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  1. Know hospitals that pay for school?

    kcalohagirl replied to jab3da's topic in General Nursing

    When I went there, they would pay for your senior year. But you also had to go through an interview process with the different units, you weren't guaranteed to get the one you wanted, and you might...

  2. I don't want to come to work on my days off.

    kcalohagirl replied to Wheaties's topic in General Nursing

    I work night shift. I don't even own a home phone anymore. When I come home, the cell phone stays on until I go to sleep, usually about 0900. Then I turn it off until I wake up, which is usually...

  3. Nightshift Insomnia- Help!!!

    kcalohagirl replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I have had good luck with Valerian Root. I sleep pretty well, and I wake up feeling refreshed, not stoned. LOL. Right now,I'm trying a different supplement that has valerian root, hops, and...

  4. Anyone have a student planner that they love?

    kcalohagirl replied to BreatheFree's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not a student anymore, but I used "uncalendars" when I was in school. There are a variety of different formats that can be used. I still use them now that I am out of school to keep track of...

  5. Looking for a great workout!

    kcalohagirl replied to mcknis's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I used to be a personal trainer. I would love to get back into it on a more steady level, but I need to get my own happy butt into better shape before I could charge others for the privlege. LOL My...

  6. Heparin Protocol

    kcalohagirl replied to Butternut's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We always run heparin through a pump. Not as a piggyback, however. We either titrate heparin according to the PTT or we may have a set rate. Would you trust your skills to try to eyeball a rate on...

  7. Why be a CCU/ICU RN?

    kcalohagirl replied to spottybug's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    When I started nursing school, Critical Care terrified me. I had one instructor tell me that the CC course in nursing school would fail me out, keep me from graduating, etc. Then I ended up in the...

  8. Multiple IV's question

    kcalohagirl replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    Never had a patient on continuous vanc. What I have been told previously by pharm, however, is that vanc, once it is mixed, has a limited life. In other words, that bag of vanc that pharmacy sends...

  9. Good Questions to ask a Prospective Employer?

    kcalohagirl replied to cherryhopeRN's topic in General Nursing

    What a good example of how to "read between the lines"!!! My piece of advice is to listen as much to what they DON'T say in the interview as much as to what they DO. Every employer is going to play up...

  10. overcoming blood and guts?

    kcalohagirl replied to cherubhipster's topic in Nursing Career

    I am the biggest wuss in the world when it comes to someone giving ME a shot, drawing blood from ME, etc. Although I have endured a couple fairly gory accidents to myself with a clear head. (I...

  11. My Nursing Process Paper

    kcalohagirl replied to grenda12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Those won't be in a drug book. Think about it for a moment....... Multivitamins are often recommended because most people eat like junk. Or. . . does your patient have a condition that would cause...

  12. Picc Lines

    kcalohagirl replied to Anicita's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Unfortunately, I know of a case wher a PICC has been mistakenly inserted into an artery. And apparently was missed for quite some time. The nurses on the unit received a checklist of things that would...

  13. Bad experience... help?

    kcalohagirl replied to StarryNyte713's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Ouch. What an awful experience. Don't second-guess yourself that you're not "cut out" for this. You were plopped into the middle of a bad situation. CNA certification generally isn't terribly...

  14. I hate bedmaking

    kcalohagirl replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Bedmaking was not my favorite skill I learned in nursing school. But it really comes in handy when you are a nurse, you are understaffed, you have no techs on the floor, and your bedridden patient...

  15. what metal should my wedding ring be?

    kcalohagirl replied to SBK1013's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I'll be the voice of dissention here. I got married almost a year ago. We didn't do a big fancy engagement ring or anything, but my husband's mother and grandmother gifted us with his...

  16. For all the nurses that want to quit...

    kcalohagirl replied to HealthyRN's topic in General Nursing

    :lol2::lol2: Having lived in BOTH Hawaii and Montana, I have to vote for the tropics. No need to spend all that money on cold weather gear. How 'bout a secluded enclave on top of a mountain in...

  17. Tylenol Versus Vicodin

    kcalohagirl replied to ari3sdog's topic in Nursing Career

    Since the patient could obviously swallow, since there was an order for PO vicodin, I might have called the doc and asked why in the world the order for tylenol was only as a suppository, and could I...

  18. peg tube placement

    kcalohagirl replied to hunny_pye's topic in Medical-Surgical

    that still begs the question, how would a PEG migrate to a

  19. 4 mos. Pregnant & starting new RN job; Employer doesn't know yet; Will I be fired?

    kcalohagirl replied to Nrs_angie's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, congrats!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that I have that out of the way. . . . *grin* In my experience, (which is not extensive, just so you know) nursing is a job which is dominated by women. Women...

  20. Wanting to move to Montana

    kcalohagirl replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not the area you want to live in (way out on the eastern plains) but the tiny town of Baker has a tiny hospital, and the last I heard, they were desperate for nurses. i grew up on a ranch...

  21. travel nurse in st thomas. Need 2 know if we should accept

    kcalohagirl replied to katorules's topic in Travel

    One of our nursing supervisors had a friend who recently did a contract there. She said that the technology in the hospital was archaic compared to what we have on the mainland. And that funding...

  22. RN Interview for my nursing course

    kcalohagirl replied to weimaraner's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Jessica. I'm only about 18 months out of nursing school myself and I TOTALLY remember having assignments like this. So, let me try to help. To me, being professional means to behave in a way...

  23. Help! I'm going deaf.

    kcalohagirl replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    My nurse educator is hearing impaired, and has been since birth. (I'm pretty sure about the from birth thing, but I am more than willing to ask.) Before she was the nurse educator on my unit...

  24. just a vent

    kcalohagirl replied to Indy's topic in General Nursing

    Very sad. Not to excuse her but.....it can be very hard to watch someone die, especially for the first time. Our lives are so sanitized now, that it is rare, (in my opinion) that people deal with even...

  25. Injured in E.D. (kinda long)

    kcalohagirl replied to emsboss's topic in Emergency

    I have to agree w/ canoehead. Some people may not start out the day saying that they want to get so high they want to beat on the ER staff, but there are a LOT of people who say they want to spend...