applesxoranges

applesxoranges BSN, RN

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  1. Stress or Burn Out?

    applesxoranges replied to applesxoranges's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I want to quit nursing really bad now. I am looking at taking pay cut in order to do

  2. Will a foreign BSN graduate still be a BSN degree holder if he/she will take ADN?

    applesxoranges replied to Mathraine1519's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    A lot of hospitals word it as they require a BSN from a CCNE or ACEN accredited

  3. Stress or Burn Out?

    applesxoranges replied to applesxoranges's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I feel better now that I talked to two people at work. One told me that this happens every six months. Staff leave or burn out and so there is barely anyone there. he went as far to say he doesn't...

  4. Already have a bachelors, ADN or BSN?

    applesxoranges replied to NLB32's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I did ADN and then went for my BSN. I planned it so that I would be able to just do nursing classes when I graduated. I completed my BSN in 9 months after my ADN. It saved me quite a bit of money. I...

  5. We need sitters!

    applesxoranges posted a topic in Emergency

    I am really frustrated. A patient almost killed himself. When I have several other patients (one was a chest pain coming in by ambulance), I can't sit there and babysit a 1:1 when I am getting two...

  6. Stress or Burn Out?

    applesxoranges replied to applesxoranges's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm seriously considering leaving nursing and going to a different field. I'm out of shape but I'm thinking about going for a position as a police officer or maybe even on a fire department. That's...

  7. We need sitters!

    applesxoranges replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    It's just frustrating I suppose. The last company I worked for as a medic and then an RN had issues with staffing in regards to trying to make it cheaper with less staff and then it's the same at the...

  8. How long was your initial orientation to the ER?

    applesxoranges replied to WannaBNursey's topic in Emergency

    Six weeks with five

  9. We need sitters!

    applesxoranges replied to applesxoranges's topic in Emergency

    I am fairly certain I am going to leave this ER and possibly ER completely due to the close calls. Yes, close calls. The ratio of 1:5 regardless of acuity is ridiculous. The same situation happened...

  10. NURS 4510 Fall 14

    applesxoranges replied to Peah4714's topic in Ohio University

    Just finished all my classes! I keep on checking my DARS to make sure that all my requirements are done after the grades are posted. Of course, people are waiting till the last minute to submit...

  11. Adn to bsn

    applesxoranges replied to karlsbad's topic in General Nursing

    Some classes were repeated and similar to the classes in my ADN program like: community, leadership, and geriatrics (ours was "gerontology and our teacher made a big deal about it). It was writing a...

  12. How common is it for employers to pay for BSN?

    applesxoranges replied to mcapuano's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I could have gone on contract but I would have been stuck with a job I hated for at least two years or at least 1 year. I chose not do the contract. I will probably do a contract if I go for a

  13. Doing bad in nursing school?

    applesxoranges replied to studentnurse245's topic in General Students

    My sister is struggling and a lot of my classmates struggled or were set back a few semesters. I graduated last year and now one friend is graduating and his wife will graduate next semester. We were...

  14. PICC line issues, blood draw tips.

    applesxoranges replied to Nurse.NoFilter's topic in General Nursing

    Not saying this is it, but once we had a PICC line kink in the patient. The physician who attempted to "correct" it said he had never seen it

  15. ANA urges increased workforce funding; 1.1 Million new nurses needed

    applesxoranges replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am surprised at the difference two states can make with LPNs. I am an RN and I was talking about how it sucks that the LPNs get paid only 14-18 dollars starting out. The state I work in now...

  16. Are needle connections still used?

    applesxoranges replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    Our dial flows still have the port for needles but the rest of the system doesn't use

  17. Have you travelled to Africa is a invasion of privacy?

    applesxoranges replied to IrishIzCPNP's topic in General Nursing

    Our question is "have you been out of the country in the past month?" Then it breaks into a tree and I forget what the next question is. The reason why it's there was because supposedly the ER doctor...

  18. Best Shoes?

    applesxoranges replied to Katelyn38841's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I like Danskos but there is a breaking in period with them. After that they are super comfortable and water proof. So when the drunk pees on the floor and I step in it, it's not so bad as if I wore...

  19. Perfume at work?

    applesxoranges replied to fawnmarie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Perfume is not recommended however people will wear Bath and Body works to cover up the smell of smoke. Officially, no one is supposed to be wearing any strong smelling scents. I know one time I about...

  20. Nurse to Firefighter

    applesxoranges replied to McStudMuffin's topic in Men in Nursing

    A lot of ER nurses do that. Some eventually choose to fly on the helicopters

  21. Atheist at Catholic hospital

    applesxoranges replied to kaydensmom01's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I worked in a large Catholic healthcare and we really didn't pish Catholicism over all. Just a small prayer at night, a blessing during Ash Wednesday, and maybe an initial prayer. Our managers had...

  22. Starting Salary [new grad]?

    applesxoranges replied to clandestine-approach's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Midwest new grad 24.88 plus 1 for night shift and 1 for weekends switched jobs within six months and was at 24.70 plus 1.40 for night shift but I received a raise to 26.12 a few months

  23. One. More. Class.

    applesxoranges replied to mmc51264's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I just finished my BSN

  24. IV Sizes?

    applesxoranges replied to Jennx's topic in General Students

    18 is the main one we use in the er followed by a 20. Sometimes 22 if younger or smaller veins, 24 if a baby. The smaller numbers are bigger and they are color coded. Sixteen is for healthy drunks and...

  25. bridge programs

    applesxoranges replied to Dressagern's topic in General Students

    It depends on the school. Some will accept a non-nurskng bachelors. I would begin making a list of schools and their requirements. I'd look into