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rach_nc_03

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  1. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

    rach_nc_03 replied to browsing's topic in General Students

    Please don't make generalizations about what 'many diploma and adn programs' do. These things vary from program to program. All but one of my instructors (a part-time lecturer, at that) had MSN...

  2. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

    rach_nc_03 replied to browsing's topic in General Students

    I'm a new grad in NC. two things to point out: as this poster said, *no* difference in pay here. period. And pay increases don't take the ADN/BSN thing into account; however, if you go on to get...

  3. Can any RNs tell me if this is true

    rach_nc_03 replied to geminiskittels's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be curious to know if anyone has interacted with their state BON on this issue. Before my last surgery for endometriosis, my surgeon put me on methadone 25 mg/day for severe pain. He was going...

  4. Do our steths spread infection

    rach_nc_03 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in General Nursing

    You can get antimicrobial steth covers- I can't remember the name, but I have a crapload in my bag I got from a vendor. i'll post the name when I see them again. Also, I've often wondered about the...

  5. So... best PDA software?

    rach_nc_03 replied to Guitar_Heroine's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Try handheldmed.com. Other people like skyscape as well, and there are a bazillion others. I discovered pedi suite on skyscape, and I absolutely love it. other people dig epocrates, but I wanted...

  6. I took my NCLEX-RN on friday at 9am--still don't know!!!!

    rach_nc_03 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Rose, I'm in NC, and took my NCLEX on a Friday. NC also doesn't participate in quick results, and they do batch updates every tuesday and friday- but, as that's a manual process, there's a lag. I...

  7. Is 40k/yr reasonable?

    rach_nc_03 replied to barefootlady's topic in First Year After Licensure

    National salary levels are always, imo, a bad move. Minimums? Yes. Personally, I think it's a crime that *any* person employed full-time, regardless of position, can be living below the poverty line....

  8. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    rach_nc_03 replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    An interesting aside on this topic: At orientation for my new job last week, we had a presentation about the hospital's application for magnet status. One woman raised her hand and said, 'i know that...

  9. Did anyone try to talk you out of being a nurse?

    rach_nc_03 replied to following_faith's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: LOL! We must be cut from the same cloth! Seriously, I think proving your nay-sayers wrong can go a long way towards giving you that extra push when you have to get up at 0500 AGAIN to...

  10. Let's introduce ourselves...

    rach_nc_03 replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hey everyone- Nursing is my third career; when I finished college the first time, back in 1995, I worked in touring musical theater and playing/singing in a jazz band on a cruise ship for several...

  11. Nursing School: There's No Guarantee!?!

    rach_nc_03 replied to prissy pixie's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely!! Anything you can do that will show you're serious- VERY serious- about your commitment to getting into nursing will help. Another thing you might consider is taking as many field-related...

  12. BSN duties?

    rach_nc_03 replied to nev's topic in General Nursing

    BSN, ADN and Diploma nurses are all "regular nurses". Some places make a distinction between the two in opportunities for advancement, but many do not. in this geographic area, there is no distinction...

  13. Too Many Crabby Nurses!!

    rach_nc_03 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree to some extent. Yes, I'm new to nursing, but I've been working for fifteen years, and there are cranky people in every profession, and some people are going to complain all the time,...

  14. Apartment Hunting in Durham

    rach_nc_03 replied to nia_king's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Yes, T-Mobile is great if you get it somewhere else and use it here. I almost drove to virginia to get a t-mobile account, as they had a really great blackberry pda/phone my boyfriend wanted to get...

  15. What squicks you out?

    rach_nc_03 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    EW. Yeah....I'm skeeved by most feet....my best friend wants to go to a yoga class together, but I only do yoga at home- I can't deal with being in a room near all those strange, icky feet! we had a...

  16. Apartment Hunting in Durham

    rach_nc_03 replied to nia_king's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    It totally depends on where you plan to live. Most of my friends and I have Sprint, which has good service in most parts of the area, but there's a spotty area right near my apartment...

  17. MedError/Dismissal...What2Do

    rach_nc_03 replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    I wish all nurses felt the way you do. My last semester was spent on a floor where the vast majority of the staff nurses saw us as "taking" their patients- 100%. This was a surgical floor, and we...

  18. Silly back injury! UHGGGG

    rach_nc_03 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    lol....a nurse I used to work with has the same back issues (and the same extra vertebral parts) I do...you could tell it was bad weather because she and I were both walking around with ice packs down...

  19. Silly back injury! UHGGGG

    rach_nc_03 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    at the gym, doing yoga. ended up on st disbility for 8 weeks, even though i was a telecommuter- couldn't get out of bed for 7

  20. What have you learned about yourself/family while you've been in school?

    rach_nc_03 replied to NorthernRose's topic in General Nursing

    i've learned that i can handle a LOT more than i ever imagined. that sometimes, you have crappy stuff going on in your personal life, but you have patients that need your full attention. i learned to...

  21. Rant - Scientology and Anti-Meds

    rach_nc_03 replied to TCASII's topic in General Nursing

    :bowingpur :yeahthat: :bowingpuryou ROCK. i couldn't agree

  22. MedError/Dismissal...What2Do

    rach_nc_03 replied to brotherbear's topic in General Nursing

    we didn't need an instructor or coassigned nurse present to pass meds in our final 2

  23. Compazine for a Migraine??

    rach_nc_03 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    you rock! let us know if/when you publish...this is near and dear to me as well, as i have a dx of chronic daily migraines. currently taking 200 mg of lamictal daily, demerol/phenergan prn (which is...

  24. Compazine for a Migraine??

    rach_nc_03 replied to Marie_LPN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    marie, so sorry to hear about the headache AND the crappy remark! did you follow up with a neurologist? working in neuro last year, i worry when i hear about headaches like this. take care of...

  25. Nursing without license

    rach_nc_03 replied to jansop's topic in General Nursing

    ok-my friend is an ma who starts med school this fall. she has a bs in sports physology, and is a certified atheletic trainer. she works for a gp who is certified in sports medicine. to my surprise,...