zacarias

zacarias ASN, RN

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  1. 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...

  2. 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?

  3. 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

  4. 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...

  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. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...

  11. 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...

  12. 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...

  13. 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

  14. ekg fun...or not

    zacarias posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    So this first EKG has electrical alternans because of pericardial effusion...but it's going so fast it's hard to tell if it's ST or afib. I would say ST, but the darn p waves don't show themselves...

  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...

  16. 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...

  17. Question about PCCN or med/surg cert

    zacarias posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! I am at heart a stepdown/cardiac and tele nurse, but as a travel nurse, I've taken recently many med/surg assignments with little tele although I was did true cardiac stepdown earlier...

  18. Question about PCCN or med/surg cert

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Any

  19. best school fnp school in WA state to learn skills like X-ray reading, suturing etc...?

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for your comment! I think I might look at dual FNP/ACNP programs or possibly just do the FNP and then do a post masters ACNP. Time will tell. Thanks

  20. best school fnp school in WA state to learn skills like X-ray reading, suturing etc...?

    zacarias posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello all! As I'm preparing to go back to school, I am interested to know if anyone can tell me if one of the FNP programs in WA state offer good training in x-ray interpretation, suturing etc... I...

  21. ekg fun...or not

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    OK I see the afib for sure. How did you know the QTc was so long, just by eyeing it? The QT itself is like 0.24 to 0.28, but the QTc is way high like 0.90 or

  22. Why I hate Yankauers...

    zacarias posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! So I normally work on PCU/tele but recently I took a job on a med/surg/tele unit and lately I've had some patients with decreased LOC with Yankauers hooked up. I absolutely hate them!...

  23. Why I hate Yankauers...

    zacarias replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for for your comments! Yeah I hate Yankauers still. It's unfortunate that so many hospitalized patients do not take seriously about the need of pulmonary toilet to prevent...

  24. NG insertion fail..anyone else?

    zacarias posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello! OK so I'm a seasoned nurse working in med/surg in a smaller hospital. I usually do PCU/stepdown or tele but am doing med/surg during my current assignment. Anyway, last night I had a...

  25. new in pediatrics...

    zacarias posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I'm an RN with many years experience in PCU/stepdown, tele, and stepdown. All with adults. I'm an excellent RN that's starting a new travel experience taking care of peds on a general...