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  1. Foley Catheter Lubrication

    nurseladybug12 replied to Twinmom06's topic in General Nursing

    I learned to lubricate the catheter tip in the tray for both males and females. When I was in school, our clinical instructors were not the same teachers as the one teaching us these skills in lab and...

  2. Do nurses usually work 3 12-hour shifts a week for full pay?

    nurseladybug12 replied to gentlerain's topic in General Nursing

    O*NET OnLine , search RN, scroll all the way to the bottom and you can select whichever state and see the median salaries, as a new grad expect to be in the bottom 10

  3. Why are there no nursing jobs available for new grads? What is going on??

    nurseladybug12 replied to vab229's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I moved from CT in Aug 2012 1200 miles to FL completely away from all of my family, endorsed my license and got a great RN job at a very prestigious hospital within a week. I was in the same boat as...

  4. Any study tips?

    nurseladybug12 replied to Lpn__'s topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Read the text, take notes from it, and re-write your notes at least once when it comes tme to study for an exam. Then make a study guide with bullets of what you need to know, and go through them with...

  5. Laptop or paper/pen notes in class?

    nurseladybug12 replied to Lollipops's topic in General Students

    Whichever you end up doing, absolutely record the lecture because you will miss something and when you listen to it again you can fill in what you missed and hear what they are emphasizing for the...

  6. I feel like giving up.

    nurseladybug12 replied to Jannie92's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Chemistry is probably the least fun pre-req and the hardest, but dont give up, and re-take it if you have to, you may do so much better the 2nd time around because you already learned the material,...

  7. Is Nursing for me? Really confused on how to do this...

    nurseladybug12 replied to Eurasian's topic in Nursing Career

    I think if you are dedicated to it and it is what you want to do, you will be successful. I would try the anatomy classes and microbiology classes and see how those go. I remember some of my...

  8. Following up from interview

    nurseladybug12 replied to Futuresos's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldnt email and ask "have you made a decision?" You should email or better write a letter saying thank you for the interview and remind them of key points you talked about in your interview to...

  9. The way we ask for someone's pain level?

    nurseladybug12 replied to cmav8's topic in General Nursing

    If a patient says they have pain, they have pain, medicate them. It is worse to not medicate someone with pain then to medicate someone that has no pain. I have had many "drug seeking" patients who...

  10. Are you married sweetie?"

    nurseladybug12 replied to Nurse-84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It is personal but as a nurse you know A LOT about your patients, more than their friends and some of their family knows. I think a lot of these questions come from wanting to build trust and level...

  11. I'm turning 25 soon and I want to be a nurse, am I kidding myself?

    nurseladybug12 replied to christinem2388's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I went to a community college ADN program and the average age of the students in my class (we did a poll) was 33. There were people in my class who were going back to start a 2nd career and were close...

  12. Nurses need water

    nurseladybug12 replied to Heidimc's topic in General Nursing

    Im pregnant and I know I was dehydrated because I barely have time to pee let alone drink anything during a shift, I was trying to take time as much as I could but it wasnt enough- I just found out I...

  13. Size matters? (IV question)

    nurseladybug12 replied to theantichick's topic in General Nursing

    I also learned that the smallest gauge IV needed to accomplish the job is the way you want to go, not the largest. My hospital's policy for transfusing blood is to use a 22g in adults. The only reason...

  14. Bad move to interview in your scrubs?

    nurseladybug12 replied to newtress's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I think you should dress business casual, make the effort to dress to impress and show that you care about the job you are interviewing for. And if they know you are heading in to work and you're...

  15. New Grad... not too new can't find job in CT

    nurseladybug12 replied to Lore2984's topic in Nursing Career

    I graduated from NVCC in Waterbury last May 2012 and I had to move to FL to get a job that was not in LTC. I applied to every hospital in CT multiple times with no responses at all, not even a...

  16. NCLEX - RN :(

    nurseladybug12 replied to arviee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    At least you didnt have to sit through 365 questions just to fail! What I did to prepare was I read a review book that had 20 questions at the end of each chapter and I learned a lot more from that...

  17. My first med error (Rant)

    nurseladybug12 replied to MissHaleyDawn's topic in General Nursing

    The almost exact same thing happened to me. My aide reported a BS to me, but it was for A bed, not B Bed and I gave B Bed too much insulin. I rechecked his BS after and it was 89, he was asymptomatic...

  18. happy blame the nurses week

    nurseladybug12 replied to s-whnp's topic in General Nursing

    I have a powerball ticket for tonight....and I would retire! or start my own business and

  19. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    nurseladybug12 replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I am going to do PA because UF's NP program is a doctorate level (which I dont think is necessary to achieve and would not pay off in the long run) and they only accept BSNs. I am not going to waste...

  20. It really annoys me when nurses say they are going to go to med school...

    nurseladybug12 replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    I have a bachelors in psychology and an associates in nursing and I have a pipe dream of going to PA school because they take any bachelors degree as long as you took the pre-reqs, which i did in...

  21. Why do nurses constantly say they don't hire ASN?

    nurseladybug12 replied to dance4life's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I have a ADN and I work in a magnet hospital. I dont think having BSN makes a person a better nurse. I work with BSNs fresh out of college who have never held a job before because they didn't have to,...

  22. New Charge Nurse is not helpful AT ALL

    nurseladybug12 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am a new nurse who has been off of orientation on my own for about 4 or 5 weeks. At times we also have a charge nurse who was just trained and has also been on her own as CN for the exact same...

  23. New Charge Nurse is not helpful AT ALL

    nurseladybug12 replied to nurseladybug12's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Thank you for your reply ,it makes me feel better knowing that it is difficult to handle and that I should have gotten help, but she does not see it that way and I will probably end up speaking to the...

  24. help a newbie

    nurseladybug12 replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    This sounds like my everyday

  25. help a newbie

    nurseladybug12 replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ugh I don't agree with doing that to people at all and I don't think it's amusing. If sacrificing pt safety to "test" a new nurse is what experienced nurses do for fun that is really twisted. And yes...