Jacobero

Jacobero

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  1. When people say they are nurses but not...

    Jacobero posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does it bother you? The sister of my SIL is in nursing school, graduating soon (I think) but since she started taking nursing courses, the entire family- including this girl talk like she is a nurse....

  2. Different pay depending on area - is this common

    Jacobero posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently transferred from a med/surg floor to the NICU, and found out that now that I'm in the Dept of Women's and Childrens, that my shift differnetials are reduced by 10%. When I was working...

  3. Different pay depending on area - is this common

    Jacobero replied to Jacobero's topic in General Nursing

    No, that wouldn't be it, we don't have different hospitals. We have different departments, for example, Dept of Medicine, Dept of Women's and Children, Dept of Surg At least I'm not the only one that...

  4. When people say they are nurses but not...

    Jacobero replied to Jacobero's topic in General Nursing

    Dutchgirl... Those are my thoughts exactly!

  5. Which will help me get to NICU eventually??

    Jacobero replied to SAP2008's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm glad to hear this, as a nurse with nearly two years of adult med/surg vent expirience, it's disheartening to hear that some think that having that expirieince is a barrier to being successful in...

  6. Were You a Nursing Assistant

    Jacobero replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I was a tech at a hopsital while I was in nursing school. I feel that it helped reinforce some of the knowledge learned in school, gave me practical expirience with patients (how to deal with...

  7. Why isolette covers?

    Jacobero replied to grlgid's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I look at it this way...the womb is pretty dark and quiet...sounds are muffled, and the predominant sound the baby in utero hears is mom's heartbeat, blood and bowel sounds. The more we can re-create...

  8. NICU anxiety....

    Jacobero posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I'm not a super new nurse, but after nearly two years in med-surg I finally felt comfortable enough to take a job in the NICU (levelIII) in my hospital. the issue is that I'm having some major...

  9. NICU anxiety....

    Jacobero replied to Jacobero's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, after a couple more days I'm feeling a little bit better. Next week I start my "real" orientation - I had been between my old unit and the NICU doing a few days on both. I have the hang of doing...

  10. Allowing infected staff to work--your thoughts please!

    Jacobero replied to SteveNNP's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Ok, I've been working in the NICU all of two weeks and I'm shocked that this is allowed to happen. This wouldn't have been permitted on my dirty-old med surg floor...for many reasons - infection,...

  11. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    Jacobero replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I replied that niether parents alcoholic, however, my mother is from an alcoholic family, and later (after I left home) developed some dependency issues. Some could argue that my father is dependant...

  12. what time do you give meds....

    Jacobero replied to Nurseismade RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We have an hour each way. I do try to combine as much as I can, like if someone is perscribed a multivitamin and the nurse before me puts it at 4pm, I might go ahead and give it with the 6 pm's as...

  13. Head to toe assessment....how long does it take you?

    Jacobero replied to CareBayer's topic in General Nursing

    I never timed myself, but we do walking report, and that helps a little to get a first time visual on a patient. Then, while giving 8 am meds, I listen to lungs, check how much o2 they are on (I work...

  14. Upstate NY (schools and working)

    Jacobero replied to Satori77's topic in New York Nursing

    Thanks for adding the Ellis and Samaritan programs...I forgot about

  15. Patient asking for phone number to keep in touch, what do you say?

    Jacobero replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    I never give out my phone number. Then again, I don't think that I've ever been asked. I'm not that nice of a nurse! :) Seriously, although it hasn't come up, there are those on my unit who do have...

  16. Antihypertensive medication

    Jacobero replied to mrsluckyaz's topic in Patient Medications

    See, that's what I've been saying on my unit since I got there!!! When I'm working on the adult pulmonary unit, people are wickedly paranoid about giving anti-hypertensives when the BP is borderline...

  17. NICU anxiety....

    Jacobero replied to Jacobero's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks for your perspective. I'm in for another day tomorrow and am definately keeping my ear to the ground as far as how the group interacts with each other. The unit that I'm leaving actually is...

  18. Antihypertensive medication

    Jacobero replied to mrsluckyaz's topic in Patient Medications

    I usually see for SBP Alot depends on the person, and what else is going on in the clinical picture. If there are no parameters set by the MD, and I take the BP befoe giving and it's borderline, I'll...

  19. Advice for 1st year nurse

    Jacobero replied to cirrie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you can find someone to watch the kiddos on weekends, definatly find a weekend track/premium job. I have been doing weekend track since Oct ( I have three, 7, 5 and 2) and it has been a godsend....

  20. Hi all! Just became a NY RN!

    Jacobero replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in New York Nursing

    Actually, no...I currently am transitioning from pulmonary/med-surg to the NICU. I go by nursing nurse because when I registerd for this site, I was breastfeeding my daughter (we nursed for 2 years),...

  21. columbia memorial hospital, hudson new york

    Jacobero replied to candycane267's topic in New York Nursing

    Well...it's small. I did my clinicals there while in nursing school, so maybe I'm not the most reliable person to talk about it. I didn't like it much, but they do have computer charting and have had...

  22. Upstate NY (schools and working)

    Jacobero replied to Satori77's topic in New York Nursing

    There are a few nursing schools in Albany: hudson valley community college in troy (SUNY so not badly priced), Maria in albany (expensive), Russell Sage (4 year private, expensive). I went to Columbia...

  23. Starting Pay at Albany Med, or St. Peters

    Jacobero replied to LilBoo's topic in New York Nursing

    When I started at St. Peter's a year and half ago, they gave me $20.10. I beleive that it is now $20.67 or some other wierd number like that. We just did a "market adjustment" so everyone's pay went...

  24. Hi all! Just became a NY RN!

    Jacobero replied to Chloe'sinNYNow's topic in New York Nursing

    Albany Med is not unionized, but many in Capital District are not. I know that Ellis in Schenectady is. Parking: employees part off site during the day, and take a shuttle in. Plan for 10-15 min on...

  25. 4get the money what is the nurse patient ratio?

    Jacobero replied to studentmalenurse's topic in New York Nursing

    1:8??? Right now, on the med/pulm floor I work on, during the day it's 1:4 or 1:5. Unit secretary, 1 RT (we have up to 8 vents plus HFNC and other respiratory stuff). At night, it's 1:7 or 1:8 with an...