HopefulRN7

HopefulRN7

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  1. This too shall pass?

    HopefulRN7 replied to HopefulRN7's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you- this is very helpful. I think I am experiencing burn out...I just ignored most of the warning signs early on which makes sense after reading the article. It's sad that it's so easy to...

  2. Are You Nurse Jackie or Nurse Zoey?

    HopefulRN7 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 99.5% sure it doesn't matter how it sits around your neck. Could depend on which hand you're dominant with and how you take it off. You're not auscultating sounds with it unless it's in your...

  3. LPN Traning is it hard? Any tips

    HopefulRN7 replied to apreetyddhh's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    To help answer the OP's question: LPN school is not overly difficult more than it is tedious. You are learning very foreign material if this is your first venture in the medical field. Immerse...

  4. LPN Traning is it hard? Any tips

    HopefulRN7 replied to apreetyddhh's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Actually, most RN schools are designed for individuals that are not currently in the work force being that they are mostly offered as daytime programs. With that said- the majority of students in...

  5. Do nurses do med math

    HopefulRN7 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    I'm a Pediatric nurse and we live and die by being able to calculate dosages, often changing being that many are based on current wt. I've been in the Peds setting for only a year now and have seen...

  6. Feeling guilty about calling in sick.

    HopefulRN7 replied to Becca, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Number 6,457 why being a nurse sucks sometimes. Acute gastroenteritis and you're considered a "slacker" because you didn't "foresee" it coming on. If we all had office jobs, a quick run to the...

  7. Administering Tylenol to a friend

    HopefulRN7 replied to Em31200's topic in General Nursing

    What your instructor may have meant to convey, albeit poorly, was that as a nurse working a shift- a MD order is required for OTC medications such as Tylenol while under medical

  8. Relocating (eventually) - advice?

    HopefulRN7 replied to ~PedsRN~'s topic in Florida Nursing

    All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg is going to be your best option for Pediatrics and they are hiring. When we move back to FL, that's where I will be [emoji4] Best place to live in that area...

  9. List the most frivolous complaints you've received

    HopefulRN7 replied to gardenpartyy's topic in Private Duty

    "You're not paying enough attention to the (non-patient) sibling" - as my spastic CP pt flails herself across the room taking down a 4-tier bookcase

  10. to intervene or not to intervene

    HopefulRN7 replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    Makes you wonder why people became nurses in the first place... It's not for the money unless there's a money train steaming down the halls that I keep

  11. How was your first code blue? What role did you have?

    HopefulRN7 replied to journey2success's topic in General Nursing

    My first code was as a 3rd semester nursing student at a LTC center. I was running the treatment cart as two CNA's flew down the hall past me from the dining room pushing a very limp and cyanotic...

  12. IS THERE A DEMAND FOR LPN'S AND RN's

    HopefulRN7 replied to wwdahn's topic in General Nursing

    For an RN, this statement holds truth. For an LPN- my agency offers $23-25/hr. for private duty. IMO, this is a fair starting offer for a new grad LPN (which we hire), and is actually above the state...

  13. to intervene or not to intervene

    HopefulRN7 replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    Great way to get your "AN ego" in check...I feel like a real dum dum Lesson learned Carry

  14. to intervene or not to intervene

    HopefulRN7 replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    Got me fired up...good one.

  15. IS THERE A DEMAND FOR LPN'S AND RN's

    HopefulRN7 replied to wwdahn's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree. I'm a first year LPN so was happy to take what I could get, and the upside is I found my niche with Peds. It's a shame they can't pay more- these kiddos need quality nurses. Families...

  16. to intervene or not to intervene

    HopefulRN7 replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not intending to start a nasty thread here, as I've seen many good threads go to the "dark side" but I would hope that if medical personnel that had the knowledge to save one of my family member's...

  17. IS THERE A DEMAND FOR LPN'S AND RN's

    HopefulRN7 replied to wwdahn's topic in General Nursing

    We are in desperate need of Pediatric nurses in New Hampshire- if anyone is in the area and looking to provide home care for some amazing little ones WFXT - Severely disabled children affected by...

  18. to intervene or not to intervene

    HopefulRN7 replied to nursephillyphil's topic in General Nursing

    As long as you follow your scope of practice and not perform anything outside of it, you're good to go- whether the person survives or not. We as nurses are covered under Good Samaritan Laws, like...

  19. Are we doing good for our patients?

    HopefulRN7 replied to GeologistRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I thoroughly enjoying private duty with pediatrics. We get patients when they've already been prodded and poked and we do our fair share of those things plus more but our mission is to enhance...

  20. Trach suctioning without gloves??

    HopefulRN7 replied to HopefulRN7's topic in Home Health

    I'm assuming you were using the closed (in-line) suction catheters when you refer to the sleeves vs the single use varieties. If that's the case, I can totally agree with you that gloves are not...

  21. Hey RN's that used to be LPN's !

    HopefulRN7 replied to Tieuana's topic in General Nursing

    I became a LPN in July 2014, started as a MA shortly before becoming licensed and then moved into Pediatrics. I will complete the RN program in July 2016. I think getting back into school...

  22. Should I read the NCLEX PN books if I'm a a pre nursing student

    HopefulRN7 replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Take this time to relax and make sure your other life priorities are in order because they will be at the end of your list once you start nursing school- and sleep is the first one to go. There's no...

  23. Trach suctioning without gloves??

    HopefulRN7 replied to HopefulRN7's topic in Home Health

    We currently use those on my Peds private duty cases as well and they also come with the less-than-sturdy sterile water "containers" for passes, brings back nightmares from nursing

  24. Medical marijuana for kids?

    HopefulRN7 replied to cayenne06's topic in Pediatric

    I probably would have done the same thing considering the situation, whether someone thought it was unethical or not. [emoji4] was just playing "devils

  25. Peds Nurses: How does Pediatric HH experience look on a resume?

    HopefulRN7 posted a topic in Pediatric

    Hi fellow nurses! I have been a LPN for a little over a year now, currently at the tail end of RN school- will graduate next spring (yeeehaw!) and I've been working with Pediatrics in the home health...