zacarias ASN, RN

zacarias has 14 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg.

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1. Specific question about UW DNP program

   zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Thanks so much, that's exactly what I was looking

2. American nurse in Brazil

   zacarias replied to ExpatNurseBrazil's topic in International Nursing

   You would make more money teaching English as a foreign language there. TEFL. You could teach in schools or even teach English to people in other countries on your computer. Honestly that would be...

3. Question for RNs who have worked in the Middle East

   zacarias posted a topic in International Nursing

   Hi, So I'm a US RN considering applying for a nursing job in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East. I've lived abroad before and am just curious about how living on the compound works. When I go...

4. Specific question about UW DNP program

   zacarias posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   Just wondering, has anyone that got their BSN through WGU been accepted to UW's DNP program? Does anyone know how many are accepted each cohort out of how many applicants?

5. right med, right dose, wrong route... ouchhhh

   zacarias replied to rvzohfeld's topic in General Nursing

   wouldn't epi raise your BP? I guess peripherally it would lower it...but centrally raise

6. BC RN to Washington State

   zacarias replied to bigblondebun's topic in Washington Nursing

   SF Bay is not representative of the US so it's hard to compare using that. Also WA is many wonderful places besides Seattle with a much lower housing cost. In fact, hospitals in Seattle will pay...

7. Home health or hospice?

   zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't mean to imply that home health or hospice aren't stressful in their own way. I am a good hospital nurse and owe my skills to my years as an acute care nurse. I still believe I would be good...

8. Question about employment requirements while going to WGU?

   zacarias posted a topic in Western Governors University

   Hi all! Just wondering if you must be working as an RN while you are attending WGU's RN to BSN program. Also, if you have to be working, do you have to be working acute care or is something like home...

9. Home health or hospice?

   zacarias posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi all, Due to hospital nursing being really stressful for me I'm looking to cut back and change possibly either to home health or hospice. I have a feeling I'd really be good at hospice but don't...

10. Best hospital to work for in Rio Grande Valley that's not HCA?

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in Texas Nursing

    SageTXRN, Thanks for the info. Do you still live/work in RGV? It is kind of disheartening that most hospitals in South Texas are all for profit organizations. I guess I'm spoiled up here in...

11. Good hospital/nurse friendly in South Florida including Everglades area?

    zacarias posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hello! So I'm looking to relocate eventually to the South Florida area and wondering if there's any hospitals that nurses would say are better generally and have an acceptable/doable nurse patient...

12. Best hospital to work for in Rio Grande Valley that's not HCA?

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in Texas Nursing

    C'mon I know there's someone with

13. Best hospital to work for in Rio Grande Valley that's not HCA?

    zacarias posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hello! So I'm looking to relocate eventually to the RGV area and wondering if there's any hospitals that nurses would say are better generally and have an acceptable/doable nurse:patient ratio. It...

14. Drawing blood from picc, air? collapsed lumen?

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Thanks for your comment. I think you're right. I also believed it was a fibrin sheath that was preventing easy flow. the part that freaked me out was that there'd be a little blood flow in the picc...

15. Drawing blood from picc, air? collapsed lumen?

    zacarias posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hey all I've never seen this happen but I went to help a new nurse who couldn't get blood very well from a PICC. It was a double lumen and she was drawing from the brown lumen and she got a little...