Lisa CCU RN

Lisa CCU RN RN

Geriatrics, Cardiac, ICU

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  1. I failed a physical!

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Aimee03's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What kind of crap is that? Isn't that discrimination? I don't know, I didn't know they could do

  2. How do you handle Physicians Bad Attitudes?

    Lisa CCU RN replied to scrubsnhugsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just tell them not to speak to you disrespectfully. Doctors are not any more special than any one else (despite what they may think). You don't have to be rude to them, just let them know you are...

  3. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't have any back up plans. When I was issued the loans people expect me to work and pay it back and that's all I know to do. I can live with my parents. I guess that's the back up. Or go to...

  4. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    No. It's just BSN. Ya'll are making me feel like I have to go back for my CRNA right now rather than wait until my kids are in college. Ok, I can't work per diem shifts and pay off my loan? When I...

  5. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, if you stretch it to 30 years, it's around $500 and something. I get $250 in loan repayment assistance from employer till it's paid off, so I only have to pay $250. No, I don't mind paying...

  6. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm a single parent and as is I live in cheap housing (the rent is $490). I don't have anyone helping me out, so that's why debt is what it is. I don't pay water bill or cable either. I could...

  7. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't have any children when I worked the first two jobs; they were 3 and 1 when I did home health and the sixteen hour per day weekend job and my mom cared for them then and that was only for six...

  8. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    you're right. i am fully aware of difficulties in nursing. i am going into this with my eyes wide open. i didn't really want that much in debt, but i got it, so no sense in dwelling on the worst. i...

  9. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

  10. Paying back $100, 000 back in loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    The loans are just for my BSN. My employer will pay 250 a month towards my loans, but my payment would be over that, even if I stretch it out 30 years. My employer will pay for my MSN, but through...

  11. Book on charting?

    Lisa CCU RN replied to RNin2007's topic in General Nursing

    Charting Made incredibly

  12. why are some students getting 2 patients?

    Lisa CCU RN replied to lpnhell's topic in General Students

    Is that a part of your program to add additional patients as the semester goes along? At my school, we gradually added more patients until we had 3 patients in my second semester. In our final...

  13. where are the jobs for new nurses?

    Lisa CCU RN replied to kimber3ks's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Ya'll are just living in a place that doesn't have a big need because I don't have that problem where I live. Here, the extern jobs are plentiful and the benefits good. We are actively recruited for...

  14. single parents and 12 hour shifts.

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    This is another great idea! If I sell if right, it could work. Work for 3-4 hours, get paid to sleep! I could pick my kids up since school here gets out at 3:15. That means I get about six hours of...

  15. single parents and 12 hour shifts.

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd love to do that, but none of the hospitals in my hometown offer loan repayment, money for uniforms, NCLeX pay and review -- you know, all the perks. Oh and they pay a lot less too. They also...

  16. single parents and 12 hour shifts.

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is an awesome idea! I think I'd even have time to find a coworker that could do it because I'm sure the beginning of our internship will be more flexible. I hope someone has

  17. Nursing school, setting you up for failure???

    Lisa CCU RN replied to kstec's topic in General Students

    I'm confused. He had a 3.75, then he got all the way down to a 2.71 in one semester? Is that cumulative or the semester GPA? Is he is the nursing program or not? Please clear this

  18. Goal of nursing school - training or not?

    Lisa CCU RN replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    I thought they had student teachers that sat in the classroom and observed and then they took over at intervals? That's what I remember in

  19. Goal of nursing school - training or not?

    Lisa CCU RN replied to jjjoy's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, I feel really blessed because one of the hospitals where I live offers an internship in ICU for 12 months! There is also a L&D internship that lasts 8 months. I don't know how long the...

  20. What md hospitals will pay my loans back???

    Lisa CCU RN replied to bjr3645's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Perkins loan cancellation not dependant upon working in a nursing shortage area; if you are an RN, it gets

  21. Student Loans

    Lisa CCU RN replied to Groo1sem's topic in General Nursing

    Sallie Mae, Bank of America, Teri. Do a google of alternative student loans or search on this site. There is a whole thread on this issue in these two threads....

  22. What would you do? Resident assaulted me.

    Lisa CCU RN replied to bshaw96's topic in Agency Nurses

    If he was alert and oriented, then I see no reason why you should have to just swallow this. He knew what he was doing, but he thinks he can get away with it. I would have called the cops. Just...

  23. Insulin question

    Lisa CCU RN replied to SNlena's topic in Patient Medications

    Screw the fail, you got kicked out of school over this. If you can prove what your instructor failed you for is erroneous, then you need to fight it. From what I'm reading in this thread, that is the...

  24. Insulin question

    Lisa CCU RN replied to SNlena's topic in Patient Medications

    Ok, this is ridiculous. If the instructor cannot come up with any proof for any of this, then she should reinstate you. Two, what semester are you? Her job is to teach you and guide you, so she should...

  25. Accused of "Cheating her out of medicine"

    Lisa CCU RN replied to LightCommaStix's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you have to worry about your license. If you are following the order, then there is no malpractice. If you gave an extra dose to appease them then I'd be