javertech

javertech

Emergency Room, ICU, CHF Clinic

New Member
  • Content

    13
  • Visitors

    1,432
  • Followers

    0

About javertech

javertech has 23 years experience and specializes in Emergency Room, ICU, CHF Clinic.


42 year old married mother of two

Latest Activity

  1. Am I unsafe to practice?

    I have been a nurse for about 8 months now and have only had one event report on me that caused a delay in the patient's procedure. I was under the weather but chose to go to work. I did not start IV fluids on a pt. going for a heart cath. I did ever...
  2. I have been an LPN for about 8 months now. I work at a hospital. If you are a new grad where I work you cannot give IV Medications until you have had your license for 6 months and take an IV therapy course through my facility. I am waiting to take th...
  3. breakups during nursing school

    I completely understand how you feel. I was in school taking prerequisites for the RN program at a local community college at the time my spouse of 26 years left me for another women. We had two children together the youngest who was still at home at...
  4. Anatomy and Physiology I online? Ever Done it?

    I took this class online and it is hard either way. I did like being able to take the course online. The only thing I did not like about taking the course online is the way the course was set up online by whoever designed it. We were having to take t...
  5. Why be a CCU/ICU RN?

    I Am Presently Working In An Intensive Care Unit As A Unit Secretary/monitor Tech/certified Nursing Assistant. I Am Proficient In Starting Iv's, Drawing Blood And Doing Ekg's Because I Used To Be An Emergency Room Tech. I Am Going To School To Get My...
  6. Should the Title Nurse be Changed ? ? ?

    I know how you feel. Being a nursing assistant, unit secretary, and a monitor tech, I do feel like a servant sometimes. The nursing profession is stressful unless you have an administrative job and that has its own set of stressors. I am now asking m...
  7. Unit Secretary roles

    It is an exciting job. Sometimes too much so. I do get some respect from some of the doctors and nurses. The doctors and nurses I work with are comfortable when I am there because they know they they can depend on me to do what I am supposed to do. W...
  8. Should the Title Nurse be Changed ? ? ?

    I don't think the job title of a nurse should be changed. Call me old fashioned but I am very traditional and we go to school to be nurses not direct care providers. It does not matter whether you are male or female you are still a nurse. The term di...
  9. Unit Secretary roles

    I work in an intensive care unit as a monitor tech, unit secretary, and C.N.A. Unless you are certified as a nursing assistant you will not be able to interact much with patients. I spend most of my time taking care of my secretarial duties and I can...
  10. anyone working and going to school and having a family

    I understand how you feel. I am working full time at a hospital. I am already a C.N.A. My job duties are unit secretary, monitor technician, and C.N.A. in an intensive care unit. I am responsible mostly for the secretarial work. I keep the charts org...
  11. PLESE HELP! CNA 1, CNA 2 and Phlebotomy+EKG+IV Therapy

    I have been a C.N.A. since 1989. I work at a hospital as a monitor techician, unit secretary, and PCT III. I am competent to do EKG's, draw blood, start IVs, in addition to being a C.N.A. I was trained on the job by the hospital I work for. All the c...
  12. How many of us 30 somethings are out there?

    I am not a 30 something but a 40 something. I am 42 years old, married mother of two (ages 18 and 23) and have decided to go back to get my R.N. I currently work as a C.N.A./Unit Secretary/Monitor Technician/Phlebotomist/EKG Technician in Intensive C...
  13. Going Back To Nursing School at 42

    I am a married mother of two who has decided to go back to nursing school. I have attended one year of college in 1987 and actually was admitted to the nursing program then but had a car accident and had to withdraw. Since my car accident I obtained...