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  1. newgrad

    MIA-RN1 replied to runninggirl's topic in General Nursing

    thats how I feel too. Plus as an 'older' new nurse, I know I don't have it in me to run as fast as some of the younger new

  2. newgrad

    MIA-RN1 replied to runninggirl's topic in General Nursing

    Im a new grad and I'm starting in PostPartum to get my feet wet in hospital nursing. I don't care too much for Med-surg

  3. Nursing School Dress Code: All White Scrubs

    MIA-RN1 replied to mad9's topic in General Students

    In my school we were supposed to wear crest brand but by the final semester we were mostly just wearing the required shirt and whatever brand white pants we were comfy in. My vote is always on...

  4. Soon to be student - Advise please

    MIA-RN1 replied to Slpask's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know about the wages but something you really want to find out about is what schedule you will be mandated to work. Some hospitals in my area are rumored to give the new nurses with the...

  5. best shift for new nurses?

    MIA-RN1 replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yeah but it was that or alternating days/nights and that would do me in! :) I like the hours, I"ve done them before as a tech, and I don't think they will all be in a row...I don't know. If it doesn't...

  6. best shift for new nurses?

    MIA-RN1 replied to smileysenior's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I"m starting as a new grad on the 3p - 11:30p. I like the times because I will be able to do things before work (my daughter's allergy appts etc) and staying up til after midnight is not a big deal...

  7. Am I the only one cant find a decent watch?

    MIA-RN1 replied to Fairlythere's topic in First Year After Licensure

    go to a local watchmaker and see if they can get you a thinner bezel. I have the timex indiglo but it doesn't have the military time on it. My dad's a Master Watchmaker. I'll ask him if he has any...

  8. looking for cml/gleevec resistance articles

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in Oncology

    Hi everyone! Im a newly graduated nurse and my husband is a 4 year survivor of CML, tx w/ Gleevec 400mg. Found out today that his whites are increaseing slowly (4.9 - 6.3 over five months) and that he...

  9. GN status? so confused

    MIA-RN1 replied to LAnewgrad's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it would depend on the facility and what their practices are regarding GN's. I am going to start my new job as a GN with a limited permit. I have no experience as a nurse other than school...

  10. claiming to be what she isn't

    MIA-RN1 replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    :)

  11. claiming to be what she isn't

    MIA-RN1 replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    A smudgin off topic but this thread made me wonder... As a newly-minted graduate nurse, can I legally call myself a nurse and then if there is a question go on to say that I have my degree and am...

  12. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    MIA-RN1 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks! I just finished up nursing school...TODAY!

  13. ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks for the input! Our school unfortunately only has one ATI practice test available to us, so basically after taking it once, it didn't do me a whole lotta good. We could access the same test up...

  14. Could I be held liable for not telling a doctor?

    MIA-RN1 replied to hhrhrn41's topic in General Nursing

    I might get around the issue by mentioning to the NM that she's been using the bg monitor (at hospital's expense) like "Sally came up to me today and told me her bg was 350! I asked her how she knew...

  15. ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am signed up to start the Kaplan review in Mid-June and I've used the Saunders books for this whole last year of school, as well as the NCLEX 3000 computer program. We have a lot of priority...

  16. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    MIA-RN1 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    wow, I thought the rules about leaving campus were across the board. I didn't realize that could happen! I will read that thread, it sounds

  17. Okay Homo-phobic thread..LOL!

    MIA-RN1 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a clinic in an urban high school and we had patients from 7th grade thru 12th grade and had all the confidentiality issues. We as a group ALWAYS tried to help the patient identify a family...

  18. New OB Nurses, Grads and Students, Please Feel Free to post your questions here:

    MIA-RN1 replied to SmilingBluEyes's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I am starting, L&D and PP are on the same floor but the nurses are either L&D or PP nurses. So a pt comes in and has her baby w/ the L&D nurses, and then moves to the PP area and is...

  19. ATI NCLEX Predictor?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    hmm I started wondering about this yesterday...(amazing the lengths my mind goes to in order to avoid studying for the final on Tuesday lol) How can the ATI really predict your score on the NCLEX....

  20. What is the answer to this crazy question?

    MIA-RN1 replied to peaceful's topic in General Nursing

    MIght the answer be B because of the growing number of MRSA outside the hospital?? Wild guess here. If you find out the correct answer, please let us

  21. I graduated from nursing school, and I feel depress.

    MIA-RN1 replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Students

    I'm feeling much the same as you. I'm not graduated just yet--I have to take my final exam next week, but there are no classes now, I am between jobs (new nurse job starts 6/5) and I am feeling like...

  22. Can I hear some positive things about nursing school?

    MIA-RN1 replied to rntoben2008's topic in General Students

    If you can get a tech job at a local hospital you will be a step ahead of the

  23. Any Tips on Washing Whites?

    MIA-RN1 replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    when I bought my whites for school the lady at the store advised me to never use bleach because it eventually yellows the fabric. I wash mine in just regular warm or cold, and only with other white...

  24. What's the most amazing thing you've seen in the OR?

    MIA-RN1 replied to familygirlRn's topic in Operating Room

    yep I had one of those removed from myself. Hair teeth and sweatglands and the size of a large orange. I was 3 mos preggers w/ my son at the time and NOTHING I said could convince the older members of...

  25. hospitals still use non-needless systems?

    MIA-RN1 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Ah ok, I get it. I think that all I have ever seen is the needle-less system, which is why I was confused. Thank