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  1. I have one more question:D So, if I do go active duty, do I get to choose the base I want to be assigned to? Reason I ask is that I live in Alaska and there is an airforce base nearby. Thanks.
  2. ^^topic^^. I have a nursing classmate who is in COT as of now and I am strongly considering the airforce as a possible life experience pathway before I hit the 30 year old mark. I graduated with my Bachelors and already have 2 yrs experience in ortho...
  3. Hospital nurses - is it really that bad?

    It is really that bad. Started out on an ortho/surgical floor just b/c i know my patients are going to get better and that there was a little bit of med/surg involved. My first year was hell (constantly running with pain meds, being yelled at by MD's...
  4. The hospital is super busy and I requested to work extra ONLY on my floor tonight if they needed me. I just contacted the charge nurse on my floor (ortho) and with all the discharges and no surgeries, there will only be 5-6 patients and there are 3 R...
  5. Should I be blame for this?

    What does "cya" and "NSTEMI" mean? also, yeah the labetolol parameters were ordered by the surgeon and the labs were ordered by the hospitalist. Apparently there were conflicting issues going on between the docs about the pt's diagnosis. Thanks for t...
  6. Should I be blame for this?

    I work nights at a hospital and I had a patient who was having issues with his blood pressure. There were orders by his surgeon to give labetolol if systolic is >150 and diastolic >90 and to give HCTZ daily. Throughout my shift, my pt's BP stay...
  7. By August 3rd, 2010, I will have my one-year experience working as a registered nurse. So, I just wanted to know if its too early to switch from full-time to part-time? I'm thinking about maybe going back to school to get another degree just as a bac...
  8. Here is my issue. Back in august 09' I had an abscess on my hand that got infected and needed to be drained. I missed a week of work, because I was not allowed to work with a draining wound. The wound got reinfected back in January '10 and I had to g...
  9. ^^topic^^. I just got back from nightshift and I am kinda freaking out that I removed the staples on one of my pt's surgical site (total knee replacement) on postop day #2. Generally it is 10-14 days for staple removal, but the MD specifically wrote ...
  10. Sad thing is, I'm only 6 mos into the job and I am not qualified for FMLA until I work at least a year at their union facility. Good thing I always come early to work.
  11. I had an abscess that was drained on my hand in august (developed unexpectedly during my first week of classroom orientation) and couldn't work for 3 shifts during my orientation due to infection control policy (if I have an open wound and it is stil...
  12. new grad nurse- not ready?

    I have about 2 more weeks left of orientation and I'm also in the same position as you are. I'm taking care of a full patient load, but have yet to call the doctor (the opportunity did not come up yet). I already did an admit, but as you've stated, i...
  13. No one wants to give me a chance :(

    Excellent points! I was in the same boat as you are right now 6 mos ago. I kept filling out applications but never received a call back. Some of the replies I got back stated they needed a nurse with experience. So my friend told me to dress up, prin...
  14. One of my patients that I was taking care of was in for ETOH abuse, ascites, and cirrhosis recently passed away. He was living in a assisted living facility where I was working at and based on what I got from report, he came back to the facility the ...
  15. UPDATE: My gosh, I brought bagels w/cream cheese, coffee cake, and muffins and all of it was nearly gone by the end of the day-. I was able to develop rapport with the PTs, other nurses, the nurse manager, supervisor, and the CNAs. I guess this was a...