karlita

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   karlita replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I was working in the ED one night as a Tech when we had admitted a man in his 40's for obs there in the unit. His monitor started beeping because his pulseox was reading O2 sats were in the mid 80's. I went into the room to check it out. The pt was f...

2. Can we still be friends?

   karlita replied to Jelli_Belli's topic in General Nursing

   I just wanted to say thank you for posting this question OP. I noticed how my best friend, who worked with me as a tech, immediately labled anyone who was accepted into NS as stupid an incompetent compared to her. It really hurt when I was accepted i...

3. Age you will/were graduated?

   karlita replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

   I graduate just 2mo after my 24th birthday in March 09. TOO LONG!

4. Will you work during a Pandemic?

   karlita replied to Goju's topic in COVID

   I would be willing to work during a pandemic. I don't have a family of my own yet, and as long as that were the case I would have no objections. I would expect my mom, who works as a CNA in a hospital, to stay home to watch my little sisters. If anyt...

5. What would you do to get ahead in the Line at the ER?

   karlita replied to maybe1day's topic in Emergency

   I was wondering the same exact thing, but no one else seems to.

6. have to get this out of my system...sry

   karlita replied to karlita's topic in General Students

   WOW! Only 9days left!? That is AWESOME! CONGRATS on making it through! My program is 16mo long; I just finished my 1st week so I have 15mo and 3wks left to go! Not counting down or anything . My first week was pretty easy just doing assessments, vita...

7. Anyone besides me not taking hospital scholarships to not get "locked in"?

   karlita replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   I worry a lot too sometimes . I have already worked for several of the facilities of the company that is paying for my program, and I am still currently working in one. I know some of the nurse managers in the ER, where I would like to work, and they...

8. So Sad... First OB day... Worst day ever...

   karlita replied to FLAtoNYC's topic in General Students

   A little less than a year ago I had a similar experience. Working as an interpreter I got to go into a room with a very nice woman who had been trying very hard to get pregnant to instruct her on what she needed to do before the doc came in to examin...

9. Dropping like flies....now I know why

   karlita replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

   I knew when I was 4 that I wanted to work in the medical field. I started my nursing pre-reqs when I was 16 and could dual-enroll in high school and the community college. Life has thrown some challenges at me so there have been times when I had to t...

10. I made a 100!!!!

    karlita replied to AggieQT's topic in General Students

    :balloons:congratulations:balloons: that is so awesome! keep up the good work!

11. have to get this out of my system...sry

    karlita replied to karlita's topic in General Students

    The first day was wonderful! It was really easy, but I did learn some new things. It was easy in the sense that many of the people have not had previous healthcare experience at all. The instructors explained things in a way that everyone could under...

12. Anyone besides me not taking hospital scholarships to not get "locked in"?

    karlita replied to justme1972's topic in General Students

    Well, you're right, it's like they say...It never hurts to ask. I hope it works out to your benefit and definitely keep me posted! Good luck!

13. have to get this out of my system...sry

    karlita replied to karlita's topic in General Students

    I had a total giddy feeling come over me when I first posted! I wanted to scream and jump up and down, but I was at work so, of course, I didn't. Thanks for helping me get it out of my system, and especially, thank you for the encouraging words, I kn...

14. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    karlita replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

    I was trained to be a phleb at the very first hospital I ever worked at after begging to be trained so I could have some pt contact (I was a secretary). My first night that I went up on my own (our runs started at 1am), my very first room, I go in to...

15. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

    karlita replied to DachRN's topic in Humor

    When I first started in a hospital as a phlebotomist a couple years ago I was young, naive, and would never believe such things could happen. I was sent to the ER one day to draw labs on a difficult stick, and as I walked through the ER I saw a stran...