lrobinson5 replied to SmellTheRose94's topic in Disease
There is an associate infection control certification that can be taken by anyone, and it at least shows potential employers that you have a working knowledge and interest in the field. That being said, it does expire, and cannot be renewed because i...
lrobinson5 replied to TraumaQueenRN4's topic in Pain
Both nurses are incorrect. At least where I work you can't give two pain medications at the same time unless one is scheduled and the other is as needed. The other thing is that you technically can't give the Norco unless the patient is reporting mod...
As a former cashier, people hand over pretty gross money. Sweaty boob money (and money from other inventful places) is common, and can scar your psyche. Even if you could wash your hands immediately after handling it, wouldnt you wish you had gloves ...
lrobinson5 replied to viviagbobu's topic in Job Hunt
Are you applying to ANY hospital nursing position? Many students seem to lean towards specialties, and I often wonder if the reason it is so hard to get hired is because people are only applying to ICU, ER, L&D, (insert anything other than med/su...
lrobinson5 replied to ButterflyRN90's topic in General Nursing
Total failure of the safety net that was supposed to be your preceptor. There is no way in hell I wouldn't step in and teach what to do in the event of a hypoglycemic patient. We have a very standard protocol when a patient's blood sugar falls below ...
I went to Cal State Fullerton and had a good experience there. The grading system has the downfalls of any school that gives +/- . It's possible to get lower than a 3.0 overall if you get too many B- or lower grades. I still think it is a good progra...
So for people using break buddies is there not a charge nurse on the floor to relieve nurses for breaks? Or is it not common for them to do break relief?
lrobinson5 replied to jupiter_rising's topic in General Nursing
Strong unions and persistence is key for staffing ratios. You think the hospital lobby didn't fight tooth and nail against mandated increased staffing? We usually have 2 CNAs for a unit that can go up to 30 patients (telemetry) but when you have a 1:...
lrobinson5 replied to knotizer12's topic in LPN/LVN
Just so long as it doesn't belong to the facility there is no problem there. I would say if you are uncomfortable with 'giving medical advice' or 'prescribing medications', just make the bottle available to them so they can read and dose themselves.
lrobinson5 replied to futura4's topic in Pre-Nursing
I live in Southern California and hopefully can help with some of your questions. Right off the bat when you said what your end goal was I thought of CSULA and their ABSN program. They guarantee an interview for the NP program and heavily favor their...
lrobinson5 replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Activism
The hospitals just don't want to hire more RNs, plain and simple. We're managing over here in California. No mandatory OT, mandated breaks, and state mandated ratios. There have been times where the clinical nurse manager comes on the floor to take p...
lrobinson5 replied to notTHATjersey's topic in Professionalism
I think if you word it in a way that shows your concern for her she MIGHT take it better. I think the type of person that pretends to be a nurse is probably one that will get really annoyed by someone calling them out on it, regardless of how nice yo...
Do you think your current job will be flexible enough to attend an RN program? The one benefit I can think of with the hospital schedule is that it might work better for school, unless you are able to not work while going back for your RN. While it w...