mercedesbattista

mercedesbattista has 6 years experience and specializes in ICU, Heart/Lung transplant.

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1. Insulin gtt rates

   mercedesbattista replied to *LadyNurse*'s topic in MICU, SICU

   I wouldn't know what the highest has been for my unit. The hospital I just started working at is still paper charting & the insulin protocol is confusing. Most of the time I have the pump...

2. Why so many travel positions?

   mercedesbattista replied to mercedesbattista's topic in Nursing Career

   Most of the companies that offer these travel positions do offer health insurance. However, no other benefits like vacation &

3. Jacksonville nursing students. UF

   mercedesbattista replied to mw2011's topic in Florida Nursing

   Why not JU or

4. Why so many travel positions?

   mercedesbattista posted a topic in Nursing Career

   I want to move out of the state of Florida to California. I have my resume ob Monster & CareerBuilder. I get lots of phone calls from nurse travel companies that only have 13 week assignments. I...

5. NOT going to the pinning ceremony

   mercedesbattista replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

   I didn't go to mine. Our pins coated $60! I just wanted my papers so I can take the boards & get a job! I don't think you'll regret it. Ive been a nurse for 2yrs & I don't ever hear anyone...

6. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

   mercedesbattista replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, that's crazy but I can see my hospital doing sone crap like

7. What pay are nurses making these days?

   mercedesbattista replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

   It's not expensive to live in Jacksonville but according to these posts. Im living in the wrong city myself. My hosp is one of the top

8. Failed NCLEX 3 times

   mercedesbattista replied to RN6157's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I took the 2 week course in class. I learn better in classroom. The. I studied about 5hrs a day. About 1-2hrs at a

9. Failed NCLEX 3 times

   mercedesbattista replied to RN6157's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I graduated last year. Took Kaplan a week after graduation. Took the NCLEX 3 weeks after that & passed. It's well worth it but you have to put in the time to study. The Kaplan is all about how to...

10. What pay are nurses making these days?

    mercedesbattista replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse with a BSN. Specialty hospital in Jacksonville, FLa. My base pay is 23.59/hr with me working nights & weekends comes to about

11. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    mercedesbattista replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My hospital is all about customer service. And screw how many patients we have, dressing changes, meds & what education we have to do. It's all about customer service. My patients constantly call...

12. What I did to pass the NCLEX

    mercedesbattista posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I graduated July 31st & took Kaplan a few days later. I took the 2 week Kaplan course & studied while waiting on my auth to test letter which took almost a month to come. I did all my qbank...

13. First time here but i really need help with a peds care plan

    mercedesbattista replied to angelica280's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I jsut finished OB & Peds so I know how it is to try & come up with some care plans for those babies. How about altered family processes r/t hospitalized infant. If she's constantly at the...

14. CREATIVE MINDS ONLY!!!! Assistance please!

    mercedesbattista replied to jorla9903's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Does the lab have props you can use? My last power point was about breast cancer so we had some play breast with lumps in them from our nursing

15. Nurse Internship?

    mercedesbattista replied to vlmusicalsound's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In my program, during our last semester we have Nursing Integration where we have to spend 90hrs with a preceptor. We basically care for patients on our own without the instructor, just the nurse...