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    What are good things to know by heart?

    hiddencatRN replied to glenlorie's topic in General Students

    Lab value parameters can vary from hospital to hospital, so other than a general range and what you need to know for class I wouldn't worry too much about lab values to be honest. In school, depending...
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    Favorite and least favorite diagnoses?

    hiddencatRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I love asthma. It's one of the most common ones we see in a pediatric ER, and we have a nice, neat little protocol. They get steroids and a triple and are better and go home or get admitted on...
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    New Grad Entitlement

    hiddencatRN replied to SunshineAnytime's topic in First Year After Licensure

    and maybe i'm misinterpreting this, but i never took it to mean "don't ask questions" but more about projecting a confident image while you work to gain confidence. idk. i was super nervous and...
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    Does it pay to job-hop?

    hiddencatRN replied to paddler's topic in General Nursing

    I think there's a difference between moving on to a new job every few years for better pay vs short term job hopping. I wouldn't call a new job every 3ish years job hopping. A new job every year,...
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    Work ethic, what's your take on it all

    hiddencatRN replied to cardiacrocks's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't make a habit of calling off, but if I'm sick I am not going to play the martyr and come in anyway. First of all, not resting enough makes it more likely that whatever is making me sick will...
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    Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

    hiddencatRN replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Actually, I don't. I don't work with anyone like
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    q4 hour vital signs in the ER...

    hiddencatRN replied to mamaxmaria's topic in Emergency

    We have q1 hr, q2 and q3-4 hr vitals depending on the acuity of the patient. Sometimes we get behind but I try not to on the sick patients. I keep track by looking at the clock that says how long the...
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    Apologizing for my prima donna ICU coworkers.

    hiddencatRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    Yeah, we have problems with floor doctors dictating to our docs to place stat orders as well. They've been tightening up on it and now they're only supposed to do that if it's TRULY a stat issue but...
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    Is it hard to get a job with an Associates degree in Nursing?

    hiddencatRN replied to bailee4's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Depends on where you live. In my area several hospital systems do not interview ADN prepared nurses. With a glut of new grads and several BSN programs, it's hard for everyone and harder for ADNs....
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    Having trouble with starting some IVs

    hiddencatRN replied to IBRN2's topic in General Nursing

    Obese patients are tough. I work in peds so most of my patients have nice, young, strong, visible veins, but I still struggle when I get really big patients. Knowing where to look helps, but I also...
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    Have you ever heard of an attendance policy like this???

    hiddencatRN replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    That's weird. If we pick up extra at my place we're expected to be there, we're part of the numbers. I made a mistake once and thought I'd picked up a later shift rather than an earlier shift and...
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    Philadelphia Area "New" RN: 30 applications rejected : When will my dream come true?

    hiddencatRN replied to HelloNurse_RN's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You need to check hospital websites daily for new job postings and try to be among the first to apply. It's not a matter of finding the one place that hires new grads but finding the new grad job...
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    accepted to bsn @ suny-b, but what about my job?!

    hiddencatRN replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Students

    Lol, no, I didn't notice that at all. All replies from this week- I hope the OP figured out what to
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    Gen X,Gen Y,baby boomers in the work place

    hiddencatRN replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm 31 does that make me Gen X or Gen Y? Gen X.2? At any rate, I agree with those who say they see personalities. I work with a wide range of ages and experience and most everyone is hardworking...
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    Laptop to class?

    hiddencatRN replied to staceym's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I took notes on my netbook directly in to our powerpoints and in OneNote when there were no powerpoints. With the volume of powerpoints, it was great to cut down on the paper I needed and EVERYTHING...
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    accepted to bsn @ suny-b, but what about my job?!

    hiddencatRN replied to premedwoahs's topic in General Students

    Plans change. You had no intentions of going to school when you accepted the job and then got an acceptance at SUNY-B. Just write out a brief letter stating that you are giving your 4 week notice and...
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    2nd Degree Nursing Student

    hiddencatRN replied to kmatos9687's topic in General Students

    My university offered us the ability to take out federal loans and that was it. I spent a ton of time looking for scholarships for non-traditional students and the couple I found that I was eligible...
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    Considering CNA while in RN school...

    hiddencatRN replied to aachavez's topic in General Students

    I think it's a great idea. I looked in to it but since I was in an accelerated program, by the time I would have gotten CNA certification, I would have been nearly done with my program. Work...
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    Comfortable shoes for the ER

    hiddencatRN replied to nursegirl75's topic in Emergency

    I wore Nike AV Court shoes (something like that?) until they wore out and then splurged on the danskos. Once you start working you can start putting aside money from your paychecks to get the danskos...
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    Best way to push 0.5 mL med into a central line?

    hiddencatRN replied to Neverbefore's topic in Patient Medications

    You see this in peds in particular, where dosage is based on weight. You might have a patient need a dose of 85.984 mg of tylenol. That works out to 2.687 ml, but our oral syringes measure out 2.6 or...
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    Area of hospital with minimal vomit...

    hiddencatRN replied to alxndria.mrqtt's topic in General Nursing

    This. I can deal with a lot of things but organs outside the body and prolapsed ostomies make me :barf01:I seriously have to force myself not to run from the room when I find out my new patient has...
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    What's your weird quirk?

    hiddencatRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    After I put on sterile gloves that come with our straight cath kits, I pick up the sterile glove wrapper (in the center where it's sterile) and toss it on the floor. Our kit has enough of a sterile...
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    Baylor Plan

    hiddencatRN replied to fmugurl19's topic in General Nursing

    I think you'd just need to call around to find out who does scheduling like that. No shortcuts on this
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    St. Christopher's Hospital as a New Nurse

    hiddencatRN replied to BTwisted1's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    I also applied within hours of the posting going up. You really have to stalk the hospital websites and be among the first in the
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    My daughter wants to be a nurse

    hiddencatRN replied to Kica93's topic in Nursing Career

    in my state they actually email them. we're pretty high