nrsnic BSN, RN

nrsnic is a BSN, RN and specializes in NICU, Ortho, Medical, Med-surg.

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1. What was the funniest/crazy thing you have heard another Nurse doing?

   nrsnic replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   My anatomy and physiology teacher from years ago told us a story about when he was in nursing school (he dropped out because that was back when men in nursing school were severely mistreated...at least at that nursing school). He was assisting an RN ...

2. Manager mad RN followed policy and procedure!

   nrsnic replied to elfinM's topic in Safety

   When I was a phlebotomist I recall refusing to give blood to a room full of nurses, two ER docs, and the ICU charge. The reason was that the patient's blood ID band had been cut off, as well as his ACTUAL ID band, and had been tossed onto the counter...

3. Discontinuing IJ turned into a Rapid Response

   nrsnic replied to Manatee111's topic in Safety

   i haven't been a nurse long, but i have been involved in a very significant medical error (please understand that this is not me saying you made a mistake...i have no way of knowing that from where i sit). during my preceptorship in the last term of ...

4. phlebotomy before nursing?

   nrsnic replied to litchi's topic in General Nursing

   i was a phlebotomist for almost 9 years prior to becoming a nurse, and i would highly recommend it to anyone. while a cna may work more closely with a nurse, at least in my experience, they might not get the same diversity of work. most cna's in my h...

5. need to interview someone that is a phlebotomist

   nrsnic replied to Felisha's topic in General Nursing

   i was a phlebotomist for about 9 years until last july. i transitioned to my new nursing role at that point. i don't know if that helps, but i could certainly answer any questions you might have. i did training and held my ascp license at one point a...

6. How did you discover you want to do this?

   nrsnic replied to onthefence's topic in General Nursing

   i sort of fell on it, so to speak. i was actually more interested in being a cop than being a nurse when i graduated high school. nobody on either side of my family went to college long enough to get a degree in anything, but both my aunt and uncle w...

7. What am I doing wrong??

   nrsnic replied to lilmomaluvinlife's topic in Oregon

   OK, I have to ask...where are these positions you speak of? I am currently hunting in that area (Eugene/Springfield) and there certainly aren't 120 positions for just nurses. Are you including all of PeaceHealth, which is also located in Alaska and W...

8. Take Classes, Do Research, and Above All Be Honest

   nrsnic posted a topic in General Nursing

   I searched for three months (two of which were prior to my even graduating). At the time, I was doing my last term of nursing school in a neonatal intensive care unit (not something your average nursing student can do in this area) surrounded by nurs...

9. What am I doing wrong??

   nrsnic replied to lilmomaluvinlife's topic in Oregon

   I sure wish I knew where this was happening... It took me three months of looking to find the job I had (I worked in a hospital at the time, and had been for seven years!), and I just lost that job two days ago. I am seriously having to consider movi...