MountainBikeChick

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1. Anchor sleep for night shift workers

   MountainBikeChick posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've searched the forums and the internet, and have not come to a clear answer - when using the "anchor sleep" approach, do you still take an afternoon nap before you go in for your first night shift?...

2. Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

   MountainBikeChick replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, seems like I'm the odd duck here! I ALWAYS have food when I get home, whether night or day shift. If I don't, I feel awful the next day - moreso than I would be if I didn't sleep. I have celiac...

3. CNA vs. Fast food: Which is tougher?

   MountainBikeChick replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

   If you consider CNA work to be "low of a decision", I'd like to request you not do it and stick with the fast food job that you're finding difficult to handle. (I worked at Jack in the Box when I was...

4. Annnnnd it happened anyways...

   MountainBikeChick replied to MountainBikeChick's topic in General Students

   ​As an update, since I'm sure other students will search this topic eventually - Shortly after posting here I got way sick with hyperemesis gravidarum (look it up, nurses! It's so...

5. Pregnancy and birth

   MountainBikeChick replied to Lakielake's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   You'll get there! Take it day by day, not year by

6. Pregnancy and birth

   MountainBikeChick replied to Lakielake's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Everyone gave great advice! I'll break down my community college (CC) and university (U) requirements as an 'example' for you. My CC and U basically had the same pre-reqs! So before you could start...

7. I need a mentor

   MountainBikeChick replied to Ginger702's topic in General Students

   I agree with Pixie - don't just do reading! You've already determined that it is not the best way for you to study. If you are auditory, I recommend looking up YouTube videos on the nursing process...

8. Having difficulty in nursing school

   MountainBikeChick replied to Anon101's topic in General Students

   I am an introvert and talking about tedious things like, "Oh the weather is so great today!" just sucks.my.soul. So at first, talking with patients was exhausting to me. But over time I was able to...

9. Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students)

   MountainBikeChick replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

   Agree with many of the above - no caffeine (though after 1pm for me!), multiple alarms in the morning, and have everything packed. I'll even go so far as to put my breakfast bagel on a plate in the...

10. Interviewing an R.N.

    MountainBikeChick replied to DACMEDINA's topic in General Nursing

    I bet this person is in high school, hence the 'training after high school' question. I'm an introvert, so I understand not wanting to interview someone in

11. The Line b/t Respecting Wishes of Victim, Privacy, & Reporting

    MountainBikeChick replied to SunnyPupRN's topic in General Nursing

    This reminds me of a member in an ACLS class that I took - she said if she came upon an unknown child that needed CPR, she would not do mouth to mouth. At first I thought, "Ya, I guess that makes...

12. 75 Q's Today... Feel Crushed.

    MountainBikeChick replied to misskris528's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I read that Pearson changed their payment stuff a week or two ago, and that it's even less reliable than before! As akulahawk said, check your BON page. Mine posted about 24 hours after the test, a...

13. Being a pregnant nurse

    MountainBikeChick replied to NurseLiliRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Congrats! I was pregnant in nursing school and worked at the hospital as well (and had a Zofran pump for 5 months of it because of hyperemesis gravidarum!). I worked/was in school until the end, and...

14. Who loves med-surg?

    MountainBikeChick replied to MountainBikeChick's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Woohoo, thank you all! I was admittedly sad at first that I didn't get the critical care job that my heart was set on, but then I realized I got along with the hiring managers wayyyy better and the...

15. Who loves med-surg?

    MountainBikeChick posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I read thread after thread about everyone hating med-surg! As a new grad about to go into med-surg/tele, it's disheartening. I know there are people out there that love it, however. I am extremely...