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LandD_RN_chica

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  1. Help please...new specialty. Awful nurses.

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

    Thank you. That seems to be the consensus. I really don't want to try and win over people who are setting me up to fail. It's ridiculous. I just want to meet them outside In the parking lot and beat...

  2. 26, starting from the bottom, do I really stand a chance???

    LandD_RN_chica replied to JensMom520's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I started nursing school. Full time. Bsn. When I was 26. Single mom of a 6 year old. Half way through school got pregnant again and had another baby. Now single mom of two. Only took off one semester...

  3. PCT/PCAs what department?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to MommaTy's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I was a Per diem PCT in nursing school. Made my own schedule. Mostly weekends. There was shift diff for nights, weekends, and holidays but u forget what it was. I made $15 an

  4. Help please...new specialty. Awful nurses.

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

    I actually spoke to management. I shouldnt be crying in work. Especially in front of a patient who was crying herself due to pain and she felt bad for me! Mgmt spoke to the patient. The patient told...

  5. Tuition rates/student loans

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Oh I'm sorry didn't completely read. Just saw car.of course you can invest money and why fix something if its not broke. My bottom line is follow your dreams. Loans will always be there. Debt will...

  6. Tuition rates/student loans

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Post Graduate Students

    A car payment is different. I'm talking about student loans/mortgages, etc. why not be happy in life and pursue your dream job/house? Debt will always be there. Make your minimum payment or what you...

  7. Tuition rates/student loans

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Simply Complicated's topic in Post Graduate Students

    My answer...you are ALWAYS going to be in debt. No matter what you do. Make ur minimum payments and live life the way you want to. If ur student loans outlive you than so be it. Just be on time with...

  8. Help please...new specialty. Awful nurses.

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

    Management is well aware of the problem. The unit is like a revolving door. Everyone there is miserable and I feel like they are pulling me down with them. They all talk about getting new jobs...

  9. 39 select all that apply on my NCLEX!!

    LandD_RN_chica replied to kellydin86's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    SATA questions are a great sign that you are doing good because the test only will give you SATA questions if you get the easy questions right. The fact that you got so many SATA questions is a good...

  10. your first "patient emergency"

    LandD_RN_chica replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    There was a nurse who gave a pregnant patient indocin on the floor and she was allergic to aspirin. The nurse didn't wait until pharmacy cleared it and the patient went into anaphylactic shock. I was...

  11. New Grad Mistake!

    LandD_RN_chica replied to CaligirlRN75's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I mad a mistake in triage the other day. I had a patient actively vomiting and the NP told me she ordered zofran 4mg. Since the patient was actively vomiting I assumed it would be iv and gave it iv...

  12. How to pay back your student loans

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I pay $1000 a month. It's ridiculous and I don't even know where to start to get them down. I have private loans and federal stafford and nonstafford or whatever the other is called. It's like a damn...

  13. surg tech to philly OR RN

    LandD_RN_chica replied to scrubtoRN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Try hahnemann. I worked in the OR there. Was hired because I was a surgical tech too prior to my nursing degree. I was a new grad. I am a BSN, but I work with other nurses who are diploma and...

  14. what career is the hardest to work in?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to jrbl77's topic in General Nursing

    In my opinion, everyone always thinks their life is harder than everyone else's. I have friends who are stay at home moms that say oh my God my life is so much harder than yours, meanwhile I'm a...

  15. Baby nurses?!?!?!?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to LandD_RN_chica's topic in General Nursing

    I actually love caring for babies and the mothers in my job as an L&D nurse and when I saw this I thought that would be amazing for me, until I learned they weren't actual nurses.

  16. Baby nurses?!?!?!?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to LandD_RN_chica's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for the wealth of information on this topic. It just bothers me they are called nurses, when in reality, they aren't a nurse at all. (Aside from your friend I

  17. Do PRN positions let you pick what days you want to work?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Nurse ABC's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a prn patient care tech while in nursing school I made my own schedule and handed it in every month. The nurses did the same thing. But I was always pulled to wherever they needed me...

  18. So who do nurses marry or have as civil partners???

    LandD_RN_chica replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I met my boyfriend through one of my gay friends. He got in a real bad car accident and was at the hospital I was working at at the time. My gay friend was visiting his brother and I went to visit my...

  19. Help please...new specialty. Awful nurses.

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

    Thank you for your advice and sharing your experience. I just can't bring myself to be nice to people who are trying to set me up to fail. Ill try, but it's not in my personality.

  20. Code words

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    FLK in the nursery Funny looking

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

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

    Ps I agree with PP I saw 18 year olds blow it all In School because they were too concerned with partying and not studying. They didn't care and they failed on their parents dime. I think it's better...

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

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

    I started nursing school at 26. Single mom of 1 child at the time. Went full time for my bsn. Halfway through the program I had another baby. Again a single mom of now two girls. I graduated at 30 and...

  23. Nurses need water

    LandD_RN_chica replied to Heidimc's topic in General Nursing

    I am prone to kidney stones and I get them alot because of dehydration. And we are not allowed to have food or drink at the nurses station and it sucks! When I work a bunch of days in a row I'm bound...

  24. Triaging pregnant women in the ED?

    LandD_RN_chica replied to mommy2boysaz's topic in Ob/Gyn

    They try to send us everything. I had a 16 weeker with pink eye. And an 8 weeker with a uti. I'm pretty sure we have a policy in place for a certain number of weeks, but it's never

  25. OB nursing was the one thing I didn't want to do!

    LandD_RN_chica replied to SubSippi's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah midwife or doula might be a great position for you since you seem to be all about the empowerment of women and what better place to empower a woman than one in labor.