NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    CNA vs. Fast food: Which is tougher?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Worked in fast food when I was a teenager. It was way less stressful. I spent several months as a tech before becoming an RN. If you are taking prereqs, do you think nurses have some cakewalk job?...
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    Facility Stopping & Searching Employees' Personal Belongings

    NurseGirl525 replied to All4NursingRN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to be searched at a big name retail place I worked at. Another one where I was a manager, wanted me to search purses upon leaving but I never did. Thieves always find a way, searching purses...
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    Accidentally told my coworker what I make, BIG ISSUES NOW

    NurseGirl525 replied to newrn93's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree with the above poster that said don't ever discuss money, politics, or religion with anyone except your immediate family. By immediate, I mean significant other. Not even brothers or...
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    Career Change-confused!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to be picky either, I'm really not, but it's against the Terms of Service to say you are an RN on here when your not. I waited 3 years to put RN behind my name on here. And to even put the...
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    Career Change-confused!!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    Just a question, if you are currently interviewing and they are telling you that you are not the right fit, is it the paralegal job market, or your interviewing skills? And how will you change those...
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    Curious how Magnet Hospitals & employment?

    NurseGirl525 replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Nursing

    This. Magnet status is about RN retention, not the degree you hold. By the way, many hospitals are ditching the whole magnet status thing as its not what it's cracked up to be. But as someone who...
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    Traditional students

    NurseGirl525 replied to AreEnd's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Are you wanting to live in a dorm?? Is that how traditional you want to be? Due to your age, you will be a nontraditional student. That's the way it goes. You enroll in a college with a good...
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    Do Nurse Practitioners Assist In "Pulling the Plug"?

    NurseGirl525 replied to SunshineeStudent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused on what you are wanting? Pulling the plug? Lol. That's not what really happens. What happens is MDs have discussions with families about prognosis and options. Then, they leave....
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    NurseGirl525 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    Darn. It did.
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    NurseGirl525 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    I I hope this doesn't show up
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    NurseGirl525 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    That is incorrect. If you are a non-exempt employee, anything over 40 hours in one week, they must pay no less than time and a half. That is the law. Google it. I'm trying to figure out how to...
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    New job

    NurseGirl525 replied to ToriAneal's topic in General Nursing

    I know so many people that have not gotten their badges until the actual orientation. Calm
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    NurseGirl525 replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    It is federal law that if you are an hourly employee, not salaried, anything over 40 hours worked, time clocked in, is overtime pay. It doesn't matter how they classify it. You need to check the...
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    Feeling like you're complicit in the addiction problem...

    NurseGirl525 replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    Just a point to consider, even addicts experience pain. Especially say, after a major surgery. It is not your job to judge and decide who are addicts and who is in pain. Pain is subjective. What we...
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    Is $28,000 worth it becoming a Surgical Tec

    NurseGirl525 replied to Blue Robin's topic in General Nursing

    Ha!! I realized right after I posted, I posted yes. I will very often read my post to correct spelling because of my ridiculous autocorrect. But, this time I realized I wrote the wrong
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    Disposal of Empty Transfusion Bag and IV Set

    NurseGirl525 replied to NotYourMamasRN's topic in General Nursing

    Bio
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    What a Tobacco Treatment Course Taught Me About Opioid Abuse

    NurseGirl525 replied to Issaiah1332's topic in General Nursing

    I went to an NA meeting a few years ago and my eyes were opened to what causes aloud abuse. Sadly, the way our country approaches it is shameful. We need to treat the patient and their problems....
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    Career Change: Radiology/Sonography v. Nursing?

    NurseGirl525 replied to AvaPeers's topic in General Nursing

    If you bombed interviews for your current degree, what is changing with this one? You still have to interview for a job. Jobs just don't land in your lap with a medical degree. That's where I'm...
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    Is $28,000 worth it becoming a Surgical Tec

    NurseGirl525 replied to Blue Robin's topic in General Nursing

    So you would pay $28k for a surg tech, then down the road pay more money to become a nurse? You do realize you will have to pay most of that back even with grants. In one word?
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    Quitting Nursing School

    NurseGirl525 replied to hmoge's topic in General Students

    There is not one thing wrong with deciding it's not for you. And who knows? Maybe in ten years after you work a career at one job, you may decide it is for you. Just remember, nursing is not what...
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    Wrongful termination or being put between a rock and a hard place!

    NurseGirl525 replied to jrstephens1's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I couldn't understand why she was fired. I was trying to discern what the termination was for. But, honestly, it doesn't really matter. In IN, you can be fired for anything. They don't...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned so much this week, I would not even know where to start. One lesson that was reiterated to me this week was that life is not fair, and that a very small mistake can cost someone their...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    NurseGirl525 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so very sorry for your loss. I bet you were the absolute pride and joy of his
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    Bed Bugs. HELP!

    NurseGirl525 replied to Zyprexa_Ho's topic in General Nursing

    Why have they not contacted an exterminator? I would call the health dept if your facility is not dealing with this properly. I did my first clinical rotation in an LTC. They had a small bed bug...
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    Refusing..... Eye drops??

    NurseGirl525 replied to J2016's topic in General Nursing

    They have the right to refuse. Don't worry about it. People refuse certain meds all the time. It's truly not a big deal and I'm not sure why you putting any thought into it at