Lovely_RN

Lovely_RN MSN

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  1. Patients and the race card

    Those are Sissykims personal subjective observations. Why does she have to consider that she might be doing a disservice to an entire race of people by stating how she feels? People who claim to judge...
  2. Patients and the race card

    The OP asked what she should do in a situation like that and my point was that nurses have to deal with people from all walks of life and there will always be people who have prejudices. Are you...
  3. Patients and the race card

    Two whole people from ? Well geez I guess that's enough data for us to reach a consensus on the issue. Next, it just so happens that every member of OTHER minority groups thinks your NICU is wonderful...
  4. Is it me, or is this a little harsh?

    I won't accuse her of deliberate cruelty but yes that was harsh and tacky too. An email rejection of a resume/application is only appropriate when you have never met the person face-to-face. Since she...
  5. Former LPN graduated as an RN in April '09. Passed NCLEX June '09 Started looking Sept '09 (was on maternity leave) and after 3 months I received less than 5 callbacks. In every situation either the...
  6. Can I be a nurse if I'm not a morning person?

    I'm not a morning person and I used to work evening shifts prior to getting the job I have now. It's a sweet job and I love it but I have to wake up and leave my house at a most un-godly hour of the...
  7. We can't give advice. Please call his doctor or take him to the
  8. Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

    It might not be an enema but it's going to be something. It could have to do with toileting or cleaning up an incontinent patient. It could be sputum...blood...dressing a smelly open wound...giving a...
  9. Ever write up an attending for yelling?

    ITA. I thank goodness I'm in a union and my facility doesn't treat nurses like
  10. Nurses in their 60's or 70's

    I work in methadone maintenance and being under 40 I'm practically the baby of the clinics! The majority of the nurses are in their 40s and 50s but we have quite a few in their 60s. I'm actually lucky...
  11. Great writing! I spent many a Friday evening shift in your shoes. LTC nursing is not for
  12. I've noticed it but it doesn't bother me. I think it's cute. Lol. Boy, do I remember the days when I was a CNA working in the hospital and the nursing students would come onto the floor. I was so...
  13. Do you cry a lot in nursing school?

    I'm not a crier and I never cried while I was in school but when I got home was another story. I was targeted by an instructor and I remember coming home one day and crying my eyes out to my husband....
  14. Something to consider is that if your debt is very high then you will be limited to living in certain areas of the country where nurses are paid higher salaries. With over 60k in SL you will not be...
  15. I graduated last spring and 3 months after I took the boards I still wasn't able to secure a position as an RN. At the time I was working in a SNF (as an LPN) and I was getting pretty desperate so I...
  16. "No self- respecting nurse"

    I work in a methadone clinic so I know all about people's biases towards nurses who don't work in traditional bedside nursing positions. Thick skin is what I recommend. Why should you care about what...
  17. First let me write that I am super thankful to be gainfully employed as a new grad RN...so this isn't a rant thread. I'm just curious to know if you landed a job in the area that you wanted when you...
  18. Longterm care nightmare job

    I worked in a place like that for two years and it completely turned me off from working in
  19. This can't be right...

    An insurance company isn't paying the bills...it's the people (real live working people just like you) who pay the bills through their premiums! Unnecessary medical tests and procedures due to being...
  20. Honest thoughts on Job Market

    NYC market is terrible. It's over-saturated with new grads and experienced nurses that have been laid off from the four hospitals that have closed in the last 18 months. NYC lost Mary Immaculate and...
  21. This can't be right...

    Not a flame but i'm just putting it out there. If you had to pay for it out of your own pocket opposed to having it billed to your insurance would you feel the same? A lot of people don't care about...
  22. Working in methadone clinic

    I hope you get the job! I worked in LTC when I was an LPN and I hated it. I work in a methadone clinic now and it's great. As an RN I manage a caseload so i'm responsible for more than dispensing but...
  23. New RN...Am I being under paid???

    I hear that the cost of living in MS is very low so your salary may not be that bad. In NYC a new grad RN can start anywhere from $62-$76k/year. The thing is that a 1 bedroom apt can run from...
  24. Knowing your meds. . .

    The bolded is really bad nursing practice. Never mind what they do look it
  25. How many people who start NS finish?

    That's ridiculous! A nursing program that graduates less than 10% of it's students should be investigated. Nursing school isn't easy but how can it be that 282 people