notactuallyblonde replied to NewYorkGirl's topic in New Nurse
I was 5 months pregnant when I started orientation at the hospital, now I'm 8 months. I'd say it has been wonderful the last couple of months, I didn't really "feel" pregnant, but now it's becoming really tough and painful to move around, especially...
notactuallyblonde replied to candle1234's topic in Career Support
I also graduated in August, and applied for months before being called for an interview, and was hired -- but I was only applying at one *very nice* hospital. From what I got from HR, they like it when new grads already have a license, and from what...
notactuallyblonde replied to notactuallyblonde's topic in General Nursing
Hi everybody! I took the job. If she noticed my bump, she didn't let on & I didn't tell. I was worried if I let on, the entire interview would be focused on it and I know I'll try my best to not make the pregnancy affect my job performance....
I graduated nursing school in September 2007, only to find out a week later that I was pregnant. After about 10 months of applying to my favorite non-profit hospital in town, they finally call me out of the blue and I set up an interview for a med-s...
notactuallyblonde replied to notactuallyblonde's topic in Safety
The specific article was done in vitro on 30 catheters to see if any clot material passed through the line. A prior study was done on 50 patients over 4 years by a single provider. I personally think there needs to be a lot more research on it, du...
I have to do a presentation on a research article. The researchers are trying to prove that taking a 10cc syringe with 1mL of saline, pulling back and releasing causing a "pop" sound and then aspirating the clots will unclog a PICC line safely. I d...