karlita

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1. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   karlita replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   I was working in the ED one night as a Tech when we had admitted a man in his 40's for obs there in the unit. His monitor started beeping because his pulseox was reading O2 sats were in the mid 80's....

2. Can we still be friends?

   karlita replied to Jelli_Belli's topic in General Nursing

   I just wanted to say thank you for posting this question OP. I noticed how my best friend, who worked with me as a tech, immediately labled anyone who was accepted into NS as stupid an incompetent...

3. Age you will/were graduated?

   karlita replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

   I graduate just 2mo after my 24th birthday in March 09. TOO

4. Will you work during a Pandemic?

   karlita replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I would be willing to work during a pandemic. I don't have a family of my own yet, and as long as that were the case I would have no objections. I would expect my mom, who works as a CNA in a...

5. What would you do to get ahead in the Line at the ER?

   karlita replied to maybe1day's topic in Emergency

   I was wondering the same exact thing, but no one else seems

6. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   karlita replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   I was trained to be a phleb at the very first hospital I ever worked at after begging to be trained so I could have some pt contact (I was a secretary). My first night that I went up on my own (our...

7. ER- HELP: Dumbest reason people go to ER

   karlita replied to DachRN's topic in Nursing Humor

   When I first started in a hospital as a phlebotomist a couple years ago I was young, naive, and would never believe such things could happen. I was sent to the ER one day to draw labs on a difficult...

8. What are the item(s) you need most for nursing school?

   karlita replied to rn2be2006's topic in General Students

   Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful advice and ideas! After reading I've come up with a list of about 10 things I hadn't thought of on my own that I will most likely need for school. Two of my...

9. Why. Why, oh Why?

   karlita replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

   These were fantastic! Thanks for sharing and making my

10. eek! ur scaring me

    karlita replied to karlita's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thanks Dudenurse! I guess the RNs that I have worked with have had sooooo many, many, many years of experience that they make it look super easy although they too struggled at times. It wasn't until I...

11. eek! ur scaring me

    karlita posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    :eek:Wow! I WAS really excited to start nursing school until I started reading about all the scary experiences some new grads are having, especially in their first year. I have worked in many...