TrissRN726

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    St.Pauls School of Nursing 2014

    Just be careful with that program. That school has no accreditation by the nursing association.
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    How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    For your example of giving o.4ml of dilaudid, I found it easy to use a 1ml syringe for drawing up the medication. Prior to administration I would flush the IV with about 5ml NS from a prefilled syringe, administer the IVP, then flush with another 5ml...
  3. Me personally, i feel like starting out in med-surg is a good move. You get to see many different illnesses and you learn how to assess each condition, whereas your not subjected to just one category such as L and D. I feel that once you get the basi...
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    Overloaded new m/s nurse.

    As a med-surg nurse myself. Its really important to have a sheet where you can write down the times that things need to be done, for example the times you have to give your meds or do certain treatments and checks on patients. I go in about 30 minute...
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    North Shore LIJ Pharm Exma

    Im on 6 Tower!! lol Good luck to you too!!
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    North Shore LIJ Pharm Exma

    I have a BSN, and I am so sorry you had that experience at the job fair. They are very picky with hiring nurses who have an associates. I know a few people who were hired with an associates, but they were graduating with a BSN within a small amount o...
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    North Shore LIJ Pharm Exma

    I have been applying since last August...you just gotta keep applying, thousands and thousands of people apply to the NSLIJ system everyday! Keep getting your name in that database and be persistent. They have alot of positions available, but you hav...
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    North Shore LIJ Pharm Exma

    AWESOME! CONGRATS! I am in my second week working there and it is an amazing organization1 You are very luck to have received a call! In all honesty just be yourself! Mainly behavioral questions, why do you wanna be a nurse, etc. SMILE SMILE SMILE! T...
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    North Shore LIJ Pharm Exma

    I graduated May of 2012, I had been applying since August and finally received a call this past May. the hiring process is fairly quick. If this is a system that you are truly passionate about working for I suggest applying every single day, continuo...
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    What's the BEST nursing shoes?

    I am looking in to purchasing a pair of Dansko's, I hear they are a little pricey, but definitely worth the money. I currently work in a doctor's office, but I will be starting my night shifts in the hospital within the next 2 weeks so I am concerned...
  11. I currently work in a gastroenterology office and I work very closely with the MD who performs the procedures, does the consults with the pts, etc. I myself get consent for the procedure, I explain the preparation to them as well, even though the phy...
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    Tattoos in healthcare

    I personally feel like many people here said, as long as the tattoos are offensive or very large in visible places then they are acceptable. I myself have four tattoos but I have them in places that can be covered. I want a tattoo on the inside of my...
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    Market for New Grads in NY

    The job market in Atlanta, GA isn't quite bad. I am an RN in NY and I applied for a position one evening for a hospital in GA and the next morning I got a call from the hospital, I did a phone interview that went phenomenal and they wanted me to come...
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    Refresher Course

    Ohh okay. Not to mention they give you training and orientation based on their hospital values and missions. The only logical reasoning I can get out of the refresher course is that they want you to have "updated" information and knowledge, not that ...
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    Refresher Course

    What hospital did you interview for?