chacmool

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1. Badly needs words of Encouragement.....Help!

   chacmool replied to FutureNurse2B's topic in Travel

   I'm starting my first assignment ever in NYC. Just out of curiosity how much do you make in Texas? I'm not going to be making crap in NY and I think the company is kinda taking advantage...

2. Got a job!

   chacmool posted a topic in Travel

   Hi all, I just wanted to let you know that I just got offered a contract in NYC at New York Pres. through cross country travel. From what I understand they have the lock on the NYC hospitals so they are the agency to go with if you want to go to NY. ...

3. Is travel nursing lonely?

   chacmool replied to chacmool's topic in Travel

   Thanks guys. That makes me feel a bit better. I will be in NYC so I know that's conducive to meeting people. however, I don't think I can just go up to someone and say "hey can you be my friend?" haha. But if there are other travelers there shouldn't...

4. Is travel nursing lonely?

   chacmool posted a topic in Travel

   Hey guys, I'm flagged by a few agencies to start traveling at the start of January. As the time gets closer I'm becoming more nervous. Mostly about moving to a new town/city. I don't know if most people do assignments on their own but I have no signi...

5. Considering Traveling with Cirrus.

   chacmool replied to ChristineN's topic in Travel

   Hey Cirrus is number one of all the companies on this website highwayhypodermics.com. check it out

6. Pushing Dilaudid?

   chacmool replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   Okay, I'm not going to lose my license if a patient takes a med down from an IV and drinks it. Get a couple years more of experience and you'll learn this.

7. Pushing Dilaudid?

   chacmool replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   also... too much room for error? more error if you push it. I've seen nurses just push it in over 1 second. that's why people need narcan. if you're hanging it in a bag it goes in more slowly it's less likely a patient will go into respiratory distr...

8. Pushing Dilaudid?

   chacmool replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   okay- think about this logically. if they drink it they will get a way slower high than if it goes into their IV. that was the comparison I was making. The quickest most absorbant way to get a med is through your vein, not your digestive system or ev...

9. Pushing Dilaudid?

   chacmool replied to chacmool's topic in Medications

   Yes of course I leave the room. I don't see how it would be an issue as it is in a bag so the patient isn't going to take it. It's not like a PCA where there's a huge syringe full of narcotic so we have to lock it. Even if they were to take the bag d...

10. Pushing Dilaudid?

    chacmool posted a topic in Medications

    Hello everyone, I've worked at two hospitals in my career. The first one where I was precepted I was taught to hang dilaudid in a 50cc bag over 15 minutes to avoid giving the pt a high and perhaps snowing them. At this new place I work they all push ...

11. Waiting for the Results of a Drug Test. I'm Freaking Out!

    chacmool replied to lorenwithano's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah... I agree. People are very opinionated about this subject and it's not cool to pass judgement on people. This chick didn't even smoke and people are already down her throat about it- give her a break! Just because friends do it, even if you don...

12. Question on O2 therapy

    chacmool posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all- I've been a nurse for 1.5 years and shame on me because I'm very unsure about O2 therapy. I haven't had to deal with much more than NC and I've started at a new hospital and I'm clueless and mortified to even ask. Can someone give me a qui...

13. Want to travel!!

    chacmool replied to pyrofish's topic in Agency

    I've been in contact with many travel agencies. Some to try are: cross country travel, rnnetwork, aerues (sp?) cirrus medical. A lot of them have the same jobs posted so shop around. It could be the same job and two agencies can quote you two totally...

14. Want to try something new

    chacmool replied to chacmool's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks guys- that's helpful. I have an interview at RI hospital that looks promising. I think they are hiring for a tele med/surg- that could be interesting. Is it very acute? Like are there a lot of codes since it's a tele unit? I agree- I don't thi...

15. Want to try something new

    chacmool posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey guys, I worked in Med/Surg oncology for a little over a year and I haven't ever done anything else. I just moved to Rhode Island and I am looking for a job and I'm finding I'm not qualified for a lot of things. I always thought the hospital would...