GeauxNursing

GeauxNursing

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  1. new LVNs in HH?

    GeauxNursing posted a topic in Home Health

    are new grads hired to do HH work? Do we have a chance? LVN, btw. Couple of school friends work in the billing dept of one agency, and they said they will be trained to do the HH visits once they...

  2. home health as a new grad?

    GeauxNursing posted a topic in Home Health

    Can fresh LVN's work in home health? I have heard some ppl say that they will be hired on by their current companies (where they work in billing) once they graduate. is this doable for the new grad?...

  3. Please give me some advice

    GeauxNursing replied to RDFloRN's topic in General Nursing

    so sorry! I graduated from college, was still working in my kitchen manager position, hanging out with all my buddies and doing the post-college-waiting-for-something-better thing. Decided to move...

  4. Drawing P.T./INR on Catheter patients

    GeauxNursing replied to sueinga's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    our nurses draw peripherally first. not from the

  5. Tech vs. Nurse War

    GeauxNursing replied to BellaCerraRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    as a tech, (my boss' "favorite", everyone says) I am asked to train or "let them shadow", the new staff who come into our unit. A tech at first, no problem. I showed her how we did things, she had...

  6. How hard was nursing school?

    GeauxNursing replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    i breezed through A and P with an A all the way...you can too! study every day, go over and go over and over the material. repetition reinforces

  7. AV Graft reverse cannulation

    GeauxNursing posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    So we have this upper arm graft. A loop, I suppose, like a sideways U-shape. at the full 400 BFR, we get great arterial pressure, never above -120. the venous tends to run high, depending on the...

  8. AV Graft reverse cannulation

    GeauxNursing replied to GeauxNursing's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    see that is what I said, it was just probably a bad stick. but NO. we had the "best" sticker doing it. whatever, it ended up just being a bad stick, bc i got it fine every day

  9. earning extra certifications while completing LPN

    GeauxNursing replied to elle44's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    yea we don't get IV cert or venipuncture or anything cool like that. enjoy it! good for

  10. Dni

    GeauxNursing replied to lglover29's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    try to remember what was on the test and study it! i studied and studied for that test then found it to be a breeze! (i'm at DNI, nights and

  11. Is this considered exposure?

    GeauxNursing replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    question for OP: bleeding out around the cath? like where it was inserted? you dont mean out the ports, right? makes me think of LifeSites. does anyone remember these? surgically placed ports into...

  12. What patient population do you enjoy working with the most?

    GeauxNursing replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    Commuter, you are "staff" now? Go

  13. What patient population do you enjoy working with the most?

    GeauxNursing replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    i agree! i love my Spanish-speakers! they teach me so much, and I would like to think i sort of teach them,

  14. Help! Nursing and heartbreak

    GeauxNursing replied to janaas's topic in General Nursing

    so sorry you are going through hell. it will get better, one day at a time.

  15. I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    GeauxNursing replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I was a bar/kitchen manager before I started dialysis tech-ing, which led me to nursing

  16. Ever Gotten STUCK w/a Needle???

    GeauxNursing replied to nitesky83's topic in General Nursing

    15 gauge needle. removing it after pts dialysis. the tape stuck to me, also to the needle. out comes the needle! my instinct was to stick my thumb over the exit site, which sent the needle into my...

  17. Do you have to pass a HESI exit exam to graduate?

    GeauxNursing replied to Bonny619's topic in General Students

    yea we have to take the HESI to graduate. i have heard it's much harder than the NCLEX. i think we get 2 tries as

  18. 4 mos. Pregnant & starting new RN job; Employer doesn't know yet; Will I be fired?

    GeauxNursing replied to Nrs_angie's topic in General Nursing

    from what i understand, you didn't have to tell them at hire. they are not allowed to ask, and cannot "legally" discriminate against you for being pregnant. period. am I

  19. Age you will/were graduated?

    GeauxNursing replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    LVN one week before my 28th birthday! (in Jan.

  20. Mary Jane Crocs

    GeauxNursing replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in General Nursing

    i have a red pair, LOVe them! but not at work. too much upper foot exposure. i just designed some Nike Shox for Christmas, LSU purple and gold of

  21. whats a LPN to do?

    GeauxNursing replied to jean333's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    you should def. call the cardio's office to follow-up. DId they get your resume? You are really interested in the position. Can you make an appt. to come by? etc. be proactive. you have to show...

  22. Dialysis Nursing??

    GeauxNursing replied to pieinsky's topic in General Nursing

    good luck to you. all points made by above posters are true. Fast-paced, exhausting, frustrating, routine, my nurses do A LOT of work. you basically have to keep up with ALL pt. appointments,...

  23. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    GeauxNursing replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

    hahahaha! very

  24. Graduating and Pregnant

    GeauxNursing replied to Maria22's topic in General Nursing

  25. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    GeauxNursing replied to Nurse_FF_EMT's topic in General Nursing

    yea OP, what