beachynurse ASN, BSN

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    I'm 55 - Is it too late to become a nurse?

    beachynurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I say go for it too, follow your dreams! I graduated from Nursing School with a woman in her early 60's. She was amazing, and ran circles around some of the younger, lazier
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    Advice please

    beachynurse replied to NicKi0410's topic in General Nursing

    The U.S. needs to take a long hard look at how much and how hard we are expected to work. The quality of life in other countries, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Spain, is much better than here. They get more...
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    Explaining Absence During Colleague's Vacation

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You make it sound as though you should be congratulated for doing your
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    Leaving Your Job Due to Mandate

    beachynurse replied to jive turkey's topic in Disaster Preparation

    As health care professionals, I feel that it is our duty to be role models for the public. How can a person who chooses to go against public health recommendations possibly encourage our patients to...
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    Explaining Absence During Colleague's Vacation

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    If you are questioning your competence in your position, why do you stay? Reading your posts, and your lack of confidence, I am concerned for the patients if what you are saying is true, or is this a...
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    First Time Parents Asked For A Different Nurse

    beachynurse replied to pinkdoves's topic in General Nursing

    Davey Do, You are such a fountain of wisdom! This is so true. I just wish I could adopt it and live by it...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    As a school nurse, I rarely stay late. The only reason I may have to stay is if there is an IEP, or 504 meeting that is held right after school, or if a child becomes ill, or gets injured at the end...
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    Have you ever left a nursing job due to a patient/family member?

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think it may be from being over tired and anxiety from all the crazy hours that you work? I've never left a job due to a patient or a family. But I have left because of leadership. I also...
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    Will suspended nursing license show up on background check

    beachynurse replied to sb_peds_er_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad that you found a career that makes you happy. You deserve that. Nursing can be a tough career, and working in a toxic environment can take a toll on anyone, and can bring them down. I am...
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    NP Please help!!

    beachynurse replied to Mathew Reed's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Wait a minute, in your post you said that our daughter was in college?? Which is it? As far as being a parent, I am one, and I would NEVER do something like this for my daughter. How is she...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    There you go, that is exactly what amoLucia means. You MUST stop playing the martyr, and do something with your life. I don't have much but I do have things I love to do, and interests that I like to...
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    Longest Shift You've Worked

    beachynurse replied to SilverBells's topic in General Nursing

    You have to let go. What you are doing is UNSAFE and will potentially lead to harm to a patient. That's why there are 3 shifts, the continuum of care.. I would not be proud of those numbers of hours...
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    9-5 (or 8-5) shifts as a new grad possible?

    beachynurse replied to Kendrer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    How long might you have until your children are self sufficient? Do you think your husband can adjust his am schedule temporarily until they are older? It sounds like your husband works a lot, and...
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    9-5 (or 8-5) shifts as a new grad possible?

    beachynurse replied to Kendrer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Had you thought about a before school program for your children? Without experience it may be difficult to find a job with those hours. Most new nurses need to hit the ground running to a med surg...
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    Cheating in Pre-Reqs

    beachynurse replied to TheNursingdoll's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I think that any student in a healthcare profession school that cheats should not be allowed to continue in the program. That may be harsh to some, but I am not only a school nurse, I teach at a local...
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    Working for Summer school?

    beachynurse replied to cowboysandangels's topic in School

    Wow, 5 days notice and no choice? Our district has us apply for Summer school just to see who applies. Nurses who's schools are Summer school automatically get their own schools unless they request...
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    Rejected from job listings

    beachynurse replied to Heccadecca's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I don't know where you are from, but I find that it can be difficult to get into specialty nursing without a strong background in med-surg. I always suggest that new grads get a good 2-3 years...
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    Job interview

    beachynurse replied to Animal House R.N.'s topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    I hope you withdrew your application for some other reason than this? The DON could have many reasons for not being able to call back within 30-60 minutes. There could have been an emergency with a...
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    Teacher Issue...

    beachynurse replied to CarlyCastaneda's topic in School

    I'm in a high school and I simply cannot get the teachers to stop that, especially the Special ED teachers. They called a parent to pick up a kid who had blood mixed in his dark tarry stool because he...
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    Teacher Issue...

    beachynurse replied to CarlyCastaneda's topic in School

    You are my kind of parent. I did the same thing with both of my children... If I had to come get them, they better be close to death... I always had great relationships with their school nurses they...
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    Co-worker issues

    beachynurse replied to Chanden's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So this LPN was delegating to you? I don't know about in your state, but in VA, an LPN cannot delegate to another LPN, and an LPN definitely cannot delegate to an RN. That's one problem right there,...
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    Getting off orientation too early?

    beachynurse replied to Bean0621's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for understanding and not being
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    Getting off orientation too early?

    beachynurse replied to Bean0621's topic in General Nursing

    I hate to be the naysayer here, but my ex-husband was in the Military, and we had 2 moves in his career that we had about 30 days notice. In fact, on one of those moves was less than 30 days. We don't...
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    service animal in a high school

    beachynurse replied to Kristen D's topic in School

    I totally get what you are saying. However, that child's rights will supersede yours 100%. We had a student that was going to bring a service dog to school, and there was a child with a similar issue...
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    New RN Age

    beachynurse replied to Kooper48's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nursing school with a woman in her 50's. She could run circles around some of us younger