Halinja BSN, RN

Halinja is a BSN, RN and specializes in L&D, PACU.

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   Clinic nursing vs Hospital nursing

   Halinja replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

   A lot of the clinics around here have their nurses full time by having them work 4 9's. That way you still get a day off for those pesky doctor's appts.
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   Need help adjusting. Any advice?

   Halinja replied to A&OxNone's topic in General Nursing

   I always feel that way in a new job. Just the way I'm built, I guess. But then, it's the same way I feel when I get people's fantasy Christmas letters saying how WONDERFUL their children are, and what a FABULOUS year they had. Take everything with...
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   What can you tell me about Modesto, CA area?

   Halinja replied to GM2RN's topic in California

   Compared to San Francisco, Santa Barbara, or LA/Orange county, Modesto has a "low" cost of living. Compared the rest of the united states...not so much. It is in the central valley, and the central valley, especially the lower portion is a pollutio...
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   Can a crappy waitress still be a good nurse?

   Halinja replied to knewme's topic in Career Support

   One of the best nurses I know was fired from her first job...as a waitress. Hating to make mistakes is probably a good thing. You're less likely to make them in the first place. That being said...everyone makes mistakes. There are job aids that c...
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   I cry after I see a baby born-can you give me some advice

   Halinja replied to JerseyBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I worked L&D. The first few times the actual birth was an emotional thing. And there were times right up until the end where I'd made such a connection with the family that my eyes would get damp at the birth. But you get used to it, mostly. ...
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   Let's give nurses a break: How do the rest of the staff dress?

   Halinja replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   Not exactly what you're looking for, but one of our surgeons wears his scrub pants a bit loose. One day in surgery they fell to the floor. They stayed in a puddle around his ankles until he finished surgery.
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   Is this a correct diagnosis for my care plan?

   Halinja replied to onlyj's topic in Student Assist

   For our care plans we always had to have a nursing diagnosis. A nursing diagnosis would address the patients functional condition. So, it would be something like ...impaired mobility. The impaired mobility can be related to the arthroscopy, but t...
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   Sharing prescriptions of non narcotic medications

   Halinja replied to LadyMonteCarlo's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sure we all see how it would benefit the patients to save money. Maybe nothing would ever happen and the patients would be happily saving money for years. Let's consider a scenario. Let's say the doc writes it. And for some reason, one or the...
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   S-BAR

   Halinja replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

   I work as an advice/triage nurse in a clinic. We do S-Bar now, though we didn't when I started. Used properly, it is SOOOOO much more effective than the narrative charting/messages we were sending
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    Are LPN's being Phased Out?

    Halinja replied to angelcarmichael's topic in LPN/LVN

    I found this post kind of ironic. Last week three fresh LPN's were hired at my clinic. Today I was told my RN position had been eliminated. So...I'd say there are still jobs for LPN's.
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    Labor and Delivery Interview New Grad

    Halinja replied to nurseRN28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The one thing I remember from my labor and delivery interview was that a L&D nurse needs to be strong. Able to keep a frightened mother on task, and back a doc down if need be. Work well under pressure. Hmmm...that's about it, but that's probab...
12. 

    Did I pick the wrong career?

    Halinja replied to blackpants22's topic in General Nursing

    Ask yourself if there are any aspects of the job you like. If the people who are criticizing you were not there, if you were on your own, do you like anything about the work? The patients? Also, if you can get through the first two years, your opt...
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    Pt in hospital, sign on door says "Report to Nurse's station before entering room"

    Halinja replied to AriesPanda's topic in Safety

    Another reason I can think of is a visitor going in to the room, not knowing that the patient is in the hospital might think that the patient had passed and be distressed. (depending on the mobility of the pt) When I worked in L&D we had signs l...
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    IV forms of Zofran and Decadron given PO???

    Halinja replied to GleeGum's topic in Emergency

    Have given IV decadron PO. Haven't heard of doing it with Zofran. And of course, it was done with a doctor's order.
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    whats less stress.... pacu or OR?

    Halinja replied to adio412's topic in General Nursing

    Well, no family in either OR or PACU. I prefer PACU. But part of that is I just don't like the thought of wearing a cap and mask ALL DAY. I'm not really fond of some surgeons attitudes either, so I do better in PACU where we seldom see them. Yeah...