jdsp87

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1. Plasmapheresis pay salary

   jdsp87 posted a topic in Urology

   Hello all, I have always been interested in becoming a dialysis nurse. Recently, a classmate of mine mentioned to me that his father performs plasmapheresis as an RN and made about 120,000$ last year. Is this correct or even in the ballpark? Sounded ...

2. Transition from Med-Surg to Dialysis

   jdsp87 posted a topic in Urology

   My nursing "dream" ever since I was in nursing school was to be an Acute Dialysis RN. I finally landed a med-surg job after 2 long years because I saw that it was a requirement on Acute dialysis job postings. However, the acute dialysis nurses I talk...

3. Order for Port-a-Cath lab draws?

   jdsp87 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   Do you need a doctor's order in order to draw blood for labs from a patient's port-a-cath? None of the nurse's on my shift, including the charge RN, could give a me a definite answer. On one hand, it would make sense since the port-a-cath is a centra...

4. Cedars-Sinai New Grad Summer 2012

   jdsp87 replied to xluescluesx's topic in California

   Does anyone know if there was a third round of interviews? And did anyone feel the 2nd interview seemed kinda rushed where they would cut you off?*I mean they only had to ask two questions! I felt because of that I don't think my 2nd interview went s...

5. Wash scrubs with regular laundry?

   jdsp87 posted a topic in Uniform/Gear

   Does anyone wash their dirty scrubs with their regular load of laundry? I know the soap is self-cleaning, but it seems kind of weird to wash the bacteria out of your scrubs, let them float in the laundry water, and be exposed to the rest of your clot...

6. Subcutaneous SQ Injection in Buttocks?

   jdsp87 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in an Adult Day Care and routinely administer IM Vitamin B12 shots in the buttocks (dorsogluteal). I know it is not the best injection site but the patients say it's the least painful site and will actually refuse it if not there. We recently ...

7. qWeek vs q7days?

   jdsp87 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I work in an [outpatient skilled nursing] Adult Day Care. I have a patient with renal insufficiency receiving Procrit sq injections ordered "qWeek". He received an injection last Friday and came in today for another (Thursday) because he said ...

8. New Grad help

   jdsp87 posted a topic in Geriatric

   Hello. I am a new grad in the Carson/Torrance, CA area (about 15miles south of Los Angeles) and cannot catch a job opening anywhere in acute care. I've been meaning to apply to nursing homes around the area but my mom (who also happens to be an RN) s...

9. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

   jdsp87 replied to brichielpn08's topic in NCLEX

   Can someone please let me know what the window actually tells you when you pass? When I try to re-register, it just tells me that I have "recently scheduled the test and cannot register for the test at this time." Lame! Why can't California have the ...

10. West Coast University BSN to MSN

    jdsp87 replied to jdsp87's topic in ADN/BSN

    Thank you SoCalNursingStudent for your reply. Just an update for everyone, there are Cal States that DO take WCU degrees for entrance into Cal State Master programs! One of which is Cal Poly Pomona. So don't let anyone talk down to you if you are int...

11. West Coast University BSN to MSN

    jdsp87 posted a topic in ADN/BSN

    I've just recently visited the West Coast University campus in Anaheim to attend their general BSN program. I was mostly concerned if that BSN would be able to transfer to Cal State Fullerton so I could get my MSN in Anesthesia. The gentleman at the ...