socoamaretto

socoamaretto

Member
  • Content

    16
  • Visitors

    1,872
  • Followers

    0

About socoamaretto

Latest Activity

  1. left job after 1 week

    i forgot to add that i am a nurse
  2. left job after 1 week

    i resigned from a hospital job after a week for some health issues i needed to attend to. they said i would be re-hirable. now i am left unemployed with an unemployment gap of about 3 months, going on 4 months if i omit the job. i am still dealing wi...
  3. Documentation of times

    If you can, yes. It shows you are aware of where your pt is and whether they are off the floor or not. You are offering more comprehensive documentation it's easier if someone asked you a question about it and easier for someone else to know in case ...
  4. iv catheter/needle gauge selection

    how do you know what gauge IV catheter to choose to insert in someone? i know that the larger the gauge #, the smaller the diameter/thinner the needle, but does anyone have any tips based on pt chief complaint and symptoms? i'm new and not quick at a...
  5. ascom phone

    i sometimes get calls from friends/family of patients and idk if the secretary gave them my number or just connected them somehow and was wondering if someone from the outside could actually call onto the ascom phone
  6. ascom phone

    what's the direct number when people want to reach a certain extension? i only know how to reach another extension when using the phone.
  7. taste of medication

    no, just genuinely curious about what to tell patients a med will taste like if they ask.
  8. taste of medication

    i was wondering if anyone had experience themselves or w/ patients having reported a medication having tasted a certain way? what do oral potassium chloride and kayexalate taste like, for example?
  9. doctor reviews and ratings

    besides asking friends and family for doctor recommendations, where else would you find out whether a doctor has good reviews/ratings? are websites such as healthgrades.com legit?
  10. MSN and DNP Questions

    I had a few questions, the answers to which may seem obvious to some, but I was wondering: - How are the positions such as nursing informatics, nursing education, nursing administration, clinical nurse leader? For nursing informatics, I hear they wou...
  11. Want to quit

    When you applied for other nursing jobs, do you mean internally within the same facility?
  12. Confused

    About the "license on the line," if the new grad RN does do something incorrect, depending on the error, couldn't it be classified as negligence and malpractice and a lawsuit could happen?
  13. new grad: ER or float pool?

    thank you very much, everybody :) i am considering becoming a NP or PA down the line, in terms of career goals, but not quite yet.
  14. new grad: ER or float pool?

    i cant decide which would be better experience. ultimately, i would like to work in the icu. idk if it would be more beneficial to get more experience working diff floors in float pool or deal with emergent situations in the ER? i know float pool can...
  15. When to take TEAS V?

    If, say, the application deadline to a school that requires it is April 1st, when would be the last day I could take the online version and still have results sent over in time? And the TEAS V is available on many days, right? (unlike SAT national te...