christina731 replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing
I work in oncology. While my employer is quite supportive of our own illnesses and sends us home with coughs/fevers/GI bugs to protect our neutropenic patients, I have seen far too many patients with cancer get pushed around and fired from their jobs...
christina731 replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in General Nursing
There is a specific team for chart audits and I'm guessing they are not part of that team. They must have plenty of time on their hands. I would bring it up to management and show them the emails and see how they like all of the time wasted nitpickin...
christina731 replied to Kaiyas's topic in Job Hunt
Most hospitals in my area utilize new grad contracts, and they vary in length of time and monetary value. I signed a contract as a new grad, and the hospital put me through a residency program (which was helpful for learning hospital policy but not a...
I currently work in an outpatient oncology office. I used to do chemo infusion but now I work in the clinic. I take care of the patients when they are newly diagnosed/are starting a new treatment with education. I also take calls from patients who ar...
christina731 replied to starbin's topic in Orthopaedic
All had SCD and Ted stockings. Depending on the surgeon, most had Lovenox and some had ASA. Some form of pharmacological VTE prophylaxis was required within 12 hours of arrival to PACU. Some surgeons started ASA on POD#3, although many patients were ...
christina731 replied to kingvonnBSN2017's topic in Orthopaedic
Congrats on the job offer! I worked on an ortho/spine/general surgery unit for 14 months after I graduated. 75% of the patients were recovering from joint replacements. I worked night shift and it was no walk in the park. I learned a TON about time m...
christina731 replied to rue2235's topic in New Nurse
I was hired on a post op medsurg floor a week after passing NCLEX. I had ratios and situations that echo yours. After 6 months of nights, I was burnt out by it, and I was truly terrified that I would walk in on a dead patient (it happened to other nu...
I've lived in Vegas for 27 years and my opinion echoes that of others regarding neighborhoods. I will add that the Southwest area is nice as well but a little far from Sunrise. Henderson would be your best bet for neighborhood and distance to Sunrise...
christina731 replied to Christy84's topic in Nevada
4th semester had the best schedule. 211 Clinical once a week for 10 hours x 9 weeks, 211 lecture twice a week for an hour and a half x 10 weeks, 211 lab once a week for an hour and a half x 6 weeks. 208 is hybrid with about 6 in-class sessions that a...
christina731 replied to PrayingToPass's topic in Nevada
As an alternate it is best to have everything done just as everyone else is because they can potentially accept you days before school starts, as it happened with a friend of mine.
christina731 replied to Bubble Tea's topic in Nevada
Sorry I'm not a current/former Roseman student but I do know that they charge an application fee. That could be the incentive for getting lots of applicants in.
christina731 replied to wildleviosa24's topic in Nevada
I am a new grad (CSN class of Dec '14) and I've been working for Valley Health System for about a month now. I got this job one week after nclex. I'm on a surgical floor (ortho) and so far it's fantastic. They really give their new grads what they ne...