futurernfarmer

futurernfarmer

Abdominal Transplant

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About futurernfarmer

futurernfarmer specializes in Abdominal Transplant.


New grad of CCAC in Pittsburgh, PA. I also have an EMT cert. I was hired in an abd tx unit as a PCT 6/11, and transferred as a staff nurse 6/12! I am considering CNM, but not sure I have it in me yet... First step, RN to BSN!

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  1. If almost done with a MSN in 2015, grandfathered in?

    From Wikipedia (I know, but I've been looking and looking...) In 2004, The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in conjunction with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) recommended that advanced practice registered nu...
  2. Ccac fall 2011

    I'm in 201/202 at allegheny right now and they are still irking me. My advice: get used to it, it gets worse for 102 and 201 (some of you know who I'm talking about!) Also, use the resources available: nrn computer lab - make friends with Mrs. Bell ...
  3. New Student Needing Encouragement :(

    I'm halfway through my ADN, and I got the same speech. "You won't make it in this program if your family doesn't help you." "Studying will have to be your full time job." "You'll get no sleep the night before clinical." I'm pretty sure most of their ...
  4. Anyone else feel like they got "shafted" in clinicals?

    That's weird. I try to pick male partners in clinical, assuming they'll be better lifters... esp in med-surg where half the pts are obese!
  5. PCT/Clinical Question: How often should you empty drains?

    Update: I saw two pts with pigtails draining to IV fluid bags. It seems to just be an alternative to a JP...
  6. Holistic Nursing Advice For A Pre-Nursing Student

    Bump.
  7. I've bee a PCT on an abd tx unit for 2 months now. I figured drains should be emptied as often as possible/reasonable. Some RNs harass me to empty their pts drains when I am doing other things and it's not more than half full or near end of shift, wh...
  8. New pct at a hospital

    Some tips I've learned in the two months I've been working on an abdominal transplant floor... If your unit uses cordless/cell phones, tape/sticker RN's, PCT's, and any other frequently needed #s/information to back of phone. I usually write RN # wit...
  9. Any Nurse Techs in RN nursing programs?

    Here's my background:
  10. Not Enough Clinical Experience

    :redpinkheI can second this. I work on an abd tx floor, and I rarely get a chance to sit down and chart, let alone ask my RNs to let me watch them do skills or answer questions or explain things to me. I'm starting to think HUC (unit secretary) might...
  11. Advice for student nurse/PCT

    Coworkers are like all other people, some are great and some are mean/lazy/etc. Chances are, if you're concerned about issues like being passive, you aren't being lazy, just busy. Things occasionally get passed to the next shift. Your coworker knows ...
  12. I was hired two months ago on an abdominal transplant floor. I am responsible for 11 pts, 22 if I am alone. There are so many drains and assists (incontinent, bedpan, or BSC) and Q4 vitals. I am only just getting to the point where my shifts include ...
  13. Nurses and marriage

    I'm a first year nursing student whose fiance is supporting me through school, with the mutual understanding that when I am a nurse, he is a stay at home whatever (eventually a farmer, hence the screen name). It just depends on the situation, but eve...
  14. Fall 2010 applicants for ccac

    Allegheny Campus Day Nursing Program, here I come!!! Thanks everyone for all the helpful posts. :redbeathe I took a summer EMT program through CCAC last year, which helped me feel like I had a head start for nursing. However, it's probably too late t...
  15. Fall 2010 applicants for ccac

    Has anyone heard about a drug calc seminar yet??