backinwonderland

backinwonderland has 1 years experience and specializes in Tele/cardiovascular stepdown.

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1. vancomycin in end of life?

   backinwonderland replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric

   The friend was probably worried about either fluid overload (if she thought you were running fluids at 200cc/hr) or blowing the IV access (which is easy to do because Vanco is terrible for veins, especially peripheral access). Your dose was probably ...

2. USF Transfer Applicant from UC Davis

   backinwonderland replied to imoreno91's topic in California

   Overall I really liked the program. I made some close friends and the majority of my professors and clinical instructors were very helpful. Clinicals in the city are cool because you have so many hospitals to choose from and you get a wide variety of...

3. USF Transfer Applicant from UC Davis

   backinwonderland replied to imoreno91's topic in California

   I went to USF nursing school, but started in the BSN program as a freshman so I don't know much about transferring. Just wanted to say good luck!

4. Relocation Info

   backinwonderland replied to Revvy1337's topic in General Nursing

   I moved to DC from California. Apply as soon as you can! It's always better to have applied, gotten your license, etc before you get there.

5. New grad nurse transfering license to California.

   backinwonderland replied to chupchapiti's topic in New Nurse

   California's BRN is notoriously slow. They do pretty much everything through regular mail and on paper instead of online like just about every other state. Plus I think they have like one office in Sacramento doing all the paperwork for the entire st...

6. new grad RN still no luck!

   backinwonderland replied to k.soriaRN's topic in California

   I was in your position a year ago so I completely understand how you feel. Have you tried applying to do vaccinations for the rest of the flu season? I did that as well as volunteered at a free clinic (I lived in the Bay Area) while I was applying to...

7. Can move anywhere for work

   backinwonderland replied to groosegroose's topic in New Nurse

   I was in your exact same position a year ago. What worked best for me was applying for places where I knew at least one person, and using that person's address as my contact information when applying (with permission from your friend/family of course...

8. WHC-Relocation Assistance?

   backinwonderland replied to Guest717222's topic in Washington DC

   I think it's because in my case I was part of a really big new graduate group that was hired, so they were working on more than 100 people's relocation reimbursement all at once.

9. BSN, New Grad in Cincinnati, Summa cum laud, volunteer nurse--NO JOB!!

   backinwonderland replied to warmorrigan's topic in New Nurse

   I graduated in CA in May 2009 and looked for jobs for ten months before I ended up getting an offer in Washington, DC. I didn't have a DC license at the time of the offer. I found that it was best to mention in your cover letter that you're applying...

10. WHC-Relocation Assistance?

    backinwonderland replied to Guest717222's topic in Washington DC

    They do reimburse for a lot of relocation expenses (not all), but they take forever to get the money to you. I had nearly forgotten about the second half of the money that they said they would reimburse when it finally popped up in one of my pay chec...

11. Night Shift Advice

    backinwonderland replied to MeTheRN's topic in General Nursing

    I oriented on days, then switched to permanent nights about one month off of orientation and have been on nights ever since (I'm a night owl just like you and waking up at 5:45am was killing me). I honestly couldn't imagine going back to days at this...

12. Nursing Unions...what are the downsides?

    backinwonderland replied to ohcomeon's topic in Union

    In general I prefer working in a unionized hospital, but mostly because the nurses where I work are really involved and care deeply about the union. I can see how it was be incredibly difficult to work in a union environment where the nurses weren't ...

13. ACLS/BLS

    backinwonderland replied to Gem0607's topic in General Nursing

    Personally if I were going to work in a day care I would definitely take the first aid class because what you'll learn there will probably be used on a daily basis (nosebleeds, cuts/scrapes, what to do when someone may have swallowed something toxic)...

14. Are you bothered by the noise of the AM shift staff?

    backinwonderland replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    We have the same problem. I always feel terrible for the patients whose rooms are closest to the nursing station and report room. And I get that to the oncoming nurses it's 7am and time to start your day, but to the patients it's 7 in the freakin' mo...

15. DC Area Job Opportunities

    backinwonderland replied to Conan the Nurse's topic in Washington DC

    The job market here is much, much better for new grads than the rest of the country. Or at least it has been, I'm can't really say what it'll be like after you graduate. I know that Washington Hospital Center and Georgetown have been hiring tons of n...