RNbubu

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1. How to be on an ICU Nurse's good side?

   RNbubu replied to Nkukiller's topic in MICU

   Instead of “how did the patient do last night?” Ask a specific question, maybe a question about something that you are concerned about or that you need to understand better. That will show the nurse that you did do your research on the patient before...

2. I want to quit during SICU orientation

   RNbubu replied to lynnburg's topic in MICU

   Give it more time.

3. PCCN vs CCRN

   RNbubu replied to TNnurse91's topic in MICU

   I’ve taken both and there’s a lot of similarities. If you know CCRN stuff you will definitely pass PCCN. CCRN includes all that was tested in PCCN plus titratable drips, vents, ICP monitoring, invasive hemodynamic monitoring. PCCN was easier in my op...

4. What city do you work in and how much do you get paid hourly?

   RNbubu replied to Mortaaaay's topic in General Nursing

   Northern California (not Bay Area though). $70/hour. Other hospitals in the area pay up to $90/hour for same level of experience but don’t have the same benefits.

5. Sick Days?

   RNbubu replied to newbienurse97's topic in General Nursing

   Yes you have been calling in sick too much.

6. Investing on a house as a nurse in California

   RNbubu replied to SN_lE's topic in General Nursing

   I live and work in Sacramento. I make roughly $63-66/hour depending the shift differencial I'm making that day. Just bought a 1600sq ft home for $375K. If you have money for the down payment you can do it. I am a single mom and was able to do it. But...

7. Made a fool of myself to board of nursing rep

   RNbubu replied to Lemon Bars's topic in General Nursing

   It seems to me you don't have a good understanding about the roles of an RN. You need to know all of this. Knowing pathophysiology is a must. Knowing how to do nursing skills is only one part of the job. Everyday physicians are asking for my input wh...

8. Help me choose the days I work/schedule

   RNbubu replied to ajaxgirl's topic in General Nursing

   I'm so jealous to hear a lot of people get to pick the days they work! I have to work whenever they tell me I do get my schedule at least 2 weeks in advance but I never know which days I will work.

9. Im over nursing.

   RNbubu replied to Tomrn2128's topic in General Nursing

   Transfer to a different unit before you decide giving up on being a bedside RN.

10. Need some advice please! New to this forum

    RNbubu replied to JGodoy7's topic in General Nursing

    invest your time in becoming an RN. Don't think only about the next 3 years, think long term, it will be well worth it.

11. New Grad RN wanting to leave after 3 months

    RNbubu replied to RNAnony's topic in MICU

    In my unit, new grads get 12 weeks of orientation and nurses with experience in med-surg or tele transferring to ICU get 6 weeks. 14 weeks seems a reasonable amount of time. With that being said... try and do your best not to leave so soon. It will ...

12. I passed NCLEX with 75 questions!! Here's how I did it...

    RNbubu replied to Cacharlie's topic in NCLEX

    Wow that is a lot of studying. Good for you for the effort, it paid off. I took my NCLEX years ago. I did no studying the weeks before the test, passed with 75 questions too. I feel we all know the information - we all spent at least 2 years in nurs...

13. Hand off

    RNbubu replied to b747girl5's topic in General Nursing

    Why the patient is here; what has happened so far; what is the plan. Then important orders or things that need to be clarified. And any significant assessment findings. Then I answer any questions they might have and I do refer them to the pt's cha...

14. Working while attending Nursing school

    RNbubu replied to Mfrancis02's topic in General Students

    Yes it is doable. As long as you have some flexibility with your work schedule because you won't have with your nursing classes and clinical s. They will pick the days/times you need to be in the classroom and hospital and you need to work out everyt...

15. Need assistance with an assignment

    RNbubu replied to krisket's topic in Student Assist

    Nursing management that needs to be implemented: ask for a CBC, a lactic acid, BMP. Those are important pieces to the puzzle that will help figure out what is going on, otherwise you are pretty much just guessing around. Do something about that low B...