AmyRN303 BSN, RN

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    Nursing Assistant... My Thoughts

    Oh yes. I hope you like milk chocolate and macadamia. That's all I have today
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    NICU New Grad Residency Interview!

    Oh my gosh. I had hoped you were
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    Nursing Assistant... My Thoughts

    Well, having visited said sit through the link you provided, I am really appalled at the number of people applauding the writer and agreeing. Decided after scrolling through a few I couldn't read the...
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    Nail and skin care

    For daily use, I rotate through a few...Bath and Body Works' Look Ma New Hands is a favorite. At night if my hands are cracked, I go straight to Bag Balm and socks. I also love the Burt's Bees Almond...
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    NICU New Grad Residency Interview!

    Great advice here....do people actually being relatives with them to job interviews?
  6. Any reviews of Ick Stik? A former colleague used to swear by
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    Nursing Assistant... My Thoughts

    Or an award if you actually could read it all word for word. I humbly suggest a
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    Nursing Assistant... My Thoughts

    And to add....the part about "old people hating water"....have you ever had an in service or other training about Alzheimer's? It is certainly a significant part of that diagnosis, and not something...
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    Would you do that?

    Well, since I've already beaten all the available levels, I'd certainly have no problem attempting to save a
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    Would you do that?

    Nope. If I didn't have a one way in the car I'd do compressions
  11. This is my personal favorite quote. I've run into far too many a person as of late that takes my disagreement
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    Squeamish...

    Not alone at all. That was my biggest hurdle of parenting. I became a nurse after I had several pukeatoriums in my house (four kids with a stomach bug is no fun for anyone) so it doesn't bother me as...
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    New CPR Song for New CPR Rate?

    Bangarang is one of my son's favorite songs....good info for my refresher class
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    Online CPR Class

    Here, at least, you can do the AHA renewal online, but have to then book an in-person skills check
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    Travel Nursing w/ Teenager considering homeschool

    Definitely check into it. I have homeschooled much younger children and I can say it was a full time job, but if your 13 year old is self-motivated and has a flexible personality, it could be an...
  16. If you do a search on AN there are a few threads about this awhile back. I second learning extension from NCSBN for
  17. Let me guess.....this is a homework assignment,
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    Scrub pants

    I love Koi. And I don't know many women who don't have cellulite, myself included, and I've never seen so much as a tiny dimple through
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    80 or above is passing!

    There were several students in my cohort who failed a semester and had to repeat because of their average in
  20. That's good to know. I can't wait to start. Actively seeking a job so I meet the employment
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    80 or above is passing!

    Our school had a passing threshold of 77 as
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    Using "Medical" terms

    I felt being "forced" to state the pathophysiology as a diagnosis helped to reinforce the understanding of the disease process for me. We also had an extra page of the care plan where we had to then...
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    Visible piercings not allowed, but what about...

    If you're still in school, your school likely sets the policy. After that, it's up to the employer. In school, we were only allowed one stud per ear and no other piercings, no visible tattoos. One...
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    Using "Medical" terms

    Well, how about instead of "disease process" one uses a description of the disease process? Does that help or hinder (ie: is it too
  25. I'd go to pinning. I wouldn't skip it for an open house. Mayyyyybe for a second interview, but not for an open house. It's not likely that management will have time for all of the people milling...