kkbb BSN, RN

kkbb has 7 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Oncology.

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1. MA or CNA prior to NS general education?

   kkbb replied to KirbyK05's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I was the odd one and went with MA before nursing school, but there was a specific reason why I did that. I had worked as a legal secretary for 10 years when I decided I wanted to switch careers. I did have concerns about how I would do in the medi...

2. CNA Frustrated with Being the Blame

   kkbb replied to Kirsten Creator's topic in General Nursing

   I want to look at this from a completely different point of view...let's look at where the system failed. OP, you have not specifically addressed this, so I will ask. Do you have phones or pagers to get ahold of other staff during the shift? Do th...

3. Confused nurse

   kkbb replied to DCA's topic in Career Support

   I earned my BSN at 39. I'm currently 45 and working on my MSN. As the saying goes, age is just a number.

4. New Grad Orientation Doesn't Feel Safe or Supportive

   kkbb replied to Camillus_Was_a_Murse's topic in General Nursing

   My heart breaks for you. This is absolutely not okay. As a preceptor to new hires (experienced nurses), it is my job to teach them our policies and procedures, and about our patient population if they are not from a similar specialty. ...

5. New Grad Just Want to Throw Up: Should I quit?

   kkbb replied to Quinn_Le's topic in Oncology

   First, big hugs Quinn_Le! New grad me would agree with everything you wrote, feeling exactly like you do. I agree with seeing if you can postpone school for a little while to focus your attention on work and self-care when not at work. I str...

6. New Nurse Feeling like a Failure

   kkbb replied to Menagerie's topic in New Nurse

   Oh my, I feel like I could have written this when I was a new grad. I am so sorry that you are feeling like this, and are unsupported by your unit. I was the queen of filling out incident reports my first year and even had 2 patients fall within on...

7. Preceptor Issues

   kkbb replied to hiimnewhere's topic in New Nurse

   We have a resource nurse on our unit, and their entire job that shift is to support the other nurses and do whatever is needed to help push the shift forward. One night as a new grad I asked our resource with help doing something for me in one room ...

8. Time to get rid of care plans?

   kkbb replied to kubelkabondy's topic in General Students

   Care plans were the bane of nursing school for me. But now that I am practicing, I can understand what was really being taught through our care plans. For my school we had to document what additional labs/testing we would anticipate and explain why...

9. How do you structure your day?

   kkbb replied to baloo656's topic in General Nursing

   My orientation was a week or two longer than the other new grads on my unit. When I finally got off orientation, I lasted about 4 weeks before it became clear I wasn't ready. I work nights and was put back onto orientation during days so that the m...

10. Devastated over Isolation Precautions Problem

    kkbb replied to Ioreth's topic in General Nursing

    So much to process here....you told the AM different ways the situation could be avoided in the future, by pointing out areas that you personally have control over, but also areas that the unit could improve. The fact that the carts are locked up an...

11. Newly Graduated Nurse, Cannot get a job

    kkbb replied to aspirenursetobe1231's topic in Arizona

    I agree with the post above, you might just be automatically being rejected because you have not taken/passed the NCLEX. Take a deep breath in and focus on the NCLEX.

12. Biden suporter assaults 7 year old child, supposedly she is a RN

    kkbb replied to guest416560's topic in Talk Politics

    No, no one was defending the women. But there were points when people were saying it was dems acting out. My point was just that I've seen it on both sides, and in either case it is simply wrong. I have issues with the entire situation. Adults l...

13. Biden suporter assaults 7 year old child, supposedly she is a RN

    kkbb replied to guest416560's topic in Talk Politics

    Let me start with stating my bias...I am not a Trump fan. But would I destroy a Trump supporter's sign, or take a child's MAGA hat? Hell no! I have had many intelligent conversations with others that do not share my political beliefs. But here is...

14. How do you break the cycle of exhaustion?

    kkbb replied to Corpsman2OncRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also am inpatient hem/onc. Breaks are essential. So is good hydration. I had a coworker that always rushed around, missed breaks, stayed late to finish charting. They were just running themselves ragged. We would try to get them to take a brea...

15. Med-Surg IV Meds

    kkbb replied to Gyh's topic in General Nursing

    Learn where your resources are AND USE THEM. I use micromedex a lot at work to look up IV compatibility (not everything plays nice in the lines). Never assume things will be compatible...NS and 1/2 NS are not the same thing and things may work in N...