Kitty Hawk ADN, RN

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  1. Kitty Hawk

    Please help me and tell me why bedside nurisng MUST be the 1st step

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, I am surprised but fully appreciate the encouragement! I did not expect to stumble on this opportunity so soon, I was planning to stick LTC out for at least 6mos if not a year. But who's to...
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    Please help me and tell me why bedside nurisng MUST be the 1st step

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you VT, I just dug up an old post from rngolfer (not sure if they're still around) from 2008 and they explained that they had relatively little bedside and went into hospice but the strong...
  3. Kitty Hawk

    RN to NP

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't have a BSN. I don't even have an ADN as I was short by one class. Since I rolled that 1 class in I was told if I kept w/same Univ I would have an auto ASN (while working towards a BSN) after...
  4. Kitty Hawk

    Amplified stethoscopes

    Kitty Hawk replied to JDCitizen's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    ITA with this. I have the 3000 b/c I have consistent tinitus. I prefer my Cardiology III over it as it seems to amplify all the sounds and almost jumble them to me. Maybe I just don't have discerning...
  5. Kitty Hawk

    RN to NP

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi, no I guess I didn't make myself clear. The only reason I would get an auto ASN from the one Univeristy is b/c I did all co-reqs with them while going thorugh nursing school, all except one. I...
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    Any other new RN's (2nd career) feel completely unsettled in choice?

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm targeting the 2nd career set b/c I think there's that commonality but as always any perspective is great. I never thought I'd be thinking this way. I thought I knew this is what I wanted. The more...
  7. Kitty Hawk

    Any other new RN's (2nd career) feel completely unsettled in choice?

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Forthebirds: interesting that you bring up combining 2 different health aspects. Before I went the nursing path, I contemplated nutrition as that was very interesting to me. However as you know, we...
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    Any other new RN's (2nd career) feel completely unsettled in choice?

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I hear you there! I have goofy visions of Florence Nightengale and the true pioneer that she was and the difference she made. I wanted that in modern day. No matter how many times I'd read or hear...
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    Any other new RN's (2nd career) feel completely unsettled in choice?

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have experience in LTC or just acute? Because I did not feel I was as much a "pill pusher" when I did my 200 hours in a cardiac step down. I wasn't having to crush them up only to have the...
  10. Kitty Hawk

    Clarion University MSN

    Kitty Hawk replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing

    I may not be the best as I only have undergraduate from them. They are the ones connected w/my nursing school. I did my co-reqs w/them. I missed getting my ADN through them by one class as I decided...
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    Any other new RN's (2nd career) feel completely unsettled in choice?

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your thoughtful replies. I just got in from another long night (which I don't mind staying as it's busy and I like busy and the time flying) and my one resident was once again trynig...
  12. Kitty Hawk

    Off the beaten path nursing jobs

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was wondering how nurses find the clinic jobs, or jobs in a dialysis center, urgi-care centers...things like that. Online searches mostly pop up hospital things unless I don't know how to refine a...
  13. Kitty Hawk

    Multi drug interactions

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I didn't want this to get lost on the other thread b/c I know some just read an opening post only and respond. Thanks for all the tips btw. Okay so if I'm understanding the interaction part. If it's...
  14. Kitty Hawk

    Multi drug interactions

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Sue...could you enlighten me on the bolded? This concerns me, they had the time changed from 630am to the dinner pass b/c it wasn't working to wake the residents up, plus the additional work for the...
  15. Kitty Hawk

    beta blockers for anxiety?

    Kitty Hawk replied to Zookeeper44's topic in General Nursing

    You may want to read up on l-theanine. (suntheanine) It's been a Godsend for me. It works like Xanax w/o all the side effects or dependency. I refused to take anything long term , and especially...
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    Back with my update and need some tips...

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I said I would come back and eat humble pie if it wasn't truly a wonderful place to work, and these are my thoughts. Been there a month. Been on my own for a little over a week, so I basically got...
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    Pathway from LTC to critical

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm reposting this here from general as that gets more traffic but moves faster and I'd really like some input. Maybe some of you are in the same position (working LTC but want some other speciality)...
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    What is easy RN job to get for new grad

    Kitty Hawk replied to reikoweller's topic in General Nursing

    If it's just a paycheck that you're concerned about this advice may be moot. However if you're also hoping to find job satisfaction, be careful. (I understand you mean "easy" as to get your foot in...
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    Pathway from LTC to critical

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    What would your advice be for someone in a SNF (very little skills as I found out) to get to a burn unit? Orig when graduating I thought I'd go from a step down to the BTU. Recession had different...
  20. Kitty Hawk

    Anyone else feel transformed in certain situations?

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had somewhat of an emergency situation last night w/ a resident trying to pull her tube out, I was in a different area so I had to go running when the cna called. It was a little like I'd felt in...
  21. Kitty Hawk

    How do you split time between 2 jobs?

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious for those of you that do this. Especially Locolorenzo's post that switches between LTC and hospital as I'm thinking that may be something I'd like to look into. I'm just all over the map...
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    Anyone that's worked both LTC and hospital settings

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! That's exactly the kind of comparison I was thinking. I did a cardiac step down for my preceptorship 3/12's for 6 weeks so I think I got a good grasp of what was involved. By the end I had...
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    Anyone that's worked both LTC and hospital settings

    Kitty Hawk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious on the feedback from people who have done both. At my place there are nurses who have come from the hospital but say this is so much better. Now that we're getting more intense residents...
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    Anyone that's worked both LTC and hospital settings

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Ha! Yeah well you'd think so, but actually I wonder about that. I had a good deal of stress/anxiety in school and so far with this job I don't feel the nervous anxiety of the nauseous type. I read...
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    Anyone that's worked both LTC and hospital settings

    Kitty Hawk replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Those are beautiful sentiments truly. I just don't know if I'm finding out LTC is not for me b/c of the never ending med pass plus everything else even though the facility itself really is great. Or...