Katie71275

Katie71275

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  1. University of Louisiana-Lafayette online RN-BSN

    Katie71275 replied to bridge2RN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Has anyone taking Nurs 327 with 353 and 354? I am scheduled to start this week(well today I guess) and am thinking of adding Nurs 327 in as well. I have done all of my pre-req's except Chem which I...

  2. FNP salary?? Productivity stipend?

    Katie71275 replied to ked022214's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty surprised as well actually. I'm an RN and earn about 5000 a month pre tax(36 hours a week) and about 4000 a month post tax/insurance. Add in my PRN job and I earn about 2k more a month....

  3. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    Katie71275 replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I love my strawberry ice cream. It's delicious and an addiction lol

  4. Anyone at University of Louisiana Lafayette RN to BSN?

    Katie71275 posted a topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I start the RN to BSN program this semester and just curious if there are others who are in the program or starting? I started off my RN to BSN at NSULA, but moved to NC and had to transfer to ULL....

  5. North louisiana programs

    Katie71275 replied to msgriffith's topic in Louisiana Nursing

    I went to Louisiana Tech and loved every minute of it. It was HARD, but the teachers are really good and want to make sure you learn what you need to know. Tech is one of the top programs in the...

  6. if you graduated in the last 5 years

    Katie71275 replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated may 2013 and had a job by June

  7. Long hair unrestrained at work

    Katie71275 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I work labor and delivery and usually have my hair up. My hair is below my shoulders. If I wear it down that day...I put it up closer to

  8. Would you quit over white uniforms?

    Katie71275 replied to TexMex22's topic in General Nursing

    No but considering I work in labor and delivery....it would be very

  9. How many of you actually enjoy your job?!

    Katie71275 replied to kwerno00's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely love my job. I'm a L&d nurse for just under 2 years. There have been some things I haven't liked...but overall I love

  10. What's your dress code at work?

    Katie71275 replied to Nola009's topic in General Nursing

    We can wear whatever we want

  11. GRE Math HELP!

    Katie71275 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am studying to take the GRE in the beginning of March. I have the Kaplan 2015 review book. I am having a hard time with the math...in particular...the geometry(that's as far as I have gotten). I...

  12. GRE Math HELP!

    Katie71275 replied to Katie71275's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have multiple books to study. I am using Barron's Gre math workbook, GRE for dummies, and Kaplan's 2015 book. I am most nervous about the math, but am also studying vocab some. I also have...

  13. Can i survive night shift??!

    Katie71275 replied to buffalo2122's topic in General Nursing

    If you worked days...your kids would still be in daycare right? I have 4 kids ages 5, 8, 10, 11.5. I do weekend nights and almost always 3 in a row. I sleep from 8 am to 4pm. I really enjoy...

  14. What specialty/job would this be?

    Katie71275 replied to catelynjo16's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I started in L&D as a new grad. It sounds like you would fit very well into a hospital that has an LDRP. They do Labor and Delivery, Recovery, and

  15. Rex Hospital in Raleigh or UNC in Chapel Hill?

    Katie71275 replied to adesm002's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I work at Rex in Raleigh. I really enjoy it, it's a great hospital to work for! I personally do not live in Raleigh, but about 16miles from the hospital. It isn't a long drive at all. if you...

  16. has anyone moved across country?

    Katie71275 replied to melcolbstorm's topic in General Nursing

    I relocated from Louisiana to Raleigh, NC in may 2014. I interviewed over the phone and was already int he process of obtaining my license(or had just obtained it..I can't remember). No video...

  17. Issues with psych rotation-PTSD

    Katie71275 replied to kkordalski87's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately this is all too familiar. Psych is where a lot of family problems come out for nursing problems. My mother had similar problems minus the schizophrenia and eventually committed...

  18. What specialty can you work after graduating for RN?

    Katie71275 replied to mirjanazaka's topic in General Nursing

    Yes postpartum would count. Taking care of moms after delivery is pretty much the same anywhere(except some things you may do different at different hospitals), but the basics are still the same....

  19. ADN v ABSN - Triangle Hospitals

    Katie71275 replied to Sales2Nursing's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Rex does not require a bsn...but you do have to obtain it within 5 years and they have tuition

  20. Raleigh area questions!

    Katie71275 replied to persi's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Also we live in Wake Forest and love

  21. Raleigh area questions!

    Katie71275 replied to persi's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I have just under 2 years experience. Base 21.67 shift diffs-230 to 1045 pm is 3.50. 1045 to 715am is 5. Weekend is 10.00. If you are day shift weekend is sat and sun. Night weekends is Fri sat...

  22. Toco placement and palpating contractions

    Katie71275 replied to tsm007's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The Toco goes at the top of the fundus. It can be hard to pick up on larger patients. I stay at the bedside and when the patient feels a contraction I have them tell me and feel the belly as well...

  23. Should urine catheterization hurt?

    Katie71275 replied to swellnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've don't plenty of them and my experience has been it causes a little pinching pain and that should go away pretty quickly as you advance the

  24. Bankruptcy and Jobs

    Katie71275 replied to ilovemicrobiology's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I filed while in nursing school. I had.no trouble with getting a job and no one ever asked me about

  25. Do you lie when they ask, "how long?"

    Katie71275 replied to delphine22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have never lied. I started a new job in a new state in May of 14. I've been a L&D nurse since June 2013. If asked, I tell them about a year and a half+. I see no reason to