ImLovingIt

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1. Freaking out..?

   ImLovingIt replied to BedtimeEnforcerRN's topic in General Nursing

   Define "everything out there." Do you mean everything in a hospital except the ED and med/surg? Or have you tried outside the hospital

2. Psychologist thinking of late in life career change....advice?

   ImLovingIt replied to live4ward's topic in General Nursing

   In some areas, an associates degree will not be enough to get a job in a hospital. However, I did an associates degree and then did WGU's rn-to-BSN program in 6 months. Working the floor is hard...

3. Dating a former patient

   ImLovingIt replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   Yup. My place has the same policy. 2 years before you can socialize with a former

4. Dating a former patient

   ImLovingIt replied to sarahg88's topic in General Nursing

   So, a former mental health patient you took care of less than a year ago figured out your name and how to contact you, you agreed to meet and what appears to be a very short time frame, you decided...

5. Calling off :-(

   ImLovingIt replied to gaby19's topic in General Nursing

   Does your hospital give out your contact information to everyone else in case someone needs a replacement? I would be livid if my employer was so cavalier about disclosing my

6. I've made a few mistakes working as a tech... does this mean I'll be a bad nurse?

   ImLovingIt replied to lostandfounds's topic in General Nursing

   I forgot to put the call light by someone who came back from surgery tonight. I'm a nurse with 2 years experience. It happens. You fix it and move

7. Job offer then ghosted

   ImLovingIt replied to Newgrad&8678's topic in General Nursing

   If it was as easy as you describe to get a job offer in a nursing home, chances are pretty good you can easily get other offers. If they are treating you like this now, it's only going to get worse....

8. School Advice

   ImLovingIt replied to mteague10's topic in General Nursing

   Talk to the schools you are interested in. You will need to take several prerequisite classes, so you will likely be 18 by the time you will be in

9. Is this reasonable or just over the top?

   ImLovingIt replied to Lakeshore18's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmmmm.....waking 5-6 patients up. That means taking 5-6 patients to the bathroom and a couple pain pills. No problem. Then, add the bed alarms, telephone calls, beeping IVs and other...

10. CDC Guidelines for "catch up" Hep B vaccines

    ImLovingIt replied to Hematocrit13's topic in General Nursing

    See page 20 of https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5516.pdf#page18 Basically, recommended is 0, 1, 6 but the minimum is 1-2: 4 weeks, 2-3: 8 weeks, and 1-3: 16 weeks. I read it to say that as long as...

11. Nursing to Medical School

    ImLovingIt replied to doctor2bM97's topic in General Nursing

    First, if you want to raise your GPA, the most impressive thing you can do is take graduate level classes. Taking undergrad classes isn't going to be as impressive. Second, nursing school tends to...

12. Hostpitals no longer hiring for ADN?

    ImLovingIt replied to sauce'dough's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    $80K is way too much. I completed my ADN from a community college for less than $15K (I think it was less than $10K) and then got my BSN from WGU for less than $3500. Also, I looked up Arizona...

13. Dry Skin Relief

    ImLovingIt posted a topic in General Nursing

    After just a couple months on the floor, I've developed dry, red, and itchy skin. What have you used to soothe your skin? I'm looking for suggestions! The lotion aisle has so many

14. HOW CAN I COMPETE??

    ImLovingIt replied to jdpowerfitness's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    And whatever you do, don't go to an overpriced for-profit nursing school. Medical school is expensive. Spend your money on that, not nursing

15. WGU will not accept me

    ImLovingIt replied to jenam2you's topic in Western Governors University

    I got a job in a TCU, finished my BSN in under 4 months and applied (and eventually got) an acute care job the day I finished. I am sure I could have finished my BSN in half the time if I needed to....