gemmi999

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1. Did I bomb this phone interview?

   gemmi999 replied to Emm_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Give her a call and just inquire, gently, about the status of the job. My last interview I thought I for sure bombed, a week after the interview I hadn't heard anything. I called and they said they were about to call me (which, eh, probably not true)...

2. New Grad BSN, RN, PHN, EMT and can’t find work. Legality of working as a CNA?

   gemmi999 replied to oceanhugger's topic in General Nursing

   I second what another post said about looking in Riverside. I graduated in 2015 from a school in SD. I didn't want to wait for the new grad cycle to start up (approx. 5 months from graduation date) so I applied to smaller hospitals in San Bernardino...

3. Why wouldn't this cost of living hack work for California?

   gemmi999 replied to myoglobin's topic in General Nursing

   Pick up a per diem job in California if you're after the pay. Group your days together once a month and fly in and out, do as many shifts as you can. Work at a hospital in Florida the rest of the time. Per Diem pays way more, the hospital job in f...

4. What might be going on?

   gemmi999 replied to Bagatha's topic in Professionalism

   Do you have a union representative? A copy of your evaluation? Any write ups or previous meetings regarding issues ranging from more then a year ago? It does sound like they are trying to fire you/set up cause to fire you because of either expense or...

5. Floating/Circulating in the ED

   gemmi999 posted a topic in Emergency

   I have a genuine question for my ER nurse peeps out there. Today I was the float/circulator in my ER. My day was spent triaging ambulance runs, stabilizing unstable patients, discharging patients, repeat. Our ER has a 4 to 1 ratio. ALL DAY LONG on...

6. Gonna Quit: When Nursing Is Rough...

   gemmi999 replied to jeastridge's topic in General Nursing

   I don't think nursing is a calling. I specifically chose nursing, and then specifically chose ER nursing because it is a steady job, with a good paycheck, that has the ability to get overtime on a regular basis compared to med/surg nursing. There is...

7. Scared.....No Nursing?

   gemmi999 replied to Name9335's topic in General Nursing

   It does come with time. I started in the ER at a small, community hospital. 10 weeks into my orientation I was told that I wasn't "getting it" with regards to the critical patients and they wanted me to spend a month in ICU getting more critical ca...

8. Did I cause this rapid response?

   gemmi999 replied to ns808's topic in General Nursing

   A lot of good comments above, I don't have much to add. 1) You survived your (assumed) first RRT! There is a reason Rapid Response Teams exist--to prevent Code Blues. Your patient didn't code, you called a rapid because you recognized the change in...

9. Hot Cheetos are a public health menace

   gemmi999 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

   My favorite is the kid's that come to the ER with stomach pain with their entire mouth covered in bright red dust. The parents then want to know why we aren't doing a blood test/ct scan for their obviously ill child who has "appendicitis" who is smi...

10. taking a job but quitting in 4 months?

    gemmi999 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I really wonder. I know nursing is a female dominated profession, and in general females are paid less then men. Part of it is society and the glass ceiling but part of it is how we are conditioned to view work and our place within the wo...

11. WA Appellate Court says nurses cannot have 'break buddies' must use designated break nurse

    gemmi999 replied to klone's topic in Headlines

    My workplace currently uses a breaker nurse. It is helpful but at the same time the Charge RN views the breaker as an extra set of hands and will routinely pull them from breaking to assist with critical patient's that come into the ER. I couldn't i...

12. Is it jealousy ??

    gemmi999 replied to JaxsRN's topic in Relations

    That is what scares me. You literally just typed in that you haven't had an unstable patient. You haven't had to critically think about it/call the doctor/call the rapid team/intubate/upgrade the patient. That indicates that you're probably getting...

13. What is your favorite specialty of nursing? (ER, MedSurg, ICU, Pediatrics, etc.)

    gemmi999 replied to LindseyPar's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot depends on your temperament. During nursing school clinical's I *hated* ICUs, all of them without question. I hated NICU/PICU/Cardiac ICU. I didn't like how sick the patient was, how emotional the family was, etc. I did 1 shift in t...

14. Dazed and Confused: Blurred Lines

    gemmi999 replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has said it better then I can say it, but basically try not to screw over the next nurse (no matter what shift). Make sure all meds have been administered, nothing is going to run dry/overflow (IVF, chest tubes, etc), and VS have been charte...

15. DUI

    gemmi999 replied to Julesss28's topic in Criminal

    My first piece of advice? Don't say that again. The cop did have a reason to pull you over--you were driving while impaired. Fact--most people pulled over for DUIs aren't driving erratic, they're driving *slower* then the flow of traffic because they...