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  1. Mama question...12 mg Morphine for 4 yotj

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Pediatric

    Oh sorry. Didn't realize personal experience was medical

  2. Mama question...12 mg Morphine for 4 yotj

    42346_nurse_ posted a topic in Pediatric

    Hi all! I have a quick question. I work ICU- adults. I took my daughter to the dentist today and she has cavities. They said she should be sedated. 12 mg Morphine, oral; and 8 mg Atarax oral. She is 4...

  3. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ posted a topic in Nursing Career

    My husband and I have decided for me to to stay home until the children start school. The youngest starts K in 3 years. I have been working very little already as a travel nurse for the last year. I...

  4. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Yup! I don't want to debate SAHM vs WOHM. But IMO being a Mom , is not for wimps. Its all hard and all worth it. Totally my experience too. We buy our health insurance from BCBS. Almost the same...

  5. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    OP here! So I got things set up to go back PRN. I was getting myself psyched. But.... I am feeling pretty defeated, atm. I can't even get the blasted drug test done. It expires tomorrow afternoon. I...

  6. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Wow! I am asking around and will start applying if it fits. How do they do if you are unable to work for blocks of time? Like 6 weeks? When I applied at hospitals before fir PRN they were pretty...

  7. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Hi everyone! First, thanks so much for taking the time to respond. This is the plan: Yes, I am done making excuses, I put my big girl panties on! It will take about a month to get everything settled...

  8. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Home care may be an option. I have never done home care, though. Maybe I should find a way to make agency PRN work two days a month. I can only do Sundays... Its like being a single mom wo being able...

  9. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    Here is the thing, I really want to just stay home with my children. I am trying to figure out the best steps to work minimally (if at all) the next few years while maximizing my chances of reentry...

  10. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    I have never heard of it. I live in a very rural area, but my entire nursing career I have made the commute to the city, an hour and 40 minute drive. I will be asking

  11. Staying home with children for several years...?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Nursing Career

    We travel with him several times out of the year, so it makes a PRN job difficult coupled with the babysitter quandary. But I will look at different options, and many more will arise next fall when my...

  12. RN to BSN program at University of Memphis

    42346_nurse_ replied to scifihippie's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Does anyone know the cost per hour of this program? The numbers on the site are a bit difficult (for me) to figure

  13. Principles of Chemistry Online RODP

    42346_nurse_ posted a topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Hi I am a RN BSN student w University North AL. I need principles of Chem. RODP fits my requirements, cost, availability, etc. But is it too much to take it along w Finite math? I've already had...

  14. Any ADN-BSN programs without ridiculous papers?

    42346_nurse_ replied to adnrnstudent's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Nursing is full of things you do that you didn't want to or see their value. It's based on research based evidence. I trust the evidence says it is done this way. Besides if we want to be a...

  15. Check out my 1st contract and give me your thoughts, please ?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Travel

    St Francis on

  16. Check out my 1st contract and give me your thoughts, please ?

    42346_nurse_ posted a topic in Travel

    I am working on my first contract. I live about 130 miles from the facility, but I was going to get a hotel 2 nights of the week. It is Medical Surgical. Memphis TN. PRN rates here non agency are...

  17. Check out my 1st contract and give me your thoughts, please ?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Travel

    Thank you very much. Excellent information. When I renew/ or next assignment are these numbers low, right on, or above average? Next assignment will be renewal with same hospital in ICU or it will...

  18. Check out my 1st contract and give me your thoughts, please ?

    42346_nurse_ replied to 42346_nurse_'s topic in Travel

    Thank you. If I get a hotel in the area can I deduct that as an

  19. Starting assignment at Vanderbilt Nashville

    42346_nurse_ replied to HeartSmartRN's topic in Travel

    I'm interested too. Would love an 8 wk er so close to

  20. Need advice after losing first nursing job

    42346_nurse_ replied to AsianNurse27's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As long as your termination was not related to patient care or absenteeism I would hire you. Personally, I would try to find a manager who likes new grads. There are some who really embrace them. I...

  21. So we want to be respected as educated professionals?

    42346_nurse_ replied to Guttercat's topic in General Nursing

    After writing "coorifice" breath sounds all day, I catch myself doing this

  22. How competitive is entrance to NP school? CCRN or Med/surg cert

    42346_nurse_ posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    The deadline for application is October, I will complete my BSN that December, the term starts in Jan. I have 6 years experience, great letters of recommendation, and I have held an oncology...