wildmountainchild

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1. How would you rate your RN position?

   wildmountainchild replied to Sugar-Phosphate's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an ER. I just love, love, love it. The fast pace, the constant change, the opportunity to really practice some cool skills, you will be a master at starting IV's within two weeks. The first year was hell. I went into the ED as a new grad, b...

2. New admits at shift change

   wildmountainchild replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

   I work in an ER. If I can, I try to wait until I know shift change is over before I transfer a pt. But I can't always do that. Sometimes I have the DR or the charge breathing down my neck to get the pt out of there so we can get another one into the ...

3. 8-hour vs. 12-hour workshift: Traditional or Innovative? Benefit or Hazard?

   wildmountainchild replied to WELLimAnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work 3 12's a week. Sometime 4. I really love it. I don't feel tired unless we get really slow and there isn't anything to do. Then the hours just drag by. Luckily that doesn't happen much in the ED. I wonder about the med error studies. Were the n...

4. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   wildmountainchild replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   The was working rescue in a national park. A guy fell about 500 feet to the ground. I've never seen anything like it. His face was lying on a rock with the skull completely removed. It looked like one of those rubber halloween masks. The poor guys sp...

5. Tired of people commenting on my salary

   wildmountainchild replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

   I have another perspective...I don't mind, and never have minded, talking about money. I guess this comes in opposition to my upbringing where money was NEVER discussed, to the detriment of my brother and I who didn't know the first thing about finan...

6. Thinking of an incentive program for longevity....help

   wildmountainchild replied to NeosynephRN's topic in General Nursing

   Oh, and garaunteed ratios. 5 pts to one nurse on the floor. 4:1 in the ER. Only 2:1 max in ICU or if critical care in ER. I WON'T work as a nurse in another state. To go from caring for 4 pts, which at times seems crazy, to caring for 8, or 13! Yikes...

7. Thinking of an incentive program for longevity....help

   wildmountainchild replied to NeosynephRN's topic in General Nursing

   San Francisco. The cost of living here is pretty high, but I actually live outside of the city and catch the train in. I think the Bay Area (as in San Francisco Bay) has the highest paid nurses in the country....and I'm working at the best paying hos...

8. Thinking of an incentive program for longevity....help

   wildmountainchild replied to NeosynephRN's topic in General Nursing

   Money, money, money. If a hospital wants to retain high qulity staff then they have to pay for them. I recently got a job as a new grad. I will get paid $55 an hour. My friend who has been working a similar job in another ED for the past 10 years is ...

9. Should I be a Nurse??

   wildmountainchild replied to ctnjason's topic in General Nursing

   I appreciate your forthright presentation of your feelings. Some people consider me to be.....very honest. For lack of a better description. However, I care very deeply about my patients and have realized at this stage of the game that playing well w...

10. Can anyone give me the pathophysiology of pleural effusion?

    wildmountainchild replied to pihay82's topic in Student Assist

    Gosh...let me see if I can remember. The heart isn't pumping effectively, blood backs up from the left atrium into the lungs. Pressure increses in the pulmonary venous system....bladdy blah...fluid in the lungs. That's about all I'm willing to give y...

11. New Grad needs experience

    wildmountainchild replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I must have applied to 30 or 40 different positions before I was hired into a new grad program. The market here if fairly saturated as well. It's not that nurses aren't needed, it's just that you can't run a hospital w/ all new grads. I'd given mysel...

12. Anyone have an NCLEX reveiw book for sale?

    wildmountainchild replied to Gravysgal's topic in General Nursing

    I've got a littmans book and the saunders comprehensive review. Make me an offer that covers shipping and they're yours! They are both recent...2007 anyway. I took the NCLEX this February and passed in 75 questions. I don't have the CD's that come w/...

13. Is it OK to get a gift for my preceptor?

    wildmountainchild replied to rnkalee's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I got my preceptor a pocket knife like the one I have and that she had admired. She loved it and she wears it all the time (we've stayed great friends). She even got me a gift when I was done w/ my preceptorship...a sweatshirt form the ED where I'd p...

14. fnp

    wildmountainchild replied to jacrod1234's topic in NP

    The AANP renectly had an article in thier publication stating that NP's should be certified in thier area of practice. However, in reality that is rarely the case BUT for liability reasons I think it's a good idea. How much time do you have? The DNP ...

15. Is claritin BID 10 mg a safe dosage?

    wildmountainchild replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I don't mean to sound rude.....but look it up! Google it or hit your Davis' Drug Guide. I don't know if it's safe or not, but good on you for checking.......now go check :wink2:.