kcalohagirl

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1. Drug testing in Las vegas Hospitals...

   kcalohagirl replied to RUSTY1313's topic in Nevada

   When I hired on to Mountainview last year, they didn't do a hair test. Just urine.

2. Will any hospitals pay you to relocate?

   kcalohagirl replied to luckynurse_1234's topic in Nevada

   I just relocated here from Kansas. My advice would be to stay there and get some experience before relocating. The job market here is tough, especially for new grads.

3. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

   kcalohagirl replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   um, she IS an LPN.

4. Why won't anybody call me?

   kcalohagirl replied to RocknRollYogaRn's topic in Nevada

   Not all hospitals are paid through property taxes, though UMC definitely is! Maybe try contacting the NMs of some of the corporate hospitals (HCA, Valley Health) in person? Something else that I have heard (but not verified) is that many hospitals (...

5. Considering Locating

   kcalohagirl replied to Mr.RN-CDE's topic in Nevada

   How easily you are able to find jobs may depend a lot on your specialty and experience. My husband and I are relocating to Las Vegas, and we were both lucky enough to have verbal job offers within a few days of submitting our resumes. The "official"...

6. BRA!!!!

   kcalohagirl replied to BerryHappy's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I swear by sports bras! I have some really good ones by both Nike and Adidas that are fairly high cut at the neck. They completely take care of that annoying gap that you get when your name badge dangles while you bend over. Plus, I don't have to w...

7. Is Lasix dangerous??

   kcalohagirl replied to AllyRN82's topic in General Nursing

   Good question! Ototoxicity refers to the fact that if lasix is pushed too fast, it can cause tinnitus. We don't have syringe pumps at the hospital where I work, so when the order comes down for 80-160 mg Lasix Iv push, it can be kind of a bugger. We'...

8. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

   kcalohagirl replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

   When I was a student, if we had showed up that late for report, we would have been sent home with a 0 for the day

9. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

   kcalohagirl replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

   When I was in nursing school, my instructor monitored our first several med passes. Usually asking a zillion different questions about every med we were administering, and woe to the student who couldn't give a good answer! After we had checked off ...

10. Never Going to Find a Job! Is it too late for me?

    kcalohagirl replied to lvnjden4ever, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    They aren't going to hire you as a nursing assistant. Because you now have "RN" after your name means that you are expected to care for your patients as an RN would, no matter what you title. So a hospital isn't going to hire an "RN" to be a "CNA" ...

11. I want to be a nurse so bad--but don't know how to make that possible

    kcalohagirl replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    There is nothing anyone is going to say that is going to give an "easy" solution to the dilemma. You and your husband are very fortunate that he works as a firefighter, and has a schedule that gives 24/48. However, the rest of the world doesn't alwa...

12. 38 year old Male. Former Recruiter wanting to go into nursing !

    kcalohagirl replied to Kurt_Fl's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, allnurses hates me and ate my first, very thoughtful reply. A condensed version, since I don't want the full version to be eaten again. I think the previous poster is being an alarmist. Yes, nursing school is probably the hardest thing that y...

13. Heparin drips

    kcalohagirl replied to moffist's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. It is very common practice where I work to stop the drip, flush the line well, waste the first ten mL, then draw labs. I have never seen anything in evidence based practice that would seem to indicate that this is incorrect.

14. Transition from School to Real Working World

    kcalohagirl replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working for 2 and a half years now. But believe me, I still remember what it felt like to be a "newbie"!! I also came out of a BSN program, tho not an accellerated one. I think you will come out of your program with a whole lot of knowledge...

15. multiple pain meds at once?

    kcalohagirl replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I would say naproxen and motrin should not be given in conjunction with each other. Not being able to find my drug book after my recent move, I can't tell you the rationale behind this, I just know that on every MAR or order I've seen, Ibuprofen is...