Hacker

Hacker

Member
  • Content

    19
  • Visitors

    2,753
  • Followers

    0

About Hacker

Latest Activity

  1. Canadian RN - cannot find work

    Canadian RN who recently moved to Florida. Passed the NCLEX, 10y experience in nursing. Got a temporary Florida License. All is good. Sent 40+ applications to work - only one interview that lasted 5 minutes (both nurse and manager where nerv...
  2. Can atrial fibrillation cause cardiogenic shock?

    Thank you very much for this detailed reply offlabel!
  3. I understand that atrial fibrillation (afib) can result from cardiogenic shock (CS), but I think in some cases, with rapid uncontrolled afib, cardiogenic shock can become a cause. What do you think? I'm having trouble finding white papers distinguish...
  4. Discovered this while reading The Cause of acute appendicitis - the hydro-mechanics in acute appendicitis, by Zwalenburg (Cal West Med. 1926 Nov; 25(5): 616) Today, it would be worth ~ $168 to play with stool and find a fecalith or something sim...
  5. Afraid of dying

    I feel the same way, as I have chronic diseases that makes me think twice if I should go to work.
  6. Hi all. After three years in nursing, I'm leaving it all behind. Considering how much I've invested myself in this field, this is painful. But it's also a relief. In the last three years, I've already worked in three different provinces, mostly in em...
  7. Support group for CRNE June 2011

    Where are you from whatshouldido?
  8. Support group for CRNE June 2011

    my situation was a bit curious. i moved from bc to ontario during the postal strike and only recently updated my address with crnbc and rerouted my mail. that means that the letter will be mailed to the wrong address or will be mailed here later. nev...
  9. ED practicum

    Another one for kids: CIAMPEDS C: EC + duration of illness I: Immunizations A: Allergies M: Meds P: PM Hx, Parents' perception of illness, Prenatal/birth hx E: Events around illness, sequence D: Diet, Diapers S: Symptoms associated with illness / pro...
  10. I had one lady who waited to finally told us that she needed to know what time it was, since she needed to adjust her clock. I'm not kidding. It was in a small ER, and I had to do the triage and care for my pts, but still.... I also had people comin...
  11. pregnant and need some info

    Hi peaches, Congratulation! I'm still a student nurse and my experience is minimal, but I've seen pregnant ladies working on post-surgical, especially ortho (maybe a better environment? What are your thoughts about that?). I suggest you pay special a...
  12. First day at NICU

    I'm seriously considering it! Thanks! 7 ?!? That's interesting. I think there is no man here. Do you have to spend other shifts in perinatal and peds, or can you simply stick to NICU where you are? Also, did you had to specialised yourself after bec...
  13. First day at NICU

    hi Chris, Sorry for the late reply. I'm in a "standard" 4 year BSN-RN program, and from the information I could get, there is no option to practice a speciality by the end, including working as an employed student nurse at NICU. I've heard that I wou...
  14. Working with mostly women. Heaven or Hell?

    Hi lsvalliant, I think it really depends. I love working with men and women. I truly believe there should be more men working as nurses (and more female working as firefighters). I don't feel I get more respect simply because of my gender, but more b...
  15. First day at NICU

    Hi all, Yesterday was my first day at the NICU. I had the chance to give IV push a couple times, use a syringe pump, and feed babies. It was, so far, the best experience I had in nursing. I felt elated and very much whole at the end of the day. Coinc...