Coffee Nurse

Coffee Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. Is it me, or am I being given unrealistic assignments in the NICU?

    Coffee Nurse replied to tmjwe3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    *All* of the kids on your unit are fed at 2100? How bizarre. That seems like just a recipe for failure/situations like you were in. Why not deliberately stagger

  2. I would like to interview a Neonatal Nurse, I'm a senior pursuing a Neonatal Nurse career

    Coffee Nurse replied to Jackie52514's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    It would be better if you got in touch with a local NICU and asked if there was someone who would be willing to be interviewed. Not only could you then verify their identity (which you can't do...

  3. preemployment drug testing

    Coffee Nurse replied to babynurse98's topic in Nurses Recovery

    THIS. OP, the denial/rationalization is strong with you. If you had a patient on an antibiotic and then a duplicate order popped up in your computer for the same antibiotic, are you seriously...

  4. Do these scrubs make my butt look big!?

    Coffee Nurse replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Men in Nursing

    Oooh, now I have a tough choice for my next night out...unisex scrubs or

  5. Specialty area or more general right out of school?

    Coffee Nurse replied to sdarrington's topic in General Nursing

    With those extensive restrictions on your scheduling, I think you'll be hard pressed to find a hospital-based job, much less one in a specialty area, as a new grad. Hospitals of any quality generally...

  6. Do these scrubs make my butt look big!?

    Coffee Nurse replied to mrcleanscrubs's topic in Men in Nursing

    Unisex scrubs emphasize feminine features? That's news to

  7. sweetease

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

    I have to say I think it's a good idea, it reinforces the idea that Sweetease is a med (of sorts) and should be used only when appropriate. My current unit keeps stashes of it on the supply carts and...

  8. RN License Endorsement

    Coffee Nurse replied to AngelaAz's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a "license endorsement," it's a license in its own right. You hold two licenses, CA and AZ. Letting your CA one lapse will not affect your AZ

  9. Fluid Bolus question

    Coffee Nurse replied to Maria1308's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty used to running a 10 ml/kg bolus on a neonate over 30 minutes. To the OP, I think the reasons for not running fluids at high rates in babies are more: a) it takes much less volume to...

  10. Homelessness

    Coffee Nurse replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    $12,000 IS a lot of money to me (i.e., half a year's worth of housing in a more expensive place than I'd prefer to live), and I wasn't the one who suggested you pay it. My suggestion was only that IF...

  11. Homelessness

    Coffee Nurse replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    "say you had no money and you had to live in a van for awhile" is literally what he said. There was no "want" about it. Other posters have spoken to the stresses of living in a van that, IMHO, sound...

  12. Homelessness

    Coffee Nurse replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Well, he said his parents kicked him out, and that he had no money and "had [not wanted] to live in a van." so I assumed a roof over the head was the goal. And as the van situation was to enable...

  13. Homelessness

    Coffee Nurse replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

  14. NICU calculation. Please help.

    Coffee Nurse replied to Pai90's topic in General Nursing

    This is confusingly worded, but I think you mean taking 1 mL out of the bottle and replacing it with 1 mL of morphine (not adding the morphine to the 1 mL drawn out of the bottle). Either way, I...

  15. NICU calculation. Please help.

    Coffee Nurse replied to Pai90's topic in General Nursing

    You can theoretically use any volume of diluent, not just 9 mL. However, using volumes of drug+diluent that add up to 10 mL makes it much easier to do the math to get your dose, as you just have to...

  16. Anybody have rituals they do when a patient passes?

    Coffee Nurse replied to crnfaIwillbe's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I'd be pretty taken aback by getting this message out of the blue, and many people might find it depressing. I think the pay-it-forward act without the explicit message would be nice...

  17. UCLA New Grad Pay

    Coffee Nurse replied to mel5236's topic in General Nursing

    UCLA is one of the few places I've found that actually posts their pay online. UCLA Healthcare Titles You won't be paid annually, of course, but you can work out a rough estimate with the base rate...

  18. Smallest gauge for blood draw?

    Coffee Nurse replied to KLouHerout's topic in General Nursing

    Well, yes. I meant an adult volume of blood in the time blood requires, which would by necessity be a high

  19. Smallest gauge for blood draw?

    Coffee Nurse replied to KLouHerout's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair, I doubt adult volumes would run through a

  20. Could the reason I got fired from my last job affect becoming a nurse

    Coffee Nurse replied to Allie94's topic in Nursing Career

    Ah, here comes the attitude. OP, it was a year ago. You were 21. You're not going to get very far playing this "I was so much younger then" card. And frankly? When I was 21, I was working nights as a...

  21. Smallest gauge for blood draw?

    Coffee Nurse replied to KLouHerout's topic in General Nursing

    We use 24s in

  22. New Grad Feeling Lost...

    Coffee Nurse replied to Flyhigh_RN's topic in General Nursing

    What a weird way to phrase that. Did you ask her exactly what she'd expect to see with you "challenging

  23. Can I wear long press on nails if I wear gloves during my whole shift?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Cxrleen's topic in General Students

    As PPs have already covered the infection angle, I'm going to go ahead and add that they'd be incredibly impractical in a profession where you're generally using your hands all day long. Especially in...

  24. Jokes on me....?

    Coffee Nurse replied to Ms.UndastoodRn's topic in General Nursing

    I'd also take out a good deal of detail from this post so it's less identifiable. You never know who might be reading these

  25. New Career

    Coffee Nurse replied to Lamby's topic in General Nursing

    Two questions: 1) how long have you been working, and 2) what makes you think you "cannot" work on a floor? OR nursing is a very specific beast and a far cry from floor nursing, plus the problems you...