RNgirlie

RNgirlie

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  1. Most common overdose drug of choice?

    RNgirlie replied to KungFuFtr's topic in Emergency

    antidepressants. But definately the most interesting is ingestion of bleach (which I have seen on 3 seperate

  2. A physican where I work called a patient a "FAT PIG!"

    RNgirlie replied to JomoNurse's topic in General Nursing

    not shocked at all. this is the state of docs unfortunately. you find a few good ones but you always can also find the rotten

  3. Help...Graduated in 2002 and never took NCLEX

    RNgirlie replied to tomnikki's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    just curious...why have you not taken the

  4. Who is GENERALLY more of a "PAIN"?: Co-workers OR Patients?

    RNgirlie replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    i am fairly ok with my coworkers, we are like a little family on my unit. some patients can be a little anoyying. visitors can definately drive you crazy and sometimes they increase the patients...

  5. Is YOUR hospital hiring???

    RNgirlie replied to MoLee228's topic in General Nursing

    I work in nyc in a very large hospital and management is still hiring nurses. I work in a burn unit and we currently have nurses on orientation for permanent positions. (and new grads are

  6. Telephone Triage RNs - help!

    RNgirlie replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I am very interested in telephone triage!! what experiences do I need?? I would put off mentioning the vaca part. Is is possible you could reschedule your

  7. Green card of nurses

    RNgirlie replied to cucukebede's topic in International Nursing

    What state are you in? where I am (NY) I knew a few people personally who benefited from this. Depends on the hospitals. Very few Hospitals do it here in NY I

  8. Did anyone find anatomy easy?

    RNgirlie replied to smellyacres's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    well i took anatomy 1 in the summer semester. and before that 1st day started i decided that i would literally dedicate myself to anatomy and only that. when i would come home from class i memorized...

  9. Ran to my first code alone...

    RNgirlie replied to WWRN's topic in General Nursing

    this is how we knew at my old facility; there is a DNR order in the computer (online cart), the nurse assigned SHOULD KNOW, color coded stickers on pts paper chart, and bright blue bracelet on pt's...

  10. hospital loosing medicaid/medicare funding

    RNgirlie replied to Zookeeper3's topic in General Nursing

    i would probably start sending out resumes and going on interviews if i were

  11. Who wants a bicarb question?

    RNgirlie replied to gluck's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    we give bicarb for

  12. ER nurses make $144,000 a year!

    RNgirlie replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    ps--this friend of mine happens to work in the same hospital i work in and 150K is very

  13. ER nurses make $144,000 a year!

    RNgirlie replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    a friend of mine who works in manhattan makes over 150K--nights, perdiem...and this friend almost literally kills theirself with OT every

  14. the technology in saudi arabia

    RNgirlie posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hello to all my fellow nurses out there. I am very interested in working in saudi arabia. (plan to start applying next year!) Something important to me that I have not been able to get information...

  15. Paramedic to LPN

    RNgirlie replied to abj55's topic in General Nursing

    not that i know of. but maybe you should could consider RN school. the paramedics are usually very good in RN school. I had a paramedic in my class and he was advanced in hard subjects like cardiac...

  16. I am working in Saudi Arabia

    RNgirlie replied to ksa2008's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I made another thread recently and got no reply in regards to questions i have about 'working in saudi.' Do you know of any hospitals that has a computer documentation system. Secondly, do you...

  17. Saudi Arabia - Good Idea or Not

    RNgirlie replied to 43RN20's topic in General World

    Several questions that I have not been able to find the answers to in regards to working in Saudi: 1-how advanced are some hospitals/computer documentation available? (never worked anyplace without...

  18. New to Burn Nursing

    RNgirlie replied to ZuZuTrauma's topic in Burn

    hi zuzutrauma, i actually just started working there recently. its pretty cool. hopefully u will like it. i think its a nice challenge that we do both the pediatric population as well as adults....

  19. doucumentation?

    RNgirlie replied to shabry's topic in General Nursing

    lol. its ironic that this thread heading was spelled

  20. New Grad Questions

    RNgirlie replied to Peppers82's topic in General Nursing

    i always tell ppl "you gotta take kaplan." i did! i got 75 questions (as well as most of my study budies) and i was outta there! (and yes i did pass on that one and only

  21. For us "big" girl nurses.....

    RNgirlie replied to NYSNOWBUNNY007's topic in General Nursing

    i dont do this but i know that a few older (45yrs+) nurses i know lik eto wear

  22. I charted that he died!

    RNgirlie replied to mgababyko's topic in General Nursing

    i would just made a not in the patients chart right away stating that on such and such date at such and such time a wrong entry was made mistakenly. "information placed was mistakenly entered in the...

  23. Eclipsys

    RNgirlie replied to Lightheavy198's topic in General Nursing

    just started using eclipsys xa at a hospital that i just started working at. its a great program once you get the hang of it. keeps all that charting nice and neat. writing notes is just basically...

  24. About the little pocket license you get :)

    RNgirlie replied to labcat01's topic in General Nursing

    i got my license about 2 yrs ago and it was not pocket sized! i'm in NY state. the licese was about regular sized paper size and the registration certificate was half of that size. did not get...

  25. Be prepared for a silly question....!!!

    RNgirlie replied to CaitRN2be's topic in General Nursing

    we did not wear scrubs in my school but my sis is in nursing school now and she has to wear it.. sh ethinks its easy and convenient. would have beeen cool if i had to during my