CaLLaCoDe BSN, RN

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

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    I too get a real charge, a real kick sharing this website to others! It's wonderful to see their eyes bug out and observe their level of intensity increase when reading these threads. Hooked another,...
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    persuasion essay about nursing

    CaLLaCoDe replied to t0yang's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses! Well, you asked a toughy! I'm way too tired at this time from being the nurse that my training helped me to become to think of a reasonable argument in favor of taking a course...
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    What's your fav general use stethoscope?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to chaxanmom's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Littman Classic II. Too bad it got stolen at the hospital in Delano! I loved how clear everything was with that stethescope. I'm just to cheap to replace it and carry it around risking it'd be...
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    Stripping an IV?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to S.T.A.C.E.Y's topic in General Nursing

    Now I believe this has to do with placing a label on the side of the IV pump to help keep track of the time needed for a specific infusion. I am uncertain of the term strip to mean the removal of...
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    Float nurses doing cardiac assessment on DOU/Tele

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nursemel374's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you know your telemetry nursing well! Good for you! I am flustered when we get folks..travelers, medsurge, float nurses who don't check the important labs, k+, mag, phos or are and are...
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    My performance sucks.

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    Boy can I relate to your situation! But have you ever noticed that most every assignment involves usually only one squeeky wheel? One patient going down the tubes? One, where you have to drop...
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    Disrespectful Nurse aids

    CaLLaCoDe replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I too as a new nurse had to contend with orientation (which to me was way harder than nursing school!) and the resentment, the not following of orders, chatting up the handsome phlebotimist when she...
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    Your Specialty: Do You Have Regrets?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    do you have any regrets about the specialty you have chosen? no, i like telemetry nursing! we have critically ill patients that need a lot of special care and we have ambulatory patients that...
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    Stress-proned

    CaLLaCoDe replied to -alice-'s topic in General Nursing

    I tell you this, when a respiratory therapist at my hospital tells me that he has 60 or so clients on his roster to give breathing treatments to and feels guilty 'cause he can't reach them all and...
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    It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I so dislike it when patient's purposely mess with dressings... Such as was the case with a dressing to one of my patient's last night... A picc line dressing removed without mention to me of the...
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    How hard was nursing school?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school is tough! NO KIDDING AROUND! However it's doable. Veteran Student tip of the day: Remember to keep telling yourself when your contemplating suicide with only an hour to go in the midst...
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    Lets brag about our hospitals where we work!!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    I claim bragging rights to a hospital whose policy is none to second, backward and still born. And its incredible Cerner system makes a mouse scurry for no reason other than busy work! Please get some...
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    It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    CaLLaCoDe replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    I will tell you that indeed my patient was due for a changing of his picc line site, what within a day, so you got me; I'm had! However in my own defense, this man is a frequent flyer, visiting time...
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    What do you think should be the starting salary for nurses?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Plagueis's topic in General Nursing

    Since gas prices are soaring and it costs more to feed my family. I would say make it $30.00 minimum beginning hourly wage for nurses. And this is from the nurse who began the are nurses in it for...
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    What patient population do you enjoy working with the most?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to that! I love working with patient's who mostly speak Spanish and I find myself communicating in my broken Spanish to them. It's comical and patient's have fun trying to solve the riddle of...
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    ACLS check off

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Boston-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Know your algorythms very well. Simply put, that's what they want you to know. Good luck, remember the testers want you to pass so don't panic ;-) You may want to repeat the computer test with the...
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    New Grad already Unsure

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Dreed71's topic in General Nursing

    If you have a chance to take a June Cochran class, do so, I found her class incredibly helpful at strategy and understanding the NCLEX premise, to do its darndest to fool you. You can google her name....
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    I was a ______ prior to being a nurse/student nurse

    CaLLaCoDe replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    As with platinum garb, I too was involved with retail. A shoesalesman in a store with a flight of stairs to champion each time a person wanted a certain size (Twisted my ankle a couple of times on...
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    Comradery...??

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TonyFl's topic in General Nursing

    1- Is there comradery in the profession? Yes, there definitely is! You find those nurses you can ask things of and reciprocate in kind. And, some nurses can be very knowledgable and however, tire of...
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    Ms. Jekyll or Ms. Hyde, what will it be this time?

    CaLLaCoDe posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know you've had the patient that will see you the nurse in one light at one time and another at another time. How peculiar is that!? Patient: Don't tell me you are a nurse!? Nurse: Yes, and I am...
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    Night Shift Nightmare

    CaLLaCoDe replied to Stepher Gale's topic in General Nursing

    Listening to this story makes me want to make rounds immediately on another nurse's patients when she's jetting off to lunch. You'd be amazed how often my patients differ in appearance from what was...
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    The Physical Stamina Needed For Nursing

    CaLLaCoDe replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    Dang! Reading this post makes my lower back ache.. And I'm sure most of you people know what I mean! Nursing is physically demanding work and can leap out and tax you at any moment, unannounced and...
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    Know-it-all, nonmedical bosses

    CaLLaCoDe replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank goodness, they both still have life. I too would be awfully angry if it had been my daughter. Broken limbs swell, yeah but loss of sensation is another matter, indeed! That is a SCARY SCARY tale...
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    Thinking about getting into nursing

    CaLLaCoDe replied to jlbird's topic in General Nursing

    You came to my favorite resource on the internet. Really, people on this site have warm hearts and love to share information. Just by going to the threads posted under national, specifically Florida,...
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    Do nurses have it all?

    CaLLaCoDe replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    This is my second day of a four dayer and I am ever so happy not to be at work! Now, don't get me wrong, I love to do nursing, however having time to chill, time to be with beloved family, time to...