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ladedah1 BSN, RN

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  1. How did you spend your first nursing paycheck?

    ladedah1 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    Bills for me too... it was nice to actually pay them all when they were due... for

  2. Why did they use the call bell?

    ladedah1 replied to CalicoKitty's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know which is less preferable... someone who gets excessive with the call light... or when they stick the most "interesting" patient right in front of the nurses station, lol! Oh, wait, yes I...

  3. My first cry

    ladedah1 replied to RNby24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Eight patients!!!! ***!!! I can hardly imagine how an 8 patient assignment became acceptable! Oh, wait, yes I can. We are all supposed to be robots, set on a mechanical track which scoots us...

  4. Resigning after 3 months

    ladedah1 replied to sarah620's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry that you are dissatisfied with your career. It takes a lot of time, work, and commitment to land a career in our profession, so it must certainly have been a hard decision to make. I do...

  5. Should I leave this racist town?

    ladedah1 replied to ChutneyFries's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If I were you, I would certainly bring up my concerns to management. There are laws concerning both discrimination and harassment, neither of which you should be subjected to. It is highly...

  6. What happens when you need help and no one is available?

    ladedah1 replied to fskye's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One pee in 13 hours! I don't pee at all during the shift… I don't think I even know where the bathroom is… lol! Anyhow, many of us can relate to how frustrated you are feeling. I'm...

  7. Successful Orientees Vs Unsuccessful Orientees

    ladedah1 replied to purplegal's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is impossible to answer your post without first addressing your experience as an orientee… First off, it was entirely unprofessional of management to openly compare you to another orientee...

  8. And So Im Surprised...

    ladedah1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm a new nurse... I haven't been on the floor for long and am still on orientation. I graduated a while back ago... just long enough back that I had worried I'd lost my nursing 'mojo'... not that I...

  9. A little venting, from a new nurse

    ladedah1 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Preface: This is my personal opinion and is not meant to be offensive to anyone whose views may differ. I am a new nurse and my experience is limited – and therefore not meant to imply that...

  10. A little venting, from a new nurse

    ladedah1 replied to ladedah1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Lol! I guess I should have given a bit more consideration to that title... though I do recall having turned in 16 pages on a 6 page report... I guess I bring a whole new meaning to "detail

  11. An open letter to the #NursesUnite movement

    ladedah1 replied to disillusionedrn's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN TO THAT!!! I just had the privilege of finding your article after doing a bit of venting on a post of my own and I must say that I wish I had read yours first... would have saved myself a lot of...

  12. Nursing Instructors Would Rather see You Fail than Succeed

    ladedah1 replied to pat8585's topic in General Students

    I think that it is a matter of perception. During nursing school, yes, I believe there were certainly times when I thought "This B* wants to see us all fail!"... but in retrospective, I don't believe...

  13. Clinicals - What Not to Do?

    ladedah1 replied to meganec17's topic in General Students

    LOL! I once saw someone who apparently decided not to wear any underwear at all... When you bend over and there are several inches of crack, one might think that the shirt / pants gap breeze would...

  14. Clinicals - What Not to Do?

    ladedah1 replied to meganec17's topic in General Students

    Oops, see

  15. Clinicals - What Not to Do?

    ladedah1 replied to meganec17's topic in General Students

    I am a recent nursing graduate and have not yet had the opportunity to become a preceptor. So why give the advice? Well, let's just say that I have had a lot of (recent) experience as a student...

  16. Drug book language interpretation

    ladedah1 posted a topic in General Students

    Ok, I've got a bit of a stupid question here - but I'd rather clarify than assume... If a drug book states (regarding safe dose range) "in two divided doses" does that mean, BID or q6h? Say for...

  17. Nursing student survival tips

    ladedah1 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Coffee – yes, it will definitely become your best friend Take vitamins – because chances are, you’re on the “eat anything that comes in a package” diet. Buy disposables – now I really...

  18. Do you use this?

    ladedah1 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    I agree with others on here... you don't necessarily need all that stuff. I just finished my first year of nursing school (going back for my second this fall!) and here's what I definitely needed:...