iluvhrts

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  1. IPN and LIFE

    We are tested so many times a year. 24 during the first year. I've been six weeks without one, then had two in one week. It's hard on the pocketbook. Ours is $ 45 a pop. Through Affinity.
  2. Starting a new Caduceus Meeting

    Have you tried your State nursing association?ours offers professional support groups as well as helps guide ppl through their consent orders. I went to treatment at a facility that specialized in medical professionals so I go to aftercare there and ...
  3. Trying to pick myself up during my suspension.

    There is a woman in my nurses group that will graduate from a DNP program while under a consent order. Our aftercare program is very stringent and required communication between them and her program to verify she had notified them. It is from a prest...
  4. How to cannulate without pain?

    I went to a class today and we had a mini cannulation "workshop". I remembered something I practiced on.. I used the tubing of a needle and cannulated it over and over.. To get the hand of the "pop". It is roughly the size of a fistula or graft, roll...
  5. Confused Nursing Student....help!!

    I did not have any clue what "kind" of a nurse I wanted to be until my last clinical of nursing school. I did however have FIRM ideas on what I DID'NT want to do. Just study hard, get all the experience in every kind of nursing you can. Even if you d...
  6. She got fired...

    Was there no other MD that could be called? No ER Doc? Way too little info.. Outside her scope, she could lose her job and her license .
  7. A question to nurses with children

    Just a thought.. In a clinic or MD's office (good luck finding that as a new grad unless you want to make MA pay), there would be things you would have to miss. Kindergarden graduations? Awards Days? Sometimes you can't get days off. No matter what p...
  8. Medical and Surgical ICU at Grady Health System

    Do you know anything about Grady? Grady is frequently on the edge of bankruptcy. It is the only Level One Trauma unit in the ATL area. The pay is less than average. They rarely hire new grads anymore. There are multiple Atlanta area nursing schools t...
  9. How to cannulate without pain?

    I think each pt is different. I think your attitude and demeanor is important. If you act all timid and unsure then the pts are not going to trust you. Breaking the skin is what hurts. I don't go slow, I find that it hurts worse. Also, rotating the s...
  10. Transfer advice please

    Why don't you apply to a specialty area? Sounds like a simple solution?
  11. Nurses Week/Hospital Week

    My clinic didn't recognize our AA on Secretary's Day. So... since she organizes all things like that... I'm sure we are SCREWED. The other two nurses in my clinic gave me a blank stare when I greeted them with "Happy Nurse's Week" today. One of those...
  12. Management demanding perfection from a new grad

    I don't have any advice to offer since I myself am in a precepting nightmare at this time. But, I do want to offer you some support and encouragement. I would contact an attorney. There is a section in my state nursing association's newspaper that ha...
  13. Learn from my STUPID mistake

    Always check the stop-cock on transducers.... loose ones leave a big mess, lots of paperwork and a pt with a much lower crit.
  14. Congratulations! I have an ADN and am working on my BSN while working full time. I despise math. HATE IT. Frankly, I was terrified of Clinical Calculations. I was more frightened of that than the actual nursing program. That said, I applied myself wi...
  15. CCRN after ADN

    You have to have two years(I think) of ICU experience to get your CCRN. You will have no concept as a new grad about how to pass the CCRN, wether it be ADN or BSN. It is a very difficult test and requires clinical experience. I passed mine on the fir...