libbyjeanne
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Considering the placement difference between a port and the distal end of a CL, I highly doubt that you can obtain a CVP from a port.
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I was thinking about this the other night. At my hospital, we change the propofol tubing q12, but we only change the tubing to 20% lipids q24. I wonder what the rationale is behind that...
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Usually, hospitals in LV only do new grad programs in the summer. They start in May/June. My advice to any new grad is to make yourself more marketable by that time. Have ACLS, BLS, and PALS. Know the director and/or managers names of the unit you are applying to and check up on the status of your application frequently. I know you guys may be thinking that next summer you will be an "old" new grad, but don't let that discourage you. You are just as good as a "new" new grad that will be graduating this December and this May. Has anyone thought of applying to LPN jobs and offering to work as an RN at an LPN wage? That is what one of my coworkers did. She worked as an RN at an LPN wage for six months at a LTC facility until she scored a new grad job on the floor I worked at. Hang in there! Don't give up!
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To be honest with you, further certifications (such as ACLS, PALS) will not be a deal breaker in you getting a job. My advice is for you to just wait and take the class for free.
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As a new grad, I made $28. Now, nearly two years out, I have switched jobs and make a bit more. You can easily make at least $27.
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Maybe the school offers a part-time program?
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Oh, sorry. I meant that the Sunrise hospitals all do hair analysis, along with urine. The Valley Health System hospitals do not do hair analysis....just urine.
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The Sunrise Hospital system (Sunrise, Southern Hills, and Mountain View Hospitals) all do hair analysis. I know the Valley Health system hospitals do not. Not sure about St. Rose hospitals.
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Seven patients on a step down floor? As in a ICU step down?!? Run.
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Okay, so about using your stethoscope... How long does it take you to use that stethoscope? I am guessing not very long. If you think about it, did you REALLY not have the time to use your steth and listen to your patients? Or were you so stressed that you just put it off? When I was first starting out on my own (like the first 4 months) I would put the simplest things off until I got "caught up". Then I realized that it takes me longer to put things off rather than to just get it done right then and there while I was there in the room with the patient. Just my
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You are not stupid. Being a new grad is a scary thing. I have been on a M/S floor since June and I still ask questions every day. It's only your second day of being on your own! Give yourself time. Learn from your mistakes. You will get the hang of it. Also the other new grad with LVN experience...she has had experience that you have never had. She had been able to develop routines you have never gotten the chance to do, and see things that you haven't had the chance to see. Don't compare yourself to others, because everyone is different and everyone learns differently. Stick with it. It was only your second day.
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That is ridiculous! I would do the same thing you are doing...putting in my notice and getting the heck out of there!
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Just the other night, I had the same question asked to me. We have a new doctor, and a young one at that. Poor thing is having the hardest time working night shift. I have been blessed with being able to sleep anytime of the day or night, just as long as I am tired. The new doc said, "Once I even get a glimpse of sunlight, my body wants to wake up. So I put my mattress in my closet." How big this closet is, I don't know. But black out curtains do exist, and they work wonderfully. Some doctors are brilliant...just not so much with common sense.