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I know this is a really old thread but I just moved to Douglasville! Haven't gone back to work yet since our move to Georgia but I'm starting to look. Are ya'll in the area now?

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Right documentation is critical. I've seen it dozens of times. If the medication is not documented properly the next nurse may not realize the medication has been given and give a second dose. This is particularly true for one time dosed medications ...

I'm an ICU nurse in Corpus Christi Texas and the hospital I work for hires A LOT of foreign trained and experienced nurses. You shouldn't have a problem, at least in this area.

My second semester of nursing school one of my professors told me "it's going to get harder before it gets harder. When you feel like giving up, and you will, just think of that nurse you know that has no compassion left and is hardened by her experi...

I'm not sure where you're getting that it's not droplet spread because the CDCs own website says it can be spread by droplets but the CDC considers droplet transmission a form of contact. That is directly from the CDC not my made up interpretation. I...

I had to call in late for work once because there was a moose on my doorstep. I had to wait for it to leave

One night I was charge nurse and during the day shift there was a brand new travel nurse that completed her first day of her six week travel assignment. She left at about 8:15 which is pretty good time. Just slightly over the 7:30 goal. She called me...

I graduated from an online ADN program in 2011. I passed my boards in 40 minutes and 75 questions. I think it took longer to do the survey at the end of the test than the actual test. I was not an LPN/LVN before I began the program. I'm an ICU nurse...

I did my entire ADN program online and most of my prerequisites because that's what worked best for me, my family, and my work schedule. I didn't "copy" from my friend. I worked my arse off because I didn't have an instructor in front of me to ask qu...

I once had to call in late with no idea how late I would be because there was a moose literally sitting directly in front of my door. I opened my door to go to work and the moose looked at me and snorted. I slammed the door, locked it, and called in ...

I've worked in Alaska which is unionized and now I live in Texas which is not. There is a HUGE difference in the quality of work conditions and compensation directly related to the nursing union. Not all professions need a union but nursing is certai...

My daughter broke her arm in school in second grade. The school nurse actually sent her back to class. My 8 year old self splinted her arm all day and when I picked her up I knew immediately it was broken and took her to the hospital. Sure enough the...

When people worry about math, the brain feels the pain This will explain those math headaches :)

I keep a sewing measuring tape that's waterproof etc so it can be cleaned between patients. Scissors, tape, and penlight are definitely necessities and of course a stethoscope goes without saying but I also keep a pair of calipers in my pocket for me...

Maybe try a long term acute care hospital facility. Places like Kindred healthcare. Not sure where you live but there are bound to be facilities such as that nearby. Also maybe dialysis center. Just a few I can think of off hand

I have walked a half mile. I shadowed the school nurse at my daughters high school for a week. Her high school with over 1600 students, plus an additional area for students with children so we not only saw students but also babies in the care center...

Of course I don't feel all school nurses are bad. They're human just like the rest of us including myself. I'm just saying there may be more to all those "complaints" than meets the eye. Don't dismiss them just because it seems as innocuous as a loos...

When my daughter was a 3rd grader she fell at PE and "hurt" her arm. The school nurse wasn't on duty for another hour so instead of calling me at home they had her sit in the nurses office for an hour for her to come in. The Nurse determined that her...

I can see the other points of view but I found myself in a similar situation a while back and I did just what you did. I had applied and applied for a position that I knew I wanted and knew I was qualified for and I wasn't even getting called for an ...

sorry for the late reply. The HESI is not bad at all. It's very basic. Reading, math, Anatomy and Physiology, and Chemistry. I took the test without even knowing what was suppose to be on the test. I showed up to ask questions about the program and t...

I had to buy a similar bag of supplies but it contained several bags of fluids, a few sets of tubing, foley catheter kit, suctioning kit, ng tube, piston and syringe set, fake insulins, needles and syringes, insulin needles,just odds and ends of supp...

Yeah the only blocks atropine is usually used for is mobitz 1 or complete heart block. Wouldn't work for Second degree type 2. Chase I worked as a monitor tech for 12 years before going to nursing school and it really frustrated me when the nurses co...

Slaveheart, I graduated nursing school at the ripe old age of 35. That was last December. I had a job on a busy med-surg tele floor before I even took my NCLEX. I'll tell you the same thing I tell anyone thinking about going back to school late...