Pangea Reunited ASN, RN

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    My Fibro

    Pangea Reunited replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

    You don't sound like the type of person CCRN2BE is talking about. I'm thinking more along the lines of someone who demands that staff go to the gas station to buy them cigarettes and Cheetos while...
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    Want to do M/S, 1 yr psych exp. Resume help?

    Pangea Reunited replied to Neurotic Student's topic in General Nursing

    I would keep the volunteer experience and get rid of the clinical experience. Every nursing student has to complete the same clinical hours, so it's silly to include that information on a resume- even...
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    What do you wish you had known?

    Pangea Reunited replied to MallysMama's topic in General Nursing

    I think the business aspect of healthcare should be emphasized more. Too many people come into nursing with a big heart and don't realize that it's a big business. While comforting, hand-holding and...
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    Floating Policy

    Pangea Reunited replied to NGYSUN's topic in General Nursing

    We get floated from med/surg to everywhere except L&D (we don't have a NICU). When floated to ICU, we're given the "easy" patient(s) and have access to babysitting, back-up staff. Nurses who float...
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    Getting Frustrated

    Pangea Reunited replied to 2bNurseMia76's topic in General Students

    Look at it from an employer's point of view. Best case scenario, you'll quit your CNA job when you become a nurse ...and if I understand you correctly, you want a job for just the summer. That means...
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    Can I get a job in California ?

    Pangea Reunited replied to cupquake's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like that's pretty close to San Francisco which is known to be a very tight market. Your prospects may depend on your specialty and level/years of experience, but I would expect fierce...
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    rant.. "4 weeks notice"

    Pangea Reunited replied to misyan's topic in General Nursing

    Four weeks sounds like too long, to me ...especially if you're only part-time staff. But if it's in writing and you agreed to it when you accepted the job, it would be best to tough it out. Maybe the...
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    GoFundMe Thoughts?

    Pangea Reunited replied to singwithme123's topic in General Nursing

    The world has always been made up of fool-hearted givers and entitled takers. I like to give, but never to people with their hands
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    Nursing Career After Reprimanding

    Pangea Reunited replied to 1jacque's topic in General Nursing

    Some markets may be more employee-friendly and willing to pick you up despite the bumps and bruises. In an area with plenty of nurses looking for work, your luck could remain bad for quite some
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    Spin off: what is a reasonable sick call policy?

    Pangea Reunited replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I know when I'm too sick to come to work. I don't need anyone to set limits for me, and if limits have been set, I expect them to be ignored. So far, they have been. If it gets to a point where my...
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    Mental math very important in nursing?

    Pangea Reunited replied to Jayce2k15's topic in General Nursing

    I don't see why writing it down would be a problem. As far as I've seen, it's been fine in class, on tests (even NCLEX), during clinicals, while working, etc. Knowing your resources is a huge part of...
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    What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    Pangea Reunited replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a very creepy, intense patient tell me, "I will murder your children before they're born." And semi-related ...a girl I went to school with told me she was going to light a candle every night...
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    Unwanted 'diagnosis'!

    Pangea Reunited replied to WinterLilac's topic in General Nursing

    An endocrinologist who used to come to the hospital I worked at once told me, "I can tell you're hypothyroid just by looking at you." It was an unprompted commet he just happened to make while I was...
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    BSN- worth the extra time for little extra salary?

    Pangea Reunited replied to trebleclefmama's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I would not want to have an ADN and be a new grad in the SoCal market ...although there are plenty of BSN new grads looking for their first jobs, as well. As a new grad in Texas, I worked with several...
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    How I passed 75 questions on NCLEX in 1hr and 30 minutes

    Pangea Reunited replied to Sharmainedl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Alternately, you could buy a Saunders book, spend ten minutes flipping through it, get bored, then blow it off and go to Disneyland. That's what worked for me. I could never eat eggs, pray or drink...
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    Has anyone else "sensed" when something was wrong with a patient?

    Pangea Reunited replied to Norepinephrine's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, I think that sort of thing is nonsense. We all have thousands of fleeting thoughts on a daily basis. We all worry about people. Sometimes, a coincidence occurs and the coincidence stands out...
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    dealing with critical personalities

    Pangea Reunited replied to DnCali's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Nothing you describe sounds too horrible to me. She may not be ideal in every way, but no one is. Focus on what you can learn from her as opposed to what you don't like about her. If I had a competent...
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    foreign grad which state should I apply for?

    Pangea Reunited replied to jc11's topic in Nurse Registration

    When I was considering relocation, I spent some time reading on the regional boards. Just look at the states you're interested in and you should get a feel for what the market is like....
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    Moving to Another Area - New Grad

    Pangea Reunited replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in Texas as a new grad, I worked with lots of new grads from other states. The hospital seemed pretty good about working with them. Some didn't get their Texas licenses when expected,...
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    Which was more stressful: nursing school or actually working as a RN?

    Pangea Reunited replied to fatrabbit's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad, work was definitely more stressful than school. Now that I have a few years of experience, it's not as stressful and I'd say school was worse. I was broke as a student, so it was extra...
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    Convicted of murder as a teen and now a nurse

    Pangea Reunited replied to TheGooch's topic in General Nursing

    I care because the victim doesn't have the same opportunity to be "good" as an adult (or even bad, for that matter). Maybe the murdering teenager should have been a more forgiving person, herself,...
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    Patients family in the medical field

    Pangea Reunited replied to dreamer30's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If they're sincerely knowledgeable and helpful, I don't mind. If they're silly or overbearing, it does get annoying ...but I've found that it works best to treat them like they know a lot, regardless....
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    Would you file a complaint?

    Pangea Reunited replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, no. The majority of your complaints sound "feeling" based and I tend to be less affected by such
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    not comfortable with giving narcotic injection due to street drug interaction

    Pangea Reunited replied to Sarge_BSN_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Those patients are the most tolerant and the most difficult to accidentally harm. Assuming the situation was as uncomplicated as it seems, I would have been fine with administering the clinic-ordered...
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    How did your employer recognize Nurse's Day?

    Pangea Reunited replied to allevi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We got chair massages and one of the docs bought us all a single rose. It was hard to take a break for the massage, but I did it anyway and just gave some meds a little late! There's is a whole...