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  1. Seeking advice -- please consider helping

    rnurse2b posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone I have been reading for quite a while now, and I'm looking for some advice please. I lost my mother in January 2007, I had taken care of her for the past 13 years after her heart...

  2. Seeking advice -- please consider helping

    rnurse2b replied to rnurse2b's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone who has replied. I am taking anti-depressants, on anti-anxiety meds. I pray each and every day it will get better. I will look for a grief counselor, thanks for that heads up!...

  3. Where is your nursing niche?

    rnurse2b replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I was working as a "pool" nurse in my hospital, which means I went where ever they needed me. I liked it because of the diversity, but I didn't like not having a "home". My pediatric instructor from...

  4. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    rnurse2b replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love the team that I work with, a fantastic group of women! I love the kids, the chronics, the chemos, the wheezers, all of them. I love the hugs, the toothless, drooling grins. The sticky...

  5. I think I have a job!

    rnurse2b replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Good Luck! Keep us posted please. I don't know you, but I follow your

  6. How much do u like nursing? Scale of 1 to 10

    rnurse2b replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time, I would rate it as a 8-9/10, but when upper management decides these silly things for us to do, then 2-3/10 simply because it takes time away from my

  7. change from adults to kids

    rnurse2b replied to nrsjo's topic in Pediatric

    I used to work with critical care adults, now, give me a kiddo in the PICU and I'm loving it! You can do it, just need to have the

  8. You know you are a PEDS nurse when...

    rnurse2b replied to HU_nurse's topic in Pediatric

    I'm a peds/PICU nurse and aI have to agree with all the above posters! I left for a little while (3 months) and had to come back! I missed my slobbery kisses and hugs from my little ones! I love my...

  9. Question about ages in the NICU and PICU

    rnurse2b replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    My old facility was the same as kstec, only the newborns in NICU and if the baby ever left the facility and turned around and was readmitted, then the baby went to the

  10. Charge Nurse Pay

    rnurse2b replied to Celia M's topic in General Nursing

    When I was still working in the hospital, I was one of the full-time day charge nurses. I refused to take patients and charge (it was a busy pedi floor). We got a whopping $1 per hour for charging....

  11. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    rnurse2b replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I've had moms that wouldn't leave their little ones with hardly anyone at all, and they wrote cards to my NM saying that they didn't have any problems leaving their baby with me. That always makes me...

  12. HESII Exam

    rnurse2b replied to huami4264's topic in General Nursing

    When I took it the passing was 850, but that was only an indicator of how you might do on the NCLEX. It was not a requirement on passing at that time, now I understand that at some schools, it is now...

  13. Scrubs?

    rnurse2b replied to moncj66's topic in General Nursing

    yes, I am tall also, I like Cherokee and Landau tall scrub pants. All of the others are like Capris on

  14. Please share something GOOD that happened at work!

    rnurse2b replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    these was such wonderful stories.......I was teary a few

  15. Would you put your family member in a LTC facility?

    rnurse2b replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately I had no choice but to place my mother in a nursing home in August 2005. Dad had always promised her that he would never put her in a nursing home, but, we had no choice. We had been...

  16. Humorous Introspection

    rnurse2b replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. while reading this thread, I had to jump in also. I NEVER cussed before starting nursing! Yes, I joined the sailor club, and I work peds, so the "little angel", "peanut", "sweetie" all jumbled...

  17. I'm trying really hard NOT to be the type of relative we all complain about.....

    rnurse2b replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Tazzi, I'm praying for you and your dad. Please don't think that you are being a pest, you are there for your dad. I just buried my mother on Saturday, she passed away in the same hospital that I...

  18. Life Expectancy Calculator

    rnurse2b replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    mine is 83. could make some

  19. Wish me luck! LOL!

    rnurse2b replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Wishing you the best!!!!!!!! Hope all works well for

  20. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    rnurse2b replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    my mother today - her b/p

  21. What? I can't put my mom in a nursing home!

    rnurse2b replied to chuchie's topic in General Nursing

    I have been there. My mother is a 12 year heart transplant receipient, IDDM, ileostomy, dumping syndrome, COPD, etc. In 2004, she started declining rapidly, I got her on CBA (community based...

  22. Most RN's first borns?

    rnurse2b replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Youngest of 5, but all my siblings are MUCH older, grew up as an only child since my maternal grandparents raised me. No alcohol, but plenty of

  23. the hug for Tweety thread

    rnurse2b replied to Ado Annie's topic in General Nursing

    Hugs to Tweety, not sure what is going on with you right now. While reading your posts, I can tell that you are strong, kind and caring. Know that we are here for you. Hugs :flowersfo

  24. Who here did LPN to RN?

    rnurse2b replied to Sandi0302's topic in General Nursing

    I went from LVN to RN at the same hospital where I've always worked. I think it helps from the stand point of understanding different roles of different levels. I also think that it really helped in...

  25. 75 Questions on the NCLEX

    rnurse2b replied to TheDude,RN's topic in General Nursing

    For the LVN/LPN boards, I had the minimum and passed. For the RN boards, I had 75 (minimum) and