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  1. Should I get a job as an RN or as a Nursing Assistant?

    nurseladybug12 replied to mbazan17's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Do you absolutely need to get a job while you hunt for a RN job? I graduated in May, took the NCLEX in July, moved from CT to FL and endorsed my license to FL. A week after I officially had my license...

  2. Why do people belittle others to make themselves feel better?

    nurseladybug12 replied to maracuya's topic in General Students

    People are always going to judge no matter what. I never shared my grades because I did well and I didnt want people always asking and competing with me in their heads.... They are just jealous that...

  3. If you eat your young... (venting)

    nurseladybug12 replied to allie1230's topic in General Students

    I myself have been embarassed in front of patients by nurse instructors and nurses when I was in nursing school. It is very unprofessional and uncalled for. However, violating HIPAA is a huge deal...

  4. Nursing diagnoses and care plan help!! Due tomorrow

    nurseladybug12 replied to Stoogesfan's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would say impaired skin integrity would be an important diagnosis, not only because he has a stage 1 but because he is incontinent and this could make the problem worse. With creating goals, even...

  5. What am I doing wrong (heparin SQ)

    nurseladybug12 replied to anashenwrath's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    P.S. 90 degree angle for heparin and

  6. What am I doing wrong (heparin SQ)

    nurseladybug12 replied to anashenwrath's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes you need to make sure you are in the SQ tissue because heparin is very irritating to the skin. The needle should be going in all the way to the hub of the syringe, inject, hold for 5-10 seconds,...

  7. GPA

    nurseladybug12 replied to ginna121's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    For the school you are applying to, you could ask your advisor or counselor what the typical criteria is for being accepted, for example my school told me that they expected every nursing student...

  8. What kind of money does a nurse REALLY make?

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

    Sounds like you should go into banking dealing with numbers and not people. If you are not in it to help people, regardless of 50 grand this 3 percent that, dont do it. Go to school for something you...

  9. Must-have gadgets for the nursing student

    nurseladybug12 replied to FDW630's topic in General Students

    I would agree with everyone that says the recorder is the best gadget. I did not ever use a recorder in my life for school, and I didn't use one my first year of nursing school, but I wish I had. I...

  10. Talked out of nursing by others and myself....

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

    To OP, I think you should go for it. I went to an ADN program, the average age of students was 33. Most of my classmates had children, husbands, fulltime jobs, and they all had trouble juggling their...

  11. I'm 23 and doing my pre-reqs...wondering...

    nurseladybug12 replied to taraer1206's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No. Im about to be 26 and I just graduated nursing school in may. I also plan on becoming a nurse practitioner after getting a few years of experience. The average age of the students in my nursing...

  12. Considering Nursing School

    nurseladybug12 replied to DaniB721's topic in General Nursing

    I went to school with a cosmetologist and many other people who had other degrees and had whole other careers for years and years and were starting fresh with nursing. I dont know if you necessarily...

  13. Applying for Nurse Jobs in Nursing School

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

    You should look into hospitals that have graduate nurse programs and start to get info on their deadlines. Some of them start accepting applications in December or after January. If you are...

  14. Really disappointed in myself

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

    I am a new nurse and I havent started my new job yet, but if I didnt like it I would look for somewhere else to go. If you dont like rehab, you should look for a position that you want. It's not a...

  15. Does clinical do this to anyone else?

    nurseladybug12 replied to lelafin's topic in General Students

    I was always most exhausted after the 1st day of clinical during the week because I didn't have any down time the night before because I was preparing care plans late and then I would wake up at 5 am....

  16. Second Careplan (not actual pt) Advice, tips, and guidance.

    nurseladybug12 replied to StudentOfHealing's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi Esme12, I think I posted to another careplan post you made as well. If you are making a nursing careplan for a patient with SLE, her primary dx would not be SLE. SLE is her medical dx. What are...

  17. Why is it so hard to get an RN job in NY?? :(

    nurseladybug12 replied to NS81's topic in New York Nursing

    I am from CT and I was thinking about moving to NY to work as a RN. I looked at job postings of hospitals in the area I was interested in and I realized that many NY hospitals are very prestigious,...

  18. Clinical rotation

    nurseladybug12 replied to spoild2588's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I had no medical experience whatsoever my first day of nursing school and I also felt like I was thrown into it and not given any direction. I would watch the skill videos, youtube videos, and...

  19. 1st post and 5th week of nursing school. HELP!

    nurseladybug12 replied to tidwella980's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What my school had us do for care plans is make 3 or 4 categories of symptoms: airway, cardiovascular, pain for example and under these, list the symptoms that contribute to these categories which...

  20. The nurses every co-worker hates

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

    "I was once told at annual evaluation that "I was raising the bar too high and some of the other nurses didnt appreciate it ". I was speechless. " Wow , when did it become about their "not...

  21. The nurses every co-worker hates

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

    I think that the right people would embrace your personality. Some people including myself like a blunt and honest person and a blunt sense of humor. If you put a humorous twist on what you are...

  22. Bacterial Pneumonia

    nurseladybug12 replied to mkapulelauriano's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Or she even could have a temp that is below normal instead of a

  23. Bacterial Pneumonia

    nurseladybug12 replied to mkapulelauriano's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is she being immunosuppressed in any way? I think if she is on a steroid or chemo she may not have a fever even with infection going

  24. Healthcare is NOT a basic human right.

    nurseladybug12 replied to Asystole RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think Healthcare is a basic human right in this civilized, wealthy country called the USA in the year 2012. So does most every state in the U.S. since unborn children and their mothers are offered...

  25. You're Hired!: The New World Of Hiring Nurses??

    nurseladybug12 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Healthcare is big business and they are trying to make the hiring process as scientific as possible to pick the perfect candidate. My first degree is in psych, and Ive taken industrial psych courses...