NurseGirl525 ASN, RN

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    Coursera Classes

    NurseGirl525 posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    A few weeks ago someone had posted on here about coursera. I looked into it and signed up for a couple of courses and I must say I absolutely loved it!! I am taking a neurobiology course through The...
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseGirl525 replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    Let me say this, I'm 40, not a young twenty-something pretty girl. You know, the ones always complaining of jealousy. I've got PCOS, oh no!! I gotta worry about "the diabetes"!! I'm overweight....
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    Overweight Healthcare Workers

    NurseGirl525 replied to EmpoweRN's topic in General Nursing

    You know, you can be overweight, and healthy. Just sayin. Signed, An overweight girl, who probably has a better sugar, cholesterol, BP, and HR, than most thin people. P.S. Thin, does not, equal...
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    Marijuana and Nurses

    NurseGirl525 replied to jwolansk's topic in General Nursing

    Every place does a drug test before you are hired. It's illegal here
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    Charting/Assessment Struggles

    NurseGirl525 replied to studog12's topic in General Nursing

    If I miss something, I go back and assess it and chart it. I never go off of the previous nurse. Many times I am charting my initial assessment and realize I missed something. I get up, go into the...
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    School and sterile gloving

    NurseGirl525 replied to XalieHealbot's topic in General Students

    I just took my one pair of sterile gloves that came in my supplies and pretended they were sterile and practiced opening and putting them on over and over again. It takes practice, that is
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    Would it kill you to say thank you?

    NurseGirl525 replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    On a completely unrelated topic. What the **** is up with autocorrect? My English grammar is atrocious but autocorrect is actually managing to mess it up even worse than I do (and that's no mean feat...
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    Feeling extremely underappreciated

    NurseGirl525 replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand you are a paramedic, but your scope of practice is that if a tech. Many ERs use paramedics as techs, I'm going to venture a guess and say it's because of the ACLS or in your case PALS...
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    alright Nurses...what is your dream job?!

    NurseGirl525 replied to permRNjobs's topic in General Nursing

    It's a varying level of things for me. Great teamwork on a unit, excellent benefits provided by a company, a company that understands my life is not my job. After that pay. Then location. You can...
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    Feeling extremely underappreciated

    NurseGirl525 replied to Medic2RN_'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, your saying all the nurses do is sit there and play on their phones, while you run around doing everything? Who's assessing, passing meds, getting lab results, calling report, and discharging?...
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    Not sure what to do... RN/BSN with no position in nursing school, but want to work in ER

    NurseGirl525 replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Nursing

    Why do you have to have a student nurse
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    Peers very Unsupportive

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

    I have read through your posts and I have yet to see anything unsupportive to you. What I am gathering is you have been trying to decide for well over a year. You feel most schools are disorganized...
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    What do you keep in your locker/make sure to take to work with you?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Dianna11's topic in General Nursing

    Toothbrush, tampons, hairspray, water, excedrin,
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    In NICU, but I want to quit Nursing completely

    NurseGirl525 replied to Cali_foRNia's topic in General Nursing

    You have to realize, ICU is a unit for the most critically ill and you are going to experience much death in it. Including NICU. NICU is not just babies that are born too small and go home in a few...
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    Why Can Pre-Med Students Know Their Choice But Nursing Students "Can't"?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    You are missing the point completely. Pre-Med students in sure think they have their path planned out, but I'm sure many change their minds. Unless your whole Pre-Med student experience is your...
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    Why Can Pre-Med Students Know Their Choice But Nursing Students "Can't"?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    Agree. Med students do rotations in all areas. I work at a treaching hospital. I see med students every day I work. The reason why people are saying these things to you is because it's very...
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    correct way to administer synergistic medications:

    NurseGirl525 replied to antimafia's topic in General Nursing

    Here is what I do. i would administer one of the norcos. I wait 30 minutes. If they are still in pain, I administer the second. Usually that works, PO meds yes take longer to take affect, but last...
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    Will volunteering help with finding a job as new grad?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    This is wrong on so many levels. I do not delegate a darn thing to my techs. Do I ask for help with a turn or bath, yes I do. I don't delegate anything and neither do any of my coworkers. But, if...
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    Catching something from patients?

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

    I suggest you take a microbiology class to see how things are transmitted. Second, do you not think we wear protective gear and wash up constantly? Proper hand hygiene is a requirement to being a...
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    I think I don't want to be a Nurse anymore.

    NurseGirl525 replied to guest723's topic in General Nursing

    Am I reading correctly though that you have a 100% in each class? I took 2 sciences at once and it wasn't a big deal. Nursing is a science major. Bachelor of SCIENCE in Nursing. Yes, you work your...
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    Catching something from patients?

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

    You are more likely to catch something from a shopping
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    Will volunteering help with finding a job as new grad?

    NurseGirl525 replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    No, not usually. Are you a nurse yet, or getting ready to graduate? Maybe see if there are tech jobs available if you are still a student? Volunteers rarely interact with the staff. Nobody would...
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    Quitting a job without another lined up

    NurseGirl525 replied to Soliloquy's topic in General Nursing

    Good
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    No call no show, and feeling terrible about it!

    NurseGirl525 replied to omha's topic in General Nursing

    Here's the deal and you can take it or leave it. First,, why is this an article? Thought this was something different. But I will comment here. It sucks to be on the receiving end of a no call, no...
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    CNAs give medications

    NurseGirl525 replied to Beaue's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Just wow. Doesn't surprise me now, from the commercial schools. They will capitalize on