heartlover07

heartlover07 RN

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  1. What experience for Cath Lab is best?

    heartlover07 replied to Sflowerssweeney's topic in Cardiac

    I too am interested in the cath lab, I went one day to observe during school and I LOVED it so much I didn't want to leave :lol2: Ever since then I have had tunnel vision and I got a job on a tele...

  2. It happened here, RA killed by patient

    heartlover07 replied to Mama Val's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as resident aide in a group home for paranoid schizophrenics and there was always two of us there, sometimes even three. I can't imagine being there by myself, in fact I wouldn't do it! My...

  3. I saw my first patient that died today...

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to thank all of you wonderful nurses out there who have taken the time to write about your personal experience with a patient/patients that have passed on. I have found that I am feeling...

  4. Cardiac Nurses please help!!

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in Cardiac

    Ubernurse, I see that you are a fairly new nurse, how was it starting out on this type of unit? Also, how often do you have patients that code or (if I may ask) have any passed while you have been...

  5. I saw my first patient that died today...

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say I can't fathom how you all deal with losing children and babies....as you say you adapt to it in your own way, but I just can't imagine it. I have not chosen to go into pediatrics mostly...

  6. I saw my first patient that died today...

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the replies by the way....I appreciate

  7. I saw my first patient that died today...

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b] this is so true, i think what makes it hard is that it makes you confront your own feelings about death-which i am not sure of myself. thanks for...

  8. Anyone here in a "nursing couple"?

    heartlover07 posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband and I met in nursing school and we graduate together in May. I was wondering if anyone else here is in a married or other relationship with anothe nurse? If so, do you have kids and how do...

  9. Cardiac Help Needed.....

    heartlover07 replied to dreamrider_212's topic in General Nursing

    I always picture afterload as a hose with a clamp on it, this clamp squeezes the hose and therefore supplies the resistance that must be overcome to get the blood where it needs to go...this image is...

  10. Anyone failed NCLEX after starting internship?

    heartlover07 replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have an answer, but I am so glad you asked....I graduate in May and already have a start date of July 9th for a job, so I am very nervous about passing

  11. Anyone here in a "nursing couple"?

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Wow there's alot of nursing couples, I guess it takes another nurse to really understand what it is like... I love the idea of taking the kids to the brake room for report, my husband and I are likely...

  12. Anyone here in a "nursing couple"?

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the welcome :) It is very encouraging that so far we have handled nursing SCHOOL together, so that is saying alot..:monkeydance: My husband is going for a job inteview today, and we are...

  13. Cardiac Nurses please help!!

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in Cardiac

    Mom2Michael This sound exactly like the unit that I will be working on. They are also in the process of making a four bed "stepdown" for post CABG patients that will be staffed 1:3. I just accepted...

  14. Did any new grads receive sign-on bonuses?

    heartlover07 replied to carrieprc's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduate in May and am starting in an interventional cardiology/tele unit in July. I was not offered a sign on bonus, but get a 7000.00 per year allowance towards my bachelors and great health...

  15. Interview Questions When Entering Nursing School

    heartlover07 replied to Maggie in NC's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    We were told to ask specific questions about the type and length of orientation you will have, how you will be supported as a new nurse, how active nurses are in the administration of the facility. I...

  16. Cardiac Nurses please help!!

    heartlover07 replied to heartlover07's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks for your reply. Another question I have is if this is appropriate experience for a goal of the cath lab eventually? What type of hours do you normally work in the cath lab? I know that you have...