mstigerlily

New grad RN here. Well, we hang our bags to gravity and the other day I got busy and I guess bag was dripping faster than I had planned because when I went back the bag was bone dry. Before I always worked with IV pumps that beeped loudly and went to...

I am his second wife and ever since he's known me I've been doing prereqs, on the waiting list, in nursing school and now, finally - an RN! So here I am a new grad RN and he has decided belatedly that he would like to try nursing. His background is t...

First time I was 34 weeks pg and a young single mom, backache on and off all day. At 5pm my waterbag exploded at the tail end of my Dev Psych class. I sat there till the bell rang then hobbled to the bathroom, then to the Student Health, which was ju...

I've had patients of all ages and personalites but I see women like you've described quite often, we have patients like this every day on our floor. My hospital induces and c-sections every day for convenience and for social reasons. In fact, it's s...

I lost a son at 16 wks in 1998, had backache, water broke, dilated, he came out in the ER feetfirst. Saw him on ultrasound two days prior swimming around sucking his thumb. I had been spotting for a week though, thus the ultrasound, maybe a small abr...

I was lucky to have a husband who had a flexible schedule and a retired mom five minutes away who had plenty of time. Couldn't have done it without them. I start my kids at two full days of preschool at age three, and three full days of preschool at ...

If money were no object I would have done a private college with a 4 yr BSN RN program. If money were an object (which it was) I would do a community college ADN RN program and get the BSN later. If I had a bit of money (but not much) I'd wait for a ...

I really have a problem with this. In our hospital we are required to wear badges and I actually find myself looking at them a lot when standing in elevators or waiting in line, etc. wondering, "Oh who is that nicely dressed person or what dept does ...

Depends on the hospital and unit, management, policies and the nurse herself, but at my hospital the duties are as follows: Admit, assess, discharge up to four couplets at a time. Some of these may include overflow gyn surgeries, low risk antepartum ...

To the OP: Our hospital has an excellent new grad program, for 12 weeks we had class once a week from 8-5. We had a different system to study each week and while our quizzes weren't graded, we were expected to pay attention to the films, guest speake...

San Diego area, new grad RNs are starting at around $26-$30/hr. My specific hospital has a $4/hr NOC differential, at least one hospital I know of has a weekend diff of $2/hr. Also my hospital pays $2/hr more for charge (no patients) and 2% more for ...

I wouldn't pay that much for an LVN program, here in Southern California there is an ROP program with not too much of a wait that is free. LVNs have limited job prospects compared to RNs so it wouldn't seem worth that kind of money to me. However, if...

None of my kids have ever had a nurse there, they have something called a "health tech" whatever that is. Well, I guess they do have a visiting RN that visits schools in the districts to do hearing screens and I don't know what else... This is why I ...

Me, I'm here too! I work for Scripps and I like all their hospitals, esp La Jolla, Encinitas (but they are union) and Mercy. Not sure about Chula Vista and Green. Palomar/Pomerado are ok but I was disappointed in the pay/benefits given they are union...

Lots of jobs for LVNs in LTC but I assume you don't want that. Also clinics/doctors offices. I do know that Sharp hires LVNs, try there. Also the VA hires them, also Children's. Scripps and Palomar/Pomerado seem to be phasing them out. Other options:...

I think everyone hated nursing school, or at least found it tedious and difficult. I used to get A's easily, I struggled to get B's there. I hated care plans, they got longer and longer every semester. I hated getting up at 4:30 to get to clinicals o...

different schools have different requirements, you can find out about them before you started. i assume you knew you were supposed to take the hesi and pass before graduation so you've known about this for awhile, right? if you knew about this and ag...

If you already have a BS and graduate courses in sciences, an ADN would be simple for you. I'd do a direct entry MSN program if I were you, or at least teh BSN. I found the big difference between BSN/ADN classes was the BSN had a lot more about nursi...

I do believe RNs should have a bachelor's degree, specifically in nursing, however if they have one in another field, an ADN is adequate until they can complete the BSN degree, but I believe they should have to eventually complete that too. We alrea...

One hospital I interviewed at does not have a differential (and this is a union hospital). The other two did have a differential, it was 2% more for a BSN and I believe 5% more for an MSN. I think this is pretty typical, at least for my area.

I have a BA in Psychology from a U.C. school, comparatively I felt that degree was a piece of cake. I have an ADN from a community college, that I found considerably more challenging mainly because I am not a "science person" I am a good writer, read...

Yes, nursing school was challenging and time consuming but it's not like medical school or law school which IMO is more difficult. If you are not working and don't have custody of your kids you will probably have much more time than at least half of ...

Huh, that's not been my experience at all. Most of the hospitals around here have 12 hr shifts only and all the nurses I know on my unit have kids, especially the night shift, some of them even 4+ kids.

I have to agree. Our nursing program was rigorous, a friend of mine had taken several semesters twice and they flunked her for two points right before graduation. Was it harsh? Yes. Was she a great nurse? Yes. But she had high anxiety and had a lot o...

We seem to have way more pregnant nurses on postpartum and L&D than there are elsewhere. Someone is always out on leave. However, I was done having my three before I became a nurse, my last was 11 mos when I started working. I was sure I was done...