VenaKavaRN

VenaKavaRN specializes in LTC, Cardiac Step-Down.

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1. New RN

   VenaKavaRN replied to Missy89's topic in New Nurse

   I'm glad you're having a good experience! I'm also a new grad and am loving my unit, but being a new RN is just tough sometimes. I find the First Year in Nursing forum helpful for those moments, just in case you didn't know about it :) Happy Nursing!

2. Worried about a new job

   VenaKavaRN replied to inshallamiami's topic in General Nursing

   Get everything in writing in the future from this manager! E-mail if you can, make her sign something if you can't. Not to be trusted!

3. Pharmacy said no, conventional practice said yes

   VenaKavaRN replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

   Well, considering a couple letters sometimes means the difference between one drug and another very different drug, I think spelling drug names, if nothing else, is vitally imporant. HOWEVER, I get that this is a discussion board, not a hospital, so ...

4. Is it hypernutremia or hypernatremia

   VenaKavaRN replied to satyadhi's topic in General Students

   No such thing as hypernutremia. I'm guessing hypernatremia is the diagnosis. What are the patient's sodium levels? If they are high, you have your answer for sure. Think about what the word means: Hyper(too much) nutr(food/nutrition) emia(in blood). ...

5. New here and NOT expecting this!

   VenaKavaRN replied to RNjz's topic in General Students

   First of all, congratulations!! Secondly, you might want to consider contacting the nursing deptartment to see if you can set up a meeting with the dean or one of the instructors to go over the material with you since you didn't get a chance to go t...

6. Are Nursing schools hurting Nursing?

   VenaKavaRN replied to is5512's topic in General Students

   I think that, to a point, compassion and empathy are things that can also be learned along with the theory. I think that an important part of the clinical experience we get in nursing school is that we get to put faces with all these disorders that w...

7. Sooooo... tell me this..

   VenaKavaRN replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Students

   I've worked as a CNA in two different nursing homes, and now have been working for 3 years in a hospital. There is a world of difference. I'm not sure what it is, but in my experience nursing homes just aren't for everyone. And I'm not one of the peo...

8. thinking of taking time off-advice please

   VenaKavaRN replied to dkrooster's topic in General Students

   I'm sorry you're having a bad time I think previous poster is right: just take things one day at a time and you'll make it through in no time. Are you 100% sure you can jump right back in at the end of a year? For my program you'd have to go back on...

9. Things you would like to tell... Nursing Staff ! ( and get away with)

   VenaKavaRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

   I appreciate that you have a busy life outside of work. But do you really need to be on your cell phone right now talking about what soandso said to soandso? I think the last HOUR you were on the phone should have been enough. Oh, and stop looking at...

10. Things You'd Like To Tell Visitors . . . . and get away with it

    VenaKavaRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    "Please, for the love of all that is holy, go home and take a BATH!" "It makes me want to vomit when I see your barefoot kids running around on this nasty carpet." "About those barefoot kids, could you possibly take them somewhere else so they don't ...

11. Murphy's Law of CNA's!

    VenaKavaRN replied to greeniebean's topic in CNA/MA

    The amount of excrement is inversely proportional to the amount of time you have to clean it up.

12. Daily planner

    VenaKavaRN replied to JeanettePNP's topic in General Students

    I have a 5-week dry-erase board calendar I use. I get overwhelmed when I think of more than 5 weeks at a time, so it's really all I need to get by. I just erase the week completed, get my syllabi out and put in the necessary information on a rolling ...

13. Missing clinicals

    VenaKavaRN replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I would speak to the clinical instructor as far in advance as you possibly can. It may be possible for you to piggyback on another group for a day to make up the hours. You'll never know until you ask, and most clinical instructors will work with you...

14. Charting and Codes

    VenaKavaRN replied to lilybean's topic in General Students

    What are you being told to chart? If it's vital signs or intake and ouptut, objective stuff like that, then I'd see no problem with a nursing student doing it. It's if you're being told to do nurse's notes I'd be a little concerned. If you're being e...

15. Malpractice Insurance for Nursing Student?

    VenaKavaRN replied to miksyrak3's topic in General Students

    I get mine through a program my university has. It's $15 for a year, but I assume that's a special rate. You might call the nursing office and see if they can give you any suggestions on who most of the students use or if there's one they prefer. I t...