NoWaNrN ASN, RN

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    Really undecided...I need help...Please!

    NoWaNrN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Ok a little back ground. I was an LPN worked in LTC (nursing home) went back for my RN. Out of school as an RN I went to a really big hospital in my area and took a FT day shift position on an ICU...
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    Really undecided...I need help...Please!

    NoWaNrN replied to NoWaNrN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Thanks for the input it helps. I think I might want to change though. I just feel if I do I will really regret it. I guess I will not know until I make that
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    New Grad why can't I get hired???

    NoWaNrN replied to RNBuckeye's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I know this is probably not what you are wanting to hear but it might make you feel a little better. As a nurse that does hiring for the company I am employed for I want to make sure when I hire a new...
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    Really undecided...I need help...Please!

    NoWaNrN replied to NoWaNrN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Well I was really hoping for a little
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    How many hours can you legally work in 1 day?

    NoWaNrN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I thought that you could only work 16 hours in one day. I work 12 hour shifts and a nurse came on at the same time I did, then at 7pm they came to relieve me from my cart and count. I said are you...
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    Rets!

    NoWaNrN replied to depmed1397's topic in Ohio Nursing

    2 of my friends and I went to Rets for our RN (we did our LPN somewhere else) there where many bumps in the road but it was managable. We all passed our NCLEX the first time around and got really good...
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    Bone Marrow Transplant unit

    NoWaNrN replied to MsShanRN's topic in General Nursing

    When you get your interview as for a job shadow, alot of places like to hear you ask for this instead of getting to a unit and not liking it. You would really benifit from that and the nurses would...
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    Future of LPNs

    NoWaNrN replied to RN_Pursuit2b's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I went for my LPN first then My RN, I did this so I could make more money working less hours while in school for my RN. I figured make 9 bucks an hour for 12 months then make 16-18 while I'm in...
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    Just need to vent a little about my preceptor

    NoWaNrN replied to BoonersmomRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A lot of the times if you tell your manager of these situations they can help. Really her making you say please before she helps you could interfere with pt care. That really sucks she is treating...
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    Can one wait to take the NCLEX for more than a yr .......

    NoWaNrN replied to Poochee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also heard the pass rate decreases the longer you wait. Just out of curiosity why would you want to wait a year
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    Title war...

    NoWaNrN replied to elthia's topic in General Nursing

    I was an LPN before I became an RN, I worked my tail off as an LPN! I haven't started working on the floor in the hospital as an RN yet, But some LPN as well as RN's have big time management...
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    What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    NoWaNrN replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    I would love to be a school teacher! I wanted to be a lawyer the entire time I was in nursing school. I do like nursing, I just love to
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    dayton internship programs

    NoWaNrN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I was wondering is it hard to get into one of the internship programs for RN's at Miami Valley, Goodsam, or Grandview? I really want to do one of the internships, it seems like the process is very...
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    Patient Modesty

    NoWaNrN replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I had a simple D&E done after a miscarriage, I had never had surgery where I was put under general anesthesia before and was nervous. As a nursing student observing in the OR I heard some pretty...
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    We're told to buy cheap stethoscopes

    NoWaNrN replied to Kina21's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I would pay for a good one now. I used the cheap double tubed one in LPN school the ones that the uniform company had, I heard fine out of it but they weighed a ton! My mom n law bought me a littman...
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    help for my student

    NoWaNrN replied to Mr. B's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you have to take in her maximal potential and how far she is able to push herself. Nursing school is hard but that doesn't mean she cannot do it. There are lots of different health care...
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    New gradute practical nurse starting IV's

    NoWaNrN replied to btrfly76's topic in PACU

    There is such a thing as knowledge skill and ability as long as it is within your scope of practice. I think if she has been properly taught and is just inserting a PIV then she should be
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    dayton internship programs

    NoWaNrN replied to NoWaNrN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    They didn't really say, I told them I was interested in the burn unit, bariatrics, and nero! So hopefully I get to see all of
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    Im Going Freakin Crazy

    NoWaNrN replied to dez72's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I feel so bad for you Cal people without the quick results! That is terrible. I found out the next day. My friends was posted at like 830am, I check the BON like every 15 minutes all day long and...
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    last night, was my first night!

    NoWaNrN replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, nights are more relaxed. Just don't get too comfy and relax too much! I am not a night person at all I did it for about 90 days and every night at 10:30 when I went to leave I got sleep envy...
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    Need to know - best websites to look for RN job

    NoWaNrN replied to Kurious RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I think the direct hospital web sites are the best, no weeding out home care, the cities you dont want to work in or any thing else you can think
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    Getting turned down......unexperienced RN....

    NoWaNrN replied to cute_cabbage2005's topic in General Nursing

    That is a real drag that they are telling you that. Where I live to be in an internship you have to be an RN less than a year, you may still fit that if that is how they do it where you live. I...
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    child leg pain

    NoWaNrN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    my son who is 4 has had a lot of leg pain off and on since he was about 2. i have tried to observe when it goes on, like how much activity he has done during the day, is he going through a growth...
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    When should I start applying?

    NoWaNrN replied to srg4784's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I live in Ohio and they said apply for jobs at the begining of your last semester. I kinda played around with putting in a few resumes but some places said they didn't do any thing untill you had...
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    rets tech

    NoWaNrN replied to mistydave's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I went to an interview at MVH and they asked where I graduated from I said rets. The HR lady said they have noticed that rets nurses lack clinical skills. The lady was very polite and said that the...