NurzofFaith

Name: Channa Location: Warrensburg...45 min outside KC Married to an Air Force man :) 3 kids ages 15, 12 and 9 RN for 2 years Speciality: CVICU and now CCU I worked in an awesome university setting in St. Louis until the military uprooted us June 2003 and am now trying to enjoy my new CCU job in a small community hospital. I am considering a commute to the KC/Independence area as I dont want to lose some of my skills. Hope to meet others too :)

Marci, I live about 45-60 minutes from Kansas City, in a small college town Warrensburg Missouri, not sure if you have heard of it. Anyway I am considering a commute to the KC area and was wondering about St. Lukes. I am a RN and I have critical care experience. Do you think agency is the way to go in the KC area ? I am honestly not even sure where to begin as we just moved here this summer. Thank you for any input you can share! ~Channa

I'm still a new nurse...been in the CVICU for 8 months now and am amazed at the stupidity of people. I also see the end results of thier actions more than I want to. For a couple months it seems all I did was bag bodies of people that used and abused what they were given..their bodies and life. I dont think these people understand how selfish they are being and the impact they have on those left behind nor do they care. Recently we had a pt. who is a frequent flyer for chest pain..he comes in gets the work up, bath, warm bed and food. Less than 24 hours is out the door AMA, this last time he was told if he refuses treatment to not come back....there will no longer be an ICU bed for him. Can we really do this...most likely not. But I see them putting him on the floor. Why come in if you dont want treatment...for him we were the Motel 8. ~Channa P.S. When I have a demanding pt. I often think of the saying...This isnt Burger King and you cannot have it your way...LOL To bad its not the truth.

I'm Channa, a nursing student and I'm afraid I am becoming addicted...to veins..LOL :) I will graduate in 5 weeks and since starting IVs in clinicals/skills lab I cannot help but look, I know I am virgin vein addict, but its SO fun..LOL My husband hates when I look at his hands and then work my way up..well you get the drift...can I join this addiction group too? Am I going to need therapy?? ~Channa :chuckle

I graduate in May and next week we will be devoting time to taking the NLN test also. The program I am in requires us to take the test, and score above 30%, if one scores any lower a remediation class and then an additional test is required to graduate. This was all implemented after last year, one of the graduating students got a 3% on one of the NLN tests...the instructors and the program director were not happy so now we fall under the new policy. I can understand why!! I'm not sure what kind of an indicator this test is, I just know it is taking time away from material we have yet to cover and we graduate in 7 weeks. Best of luck to you! Dont be too hard on yourself with these practice tests, what really matters is the NCLEX! ~Channa