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nr
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
Posts: 2786
Location: DE
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 Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:06 am Post subject: Re: Being a nurse....im just getting through with schooling. |
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| ranchwife wrote: |
unfortunately, caffeine is the only way to get through a 12-13 hour day at the hospital when you are going on only 2-3 hours of sleep!!! Had a hellacious (?spelling  ) day today and caffeine was my FRIEND  |
Nurses deserve every penny they earn but when will admin realize those 12 hr days aren't healthy for ANYBODY involved or any institution? |
good morning, nr....when i worked at the state prison in wyoming, they worked us nurses 13 1/2 hour days so that we could get "our full 40 hours in and therefore get the wonderful benefits" .....then i had the joy of driving the 50 miles home!! |
Im just finishing with schooling and was thinking about working the 12 hour shifts, if they are available to me. Im glad there are other nurses out here. Going from being married 20 years to a farmer/rancher to being on my own. Its a big change. How did you get through boards????? with out being so nervous and where did you start out as when you just passed boards???? |
I passed the boards after much anxious study in 1981 so they've probably changed since then. In hindsight I'd just review the weak areas (mine was pharmacology but passed it okay anyway). Went to work at a VA hosp. Rotating shifts were hard on the system! Later I tried some other jobs trying to find one that fit the family's schedule (social work-investigative nursing of reported abuse cases, taught anatomy, worked small ER, larger ER, visiting nursing and finally ended up in F/T chem. company occupational health which was easier on the back, well-needed by that time, no weekends, dayshift. But the OccHealth boards were far worse than the nursing boards! My job switches became a family joke,
but I have to say each one was an interesting exposure to a whole new set of problems/dangers.
My guess is you'll do far better than the "young ones" taking the boards. 
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Jeannie
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Joined: 11 Jun 2005
Posts: 188
Location: Who Cares?
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeannie wrote: |
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| Faster Horses---sounds mighty fine!! gonna try mine tomorrow with diet vanilla dr pepper....mmmmmmmmm......will keep you posted!!! |
Diet Vanilla Dr. Pepper?  Ewwwww! |
Jeannie - you are right! Dr. Pepper is THE most gagging, horrible, sinus-clearing, eye-burning, stomach-lurching, urping, choking, sickening, malodorous, fetid, reeking hair raising "stuff" that was ever concocted for human consumption - - -except for Cucumbers!     Whew  Gag me with a manure fork! b-l-l-a-a-a-c-k-k-gh  Gag - gasp - gasp - I - I'll be - okay - - - in a few - minutes! |
Is it just me or do you have a flair for the overly dramatic?  |
A - - a - a - I - don't - a - - don't think so - - - -however - -on second thought - -hmmmm - - N - a - a - a aa a, I don't really think so, but thank you for the compliment! |
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Maple Leaf Angus
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Joined: 10 Feb 2005
Posts: 1823
Location: Southern Ontario
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 6:01 am Post subject: |
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| Jeannie wrote: |
| DOC HARRIS wrote: |
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| Faster Horses---sounds mighty fine!! gonna try mine tomorrow with diet vanilla dr pepper....mmmmmmmmm......will keep you posted!!! |
Diet Vanilla Dr. Pepper? Ewwwww! |
Jeannie - you are right! Dr. Pepper is THE most gagging, horrible, sinus-clearing, eye-burning, stomach-lurching, urping, choking, sickening, malodorous, fetid, reeking hair raising "stuff" that was ever concocted for human consumption - - -except for Cucumbers! Whew Gag me with a manure fork! b-l-l-a-a-a-c-k-k-gh Gag - gasp - gasp - I - I'll be - okay - - - in a few - minutes! |
Is it just me or do you have a flair for the overly dramatic? |
Yeah, I almost called 9-11.
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