nursepotter05

nursepotter05 RN

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  1. Nursing student needs advice!!!!

    nursepotter05 replied to galaxy781's topic in General Nursing

    I did my preceptorship in ICU and I liked it. However, we did not have the choice of doing peds or I would have chosen peds! Peds is my speciality. It is heartwrenching at times, but so is any other...

  2. Cancer Dx without biopsy?

    nursepotter05 replied to RPN_2006's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that the doctor should have gotten a biopsy to see what kind of skin cancer it was and to see if it has

  3. nursing or ultrasound

    nursepotter05 replied to nursinghelp's topic in General Nursing

    As far as being afraid about injections, everybody is uneasy in the beginning. I think it would be beneficial to you to explore shadowing a nurse at a hospital in your local area. Then, you could see...

  4. Specializing as a new grad?

    nursepotter05 replied to kasni's topic in General Nursing

    I will be graduating in May. Several of my classmates are starting in ICU's and Nuero straight out of school. I have a job in a Pediatric Nurse Residency program. I will have a choice of the PICU,...

  5. middle TN

    nursepotter05 replied to nursefiggy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I did clinicals in Gallatin in the CCU. I liked it at the hospital. I am going into the Pediatric Nurse Residency Program at Vandy Children's after graduation. If I had not gotten into the program, I...

  6. Got A Job!!

    nursepotter05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am graduating in May I applied to the Pediatric Nurse Residency Program at Vanderbilt Children's Hospital. It is a 22 week program for new grads. It is virtually the only way for a new grad to get...

  7. wait time to take NCLEX second time

    nursepotter05 replied to nursepotter05's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I am thinking positively. I believe I will pass the first time. I was wondering because I was told you had to wait 3 months, but I knew a girl who had failed multiple times and I thought she told me...

  8. Got A Job!!

    nursepotter05 replied to nursepotter05's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I will be paid the same salary as any other nurse starting there. The way this program is set up is that for 10 weeks I will float through the NICU, PICU, Peds ED, and the acute care floors. At...

  9. All You Lefty's Out there....

    nursepotter05 replied to Melly1022's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a factory for eight years, and I can relate! One night I was asked to help a fellow lefty who was orienting with a particular task. I start to show him how and realize I do this RIGHT...

  10. All You Lefty's Out there....

    nursepotter05 replied to Melly1022's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a lefty too! I always kid that I need to apply for handicapped license

  11. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    nursepotter05 replied to straba's topic in General Students

    In my last semester of BSN program at Cumberland University, Lebanon Tenneesee!!!!!!!!!!!! Graduate in MAY :balloons:

  12. middle TN

    nursepotter05 replied to nursefiggy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I will be graduating from Cumberland in May! If I had not quit college straight out of high school, I would have been in the class of 98. As a matter of fact, I have two friends who did graduate in...

  13. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    nursepotter05 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    She has a brother-in-law who says she expressed to him the wish to not be kept alive artificially. There are other

  14. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    nursepotter05 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    What money could there possibly be from an insurance policy? I would guess that after fifteen years of medical care, there would be enough medical bills to take every bit of any insurance he might...

  15. Protecting your PDA from theft

    nursepotter05 replied to FuturenurseCA&O's topic in General Nursing

    I have a PDA I use in clinical and at work. I have it in a pretty good size carrier which I stick down into my scrub pants pocket, which is on the side of my leg. I do have it programmed where a...

  16. Venting in progess, unjust termination

    nursepotter05 replied to Nursebaby23's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry this happened, but don't let that prevent you from going to school. I don't think it's worth fighting. I would go and find another job and put it behind you. I have known people who went to...

  17. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    nursepotter05 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    If Congress is allowed to override the husband, who is the next of kin, and the person legally responsible for making health-care decisions for her, then where does this stop? That is what concerns...

  18. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    nursepotter05 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Congress should not be allowed to decide this matter! The decision has been placed in the hands of the judicial branch of government. The executive branch should not be overriding the courts! If they...

  19. help with delegation question

    nursepotter05 posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My leadership and management mid term is take home. The following is one of the questions, and I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on it. You are the charge nurse on the 7a-7p shift on an...

  20. middle TN

    nursepotter05 replied to nursefiggy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I work as an extern for Monroe Carell Chidren's Hospital at Vanderbilt in Peds ED, I love Vanderbilt, as well. i worked on 8N in VUMC. before transferring to Children's. I love the new hospital, it is...

  21. Best Nashville Hospitals?

    nursepotter05 replied to Town & Country's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    The only hospital I can vouch for is Vanderbilt and Vanderbilt Chidren's. If you like Pediatrics Vanderbilt Children's is the best. If you like trauma, Vanderbilt is the only level one trauma center...

  22. Nashville Hospitals shift length?

    nursepotter05 replied to tommytwice's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I don't know of any hospitals here that work eight hour shifts, either. There is a hospital in Gallatin, TN which is down I-65 from Nashville (about 30-45 minutes) that still does some eight hour...

  23. Vandy

    nursepotter05 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I work at Vanderbilt Chidren's Hospital. I worked at Vanderbilt Medical Center before going to the chidren's hospital. I graduate from nursing school in May. I am assuming you are as well. I heard...

  24. HS student with question for nurses

    nursepotter05 replied to manda71188's topic in Pediatric

    I am a senior in nursing school. I work as an extern for a major children's hospital. My hospital has a nurse residency program where you have 22 weeks of preceptorship which includes skills/classroom...

  25. Need help with delegation question

    nursepotter05 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My leadership and management midterm is take home and the following is the scenerio I was given with which to delegate. I hope you guys can help me with it!!! What would you do if you came in to this...