gt4everpn

gt4everpn BSN, RN

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  1. Help! I've Been A Nurse for 5 years, but feel like a new grad?

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    so i started out as a new grad working in same day surgery. Usually i was the circulating nurse, but i did work a very small amount of pre-op admission testing (mostly GI) and some post-op patient...

  2. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    gt4everpn posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Say what??????/What is the strangest:uhoh21: , or funniest things your pt's have told you, or that you've

  3. Differences between Vapotherm and CPAP/BIPAP

    gt4everpn posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    hey everyone, i'm not at all familiar to icu nursing but i'll get there someday lol, anyway, this question is for all icu nurses... i know some information about cpap masks and machines as that i have...

  4. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    the other day one of my patients thought the admit board was a television, asked me to change the channel, I was like nope that is not a tv

  5. Young Nurses

    gt4everpn posted a topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Are you young and a nurse, or know someone who is young and a nurse many more people are going into nursing at younger ages. share your

  6. The Lack Of Teamwork Is Astounding!

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    the lack of teamwork at my facility is astounding, needless to say there are a lot of lazy nurses where i work ! i work perdiem at a rehab/ltc facility 1 charge nurse and atleast 1 medication nurse is...

  7. 18 y/o RN!

    gt4everpn replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    thats awesome.. I was a 17 year old LPN 3 years ago.. next summer I will be graduating with my RN- BSN at 21 y/o

  8. Something doesn't seem right about this hospice unit. Am I right?

    gt4everpn posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    hello everyone, i occasionally float through the hospice unit my ltc facility has, but something doesn't seem right with the how things are done, i wanted to know it this is standard in hospice or if...

  9. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just wanted to bump this up, I love all the comments,

  10. When Staff members don't get along!

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Advance for nurses magazine recently put out an article about ''Horizontal Violence'' in the workplace, Please read and lets all try our best to make sure this doesn't happen where we work!...

  11. When Staff members don't get along!

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    I also think that horizontal violence can be reduced or eliminated if the unit has a good NM, if the NM doesn't step in and diffuse a situation and explain what type of behavior will not be tolerated,...

  12. Can't get hired in a clinic.. with experience???

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello!!, so to get right to it, I've beeen an LPN for 3 years working in LTC... everytime I apply to work in a clinic.. I basically never get the position. I applied to one full-time position and it...

  13. Can't get hired in a clinic.. with experience???

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    well I am including agency jobs and all the open houses I see for nurses including RN's I know someone who graduated with her RN recently and she found two positions in less than 2 months. I don't...

  14. Can't get hired in a clinic.. with experience???

    gt4everpn replied to gt4everpn's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the responses, I live here in NYC.. most LPNs work in LTC as in most other states.. usually the job just sits there until they find the perfect candidate.. my thing was why don't they just...

  15. The Impact Of Emerging Technologies on Med Errors

    gt4everpn posted a topic in General Nursing

    i was reading this article on medscape nurses and i thought it was really interesting and accurate. working in a facility that uses virtually no technology when it comes to the prescription and...

  16. G-tube Flush

    gt4everpn replied to stkn1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes from what I've learned it is to be flushed by gravity esp when the state is there.. To be very honest I have 40 patients plus about 10 peg feeders and other things to do and I usually bolus or...

  17. what have you heard about LIU nursing program?

    gt4everpn replied to iwant2banurse2's topic in New York Nursing

    I can answer all of this.. I started LIU in 2006 and am currently in their Nursing program with 1 yr to go.. since you're a student with a bachelors degree already and from LIU you can get into the...

  18. $100,000 in student loan debt?

    gt4everpn replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I go to Long Island University school of nursing :down: and the total cost of the school for 4 yrs is $ 100,000 and counting why so expensive??? nobody

  19. PCAs

    gt4everpn replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    This link should help somewhat

  20. Need help with dx (abnormal assessment data)

    gt4everpn replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She maybe has an S3 or an S4 which are both extra and abnormal heart sounds. S3 occurs mostly in CHF whereas S4 occurs in HTN or CAD. Maybe you heard an S4 which occurs before S1 or the lub sound, but...

  21. Need help with dx (abnormal assessment data)

    gt4everpn replied to MattiesMama's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Your nursing dx is on point, yes decreased cardiac output is one. You should have notified the M.D of such an abnormal heart beat seeing that she does not have a dx of heart failure or any other heart...

  22. 1st semester nursing student looking for a job to gain more experience

    gt4everpn replied to sunshine!'s topic in California Nursing

    Sure you can do CNA classes if it'll work for you, you can also apply to paid internships in hospitals or even volunteer at a hospital until. Search online for any internships/externships, cna...

  23. Difficulty finding a job

    gt4everpn replied to NursingStudent5548's topic in General Nursing

    i hear you , job searching is very frustrating and time consuming.. i know i've been there, your pregnancy is more important right now especially with the pih, but of course you know that already......

  24. Clinicals

    gt4everpn replied to Dimples76's topic in Indiana Nursing

    it really depends on your school and what they do, my school has 4 and 8 hour clinicals twice a week. to be very honest working full-time and going to school full-time is extremely hard for a lot of...

  25. PCAs

    gt4everpn replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    It really depends on the brand you're using... where I work (hospice unit) we use the PCA pumps that look like cassette players. Look for the manufactures name and see if you can call them, or even...