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  1. A "Thank You" gift for a preceptor

    mstigerlily replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    Our instructor encouraged us to get a gift for our preceptor after our four week school preceptorship and checked up on us what we bought. I got the feeling a coffee mug or knicknack wasn't going to...

  2. Old nurses dont want to learn new tricks?

    mstigerlily replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a new nurse for only a year now working in postpartum but some of the most fantastic helpful mentors and preceptors to me have been the nurses that have worked there for years. I know two...

  3. ADVICE: 42 yr old Male: Nursing

    mstigerlily replied to ksgomez's topic in General Nursing

    I hopt that is true! My husband is 45 and doing his prereqs after 20 years as a computer programmer. He is a big burly hairy manly guy, as far from effeminate as possible. Just the thought of him...

  4. National RN Salary Trends ADN or Diploma vs BSN

    mstigerlily replied to Darcifly's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. My ADN program was good, but the BSN classes I am taking are very helpful. So far I've had Rural Nursing (not applicable to my practice), Nursing Theory (helpful), Health Assessment (VERY...

  5. 87 yr old new mother

    mstigerlily replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

    Of course I respect your faith, why wouldn't I? However, if you believe there is a God-related reason why a 66 y/o woman gives birth, or why the McCaughey septuplets were born, I sure don't believe it...

  6. 87 yr old new mother

    mstigerlily replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

    Quote: Originally Posted by mstigerlily I think when a 66 year old woman gives birth, it didn't have much to do with God, but had more to do with the fertility doctors and procedures she underwent....

  7. My ALMOST 5 year old refuses to poop on the potty!

    mstigerlily replied to dreamBIG's topic in General Nursing

    I have three kids (2 pottytrained) and while I don't rush them they were pottytrained completely between 3 and 3.5 years old. Years ago it was common to try to get babies out of diapers well before 2,...

  8. How Much Fentanyl?

    mstigerlily replied to Spidey's mom's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am interested to know how much is too much too. I work in postpartum and I had a post c-sect patient come over recently that the L&D nurse described as having "major pain control issues". She...

  9. National RN Salary Trends ADN or Diploma vs BSN

    mstigerlily replied to Darcifly's topic in General Nursing

    WOW that is a BIG incentive $5/hr more! The two biggest local hospital systems here pay 2% more for BSN and 5% more for MSN degrees. This isn't much when just starting out but at least it's

  10. 87 yr old new mother

    mstigerlily replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

    I think when a 66 year old woman gives birth, it didn't have much to do with God, but had more to do with the fertility doctors and procedures she

  11. 87 yr old new mother

    mstigerlily replied to WannaBRN4's topic in General Nursing

    My dad was 40 when I was born and he seemed so OLD to me. I very much wanted to be done having kids at 35 and I was. I find the idea of older women past menopause having babies to be strange. That...

  12. Tri City Hospital/Oceanside

    mstigerlily replied to renerian's topic in California Nursing

    I am so sorry I missed this question somehow. Well, Oceanside is a military town, the Camp Pendleton base is there. But Tri-City Hospital itself is actually on the east end off a faurkt large fwy in...

  13. Adjusting to 3rd????

    mstigerlily replied to StaceyK's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. I can't imagine coming IN at 11pm, that would be horrible. Before I know it, it's 12am and just a little bit more I take my lunch around 1am. By the time I get settled and catch up on...

  14. Opinion Q...Why, do you think more and more Drs are pushing induction?

    mstigerlily replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This bothers me too. I work at a hospital where patients are routinely induced at 38 weeks for "social inductions" - it seems I see that with nearly everyone. I had my first two babies early and...

  15. Night Shift Nursing

    mstigerlily replied to HappyJaxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've only been doing nights for almost a year now but I felt that way after working days. I was so exhausted on my days off didn't want to do anything, dreading getting up at 5am, fighting traffic,...

  16. Questions about Nuses in California

    mstigerlily replied to narcissistic's topic in Nursing Career

  17. Tri City Hospital/Oceanside

    mstigerlily replied to renerian's topic in California Nursing

    I have lived in North San Diego County my whole life, I know Oceanside pretty well and know a few classmates that went to work at Tri City. What do you want to

  18. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    mstigerlily replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    YES - face sheets. Believe me, everyone knows. I work in a ritzy area of town at a hospital where only one OB takes Medi-Cal. Just seeing his name is a sign that person is a Medi-Cal recipient. In the...

  19. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    mstigerlily replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    My contention was NOT that the U.S. is "the only country" that grants automatic citizenship. My statement was that "The first thing that needs to stop is if you have a baby here, that baby is...

  20. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    mstigerlily replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Gosh why did you edit the post? Thankfully I got your original one in my email. OK I read through your posts and maybe I'm missing it, but this is the first I've heard from you that your point was...

  21. How do I make the switch to nights?

    mstigerlily replied to vmilty's topic in General Nursing

    I normally go to bed around 10pm too but have succesfully been working nights for a year now. Expect to be horribly overwhelmingly nauseatingly sleepy for awhile esp between 2am-5am. That is a tough...

  22. Cost of Your RN Program?

    mstigerlily replied to TheCommuter's topic in LPN to RN

    Wow I am stunned at the cost some people pay for LVNs and Medical Assisting Programs, most RN programs at community colleges are far cheaper. I went to Palomar Community College - tuition is low...

  23. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    mstigerlily replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    What?!? That makes no sense. Fine, illegal aliens don't get "full scope Medi-Cal". However, it doesn't matter what they CALL the Medi-Cal they are getting - that is just semantics. Because whether it...

  24. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    mstigerlily replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Oh my goodness! Well the first thing that needs to stop is if you have a baby here, that baby is automatically citizen. You don't see people flying to France or England or Tahiti to have babies...

  25. Medicaid. Is it being abused?

    mstigerlily replied to SWFlorida's topic in Emergency

    Uh..ok. My point was that there isn't much difference between "Full scope Medi-Cal" and the Medi-Cal offered to illegal aliens. Thus: a) If Medi-Cal only covers you when you are pregnant and you...