tcolleen

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1. Your favorite "extra" thing to do for patients

   tcolleen replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

   You all sound like you are not only great nurses, but great people. Our unit is usually so busy that there isn't much time for the "extras" (how sad that good nursing care should seem like a luxury), but I do like to rub lotion on my patients' backs...

2. Pregnant and working as RN

   tcolleen replied to tcolleen's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to everyone for their input. Rereading this thread has helped to reinforce to me one of the things I love most about nursing - other nurses! For all of the talk of "nurses eating their young", I have found that the vast majority of people in ...

3. Took the NCLEX today! Yikes!

   tcolleen replied to incognito's topic in General Nursing

   Mine shut off at 75, and I passed,for whatever that's worth! In fact, I don't think I've heard of anyone who shut off at 75 and didn't pass. But the waiting can drive you nuts! Good Luck!

4. Nursing? I got cold feet--here's why

   tcolleen replied to benzene's topic in General Nursing

   I can appreciate what you are saying. I went into nursing school with a BA in Natural Sciences/Math, and was accustomed to the "3 exams and a final" (with the exception of a lab portion for a number of the science courses). Nursing school was a cha...

5. Educating the Public re: nursing shortage

   tcolleen replied to EricaCCRN's topic in General Nursing

   Took a look at that other board. I think I'll stick to this one. It's so much friendlier.

6. Job?????

   tcolleen replied to Cowgirl's topic in General Nursing

   These are all good suggestions, especially if you already know you want to go into nursing. I went into nursing as a 2nd (3rd, 4th, I lost count of all the crummy little jobs in between) career, and believe it or not, the best preparation I had was ...

7. Pregnant and working as RN

   tcolleen posted a topic in General Nursing

   I would like to ask this to anyone who has worked as an RN while she was pregnant. I am 4 months along (my first), and work a 12-hour floor that is extremely busy. Sometimes I don't even get a chance to sit down to chart until the shift is over and I...

8. Please don't wake me up..........

   tcolleen replied to misti_z's topic in General Nursing

   Congrats! My guess is that you and your colleagues probably deserved that raise (and more) a long time ago, but better late than never! Hopefully this marks a trend that other hospitals in other parts of the country will follow. Maybe it shows that...

9. How many of you married doctors?

   tcolleen replied to JHUnurse's topic in General Nursing

   If you do manage to nab your doctor, just make sure you never get old, fat, wrinkled, arthritic or form any strong opinions of your own. I have seen too many docs use their $$ and their Porsches (Jaguars, Mercedes, fill-in-the-blank here) to woo som...

10. So, what's on your feet?

    tcolleen replied to old-master's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I have a friend who works in OR, and she swears this story is true: The surgery had just begun, and the surgeon had asked for some instruments that were not already out on the table. She was moving quickly, and somehow stepped out of her clog. Well...

11. Night Shift Differential

    tcolleen replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we get a 16% night differential (12 hour shifts, so there is only a day shift and a night shift). So the actual differential depends on seniority and what the base rate being paid is.

12. CE online...

    tcolleen replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    I have used http://www.medceu.com in the past, and I liked their courses. They charge $29.99 for an unlimited number of hours for a year. If you get on their email list, sometimes they will offer free 1 or 2 hour courses. It was very convenient w...

13. Starting my frist clinicals in a week and other questions

    tcolleen replied to Tryinghard's topic in General Students

    I think every practicing RN (if he/she is honest) was scared TO DEATH before every clinical. (My fear didn't really go away until I had been working as a nurse for a year! Even now, 7 years later, I have my moments.) Anyway, the vast majority of pa...

14. BA to RN--how to?

    tcolleen replied to Christie76's topic in Career Support

    I can't pass up this opportunity to toot the horn of my alma mater - Creighton University in Omaha, NE. They have an accelerated nursing program that takes 1 year. Everyone enters with a bachelor's degree and all prerequisites finished (anatomy, mic...

15. New Grad Stupids

    tcolleen replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a new grad I had a patient who was a bit confused and quite uncooperative, and receiving NG tube feedings. I worked night shift, and when I changed the tube-feeding bag, I put blue food color in the formula. I didn't realize that just a ...