DNS.RN78

DNS.RN78 has 1 years experience and specializes in LDRP.

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1. Negotiation...is it a thing?

   DNS.RN78 posted a topic in General Nursing

   My husband is retiring from the military next year and we will be relocating from the Oregon coast to Jacksonville, FL (where 95% of my family resides) next summer. My current hospital, along with most in my area, are unionized. NOT including the P...

2. How does it feel to have a Foley insertion?

   DNS.RN78 replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in General Nursing

   Exact same experience here. Mine was very unpleasant, also; pressure, burning, a sense of..."wrongness," something going IN where things are supposed to come OUT. The straight cath I had before a bladder scan was much the same - a very sharp sensat...

3. Thank you

   DNS.RN78 replied to motay68's topic in General Nursing

   Hear, hear!!!!! (new nurse here, too)

4. Intern in the ER...terrified.

   DNS.RN78 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I have a few shifts in the ER next month as part of my hospital's new RN program. I am TERRIFIED. I have never had a desire to be in the ER, but I want to make the best of my shifts and not be a fraidy-cat or jerk. So how do I get over my fear ...

5. First Week - Grave Mistake!

   DNS.RN78 replied to DNS.RN78's topic in General Nursing

   OMGosh, that's awful!!!! It was downright BORING today from about 1500-1700, and I *thought* about saying it out loud, but I didn't. We got slammed for the last two hours because I'm a ginger and I have mind-control. THEN, when I was giving repo...

6. First Week - Grave Mistake!

   DNS.RN78 replied to DNS.RN78's topic in General Nursing

   I guess I actually have a question, too...do you find that "rule" holds true? Do floors blow up after someone utters the words "slow," "quiet," or "boring?"

7. First Week - Grave Mistake!

   DNS.RN78 posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I just worked my first week on the floor as an RN orientee. I'm on a Medical Care Unit that includes Tele, Peds, and Oncology. I felt really helpful and competent but on Friday I made a HUGE mistake that I've always heard about... Almost half of...

8. Every Nurse has that one patient they'll remember forever

   DNS.RN78 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   As a Mom who has had a twin infant demise (albeit premature), THANK YOU for doing that for them. We were too scared and broken to ever hold or see our boys, and so we never knew what they looked like, or held them. Not taking the chance to hold my ...

9. That one random nugget of information from nursing school that you've never forgotten..

   DNS.RN78 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

   If you wouldn't lick it, put on gloves.

10. Please help. Did I pass my NCLEX-RN?

    DNS.RN78 replied to xxMichelleJxx's topic in NCLEX

    I tested this past Tuesday (July 7) at 2pm and got my quick results from PearsonVue at noon on Thursday - I passed in 75 questions, I also had nothing but multiple choice and SATA!! It can be done!! I do have to say, I think it's 48 BUSINESS hours,...