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  1. Clogged 3 way foley with CBI?

    gwapo replied to emoening's topic in General Nursing

    there must have been a clot. i have once aspirated a "long" clot. it ran through the whole length oh the catheter. got a clot out that looked like a big worm, or more like a baby

  2. Clogged 3 way foley with CBI?

    gwapo replied to emoening's topic in General Nursing

    which port did you try pulling back fluid out of? the irrigation port or the drainage

  3. Any Ft Myers RNs around? Dunno where to start.. HELP

    gwapo replied to crystelle's topic in Florida Nursing

    you should be able to send a private message to me. anyway, you might need to attend a CNA class and get a certification before you can work as one.. not sure how that works since you are actually an...

  4. Any Ft Myers RNs around? Dunno where to start.. HELP

    gwapo replied to crystelle's topic in Florida Nursing

    where did you practice pediatric nursing? if you came from england, they probably will consider your experience. but if you came from the philippines, india or other asian countries, i doubt that they...

  5. What do RN's make in California?

    gwapo replied to Peanut06's topic in California Nursing

    true!

  6. What do RN's make in California?

    gwapo replied to Peanut06's topic in California Nursing

    planning to relocate to san diego area in May. there's quite a few openings in most of the hospitals in the area. 29$/hr?? that's horrible! that's about 8$/hr less than what i'm making now doing a...

  7. stroke certification

    gwapo replied to gwapo's topic in Neurological

    thanks. so what do you need to do to be "stroke certified"

  8. Sharp Grossmont/ Sharp Memorial Hospital

    gwapo replied to gwapo's topic in California Nursing

    somebody told me they don't pay that great... i guess I'm just gonna have to find out... there's quite a bunch of positions open at scripps and sharp.. what makes it hard to get a job? my wife applied...

  9. NO JOB

    gwapo replied to aleena23's topic in California Nursing

    you might need to move to a smaller town and start out in a community hospital. come to southwest florida. most hospitals take new grads and put them in 6months or so internship! you can get in so...

  10. NIHSS stroke scale

    gwapo replied to ferde1's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    MSICU= med/surg icu. last weekend i had a patient who came from OR post craniotomy for suspected glioblastoma.usually, we won't do an NIHSS on her, but since they want us to have it done on all...

  11. Does your unit do it's own CRRT?

    gwapo replied to WWRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a general ICU. we take care of every critically ill patients(med/surg/neuro/etc) in our hospital (except post CABG). we do our own crrt and yes it should be 1:1 ratio. I love doing it,...

  12. Abbreviations

    gwapo replied to Bormio's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    PERRLA = Pupils Equally Round Reactive to Light and Accomodation CN = cranial

  13. NIHSS stroke scale

    gwapo replied to ferde1's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    hello. it's my fist posting in this thread. i work in an MSICU somewhere in southwest florida and recently, they have decided to have us do NIHSS on every neuro patient. Does this make sense? As I...

  14. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    gwapo replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    i also got this email when i received my interview date. now all u need to do is just wait for the date. good

  15. Need Advice/info Pls.

    gwapo replied to joemagdalo's topic in International Nursing

    as silverdragon and suzzane said, IELTS has nothing to do with the processing of your I-140. if you check back from previous posts in this thread (like page 50s onward), you will find the typical...

  16. What do you think of this agency?

    gwapo replied to Mcgyver's topic in International Nursing

    run away from them. they are not the only agency out there. if they said you " are very much qualified", they will take you right away. no money

  17. list of review centers in cebu

    gwapo replied to cijhane's topic in International Nursing

    cebu's are code is

  18. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    gwapo replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    hello!! its nice to be back!! its almost been a year since i last posted a message here. for those of you still waiting for visas, good luck. i know exactly how it feels to keep on waiting for it.....

  19. climate in MS

    gwapo posted a topic in General Nursing

    for those living in MS, can you please place inputs here regarding the climate in MS?? this will be helpful for foreign nurses who will be migrating to MS (like me).

  20. Too young to be an RN ?!

    gwapo posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi! there is a similar thread to this in the Philippine nursing forum, but its the opposite. I posted it here so that more people from different countries can comment on this. I am just 22 years old....

  21. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    gwapo replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    the schedule in manila is: 8am-10am, 10am-12nn, 2pm-3pm except weekends ( as far as i can remember). but better check em on their website just to make sure. you dont need an appointment, you just go...

  22. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    gwapo replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    hahaha... i will be leaving hopefully on 11th of july. but i dont have the details of my trip yet. i just solved my prob with my Xray film... i was relieved that it fits just right on my hand carried...

  23. climate in MS

    gwapo replied to gwapo's topic in General Nursing

    thank

  24. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    gwapo replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    how on earth am i going to carry that film!! it will definitely not fit in my hand carried luggage! those of you who already left, how did u carry

  25. NVC -CP- GC Tracker

    gwapo replied to dhel28's topic in Immigration Advice

    dont worry! we wont be literally entering into military! we just have to register our names.. the deal is: once the US runs out of its military personnel, they will randomly select names from this...