notactuallyblonde

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1. Pregnant during orientation as new grad RN?

   notactuallyblonde replied to NewYorkGirl's topic in New Nurse

   I was 5 months pregnant when I started orientation at the hospital, now I'm 8 months. I'd say it has been wonderful the last couple of months, I didn't really "feel" pregnant, but now it's becoming really tough and painful to move around, especially...

2. New Grad

   notactuallyblonde replied to candle1234's topic in Career Support

   I also graduated in August, and applied for months before being called for an interview, and was hired -- but I was only applying at one *very nice* hospital. From what I got from HR, they like it when new grads already have a license, and from what...

3. Job offer... but prego

   notactuallyblonde replied to notactuallyblonde's topic in General Nursing

   Hi everybody! I took the job. If she noticed my bump, she didn't let on & I didn't tell. I was worried if I let on, the entire interview would be focused on it and I know I'll try my best to not make the pregnancy affect my job performance....

4. Job offer... but prego

   notactuallyblonde posted a topic in General Nursing

   I graduated nursing school in September 2007, only to find out a week later that I was pregnant. After about 10 months of applying to my favorite non-profit hospital in town, they finally call me out of the blue and I set up an interview for a med-s...

5. POP technique for declogging PICC lines

   notactuallyblonde replied to notactuallyblonde's topic in Safety

   The specific article was done in vitro on 30 catheters to see if any clot material passed through the line. A prior study was done on 50 patients over 4 years by a single provider. I personally think there needs to be a lot more research on it, du...

6. POP technique for declogging PICC lines

   notactuallyblonde posted a topic in Safety

   I have to do a presentation on a research article. The researchers are trying to prove that taking a 10cc syringe with 1mL of saline, pulling back and releasing causing a "pop" sound and then aspirating the clots will unclog a PICC line safely. I d...