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  1. Is this salary range realistic?

    cassie77775 replied to GlowBear500's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A nurse I work with has worked at the same hospital for 20 yrs. She is making 45$ an hour(new grads making 20$ plus shift diff) and works 36 hours a week. That roughly translates to 77k a year(but...

  2. What is the largest dose of insulin you have given a patient?

    cassie77775 replied to AlphaPig's topic in Patient Medications

    I gave 100 units about a month ago. Me and another nurse checked the order 3x and even called the doctor just to verify. And it only brought her levels down to about 160. We were watching her like...

  3. Do you have 30 minutes for lunch?

    cassie77775 replied to Kurious RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, sure do! I do mother/baby and stay busy but I always make sure to take my 30 min lunch plus 2 15 min breaks! And it's not because we are slow or anything, it's just that I schedule my patients...

  4. Night Shift and Sleeping

    cassie77775 replied to corrieah11's topic in General Nursing

    I adjusted fast. But I'm a night owl. I have black out shades on my windows, phone on silent, and fan going. I am in bed by 8am and sleep until 330 with absolutely no difficulty

  5. Why do you work night shift?

    cassie77775 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just now heading into nights next week. I want to work nights in order to sleep while my kids are at school And wake to help with homework and after school Activities and be available for appts...

  6. Curious about how to handle this situation..

    cassie77775 replied to MilliePieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would think that giving meds would be similar to How it's done in the schools. Only with a doctors note and administered by a health Professional. As a mom, I'm fine giving other kids meds. As...

  7. Hospital RNs - how do you organize your shift?

    cassie77775 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in General Nursing

    Postpartum here: 645-7-get the census and find out who my patients are(4 moms and 4 babies) 7-730-do bedside report 730-815-assess all my moms and babies 830-915-get all necessary meds one patient at...

  8. What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    cassie77775 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I've used conjuctivitis(I had it as did 3 of my

  9. Rural nurses... Advice please. Why am I paying for my BSN (maybe a rant)

    cassie77775 replied to HHN2472's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder if it's just that area? I went to school in Louisiana(latech) and a lot of the nurses I worked with were adn. But I relocated and around here, you are expected to get your bsn as a...

  10. Nursing jobs that primarily involve teaching your patients...?

    cassie77775 replied to emptyboxcars's topic in General Nursing

    I do family centered care(postpartum and newborn) and there is a ton of teaching involved. Most of the patients are healthy and without complication so the care is minimal(assessing and med pass) but...

  11. Non-compliant patients

    cassie77775 replied to tpecina's topic in General Nursing

    It's his right to refuse. I imagine the only thing you can do is educate to your ability, pull in outside sources, inform the doctor, and document each and every

  12. Are nurses allowed to have facial piercings?

    cassie77775 replied to cascadingbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital I work with does not allow piercings aside from 2 ears(unless they are unseen). No visible tattoos either. I have one on my wrist and I wear a sports band to cover it. The same was...

  13. Licensure by endorsement questions

    cassie77775 replied to CP2013's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I took my NCLEX in Louisiana because I wasn't 100% sure I would be offered a position and I needed to schedule it. So I took it in LA, got licensed, then applied for endorsement. I filled out all of...

  14. Water

    cassie77775 replied to C-lion's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, we aren't allowed. Which makes for a lot of dehydrated nurses. We have to have it in the break room

  15. Do your Charge RNs take patients?

    cassie77775 replied to RNMomma22's topic in General Nursing

    No, they do not on our unit. They are considered charge/resource nurse and that is who you go to if you need help, are running behind getting media, need her to help get your new pt admitted, etc....

  16. Specializing as a new nurse??

    cassie77775 replied to nurse5913's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I chose todo it as well. I went into nursing to do post partum, newborn or l&d. I got offered a pp/nursery gig as my first offer and took it! It's my passion and I figure if you are like me,...

  17. What do you say when you answer a call light at the nurses station?

    cassie77775 replied to bbeg28's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We are required to answer it. If the secretary doesn't see the nurse, then she sends in an aide to find out what is needed. My hospital is very big on patient satisfaction and someone goes into that...

  18. Free time/vacation time while being a nurse?

    cassie77775 replied to nurse_sharon's topic in General Nursing

    We do lots of little weekday or weekend trips, depending on what days we are off. Although, I do have a family so it's a bit different. For example, I am working Sun, Thurs, and Fri and we are going...

  19. Entering Nursing school but I'm having doubts & a lot of questions...

    cassie77775 replied to Peaches&Dreams's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's definitely possibly but takes some planning. Starting a family-I didn't start nursing school until my youngest child was 3. Now that I'm working, my husband is doing the stay at home dad thing...

  20. How to Adjust to Working Night Shift

    cassie77775 replied to NurseNRC84's topic in General Nursing

    I'd be interested in opinions as well. I am in the same boat, husband will put kids to bed right after I leave for work, I will sleep while they are at school and get up to meet them at the bus stop...

  21. How much do you owe in student loans?

    cassie77775 replied to Glenna, LPN's topic in General Nursing

    40,000$. As long as I submit the paperwork every year that I'm working full time, I can get my pell grant(7k) written off after 5 years. I'm on an income based program since I just graduated and will...

  22. Decisions, decisions....What made you choose where you work?

    cassie77775 replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in General Nursing

    I chose my u it based on what I know about myself: I enjoy working primarily with women and infants, don't really care for total care elderly patients. The facility I chose is 14 hours from where I...

  23. TWIN male nurses

    cassie77775 replied to twinner05's topic in General Nursing

    We have 2 local,hospitals that would not all my twin and I to work together. We both were hired for a nurse residency program out of state and were both hired for the same units with no problem if...

  24. Job market in Fayetteville, NC

    cassie77775 replied to Mangofruit's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I'm not sure on the specifics of their job market but I do know I just got a job at cape fear as a brand new

  25. Can someone explain?

    cassie77775 replied to ~passionateSN~'s topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    For my school, we had to do some paperwork for the board of nursing, which basically consisted of getting passport photos(2) and filling out registration(to test I think). We all filled it out and...