lucky1RN

Here's my experience: Found the job I wanted on USAJobs.com and hand carried my application to the VA hospital on June 30. Got the call for the interview on Oct 13. Got the official job offer on December 23. Started work January 19. I probably could...

14 +/- years ago, I was taught to use filter needles with glass ampules. But things change. Occasionally, I run into someone who has never been taught to use them. I did a quick search and found this... http://classic.aacn.org/aacn/practice.nsf/a4...

Our policy is to zero the A-line and check a square wave form q shift, check the waveform with each pressure check, and level the transducer PRN. If everything checks out ok, we leave the peripheral cuff off and only check a peripheral pressure q4h. ...

Please provide some evidence/proof/citations for the above!?

thank you thank you thank you nrskarenrn! i have been looking all over the web for a link to the actual proposed legislation. i want to read this stuff for myself because like you said, i don't feel i can trust any news source to present unbiased f...

Great story! It's one thing to live through these experiences but another to be able to put it all down on paper in a way that brings the intensity of the situation to the reader. I don't know if it's because of my own personal experience with sketch...

I like your idea Tait...would probably get more attention than the post-it notes I leave in the progress notes. It's hard sometimes to say what works since I only leave a note if I'm not going to be there the next day (I'm a day shifter)...and since ...

:yeahthat: I'm also a veteran and would advise you to a) explore all your service options b) talk to some active duty nurses and c) GET IT IN WRITING (whatever your recruiter is promising you). You have to keep in mind that the military's needs wil...

I work Friday, Saturday, Sunday every week. On Thursday, I buy a rotisserie chicken, eggs, yogurts, nuts, fruit, and a bunch of different vegetables. I hard boil the eggs, pull the meat of the chicken, and cut up the vegetables (except for those I le...

"Here's your baby bottle and your pacifier. When you're done having your tantrum, you can find me doing what you should be doing...taking care of our patients."

Me: "Do you have any medication allergies or is there anything that you can't take?" Pt: "I'm allergic to insulin." Me: "What happens when you take it?" Pt: "It drops my blood sugar." Me: Thinking...(oh geez mister do we need to do some educatio...

4 sick days in 14 years. I very rarely get sick and I only work 3 days a week so...just haven't needed much sick time. Plus, I'd rather use my PTO for fun.

Say..."Thank you for the offer, I'm interested in the position and excited to work with you but I would like a week to think about it.". If they refuse the timeline, try to negotiate a shorter one. Then, tell the other facility that you are conside...

I never use "expired". Milk expires and I don't like associating stinky old milk with a human being's death. "Passed on", "passed away", "died"...these all get the point across and with the right tone of voice and expression can relay the news gently...

You know what I'm thinking about after reading the OP and replies? This was a male DOCTOR that entered the room, right? While we, as nurses, make great efforts to report off to each other after every shift, perhaps if the doctors did the same thing, ...

I want to come work with you guys. We get breakfast...in the cafeteria...the same food we pay for every other day...and if you're not working that day, you get nothing.

I'm not sure what you're asking? Are you asking for advice about how to use your military experience to gain advanced standing in a BSN program? Are you looking to give advice on how those with similar experience can take a short-cut to their BSN? My...

I live in South Carolina, and as I recall, USC Nursing's upper division is competitive. That means that while the minimum GPA for advancement is 2.75, those students with the highest GPAs are considered first. The 3.4 minimum they're telling you abou...

i'd like to see a system that recognizes healthcare as a right, encourages/rewards prevention and health maintenance, susidizes healthcare costs with some type of sliding-scale by income, and insures people against catastrophic loss when they are tem...

Nope. Two jobs were harder...archaeological digs in 3rd world countries where I spent 8-10 hours a day sweating and sifting through dirt and being in the military where I spent months on end living and working and eating and peeing and sleeping in a...

A 2 minute Google search and I found this... http://www.healthprivacy.org/usr_doc/PrivacyRights.pdf You can look over the website (healthprivacy.org) for federal and state laws regarding HIPPA and access to your records. Good luck.

As I've said before (in previous threads on the subject), you cannot tell what kind of germs someone is carrying strictly by their clothing...scrubs or not. You can't look at me in my scrubs and tell whether I'm on my way to or from work, on my way t...

There's an entire section of allnurses dedicated to military nursing. Check it out here https://allnurses.com/military-nursing-uniformed/

When I was new in the ICU, I started by taking every critical care course offered at my hospital. I even took some of them 2 and 3 times. In addition, I studied drugs and illnesses in my free time. I took ACLS. I studied rhythms. I would print all th...

Thanks for your reply Michelle. Ya, I guess that's more what I mean...not just full code vs DNR but at least some coverage for the "what if" situations. The majority of my patients (I work ICU) are not capable of communicating and the code status ...