PeepnBiscuitsRN

PeepnBiscuitsRN

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  1. yes, another night shift post.

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to mmccool719's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure where you're located, but where I am, any shift in a hospital is something to be pleased about! It's not easy to find a job right now for new grads- especially in an acute care setting so you...

  2. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    ask lil' junior if he knows what a "suppository"

  3. Medical Assistants the new RNs???

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to ayorenee's topic in General Nursing

    Not so... when I was an LPN (I'm an RN now) I worked in peds in a regular clinic and there was a fair mix of CMA's and LPN's, and there were RN's as well, they didn't do really any direct patient care...

  4. how can these schools get away with SCAMMING people?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Some time ago before I was an RN, I was looking at Certified Medical Assistant versus LPN, and so I called one of these colleges that had an MA program, and I'm telling you, the recruiter just talked...

  5. NON-Nurses Giving Shots in MD Offices

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the clinic I had straight MA's I worked with who had been Medical Assistants since before I was born and probably knew more in their pinky than I did in my whole brain. Medical...

  6. Question RE posts by student nurses

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to JennyNurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    I know it's easy to text talk but it has it's place- when texting, this is a forum and it sort of gives off an impression of...I guess I have to say immaturity. I don't mean to be mean, please don't...

  7. Can someone with poor audition become a nurse?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to yisy4u's topic in General Nursing

    The one lactation RN who was also one of my postpartum RN's is mostly deaf, I know she wears hearing aids in both ears and you can tell with her speech. But she's a great nurse none the

  8. Why are nursing instructors so intimidating?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to beeenieweeenie, RN's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Heh, a couple of years later... I'm an RN now. I went through and got my ADN, and am now actually in a BSN completion program. I have more of an insight now on the whole matter of "mean instructors"....

  9. How to Handle Student Incivility

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I think a lot of it stems from the fact that everyone gets so offended so fast. You can't correct someone, you can't discipline someone because it apparently violates their whatever....everyone is so...

  10. How to Handle Student Incivility

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Yeesh. When I was in LPN school this sort of behavior was common. We had students tattle tailing to the instructors that they "saw" so and so ambulating a patient without a gait belt, or saw another...

  11. LPN versus CMA

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    You know, there were rumors of a CMA to RN program at the school I went to for my RN. That school has CMA program too, actually. There is a paramedic to RN program there too. I suppose it's still a...

  12. LPN versus CMA

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    As the original author of this post, I find it fascinating how huge it became. I wrote this post way the heck back when I was debating going for CMA versus LPN. I chose LPN, and what is it? 6 years...

  13. What does it take to work in L&D and Post Partum?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I am a new grad- new grad meaning I graduated last may and have just now gotten a job at the hospital I wanted so badly to work in. I'm on the cardiac/tele/general med-surg floor (it's just...

  14. What does it take to work in L&D and Post Partum?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was an LPN for 4.5 years, I'm an RN now- associate, completing my BSN. I'm hoping to float over to LD and PP, but I won't request that till I'm off my orientation (that would look pretty bad if I...

  15. Should I bring my resume right to the nursing manager?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Everything seems to be online now. Online submission seems to mean that the resume has to bypass either an automated computer system that decides if you're qualified (great, that's just perfect)...

  16. Should I bring my resume right to the nursing manager?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh the rude was from the lady at Children's. No, actually I did get hired on at Regions. The lady I interviewed with sent my resume to another unit, which turned out to be Cardiac/Tele, and I got...

  17. Why don't I have a job right now?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know I'm in the same boat as many new grad RN's so I don't want to make it seem like I'm so great and all. I just graduated with my ADN, I come with 4.5 years of LPN experience in a clinic setting,...

  18. Saint Paul College

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to publius's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Hi there! I graduated from SPC in spring 2006. I won't lie, the program was rigorous- unless things have changed a lot in 5 years I'd expect the same, in fact I precepted SPC students for their peds...

  19. Starting Night Shift

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, YAY! I got hired where I wanted to work, and on a great floor (cardiac/tele). It's night shift though- .5, so if I get that right, it's 5 days per pay period. SO, how does one transition to...

  20. Would greatly appreciate input- had an interview and now...

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, I decided to bypass the recruiters, and bring my resume directly to the nursing manager on a floor at a local hospital that had quite a few openings. It's a medical surgical floor. She gave me an...

  21. Bethel RN-BSN program-any current/formers?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm likely to be starting the BSN completion program at Bethel's CAPS program this Feb, since I just graduated from the ADN program at Century and can't seem to find any jobs and they all seem to be...

  22. RN-BSN in MN

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting at Bethel, and they've waived that requirement for a small number of students. I think there's another place or two that doesn't have that requirement. I thought St. Mary's online was one...

  23. Would I be more likely to have a job if I were a BSN?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So here I am, 8 or so months from when I graduated with my ADN. I realize that I am also 39 weeks pregnant and so time wasn't really on my side to begin with and neither was the economy. But I have...

  24. RN-BSN in MN

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    As it so happens I'm starting at Bethel in Feb. Tuition is $415 per credit. The whole program is 37 credits, and I have to take a math course, but it looks like I can take it at any time and there's...

  25. Would I be more likely to have a job if I were a BSN?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also think it's pretty much outright discrimination. But I'm giving in for the many reasons I said. However, trying my best to see it from the other side- it's true that it seems like nursing IS one...