rayman356307 BSN, RN

rayman356307 has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Cardiovascular.

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1. Gloves at all times?

   rayman356307 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

   Just thinking aloud, if the concept is to prevent contaminating the pills, but you just went to the omicell/pyxis and got the meds without gloves so your germs are on the package of the meds, but then you reach into the bulk gloves to get gloves to w...

2. Clinicals and 2nd language?

   rayman356307 replied to prettyplanetearth's topic in General Students

   I don't think the language itself is going to pose an issue, and as previous posts have stated unless you're certified you shouldn't be put into a spot where you are doing medical translations. I personally speak Chinese fluently, but there's a dif...

3. Medication Error

   rayman356307 replied to jeane1090's topic in General Nursing

   ugh I hate albumin, those glass bottles are honestly the worse. The most annoying thing for me is priming the line, though I figured it's just easier to pull the albumin through with a syringe at the last port (where you usually give IVP) then pull ...

4. Extremely Lost...Graduated with B.S. in Biology but Decided to Pursue Nursing

   rayman356307 replied to grand_theft_avocado's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I got some grants through FASFA, and for the others they were based on need. I use the term "need" loosely, since they had more scholarships than applicants. The scholarship I applied for were only the ones that my school gave out, I didn't even loo...

5. Extremely Lost...Graduated with B.S. in Biology but Decided to Pursue Nursing

   rayman356307 replied to grand_theft_avocado's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I have a similar backstory to you too and mine started about 4 years. Finished colleged with a BS (and yes total BS) in Bio with minor in chem and chinese. I looked into accelerated programs in my area and they were significantly more expensive and...

6. What do you wish you were told prior to graduating nursing school

   rayman356307 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Students

   You will make mistakes, your npo pt will eat, you will forget things. However, breath and just go onto the next step, you will get through it, and never forget to to document. Also, don't for a moment think that one unit at one hospital is the same...

7. What is your Nursing Super Power?

   rayman356307 replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

   Unofficial IT guy on nights. The EHR/EMR and computers magically stop having issues when I am around.

8. What's Your Sign Baby?

   rayman356307 replied to AutumnApple's topic in General Nursing

   I had an elderly pt try to set me up with her granddaughter and it even got to the point when I was making my last rounds before shift change she grabbed my hand to give me a handshake and quickly slipped her number into my breast pocket >.> I ...

9. About those new grads----!!!!!

   rayman356307 replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a NG and I won't lie, I'm only month or so into my orientation and I've already had the thought, "did I make the right decision going into nursing?" I don't think the issue is the lack of support (at least at my facility). For me I feel like it...

10. Getting into nursing school when you have a previous bachelor's degree in something else

    rayman356307 replied to jabita's topic in Pre-Nursing

    You'll fill it out in the application. If you are called in for an interview there's no need to bring it up unless they do, since it's already done in the application. Also as mentioned in a previous comment the only thing that it'll really have an...

11. Collin College Spring 2014 Applicants

    rayman356307 replied to mycallingKia's topic in School Programs

    I got my one point for it. It's not too hard, just after a few questions quite a few of the words start looking "right". Shoot for quality not quantity for the PSB.

12. Collin College Spring 2014 Applicants

    rayman356307 replied to mycallingKia's topic in School Programs

    If you look under your registration status on CougarWeb it'll give you the CRN codes for the classes you have to take and then go to the add/drop class thing and type in the CRN codes. I have 6 permits total from there, so 6 classes (totaling 9 cred...

13. Collin College Spring 2014 Applicants

    rayman356307 replied to mycallingKia's topic in School Programs

    Yea the registration issue seem to have been a hiccup in their system. I just registered for classes and it worked.

14. Collin College Spring 2014 Applicants

    rayman356307 replied to mycallingKia's topic in School Programs

    I remember hearing that there's no envelope for the blue card. It will just be like an index card

15. Collin College Spring 2014 Applicants

    rayman356307 replied to mycallingKia's topic in School Programs

    I can't register either. It gives me the error that my major isn't nursing but I know it is, I doubled checked back in November :S