Krista09 BSN

Krista09 has 15 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Urgent Care.

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1. Overheard at the nurse's station

   Krista09 replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

   9:20 pm by mindlor "any of ya'll have 8 pts on a busy med surge floor?" yes i do, it takes all of 1 minute to put a patient on the bedpan. it's called teamwork; while we have 8 pts the aid has 16...put the patient on the bedpan, have the aid take th...

2. Giving Report...Please help.

   Krista09 replied to SweetseRN's topic in General Nursing

   your report will come with time. when I first started I went through the systems (cardio, resp, GI etc) any psychosocial, then what ever you missed. once you become more experienced your report will come much easier. I found this to be one of the har...

3. Why do Doctors think they are................God!!

   Krista09 replied to RNdiva505's topic in General Nursing

   A co-worker of mine got yelled at for calling the on-call dr because of a high blood pressure. The Pt's blood pressure was 200's/100's; the Dr's response: why in god's name would anyone check a blood pressure in the middle of the night, now I'll have...

4. Please help me figure out what happened to my pt

   Krista09 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   We aren't talking about break issues; you asked what happened to your patient and we are simply giving an answer. The extended breaks could have been what happened to your patient. its not a matter of giving a good report to who's covering its a matt...

5. Please help me figure out what happened to my pt

   Krista09 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   no offense but a 2 hour break to sleep on a night shift in my opinion is unsafe. Sleep before you come to work, only you truly know your patients and a covering nurse might not notice a change. Patients need to be monitored more closely at night seco...

6. Too young to be a nurse??

   Krista09 replied to eschoolgirl's topic in Relations

   I went to school right out of high school and graduated with my BSN @ 20. I had my first job by 21. There are always few who have issues with age differences but not bad overall. You're smart going early trust me it's worth it!

7. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

   Krista09 replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg

   I'm on a 38 bed general medicine floor day shift RNs have 4-5 patients with 5 aids on the floor, same for evenings night shift RNs have 6-7 patients with 3-4 aids on the floor, we never have more than 7 patients at night

8. New Grad RN Positions

   Krista09 replied to funfunfun's topic in Rhode Island

   I went to school up in boston and was determined to stay there! but the job market had other plans. I grew up in RI so i started putting my applications in through lifespan, its RI hospital, miriam hospital and newport hospital. I ended up getting a ...

9. what to take nursing or pharmacy??

   Krista09 replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing! no question! theres always something to do in the field and I feel like it would be so much more rewarding :) the money might not be as good but the experince and gratidude will be well worth it good luck :)

10. MCPHS Worcester, anyone attend??

    Krista09 replied to *jojo*'s topic in Massachusetts

    i didn’t attend mcp in worcester but i went in boston and graduated in may of 2009. i wouldn’t recommend their program, but i hear the other campuses are much more organized so it could be an entirely different experience for you than it was for me. ...

11. any H1N1 on your floor yet?

    Krista09 replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work on a 32 bed gen med floor in boston and we've had multiple cases over the past few months. These people get really sick, I'm just waiting for our vaccines to arrive! (we were all required to get the regular flu shot so that over and done with ...

12. doctors office

    Krista09 replied to snick520's topic in General Nursing

    I have an interview at a pedi office next week? This is my first interview for an RN position and I will be interviewing with the Dr himself. any advice? what questions should I ask? What should i be prepared to answer? Thanks for you help in advan...

13. Hiring Freeze and New Grad

    Krista09 replied to natrgrrl's topic in General Nursing

    I graduate in May and I go to school in boston, is there any hope of landing a hospital job? The economy is terrible and i hear a lot of the hospitals arent hiring new grads. any advice?

14. Do friends outside of nursing school give you a hard time?

    Krista09 replied to hunnybaby24's topic in General Students

    yes i know exactly where you are coming from. I find it very hard to relate to others who are not currently in my program. I am in a 33 month accellerated program so its even faster than most. You find out who your real friends are, and who is willin...

15. MCPHS Spring 2009

    Krista09 replied to CLLB585's topic in Massachusetts

    I just want to second what was said about the MCPHS School of Nursing (Boston) ...I would not recommend this program to anyone. I hear the Worchester and Manchester campuses are much better so good luck to all of you! But just a little overview abou...