BecomingNursey

BecomingNursey

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  1. Interested in nurse anesthetist career but don't know where to begin :(

    BecomingNursey replied to HolliLovesCake's topic in Nursing Career

    If I were you, with your husband making enough money for you to be comfortable and stay at home I would go straight for the bachelors. I wasn't fortunate enough for that and had to get the associates...

  2. How do you get into school nursing

    BecomingNursey replied to missy26's topic in School

    And sorry OP. No experience for ya. ER nurse here. No kids for me (voluntarily anyways)

  3. How do you get into school nursing

    BecomingNursey replied to missy26's topic in School

    The OP is talking about working in a school as a nurse. Not getting into nursing school lol. Nice with the "not rocket science" quote

  4. CEN

    BecomingNursey replied to Soran's topic in Emergency

    All of the nurses that work in the ER where I'm at that are CEN certified have told me that they used the book "Pass CEN". I bought the book for about $38 on Amazon and going through it, it is packed...

  5. I'm a sexless nurse

    BecomingNursey replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an ER where we have lots of hemoccults ordered on men and lots of caths ordered on women. I ask my male nurse buddies to do the hemoccult cards on my male patients and I do their caths. It's...

  6. Epidural question

    BecomingNursey replied to Simonesays's topic in General Nursing

    I would think it would be because the anesthesia from the epidural could affect their respiratory status if the patient was put in trendelenburg. Im not an L&D nurse though so maybe one of the...

  7. Debriefing after traumatic event?

    BecomingNursey posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello fellow ER nurses :) So here's my question...over the last several days that I have worked we have been getting our butts handed to us in the ED. We have had seriously acute, ill patients and a...

  8. Debriefing after traumatic event?

    BecomingNursey replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Emergency

    That last part IS my problem. Lol I'm one of the "newer ones". I've only been an RN a little over a year and I'm still very emotionally vulnerable at this point and I'm trying to protect my emotions...

  9. Certifications

    BecomingNursey replied to FloatRN19's topic in General Nursing

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  10. How long did it take to get your Florida license?

    BecomingNursey replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Florida Nursing

    Florida only requires your original state of licensure. I got mine in a week so not too bad

  11. New grads in the ER

    BecomingNursey replied to missnurse89's topic in Emergency

    ACLS, PALS and NIHSS all add to your resume and look really great to ER directors. Also, the NIH Stroke Scale is free online it just takes some time but a lot of facilities require it for ER

  12. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    BecomingNursey replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Could be worse. At least they didn't say f***ing male nurse. 😋

  13. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    BecomingNursey replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm afraid I would've lost it. You can threaten me all you want but you talk about my precious, innocent, toddler and buddy you better believe something will be done. Might have to contact someone's...

  14. Importance (or not) of social ties in workplace

    BecomingNursey replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Here in the south (south Alabama) we do hang out outside of work. A few of the nurses I work with in the ED I graduated with and we have formed a tight friendship. It helps me get through the...

  15. Certifications

    BecomingNursey replied to FloatRN19's topic in General Nursing

    Even though the NIHSS certification is free it was very informational and I learned a lot from taking the course and have used the information I learned in my ER career. The previous poster was...

  16. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    BecomingNursey replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hahaha!!! The mother-in-law part made me laugh so hard.

  17. Should I postpone?

    BecomingNursey replied to alva78's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Every single person that I asked after graduation told me to take it ASAP so that I wouldn't start forgetting things from school and I wouldn't have a lot of time to get stressed out. So I graduated...

  18. What's the meanest thing a patient has said to you?

    BecomingNursey replied to fangirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It wasn't me (although I've had my fair share of rude patients) but the other night my coworker was taking care of a man with a BAL of 400. The patient proceeded to get out of bed, crap in the floor,...

  19. Certifications

    BecomingNursey replied to FloatRN19's topic in General Nursing

    I'm looking to be TNCC and CEN certified. Why do these certs have to be so freaking expensive?

  20. Advice

    BecomingNursey replied to starla2112's topic in Emergency

    You have to be a little crazy to work ED 😉. It's a job requirement!

  21. New grads in the ER

    BecomingNursey replied to missnurse89's topic in Emergency

    I was a new grad straight to the ER and I am so happy that I was. I could not see myself doing anything else and if I would have had to get med/surg experience first, I would have been miserable. I...

  22. Any Wallace State Applicant

    BecomingNursey replied to Soon2BCampbell's topic in Alabama Nursing

    I got into the program in June of 2011. Our deadline was May 13 and I got my acceptance letter on June 27th of 2011. Good luck!!!

  23. Landing that first assignment!

    BecomingNursey posted a topic in Travel

    Alright travel nurses. Attempting to travel, working on obtaining my first travel assignment! I have 2 agencies that are submitting my profile out to hospitals currently in Florida. I'm an ER nurse...

  24. IS THIS TRUE???

    BecomingNursey replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    We didn't totally take our clothes off or anything but we had to put a gown on and practice washing the arms and legs of our fellow

  25. IS THIS TRUE???

    BecomingNursey replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    Yup. We had to. I wasn't too happy about it but in nursing school you just keep your head down and try not to be noticed to make it out alive.