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    Did not Pass the Nclex again

    Gooselady replied to thp1005's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You need to find out the kinds of questions you are missing. Like, are you missing mostly OB and calculation questions? Is English your first language? That is a LOT of times to fail the NCLEX It's...
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    Love the Job, Hate the Environment

    Gooselady replied to Stephalump's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was a nurse manager in a free standing chemical dependency hospital. I LOVED it. My boss, the Director, was a PhD psychologist and probably Axis 2. I loved my nurses and counselors! And at first...
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    New grad in doctors office, making lots of mistakes

    Gooselady replied to Cynnie24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Another hapless victim of nursing school with a minor in "I Should Be Perfect" :) I still make mistakes like that. Nurses with more experience than I have come mumbling over red-faced that they...
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    Help me please! I need advice

    Gooselady replied to casrn5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It might not be the right place -- for a new grad! I know new grads need to start somewhere, but some residencies, I think, inadvertently set a new grad up for failure, at least feeling like one. If...
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    I want to quit bedside nursing

    Gooselady replied to sweetsorrow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You sound like ME when I was new. I mean that to be good news A lot of nurses in the early year(s) have your kind of anxiety. Please LISTEN to what your supervisor said and believe her when she...
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    2 day suspension HELP NEED ADVICE

    Gooselady replied to Shimbo's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At most, I would have rechecked a 49 pulse in a half hour -- and THAT would've depended on his baseline VSs. A lot of people on beta blockers go below 55 and stay there and are fine. One question; do...
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    Call me Indecisive Career Nurse...

    Gooselady replied to hrmcquiston's topic in Psychiatric

    I spent my first two years after graduation in home health, and the next 16 years in psych (inpatient, chemical dependency). Six and a half years ago I had a wild hair and did an RN residency on a...
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    New to PDN

    Gooselady replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    When I did HH, we kept a tote full of 'general supplies' like tape, kerlix, 4x4s, a just-in-case foley kit, BG monitor among other things. I doubt the company I plan to work for provides Bandaids,...
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    Hiring Managers please read...and anyone esle

    Gooselady replied to cholmes1223's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    My first thought was 'what kind of dog and pony show is this??' Really, you wouldn't want to work for such a bunch of unprofessional, disrespectful buttheads anyway. Imagine going to them with a real...
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    Dwindling faith in this profession

    Gooselady replied to mclennan's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I think all nurses who work in the profession long enough get very disillusioned with the 'system'. The priorities of the corporation that runs your hospital/facility/whatever run counter to the...
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    What to do if your facility is not following the resident to cna ratio set by law

    Gooselady replied to cnawoman's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think California is the only state that actually abides by a state-determined caregiver to patient ratio. All the rest of us have state-determined ratios but there's no enforcement, it is decided...
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    How do I keep integrity

    Gooselady replied to Iwander's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You had a difficult patient that would have had me tearing my hair out. YES. What went through your head, all your choices you made, including the wrong ones, are completely understandable. Best of...
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    I wish they had to stay and watch the chaos

    Gooselady replied to greenerpastures's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We also had ADT nurses. Once our charting system went to EPIC, discharging a patient lost most of it's time consuming complication, you could spend more time doing one to one discharge planning and...
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    New to PDN

    Gooselady replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    Nursel56; thank you, thank you . . . that's exactly what I was hoping for, the links and your words telling me that it was very helpful for you. I appreciate the patience with my questions very...
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    Can I be a SANE?

    Gooselady replied to FutureForensicN's topic in Forensic

    Of course you can :) Understandable question though! I've been a psych nurse most of my career, and I was really 'good' at it per peer and manager feedback. I knew why -- my father was a nightmare....
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    New to PDN

    Gooselady replied to Gooselady's topic in Private Duty

    THANKS!!! I felt bad starting this thread because I know this stuff is covered 'elsewhere' in hundreds of iteratons. I did spend a couple of days just reading back through old threads to see what...
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    New Here - Question of Advice..?

    Gooselady replied to Jokermagician's topic in General Nursing

    I hear you, I've had a couple of short, awful jobs too. And how to move on from them to the next, include them in my resume was tough. Over the years I've learned a few things (as already said by...
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    New Here - Question of Advice..?

    Gooselady replied to Jokermagician's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on both ends of this question. When I hired RNs/nursing staff, if I got any whiff of smack talk about previous employers, it was a red flag. Yes, there are bad places to work. But when...
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    Communicating with Doctors

    Gooselady replied to spacey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We have an oncologist with a serious chip on his shoulder. In a nutshell, management wrote him up (nursing kept meticulous notes) and he showed up to this 'meeting' with a lawyer. Our management...
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    I have N arrest and unbable to get a nursing until case closes

    Gooselady replied to Nnrlpn's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    You've been 'accepted' but not hired? I supposed the employer is free to choose, but since you were 'accepted' that ought to keep the door open for you. There aren't any guarantees, but there are...
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    Want advice from experienced oncology RNs

    Gooselady replied to julgard's topic in Oncology

    I was an old battle ax psych nurse when I started oncology. They had an RN Resident program at my hospital, where you'd have six weeks with a preceptor before you were turned loose. This is a...
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    New Job - Confidence Low

    Gooselady replied to jva13's topic in Oncology

    I'm moving to private duty, but just resigned from a medical oncology position after six years. I'd done psych all the time before, so as for feeling like a new grad, yeah. That "I'm a complete...
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    Difficult family member

    Gooselady replied to darkbeauty's topic in Private Duty

    This is my second post (I think). I've been an RN for 23 years, mostly psych then the last six years in acute med/surg hospital work. I'm accepting a private duty position through a nationwide...
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    Interesting colleage

    Gooselady replied to Tenebrae's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Long time lurker, first post :) I think in every single job I've had in 20 years of nursing, there's always one person who sort of takes up that role or behavior. Kind of the class bully, a limit...