AnnieOaklyRN

AnnieOaklyRN BSN, RN, EMT-P

Adult and Pediatric Vascular Access, Paramedic

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  1. Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    WHERE??? I would like to see where you can rent a placed for even 500.00 a month!

  2. Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I have never rented a place and bought a condo as soon as I was done with nursing school. It was brand new so I never had any expensive repairs in the 9 years I lived there. I think a condo...

  3. Do you overspend on luxury items as a nurse?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, In general nurses are not salaried and get payed hourly. Unfortunately, I have been making in the 80-90K range for at least the last 5 years (as a medic, not as a nurse) and have a lot of...

  4. Witnessed Cardiac Arrest & Verbal DNR

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to JacobJohnson's topic in General Nursing

    I honestly think its terrible that some of the other posters have said that they would not start CPR at all in public! What if it was your family member or YOU?! You want people to just walk on by...

  5. Witnessed Cardiac Arrest & Verbal DNR

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to JacobJohnson's topic in General Nursing

    I would continue CPR if there is no proof on paper or bracelet that the patient wants to be a DNR, especially if you are not working on someones clock! If you are in public start CPR and then let...

  6. Any Tennis Elbow Success Stories?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

    Only your physicians can tell you what is appropriate as far as your diagnosis goes. We are not physicians here so we cannot tell you what is best for your elbow. Please seek a second opinion if you...

  7. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    I am guessing you would feeldrastically different if you or a family member needed a new organ to survive. Unfortunately, in my opinion, this needs to happen, otherwise there would be many less...

  8. Mortgage Approval for Travel Nurse?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to tootsmom313's topic in General Nursing

    Well it's a brand new house so they had to wait for it to get to a certain percentage of completion before the appraisal. I don't think it went to underwriting for a while though, until my loan...

  9. Injury at work. Help!

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Scared_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Would be unlikely that the patient's blood was on an ampule piece, since the nurse would draw up the medication with a clean needle and then administer it. Regardless we cannot advise you of what was...

  10. Mortgage Approval for Travel Nurse?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to tootsmom313's topic in General Nursing

    Goodluck tootsmom! I can't speak as a travel nurse, but I too am waiting for mortgage underwriting to approve my loan! They have had it for almost 4 weeks now, so I am hoping they would have...

  11. Restraints. Act first, then order? A Judgement Call.

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to ARose11's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say that I am guessing the patient was in respiratory failure and had very high CO2 levels, which was more of what was making him or her combative. I probably would have called a code or...

  12. Laptop for LVN school

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Faith1997's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    I know you said you cannot afford a Mac. I would wait till the end of august into september and look at Best Buy, they generally have great deals on them! They are well worth the money and will...

  13. Cashing out 401k a good idea?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to marie813's topic in General Students

    Hi, As others have said trying working while in your nursing program, it is doable, and I have worked full time through all of my degrees. Also there are only certain restricted circumstances where...

  14. How do you introduce yourself to other health care professionals?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to ital91's topic in General Students

    Just say Hi I am an RN student from whatever school. Also I would be careful, I don't think it is legal for a nursing student to take doctor orders verbally!

  15. Scared of loans

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to tanac's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am so glad to hear you are the thinking about the long term consequences of high student loan debt, as many people do not. I can tell you that when I was in my early 20s back in 2001 I was going...

  16. PT/INR Test

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to TingT's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look up the information and then tell us what YOU think. We are not doing your school work for you!

  17. Job abandonment-CNA

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Vzuniga627's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sure about the abandonment, but I am sure that you need to wok on some life skills. You cannot just leave a job every time someone disrespects you. You need to talk to the person, or...

  18. What was the moment you knew you wanted to become a nurse?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to bsn_bound13's topic in General Nursing

    When I saw my first paycheck as a

  19. hospital interview

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to ToriAneal's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Be careful, you don't want to appear desperate for the job! Leave them alone for two weeks at least. The whole point of a thank you note is to bring your name back up with the recruiter and...

  20. We'd like to offer you the position but............

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    oh how I feel your pain, just with the opposite problem!

  21. Gift for new Paramedic

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Great idea, but with the progress of computerized charting that isn't something a medic would use. We already have tons of stuff to carry into the house (monitor, bags, etc.). I'd stick with a...

  22. Gift for new Paramedic

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Most places pay for boots and other uniform type

  23. Gift for new Paramedic

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I am a medic. If he doesn't already have a nice stethoscope, I would say yes. I have a master cardiology from LIttmann and it is fantastic. You need a really good stethoscope as a medic because...

  24. Nurses Humilated - Illinois

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to SuburbsGirl's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an idea, spend the money on more staffing instead of useless crap like this!

  25. Question about ICD/pacemaker

    AnnieOaklyRN posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi all, I just had a question. Do some physicians set an ICD/Pacemaker to do overdrive pacing in the event ventricular tachycardia occurs in an attempt to avoid an ICD shock? I had a patient with an...