NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Nursing school is hurting my marriage

    NurseGirl525 replied to lana1234's topic in General Students

    Your decision. Career or family. Let me tell you from experience, money does not buy happiness. I'm way happier without it. Way. Im not being negative, I'm telling you how it is. You can choose...
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    Any nurse willing to get interviewed via email or here for my nursing politics class?

    NurseGirl525 replied to koral's topic in General Nursing

    Will not discuss my politics ever at work. I bet you are supposed to interview a nurse in person. How do you know I am an RN? 100% sure I am an RN and not joe the truck driver? Maybe I'm Hazel,...
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    Your funniest "are you serious?!?!" MIDAS report

    NurseGirl525 replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Never heard of
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    Nursing school is hurting my marriage

    NurseGirl525 replied to lana1234's topic in General Students

    How about make your family a priority. Nursing school is not that hard that you ignore family and friends. If you are spending that much time studying, you are not grasping the concepts and may have...
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    Does it get easier after anatomy class?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Elsa15's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A&P was a cakewalk compared to nursing school. Sorry, but A&P, especially I, is nothing but memorization and regurgitation. Nursing school is thinking on a higher level, without memorizing....
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    Frequent cancellations

    NurseGirl525 replied to firemedic12's topic in General Nursing

    I don't get this. People saying it's no big deal to be sent home. If you are a full time employee, you should be guaranteed full time hours. That is 36 hours. Any company where I have ever been...
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    Frequent cancellations

    NurseGirl525 replied to firemedic12's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one who thinks they are keeping the OP on orientation for another reason? Like the fact that the OPs pay does not come out of their unit, so they are getting a full time nurse, without...
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    How many residency shifts did you have before you were on your own?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Zessira's topic in General Nursing

    I guess for me, residency and preceptorship were completely different things. I did not start preceptorship until residency was
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    Called in on days off...what to do?!?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    They do this at my facility as well. I wait until the critical bonus shifts and then may pick up one, here and there. It's not regular, and I never feel guilty for not doing it. My time is my time....
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    PICOT Question

    NurseGirl525 replied to guest896979's topic in General Students

    Thank you. I have never heard of
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    PICOT Question

    NurseGirl525 replied to guest896979's topic in General Students

    Never heard of this. What is
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    Lowest stress (still great pay) nursing specialties?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Aliens05's topic in General Nursing

    Love
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    Describing patients by race/ethnicity

    NurseGirl525 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    It is simply for government reporting, nothing more. Certain areas that serve minority ethnicities will get additional government funding. It has nothing to do with diagnosis or treatment. I...
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    new grad RN with 2 job offers, what would you do??

    NurseGirl525 replied to zumbaRN4's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You can still work as a tech even though you are a licensed RN? Take the RN position. To me it's a no-brainer. You worked hard for your license, not to continue to work for tech money and not use...
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    New Graduate Positions

    NurseGirl525 replied to justdesserts's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    You also may want to wait until you are an RN unless you are applying to residency programs. Those will usually accept GN until you pass NCLEX. I agree to make sure your resume is
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    Show I saw the other day

    NurseGirl525 replied to Caroline123's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they are real. A recent one was a local issue here. Like very local for me. She was an ICU nurse at one of our local hospitals. It absolutely shocked me as to what she did. We may be educated...
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    Waiting the accepting to RN of SPC

    NurseGirl525 replied to khiemtuyen's topic in General Nursing

    What is SPC? This is a world-wide site. None of know what SPC stands for. There are thousands of colleges in this country. How are we to decipher
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    Called in on days off...what to do?!?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Kalypso22's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. If you continue to fill the holes, why would they bother to hire? If you like the OT pay great, if you don't want to, then don't do it. They need to hire and fill the "holes". They have no...
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    Am I too old to change career?

    NurseGirl525 replied to mmaku2020's topic in General Nursing

    OP, what will you be changing interview wise to obtain a nursing position? I'm just wondering. Nursing Degree does not equal immediate job like many think. You will still have to interview for a...
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    Am I too old to change career?

    NurseGirl525 replied to mmaku2020's topic in General Nursing

    What's wrong with a single mom going to nursing school? Many, many of us did it and made it just
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    Calling report to the floor.

    NurseGirl525 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    We do trachs, thoracentisis, chest tubes, cranis, all kinds of things bedside. Especially if it's emergent. It's actually better for the patient as well, if they are not stable enough to go to the...
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    Calling report to the floor.

    NurseGirl525 replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    You can be sterile bedside. We do lots of sterile things at the bedside on my icu
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    How to notify Board re: BSN

    NurseGirl525 replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    An RN is an RN. They don't put your degree on your license. The board doesn't care about that. Its employers that care about the
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    Do you still have energy to cook after a 12 hour shift?

    NurseGirl525 replied to chunkalunk's topic in General Nursing

    Usually the hubs cooks for me. He cooks for me if I'm hungry. Lots of times I'm not. I don't like to eat that late. Not good for my weight. I try to eat lunch late so I'm not real hungry. My...
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    Nursing Anxiety

    NurseGirl525 replied to Seve's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I try to explain that nursing is not just about wanting to help people. In the end, it's a job. With hours, requirements, the whole shindig other professions have. Its a job, it's a...