al7139

al7139 ASN, RN

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  1. How much is your pay?

    al7139 replied to rainbowcak3's topic in General Nursing

    I am in Hampton Roads Virginia. I am a new nurse with 11 months of experience. I work the 3pm-11pm shift. My base (with a recent raise) is $20.64/hr with a shift diff of $8.00/hr. Total:...

  2. Took care of a nurse today...

    al7139 replied to Dad-2-3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have had to care for nurses I work with since I got my RN 10 months ago...Guess what? they are people too! No reason to feel overwhelmed. I tell family who are in the field that I am new, and they...

  3. "And it's all going to be your fault"

    al7139 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new nurse at 11 months past graduation and 10 months working in the field. I have found out that it is true that when things are not going well for a patient it is my fault, or the nurse...

  4. Blood Cultures

    al7139 replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    At my hospital, we get lots of elderly pts from LTC or SNF's. If these pts have existing PICC lines, Central Lines, or Udall's we always draw one of the cultures from the line in case the infection...

  5. Peeves at work

    al7139 replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    How funny! I have experinced all of these at one time or another. My few favorites are: 1. When a bed alarm goes off everyone else acts like they are too busy to go check it out...I was taught that...

  6. "REAL" nursing

    al7139 replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, I am a new grad with 11 months on the job. As a student we are taught the steps for a procedure or giving meds, etc. As a student, just giving a patient a Tylenol takes forever, let alone...

  7. HamptonRoads.....were is the $$$$

    al7139 replied to Graduate2010's topic in Virginia Nursing

    Hi there, I am an RN and I work for Sentara. I went to TCC and graduated last year in May 2007. I dont' know for sure about LPN salaries, but I can tell you that on my unit (telemetry/med-surg), we...

  8. Has anyone failed a test? I need some encouragement!

    al7139 replied to silly32girl's topic in General Students

    Don't worry, When I was in nursing school, I failed a major test in my second semester (Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance). I was so discouraged, since I studied obsessively for it! It...

  9. Doctors are Bullies

    al7139 replied to madwife2002's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't know where you work, but where I work (in a hospital on a busy telemetry/med-surg unit) that treatment doesn't fly! Now I admit, I am a new nurse (graduated 10 months ago), but have had some...

  10. New Grad on Cardiac/Stepdown Floor

    al7139 replied to BrayaRN's topic in Cardiac

    Welcome to the wonderful world of cardiac nursing! I am also a new grad, working on a tele unit. It's really scary at first, but it does get better, I promise! I hope you find some other nurses on...

  11. What is Telemetry nursing?

    al7139 replied to ummwhome's topic in Cardiac

    Hello! I am an RN who just graduated 10 months ago. I work on a tele unit. I was hired right out of school (actually before I graduated, since I did clinicals there and interviewed during that...

  12. BP 200's/150's Appropriate for General Med/surg?

    al7139 replied to KyPinkRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi there, I work on a telemetry unit. I have been a nurse for about 10 months now, so I am still really new at this. We are a unit that takes stable cardiac patients (i.e. angina, CHF, post cath...

  13. Charge nurse??

    al7139 replied to Bella36RN's topic in General Nursing

    Yikes! As a new nurse with less than one year of experience, I would feel really uncomfortable with being in charge. After all, I am still learning, and still in need of help caring for my patients...

  14. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    al7139 replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    Never hold a bullet with a pair of kitchen tongs while your buddy hits it with a brick (2 guys with military combat experience in Iraq). One now needs a cornea transplant. Never do a bunch of...

  15. Terms we will not admit to using

    al7139 replied to gwenith's topic in Nursing Humor

    Here are a few: The Q sign (pt has tongue hanging out the side of their mouth) The O sign (pts mouth open) ADR (Ain't Doing Right) In need of a callbellectomy. Family needs to be discharged. In need...

  16. Do You Tell EVERYONE You Are a Nurse?

    al7139 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    My close friends know I am a nurse, and it may come up in conversation with someone I meet or talk to in public (store clerk, neihbor, etc.). If they start in with the inevitable health questions, I...

  17. I'm so sick of MRSA!!!!!

    al7139 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    The sad fact is that yes, its a pain to have a pt with MRSA (or anything else requiring more than standard precautions), because in reality, how many patients go through your unit that have a...

  18. Any help on calming down

    al7139 replied to sstars's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi there! I know how you are feeling! I took the NCLEX in August '07. We really were not prepared for it in school. The job I took paid for prep courses, but I was not able to get into classes,...

  19. Cardiac Tele/Stepdown

    al7139 replied to richtam97's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a 42 bed telemetry/med-surg unit. We primarily see pts with arrhythmias, CHF, COPDers, and angina issues. We have an ICU and a PCU at the hospital, so they get the more serious cases first...

  20. Is this addiction or pain control? or both??

    al7139 replied to Kashia's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Hi there, I worked on an ortho unit in a hospital for a while in school, and I can tell you that any bone injury or surgery is extremely painful. More than a soft tissue surgery in most cases. If...

  21. my first couple of months

    al7139 replied to stiney77's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi there! I can relate so much to you! I also am a new nurse on a tele unit for 8 months. It is so very scary, but also rewarding. In school, I never thought I would want to work on a cardiac...

  22. EPIC Computer Program

    al7139 replied to al7139's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Wow, I am glad of all your responses. I am continuing to practice, and suprisingly enough, other nurses I work with tell me they think I will have no problem with the change and that I seem...

  23. Tech Refuses Patient

    al7139 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    OK, Come on! This sounds like a you-know-what excuse for getting out of having to care for a pt with isolation precautions. MRSA is everywhere! Our patients may have it with out our knowledge,...

  24. Delegating to aides: How do you do it?

    al7139 replied to hollyberry678's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse who worked as an aide while I was in school. There are all types of personalities on a unit, and you must be flexible enough to get along with them to be able to work towards the common...

  25. need a nurses advise

    al7139 replied to Rnmkonoinmedsurg's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care if it's 3am. If you are concerned about a pt, call! If the MD wants to be a jerk and complain that I woke him up, that's fine, I just document that he was notified, and that I recieved...