SassyTachyRN

SassyTachyRN

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  1. Happy New Year!

    SassyTachyRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Congrats!!!

  2. The After School Thread

    SassyTachyRN replied to Farawyn's topic in School

    Nap for me too. First day back is

  3. Who's Back ?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in School

    I'm here too. Was quiet all morning and then lunch hit and all the "I don't feel good" started. I really think the kids are tired and off schedule from

  4. New school nurse position, is it normal to pay for everything?

    SassyTachyRN replied to samantha_sqbl's topic in School

    We have audiologist who do hearing screenings in my district, the RN's don't so I don't deal with any of that. I don't know what a live scan is, a background check? We have to pay out of pocket for...

  5. How much time off for Winter Break?

    SassyTachyRN posted a topic in School

    How much time off do you get for Winter Break? I saw another school nurse post in another thread that she gets a week off and it got me curious... I get two weeks off. Dec. 17th is the last student...

  6. Clinic Rules- Do you have them posted?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Unequaledbeauty_30's topic in School

    I did when I did middle school, because it was part of their "rules" to have rules posted everywhere! Not that the kids there followed them anyway. I do elementary now and I don't have rules

  7. Happy New Year!

    SassyTachyRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Kinda dreading going back tomorrow! But yes, halfway done with the school year! Break was nice! Now time to go back and deal with flu and

  8. Happy New Year!

    SassyTachyRN replied to Eleven011's topic in School

    Congrats and good luck

  9. Can you get in trouble or let go for working the minimum amount of hours?

    SassyTachyRN replied to kmend11's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Exactly. I started out as a per diem tech in the float pool. I hated floating and hated 80% of the floors I had to float to. My first year, which was my junior year of my BSN program, I worked the...

  10. Padding Your Resume

    SassyTachyRN replied to Guest915876's topic in General Students

    For me, ACLS was only offered for ICU nurses, which were also code team nurses. Once a code was called and the code team arrived, the floor nurse stepped off to the side and became a scribe. We were a...

  11. Highest temp

    SassyTachyRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    105.7 in a school

  12. What certifications are out there for CLINIC RNs?

    SassyTachyRN replied to Ruger8mm's topic in General Nursing

    The OCN covers both inpatient and outpatient practicing oncology RN's. However, the requirement to sit for the exam is 1,000 practicing hours as an adult oncology RN. There is a cardiovascular...

  13. have any of you left nursing

    SassyTachyRN replied to StillRN's topic in General Nursing

    I left bedside 2.5 years ago. I enjoy what I do now, but I am starting to look at bedside positions again, just different ones... NICU, OR, ICU's, OB... No idea if I'll apply. I have a great schedule...

  14. What age did you complete your BSN or ASN?

    SassyTachyRN replied to mee9mee9's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    BSN- 28 Figured I'd have my MSN by now (almost 5 yrs later), but I haven't even started

  15. Failed out. Need advice asap!!

    SassyTachyRN replied to passi's topic in General Students

    This. If you go to https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/ and login it will tell you all the schools you got aid at and the amounts. The schools also have access to this, so I wouldn't try to omit a school...

  16. Being depressed

    SassyTachyRN replied to Upward_Bound's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The time will fly by, trust me. Try getting a job as a tech (patient assistant or patient care associate, diff places call them diff things) in a hospital. They love to hire nursing students and are...

  17. Weekend option non-bedside positions?

    SassyTachyRN replied to calivianya's topic in General Nursing

    That's a great idea. My local hospital had a few postings for weekend rounding nurses, one for GI and I don't remember what the other one was for. I think they were Sat-Sun day shift, 10 hr

  18. Students without clothing

    SassyTachyRN replied to NurseKitKat's topic in School

    One of my schools is prek and k only. I end up changing prek kids the majority of the time I am there. It's awful. The paras won't do it, they never have and have a belief that they can't. They are...

  19. National Certification for School Nursing NCSN-I passed!

    SassyTachyRN replied to shsnurse's topic in School

    Congrats and thanks for the tips, I plan to test in

  20. Different hospital units

    SassyTachyRN replied to emtpbill's topic in General Nursing

    We also use these: STICU- surgical-trauma ICU ONT- ortho-neuro-trauma CDT- cardiac telemetry Onc- oncology (inpatient) BMT- bone marrow

  21. Patient sitters ratio...

    SassyTachyRN replied to Buckeye007's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    Usually 1:1, if the rooms are adjacent sometimes the tech will sit outside the rooms and supervise

  22. Help paying for school

    SassyTachyRN replied to sjefferson's topic in General Students

    People were rude and sparky? You must've seen something I didn't see. I am sorry you felt the suggestions provided were

  23. Patient Nurse Ratio

    SassyTachyRN replied to ambobam's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked inpatient onc, we were 1:4-5 if we were properly staffed and 1:6-7 if we weren't. It was really unsafe. Those patients are so unstable, especially the ones who are septic but have an ANC...

  24. Help paying for school

    SassyTachyRN replied to sjefferson's topic in General Students

    Private loans? Of course, after you've exhausted all attempts at scholarships and working to pay as much as you can out of

  25. Which States Have Nursing Union Jobs?

    SassyTachyRN replied to martymoose's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    NE IN is not unionized, in the major hospital systems (there are 2 that dominate the area). I work in public education and we (nurses) are a part of the teachers