Coffee Nurse

Coffee Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. When 2 New Grads are hired on the same unit

    Coffee Nurse replied to Student2Registered's topic in General Nursing

    There were four of us hired at the same time, and it's been great having a few other people who are going through exactly what I am, at the same time as me. We even managed to get together for...

  2. Enteral feeding pumps

    Coffee Nurse replied to megcourt's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The vast majority of our feeds go on the syringe pumps as we use for meds. Occasionally we'll use Kangaroos for continuous feeds or large bolus

  3. graduation date n resume

    Coffee Nurse replied to SadNBlue's topic in General Nursing

    You don't remember when you graduated? You don't need the exact date, a month and year will suffice. Can you contact your school and former employers and verify the

  4. Nursing instructor in the wrong

    Coffee Nurse replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. You may not be able to see the glass fragments that can fall into the med after you break the ampoule, but they can definitely do damage if you inject them into a patient. You draw up the dose...

  5. "not-so-new-grad" needs advice

    Coffee Nurse replied to ocmama's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Four years out, you might want to look into taking an RN refresher course. People who are only one year post-graduation are having a hard time finding anything; hospitals will definitely look at your...

  6. Is med-surg really the best place to start as a new grad?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Valerie916's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on what you want to do ultimately. I started in NICU and wouldn't have it any other way. A year of med/surg wouldn't have done anything for me, besides the general time...

  7. Float Nurse Problem: Need Advice

    Coffee Nurse replied to jaleath's topic in General Nursing

    Seems to me it's not a "float nurse problem" that you have, but a problem with those few staff nurses who are burned out and not pulling their own weight. The team leader idea isn't a bad idea, but...

  8. I don't know if I want to be a nurse and I can't really...

    Coffee Nurse replied to WayneKerr's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed that nursing isn't necessarily a calling, but two points: -it will be stressful, intermittently, if not constantly, depending on the unit you get yourself into; and -before you sign on for the...

  9. PICC with too much resistance

    Coffee Nurse replied to tokebi's topic in General Nursing

    Or could be a positional thing -- if it's in the antecube and the patient's arm is bent sharply. (At least, this is a problem we sometimes have in the NICU; I don't know if adults get a sufficiently...

  10. endorsement of license from california to las vegas

    Coffee Nurse replied to vhiolin's topic in California Nursing

    You have to be properly licensed in one state before you can endorse to another, and since the CA BRN is still contacting you about information they need, it sounds like you're not yet licensed in CA....

  11. I never know how to answer this question

    Coffee Nurse replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I'd definitely steer away from those; in almost any nursing job you come across, you're going to be putting in long hours and spending lots of time and at least some holidays away from your...

  12. Finding a job out-of-state

    Coffee Nurse replied to seattlestudent's topic in General Nursing

    And on top of the potential difficulties of applying from out of state, the locations you're looking at are currently saturated with new grads, especially NYC and especially the Bay Area. Don't know...

  13. Baby Care DVD

    Coffee Nurse replied to spacey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Google search for "baby care

  14. Thank you food from nursing students

    Coffee Nurse replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    I love Edible Arrangements, and I agree, it'd probably be eaten so fast that food safety wouldn't be an issue, especially since there's nothing dairy in

  15. New RN Temporary Position?

    Coffee Nurse replied to cougSN's topic in General Nursing

    IAWTC. Not to mention the fact that in the new grad world, a few months of experience is almost worse than no experience at all -- you're still not qualified for the vast majority of jobs that...

  16. job expenses to expect?

    Coffee Nurse replied to httamli's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget the expenses for CEUs to maintain your license. These can be as cheap as filling out post-tests in a magazine, or as pricey as travelling to a conference and paying for lodging, etc....

  17. Urgent Emergency Help.....

    Coffee Nurse replied to rita.kumar83's topic in General Nursing

    You're at clinical? Where's your instructor? Where are the other nurses? Why would you post on an Internet forum instead of asking someone you're actually working

  18. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

    Coffee Nurse replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    one of my favorite lab conversations was when a coworker had to call about a gentamicin level she had sent down about two hours earlier, and the result was still not up in the computer. according to...

  19. Whyyyyy? Rant from a Lab Tech

    Coffee Nurse replied to raianne's topic in General Nursing

    Just have to say -- who draws a vanco trough when the med is

  20. Nurses Please Help!

    Coffee Nurse replied to yellowbelly's topic in General Nursing

    You should probably specify that this only pertains to nurses working in Ireland. I'd guess the majority of people who frequent this site are

  21. Calculation question

    Coffee Nurse replied to tigerlily345's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Start by figuring out the patient's dose per minute by converting his weight to kilos (mcg/min). Calculate his hourly dose based on that (mcg/hr). Figure out your concentration in mcg/mL and use that...

  22. Calculation question

    Coffee Nurse replied to tigerlily345's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Please try working this out on your own first and then posting your thoughts here for

  23. Did I use alcohol swab?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Sweetie2005's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Not sure what kind of insight you're looking for, as nobody here can guess whether you scrubbed the port or not. How long have you been working? Obviously, "always do" means something different for...

  24. advice for barcode scanning of infants

    Coffee Nurse replied to kimbittybabyrn's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We also keep our barcoded ID bands taped to the isolette/warmer/what-have-you, unless the baby's going out of the unit (to OR or MRI, for example), in which case s/he gets banded directly, on two...

  25. [] EKG, ACLS, PALS classes []

    Coffee Nurse replied to zsoldier's topic in California Nursing

    UCLA's Center for Prehospital Care offers ACLS and PALS (no EKG, though) for almost the same price as Lifesaver, and their classes are located either in Westwood or West