NYRN05

NYRN05 specializes in Med-Surg /Cardiac Step-Down/CICU/CTICU.

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1. Is it possible?

   NYRN05 replied to NurseLil-lea's topic in General Nursing

   hey, first relax! secondly, what "JJHC2006" says is true or was true for many ADN programs. When you are enrolled in a ADN program sometimes after you have taken fundamentals, med-surg, psych-they will let you sit for the NCLEX-PN or apply to get a l...

2. cath lab job

   NYRN05 posted a topic in Cardiac

   hi, so i currently have 5 yrs-nights exp under my belt. med/surg, cardiac stepdown, ccu. relocated and now in new hospital, now 5 months in open heart unit. honestly i don't love open heart, prefer my medical cardiac patients any day, but wanted to s...

3. Administration of non approved FDA drugs

   NYRN05 replied to Kauai RN's topic in General Nursing

   yep it is. i believe sotalol is one if you've ever given that...its non FDA approved. given for arrythmia prevention-afib patients. don't know where it would be documented but its been done. thats the only 1 i can think of at the moment.

4. Does this follow ACLS guidelines?

   NYRN05 replied to aCRNAhopeful's topic in CCU

   just being acls recertified...survey says...its always epi 1st...then spent some time with my educator last week going through the acls pretest...rhythms....always epi 1st...i once too thought atropine (in that particular situation) but it is epi all...

5. adn going to rn-bsn right away

   NYRN05 replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

   well i worked for 2 yrs and went back and completed my bsn-online...now in bridge bsn-msn online. what about working per diem/ part time. is your school onsite or distance learning-online? if its online its totally doable while working. personally i ...

6. transfer after 1st year of nursing

   NYRN05 replied to kxvc's topic in Emergency

   i agree with the first poster...stay where you are...then take a long vaca-well enough for training...try to orient to an ICU job if it works out that way. so you can moonlight on the side, and gain the experience you want. if you are happy than stay...

7. Answer for NYRN05

   NYRN05 replied to wezzie, RN's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for replying....no prob about the post. awesome for him !

8. Time to call a duck a duck?

   NYRN05 replied to eriksoln's topic in Professionalism

   i disagree with you on so many levels....but answer me this...if you don't like nursing so much. then why are you here posting about it? are you a nurse? then i ask again why? go be a "professional" somwhere else...just my opnion ! maybe whatever job...

9. Job offers... stuck

   NYRN05 replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

   respond to facility A, and tell them yes. and then if facility B offers, then politely send a email or letter to the manager explaining, and phone call-recruiter to let facility A know that another opportunity has presented itself...blah blah blah......

10. Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    NYRN05 replied to Fribblet's topic in Professionalism

    well i don't know where you work, but i definately don't write out nursing diagnoses from the textbook, and i don't go to a physcian with one either. as for what you said about seizures. yes of course you want the RN to take action and get the seizur...

11. Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    NYRN05 replied to Fribblet's topic in Professionalism

    as julie stated, they help the student, learn why we are doing what we are doing. not just carrying out tasks. yes the wording may be fluffy and beating around the bush. but like you said we are not physicians, therefore we can not use medical diagno...

12. What are the CE requirements to maintain NY license?

    NYRN05 replied to nycNurse2b's topic in New York

    not sure about the child abuse-haven't taken it again since i graduated....but infection control is mandatory every couple of years-i just updated that. other than that no ceu's are required here in ny. just pay up to the office of professions. corre...

13. Hourly rounding signoff sheet

    NYRN05 replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    i agree....its a bunch of crap !

14. As a nurse, what do you do?

    NYRN05 replied to nursestudent1975's topic in General Nursing

    i second that nurse mike....seriously ! going on vaca...had to change planes...boyfriend woke me up 3 times....there was a radiologist, a emt, and myself. 1st flight diabetic didn't eat....and falling over out of seat. other diabetic passenger had gl...

15. falls

    NYRN05 replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric

    it is an incident. so you should have written it up, because the resident did touch the floor. it can get very technical for these things. and although a pain....its just better to do it than to not. i don't think you didn't write it up purposefully,...