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  1. Leveling Art Line

    ukstudent replied to TangoLima's topic in MICU, SICU

    Next time you have a pt with an a-line I want you to do a little experiment. Put the transducer next to the insertion site and move the arm really high in the air above the pt. Then look to see the...

  2. Back on the floor after 12 years!

    ukstudent replied to TheOldestNurseOnUnit's topic in General Nursing

    Not that they are doing the right thing, bu I want you to look at this from the other side. Those CNA's are not CNA's they are new RN's that cannot find a nursing job. You, who already had a job,...

  3. Travel Nursing And Bankruptcy Issues

    ukstudent replied to redraider1977's topic in Travel

    As you are a nursing student at this time, it should have very little effect. You are not looking at being a travel nurse for several years. You have to: 1. pass nursing school and the nclex. 2. get...

  4. How can I get OUT of Med Surg and into ICU, ER??

    ukstudent replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    All the problems that you have with med-surg do not get better in the ICU or ER. They will get worse. Pt's and family members are even more stressed and demanding in those places. You say you have...

  5. Maryland Hospital Starting Salaries

    ukstudent replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Most hospitals in Maryland do not allow new grads to start orientation without having passed nclex. Therefore there is no pay raise after orientation. Pay raises used to be annually, however, with the...

  6. This can't be right...

    ukstudent replied to neophyte's topic in General Nursing

    1. Apply for unemployment. When they try to deny it bring up the retaliation. 2. Call your State BON and give them a detailed account of what happened. 3. Look for a new job, because that one is...

  7. Advice needed...how to survive the night shift commute...literally.

    ukstudent replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    If 8 hrs shift don't help then maybe you need all day shifts. Whatever it is, you need to change before you end up dead or having killed others. I don't understand this concern for your license....

  8. For the Student or for the Teacher

    ukstudent replied to SchoolNurseLaura's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    This child is being neglected at school on a regular basis according to the other school nurse. Does the prinicple for the school know what has been happening in his/her school? Does the principle...

  9. Advice needed...how to survive the night shift commute...literally.

    ukstudent replied to NeoPediRN's topic in General Nursing

    Go to your Doctor NOW. You will have a bigger problem if you kill someone else or yourself. Maybe there is something that you can take that will help, maybe not. Maybe you need 8 hr shifts. If...

  10. shift differential and qualifying for mortgage

    ukstudent replied to lalalalexi's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where the OP works, but around here hospitals have been cutting/reducing or just plan stopping some of the differentials. The OP might work a night shift with say a $5/hr diff this year,...

  11. Good Samaritan laws for off duty New Jersey RN's.

    ukstudent replied to mrsinquisitive's topic in General Nursing

    I don't the new jersey laws, however, as far as I understand the good Samaritan laws will not cover you. They are to protect people from being sued after trying to help someone. The person you...

  12. Operation Job Before Graduation!

    ukstudent replied to RNRNRN1234's topic in General Nursing

    I have some questions. Why are you moving to DC? It is an expensive area to live, unless you have a long commute into DC. It also has some of the worst traffic in America (ranked 3rd I think). Do...

  13. Crappy day- An omen for the future?

    ukstudent replied to Thephoenixrises's topic in Nursing Career

    Don't worry. Everyone has really bad days, even those nurses with 20 plus years. Some of the best learning is done on days that everything goes wrong. The charge nurse told you it was not your...

  14. How to pay for nurse anesthetist school (CRNA)?

    ukstudent replied to azchicago's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I wouldn't worry about it now. You have to graduate and pass the NCLEX (not a given), get a job (not a given) and get a job in an ICU (definitely not a given), work for at least one year but...

  15. Need advice: disciplined for disclosing hourly pay to co-worker . . .

    ukstudent replied to lcmtcRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Yes you broke policy. However, when you think about it the only reason to have such a policy is to keep the wages of employees low and below the standards of the industry. As an example: nurse A has...

  16. Need a nurse who's treated hemophilia

    ukstudent replied to NewNurse0311's topic in General Nursing

    What makes you think that hemophilia is a common condition? Did the school give you a list of conditions that you could chose from and this was on the list? Does it have to be a blood condition...

  17. Is my Boss OK?

    ukstudent replied to jamdog30's topic in MICU, SICU

    it seems from your writing that your pride was hurt and unless your boss makes condescending remarks to you frequently then you need to look at this with more

  18. forced into administration

    ukstudent replied to hdmsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    My understanding is that shift supervisor's have the authorization to suspend and send home employees that they deem not working to standards (such as sleeping on the job). You need to go to HR, they...

  19. Made to float, when I know I will sink.

    ukstudent replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    The BON might not be able to do anything but JCAHO can. I used to work for a hospital that floated people around (not to the extent of the OP's hospital). Enough that someone made an enounomous call...

  20. Feeling So Defeated

    ukstudent replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a CNA in nursing school my manager at the time said she would write a recommendation to any floor or unit that I wanted to go, but she would not be hiring me. She was very up front with...

  21. Working full time as a CRNA student

    ukstudent replied to dmtaylor3's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    No, and if they find out you are trying to work they will kick you

  22. Termination

    ukstudent replied to FutureERDoc's topic in General Nursing

    When you started working there, did they have a check of list of all the things you were meant to do? This is normal, your preceptor would have signed stuff off as you demonstrated them. On this...

  23. Please help

    ukstudent replied to qcumba's topic in MICU, SICU

    If your pH is within normal, but CO2 and/or Bicab is abnormal then it is compensated. If the pH is abnormal then it is

  24. "Bundle Switches"

    ukstudent replied to lsad78's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. I had never heard of it by this term. Learned something

  25. "Bundle Switches"

    ukstudent replied to lsad78's topic in General Nursing

    You can't find any literature on it due to the fact that it doesn't exist. A bundle block means that part of the heart is dead and no longer conducting. If it's dead, then it's dead. It will not...