students

    We were allowed to select a preference, but there was no guarantee. In fact, almost no one got to choose. We could switch groups if another student was willing to switch with you. I remember them...

  21. Should I continue nursing school?

    SleeepyRN replied to Flojo0014's topic in General Students

    I HATED clinicals. I was full of anxiety. I was scared to perform skills such as wound care and IV care. I shyed away from it as much as I could. Terrible mistake, because I graduated without doing...

  22. I cried in front of my instructor!?

    SleeepyRN replied to AllyMichelle's topic in General Students

  23. Is it really that bad?

    SleeepyRN replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in General Students

    I guess it depends on how you handle stress. To decrease the stress of nursing school, you must be disciplined and be on top of your work. When you get behind on studying and care plans and research...

  24. Pet Peeve

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Actually, yes. CNA'S can make observations and report that to the nurse, but legally only a nurse can assess. I trust the CNAS observations, therefore I immediately assess the resident, then I put...

  25. Pet Peeve

    SleeepyRN replied to SleeepyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    If a CNA came to me and stated it the way you put it "hey, I noticed this...." I would have no problem with that. I would very much appreciate it. It is as you stated, an attitude problem, saying it...