hidesert

hidesert has 15 years experience and specializes in onc, critical care.

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1. Will my age keep me from a good nursing career?

   hidesert replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in Virginia Nursing

   PS - I also totally believe that life experiences make us better nurses: being a mom, having worked in the food industry and gaming industry, having worked in a doctor's office as an assistant and...

2. Will my age keep me from a good nursing career?

   hidesert replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in Virginia Nursing

   I graduated at 49, got my BSN at 55 and start my MSN at 57 (this fall) prob for an ANP degree, by then I will have 5 degrees. I love school, obviously, and I love being a nurse. What I do see is that...

3. How To Get A Patient To Take Pain Meds When Needed...

   hidesert replied to sharpeimom's topic in Pain Management

   toradol is great stuff, sort of a compromise betw tylenol and narcotics, in my mind, anyway. i worked in oncology and critical care for seven years and now at the va, and veterans for the most part...

4. Community College? You must be stupid.

   hidesert replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

   It seems that a discussion about the quality of a CC nursing degree is difficult to separate from the ADN/BSN controversy. Otherwise how would we rate the ADN degree; to what would we compare it

5. Community College? You must be stupid.

   hidesert replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

   "In being able to take into account the "big picture" instead of being task oriented, given the same patient and same resources, what exactly gets done by the BSN trained nurse that doesn't get done...

6. Community College? You must be stupid.

   hidesert replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

   UM, that may be true of some ADNs, but not even half, in my experience. It prob relates to their previous work/life experience and their age. Most RNs I know are able to think globally and...

7. Community College? You must be stupid.

   hidesert replied to TheMoonisMyLantern's topic in General Students

   When I got my RN, I went to CC for time/cost and they also had a higher pass rate on NCLEX than the university, and they did for several years. (I have not looked recently.) I worked in a doctor's...

8. Will my age keep me from a good nursing career?

   hidesert replied to Elizabeth 123's topic in Virginia Nursing

   Here is my advice- keep at it. I was 50 when I got my RN. Most pts and families (and some doctors) just assume I have been a nurse forever. ALso all the pre nursing life experiences I've had made me a...

9. At what age did you decide on nursing?

   hidesert replied to Wan2BRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   I wanted to go for most of my life, with a few side trips (one in the medical field) took 16 yrs to do prereqs and went to school at 46. KEEP going, if you want it you will get there. Cannot believe I...

10. You know you're Old School when...

    hidesert replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I love hearing all this, I was not a nurse yet, but I AM that

11. Seems to be quite the trend...

    hidesert replied to AmandaS<3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    I am an RN (was not a CNA first) and have worked with some of the best CNAs in the world. They worked their butts off and I always thank them. When I was an apprentice nurse, I deferred to them...

12. Can RNs really make this much?

    hidesert replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    A friend in nursing school who graduated a year after I did, went to a very large city to work in a university medical center & after coming in there with just one year of med-surg floor...

13. Can RNs really make this much?

    hidesert replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    I did research on this after getting out of school. This was about 4-5 yrs ago, and the pay scales in the US ranged from $22/hr to around $40 per hr, a huge difference for a new grad. (The lower...

14. Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    hidesert replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    I am kind of with you and GIRLvsRN on this one. I would not want a tech drawing from my art line either, and where I work it is only RNs and

15. Does allnurses.com make you a better nurse?

    hidesert replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I learn something every time I am on the site. I have been a nurse 5 years and I got into the site while in nursing school. I LOVE it, and it is nice to see all the encouragement given to...