Jdl2002

Jdl2002

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  1. If they invited you for an interview, then I'd say you have a chance to get the
  2. M.R.S.A or mersa?

    mersa. USA, specifically West Virginia. I met a nurse from North Carolina once who spelled it
  3. Our float pool was expanded from around 25 nurses to about 100 now. Some floors in our hospital regularly have two and three needs for nurses on day and evening shifts. The float pool also cuts down...
  4. sweaty hands- please help!!

    I have sweaty hands all the time also. I personally don't care if people notice. If someone asks I just tell them that my hands sweat all the time. Getting gloves on can be tricky when your hands...
  5. Every week. Double on Sunday, 8 hours Monday, Double on Wednesday. Love
  6. Temp License

    Has anyone who graduated this spring received their temporary license from West Virginia yet? My classmates who were hired at St. Mary's in Huntington had their start dates pushed back from 5/26 to...
  7. Heparin safety

    We do for IV heparin. 2 RNs are supposed to calculate the weight based heparin independently and be present when the IV pump is set. No second RN needed for sq. Our standard sq does in 5000 units,...
  8. Temp License

    Thanks, I took the NCLEX last Wednesday and found out on Thursday that I had passed. I already had my real license before I started my job this week. Turns out the NCLEX wasn't that bad. I just had...
  9. Temp License

    Well, I got my temporary license in the mail today and am taking the NCLEX next week.
  10. There are two large hospitals in my town. One requires a one year contract for new grads and the other does not. There is no pay incentive for signing the contract. Basically it just states that...
  11. uniform?

    At Cabell, RNs wear green and aids wear
  12. 39 days

    Pinning: 5/8. Graduation: 5/9. Exams between now and graduation:
  13. People do this all the time. Accept
  14. I gave my first injection today

    When we were learning injections and IVs our instructors said we could practice on each other if we wanted, but no one wanted to. During clinicals a few nurses on the floor have let students practice...
  15. Getting first nursing job in this economy

    I go to school in WV, and of my class of 84 only ten people or so have not received job offers. Most of those are people applying to hospitals out of state. Hospitals around here started...
  16. Pt.'s husband asked to try on SCD's !

    I don't see anything wrong with letting him try on the SCDs. People are curious about the things that are happening to their loved ones in the hospital. Sounds like he provided you with several...
  17. For Fun - Things You Want to Buy Once You're a Nurse

    A car is definitely somewhere on the list, but I really want to get Lasik. Hopefully by the end of the year I won't have to wear glasses/contacts
  18. Huntington Starting Pay

    Just to update this thread for anyone else who may be looking. I am an RN nursing student graduating in May. I was just offered a job a St. Mary's. Base pay is $21.60 with night and weekend...
  19. I work at a Catholic hospital, so I don't think there have been any memos about what seasonal greeting to use. There are Christmas trees up all over the hospital. I personally am atheist, so I tend...
  20. What exactly does a Resource Nurse Do?

    Was there any job description at all? At my hospital, resource nurses are called the nurses in the float pool. They fill in on almost any hospital floor with low staffing
  21. Responcibility for sharps

    You didn't mention it in your post, so I'll ask an obvious question. Has anyone talked to the doctor directly? If my own health were at risk I would remind the doctor to put her used needles in the...
  22. I don't really know that much about it. My aunt is a hygenist in the USPHS. She just came back from a deployment in Micronesia, but usually works in a prison. She loves it, and makes an excellent...
  23. Any RN Program

    I don't know that you want to move to West Virginia, but I got into my ASN program straight away. I took all the pre-reqs along side my nursing
  24. skirts

    There is one girl in my nursing class who for religious reasons always wears skirts. I know of two nurses at my hospital who also always wear skirts. One in her late 40s the other early 60s. I...
  25. White Scrubs help!

    We have all white scrubs at my school. The scrubs can only be bought from one store in town, so there isn't a choice of finding a thicker white scrub pant. I wear white boxers, and I think it is the...