ngiam12

ngiam12 ADN, BSN, MSN, RN

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  1. Decisions, decisions

    ngiam12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    AN friends! I need y’alls opinions. I’m dating a guy in the army. We’ve been dating long distance but I’m going to be moving in with him soon (hopefully, job willing). I’m currently working...

  2. What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Try Clinical Nurse Leader

    ngiam12 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Ngiam12, MSN, RN, CNL

  3. What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Try Clinical Nurse Leader

    ngiam12 replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    YAAAAS! Now someone help me find a perinatal CNL

  4. Older Student, Unprofessional Nurse During Clinical

    ngiam12 replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in General Students

    Oh dear, here we go again. Nursing isn't daisies and sunshine. I wish it were. Recently, a secretary I work with tried to go to HR because she didn't like that we were talking about calling DSS on a...

  5. Seasoned Nurses VS Newbie Nurses

    ngiam12 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    I find these posts hilarious. I'm not a newbie but I'm not terribly seasoned either. I'm thankful for all that I've learned from the seasoned nurses but I don't go around trying to change the things...

  6. Is 28 too old to become a travel nurse?

    ngiam12 replied to jchristine89's topic in Travel

    Lady! I feel you! I didn't feel comfortable enough to become a travel nurse myself (2 years of OB - high and normal risk ante/postpartum, newborn nursery), so instead I moved to a different state! The...

  7. Manager catch phrases

    ngiam12 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    My manager says "sa-weet" during morning huddles and it makes me

  8. Favorite Motivational Quote

    ngiam12 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "If you must err, do so on the side of audacity" Sue Monk Kidd, from The Invention Of

  9. Is it true, that if you don't like being a CNA, you won't like being a nurse?

    ngiam12 replied to tmurph704's topic in General Students

    I certainly didn't love being a CNA (we called them PCTs), but I learned a lot of valuable information and reinforced a lot of skills I learned in nursing school! I worked as a float pool PCT and...

  10. Looking for NP in Fort Mill/Rock Hill, SC area

    ngiam12 posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hi everyone! During my online MSN program, I decided to move to Charlotte, NC - good for my mental health, bad for finding a preceptor! I've been "cold calling" offices in the Fort Mill/Rock...

  11. Stank Face during Clinical: How to prevent?

    ngiam12 replied to hepnande's topic in General Students

    Hey hepnande! I also have the pleasure of an overly expressive face, both in "real" life and as a nurse! Don't worry, this too you will get a handle on. Also, please disregard people who are making...

  12. Advice, please! Looking to relocate, need assistance telling my current workplace

    ngiam12 replied to ngiam12's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Ruby Vee! I definitely don't want to surprise anyone. The only reason I hesitated to discuss it right away was because my experience in my last job was that once I told my boss I would...

  13. Advice, please! Looking to relocate, need assistance telling my current workplace

    ngiam12 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, Currently, I work on a postpartum unit at a large academic medical center near my hometown. I started on this unit as a new grad and now I have 14 months of experience. The floor I work...

  14. Advice, please! Looking to relocate, need assistance telling my current workplace

    ngiam12 replied to ngiam12's topic in General Nursing

    Too bad that I'm SO single (part of the reason I need a new

  15. Shoe recommendations

    ngiam12 replied to kristimarieSC's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It might be helpful to invest in both! Expensive, I know, but sometimes it's helpful in terms of leg pain/soreness management to toggle between shoes and clogs on a weekly/monthly basis. Also,...

  16. Tell me I can do this

    ngiam12 replied to Nurse2bAlissa's topic in General Students

    Absolutely you can do it! Sounds like you'll need some patience to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it also sounds like you're a patient person :) I noticed you mentioned working as a...

  17. Post Partum pain management

    ngiam12 replied to ragingmomster's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hi there! It is so interesting to read about what other hospitals do for pain management. We actually recently started a non-pharmacologic pain management program as well, but that's a different story...

  18. Early Morning Nurses (and Nursing Students)

    ngiam12 replied to oldsockventriloquist's topic in General Nursing

    It's so hard! I rotate days/nights so my sleep schedule is a mess. The most helpful things for me are: 1) pack your lunch/snacks ahead of time (I literally have my packed lunchbag in the fridge; this...

  19. Evil Nurses

    ngiam12 replied to sammiesmom's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I feel you, lady! I do exactly what you do - act professional (and jovial), find other experienced nurses with which I can discuss my musings, only deal with her when I must, and take excellent care...

  20. The film: Vaxxed.

    ngiam12 replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    Very interesting! I work in a newborn nursery and give initial hepatitis B shots to neonates. It is not often that someone declines the hepatitis B vaccine (twice in 1 shift was really jarring, but...

  21. MSN Nurse without clinical experience please help!!

    ngiam12 replied to Sspino's topic in General Nursing

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but by hoops you mean you can't get experience because you can't get a job and can't get a job because you can't get experience? I'm sorry and that really sucks. I feel like...

  22. Whats the Catch: RN to MSN?

    ngiam12 replied to sandiegotrish's topic in General Nursing

    I totally understand where you're coming from! I too had a science bachelors and was on the fence about the best way to pursue nursing. I chose an ADN program because it was SO CHEAP and my job at the...