cherryelle07

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1. "Breast Is Best": A Mantra to Promote Infant Health? or Stigmatizing Adage to Guilt Moms

   cherryelle07 replied to cjcsoon2bnp's topic in General Nursing

   Great article. I remember my SIL going through something similar with both her sons. Her oldest was an emergency C-section and while she tried to breastfeed, she gave up quickly when she wasn't producing enough milk. She felt pretty bad about it and ...

2. What % of women don't know basics of female anatomy?

   cherryelle07 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   I use to think my pee hole was my baby hole. But I was a child and my grandmother and mother kindly set me straight when I got my first period at 10 years old. I had my first gynecology appointment around then as well, because my first periods were p...

3. I really do feel depressed about the situation

   cherryelle07 replied to NurseEnvision's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like a pretty emotionally draining environment to live in. I echo the advice on moving out. Sometimes, it's not the job. Sometimes its the living situation. I'm sure your parents love you, but sometimes you just need some distance. Same thing ...

4. HELP! Threats to call BON!

   cherryelle07 replied to Nechic01's topic in General Nursing

   I think you shouldn't worry. Your record speaks for itself. The facts speak for itself. Those questions on those applications are there to weed out the people who were found guilty. Putting yes just makes them look further into the matter and when th...

5. So what's going to happen to health care now?

   cherryelle07 replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

   From what I understand Trump wants to focus on the cost of health care and not so much the insurance companies. He wants to create more price transparency with providers to give the consumer more power and financial awareness when making healthcare d...

6. What Job Did You Work While Getting Through Nursing School?

   cherryelle07 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

   I currently work as a PCT at a retail clinic where I will continue to work as I start nursing school. I will most likely go PRN and work when I have the free time.

7. How to handle being belittled by superior?

   cherryelle07 replied to 2bNurse-88's topic in Relations

   I recently had this issue. I would agree with previous posters. Just let it go. Sometimes I have to remind myself how stressful my superior's job must be with a lot of the things they personally have to deal with when it comes to cooperate expectatio...

8. they say nurses are the worst patients....

   cherryelle07 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

   My boyfriend is TERRIFIED of taking pills. He swears he's going to choke. He will suffer through a migraine for hours or pull a muscle at work and ignore it for days. I've bought him the chewable ibuprofens for kids, but he still won't take them. HTN...

9. Unsafe call house

   cherryelle07 replied to bayoulady's topic in General Nursing

   While I think its a great idea to provide a on-call house to nursing staff, they have a responsibility to either provide a safe, clean place to stay or reimburse you for a certain percentage for alternative accommodations. I assume by providing these...

10. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    cherryelle07 replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    I think in certain areas there are. Think rural, border towns, lower income areas, LTC, etc. The less then glamorous facilities and areas. We will see where the job market is where I live when I graduate. I worry slightly, because I'm not in a positi...

11. Wearing Scrubs Outside of the Workplace

    cherryelle07 replied to NewGradRN114's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a retail clinic in a grocery store, so I a lot of times don't have a choice. We don't have a locker room to change in and the bathrooms are always disgusting, because the public doesn't know how to use the bathroom without making a mess. Th...

12. ADN in 2016 completely useless?

    cherryelle07 replied to Mr.Care's topic in ADN/BSN

    ADNs are still hired in my area, but most are asked to sign a contract agreeing to earn a BSN within 5 years of their hire date. Luckily, I currently work in a position where once I get my ADN I can transition fairly easily into an RN role. I'm a PCT...

13. Social Class and Nursing

    cherryelle07 replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I would consider nursing a blend of all 3 blue, white, and pink. Nursing combines aspects of all 3 if you think about it. Nursing is definitely physical if you work bedside, but it can also be white collar as all RNs are educated workers a...

14. misconceptions about nursing pay

    cherryelle07 replied to johsonmichelle's topic in General Nursing

    I had a FNP who is also nursing educator tell me her first nursing job after her BSN started at about $23 an hour in our area which for her was about 5-6 years ago. So that's what I expect to start at or around when I graduate.

15. Social Class and Nursing

    cherryelle07 replied to AllOfMyWat's topic in General Nursing

    Wikipedia describes blue collar workers as people who work in unskilled professions that involve physical trades such as construction, HVAC, plumbing, etc. Nursing is considered pink collar since its more service industry based.