Nursing_Mamacita

Nursing_Mamacita has 1 years experience and specializes in Cardiac/Respiratory/PCU.

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1. Sentara waitlist 2015

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to LRN2525's topic in Virginia

   Oh shucks. It may have something to do with the high volume of sentara employees going through sentara for their BSN, since sentara does the BSN contract. I am currently working on mine through WGU. Check it out! So cheap and has a lot of benefits.

2. Fulltime student-is it possible to work as CNA or al all?!

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Summers3's topic in General Students

   It is definitely possible to work and go to school full time. I worked as a home health CNA and at a subway during school. Both full time (but not at the same time). Its not that bad. Time is what you make it. Witht he whole licensure as a CNA with n...

3. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

   No there isn't. And I agree. We are in critical staffing maybe 3 days out of the week every week. We are about to be in an even worse spot as 5 RNs are leaving by the end of this month. We're trying to hire people but eh...hasn't worked out well befo...

4. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

   Come be my charge nurse!! LOL

5. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

   Oh man! I'll have to let you know for sure but I'm pretty sure all of our monitoring systems are phillips! I will definitely get back with you to confirm that!

6. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

   I agree with the other responder to this post. She probably wasn't a nurse. Probably a CNA or another nursing student. Most nurses I know dont just blurt out their profession. Then we get those calls at midnight with the caller describing this weird ...

7. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

   Depending on the drip, we typically don't titrate. It's just that, well our IMC is like purgatory. Our patient care supervisors who assign beds don't do a very good job sometimes, so we get the patients who are super simple and need to be downgraded,...

8. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

   No other input?

9. Do you "tell" Facebook where you work?

   Nursing_Mamacita replied to RN403's topic in General Nursing

   Just be careful what you post. My hospital has a whole freaking team that does nothing but search the internet for tags acknowledging the hospital. Recently a group of girls got written up for posting selfies from work (mind you, NO pt information co...

10. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

    Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

    They take assignments when absolutely necessary. Ideal ratio for the side I work the most on is 4:1, but at times we are 5:1. Some team leaders push us to that ratio so that they only have 2 patients. Sometimes that is okay, but if I have a lot of hi...

11. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

    Nursing_Mamacita replied to Nursing_Mamacita's topic in Relations

    You're absolutely right. I've gone to management twice, but to be honest I haven't really seen much improvement. I guess I will just have to keep it up until something is done.

12. Interview attire help.....

    Nursing_Mamacita replied to kathyhinsh's topic in Job Hunt

    I would have to see the dress. Shoes sound great. I am terribly huge fan of a SHARP pressed crisp blazer though. Ahh. The smell of success

13. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    Nursing_Mamacita replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Dil-lidi-zem/Diltiazem ? I cant help but giggle.

14. You Guessed It! Coworker Probs...

    Nursing_Mamacita posted a topic in Relations

    This is about to be long... So let me start with a disclaimer. I, of course, do not consider myself lazy nor do I feel like anyone should absolutely bend over backwards to make my job easy. I accept my responsibilities and I can say I work my arse ...

15. I&O...

    Nursing_Mamacita replied to loveofrn's topic in Student Assist

    Ive been working as an RN for a year now. You have opened my eyes! Lol. The more you know!