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  1. Travel Nusing with this economy!?

    Gampopa replied to jenjacobi1's topic in Travel

    It's very tight right now. I started travelling this past October and at that time my agency, CC, had something like 20 positions for a med/surg Peds RN. Today there are 4 jobs and two of those are...

  2. Central Cali Childrens

    Gampopa posted a topic in Travel

    Hi All: Need some advice. I'm a first time traveller and have an offer for the Central California Childrens outside of Fresno. I don't know much about that area. The facility sounds good but in a...

  3. Just took the nyclex-rn

    Gampopa replied to BELLE0924's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi All: Good luck to everyone taking NCLEX. I just got home from taking it and like so many others feel like I'll have to take it again. There were so many questions where I have no idea if I was...

  4. aPTT values

    Gampopa posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi: I'm getting ready to take NCLEX Tuesday and have a question for you. In my Pharm book it lists aPTT normal of 40sec. c heparin therapy it should be 60-80 sec. However, in RN Notes Clinical pocket...

  5. Obtaining/verifying consent

    Gampopa posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all...I'm getting ready to take NCLEX in late Sept and have a question. Who is responsible for obtaining consent to procedures? In some places I've read it is the nurse's responsibility and in...

  6. Question about a question on nclex

    Gampopa replied to merei's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Maybe Tom can answer this one for us. He answered all my questions about

  7. Salary to expect as a new grad nurse

    Gampopa replied to ashfost's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In Denver starting pay range for new grad c BSN is $20-24/hr, c $2.50 night $4.00 weekend dif. Cost of living is getting more and more expensive especially housing costs although I'm hopeful that the...

  8. Can't stop the nightmares- please help

    Gampopa replied to caren19's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Gromit: It sounds like you are taking some positive steps. You may also want to ask about EMDR therapy. You can find info on it on the web. There is a web site EMDR.com, too. Good luck to

  9. UCHSC nursing program

    Gampopa replied to Denverchick1983's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Hi all: I'm in the Nursing Program at UCHSC. While I'm in the Nursing Doctorate program I will be leaving at the end of this summer with my BSN. In my opinion, the Nursing program at UCHSC has its...

  10. Which Hospital???

    Gampopa replied to MiraRose's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Although I have not worked at either...Sweedish has a much better reputation. I have not heard good things about Aurora

  11. OB Clinicals

    Gampopa replied to carolynd's topic in Men in Nursing

    I liked some parts of my OB rotation: newborn nursery, feeding the little guys/gals, delivery, etc. But I did not feel welcomed by most of the nurses on the unit. I attributed this to my being a male...

  12. The Less-Than-Glamorous Duties

    Gampopa replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Is this done with a DO? I'm a student nurse and I'm still not clear on when you need a DO and when you don't. I would assume you'd need

  13. Are You Gonna Go ALL The Way?

    Gampopa replied to NoDayButToday's topic in General Nursing

    I've asked many nurses that same question: "Are you going to go all the way?" Unfortunately it was while sitting on their couch at the end of our date and she'd quickly show me the door :chuckle

  14. Any tips for starting IVs?

    Gampopa replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Although I am a student here's a couple of things I've learned. Remember to give a twist to the cath before inserting to free it from the needle. Also, I would not recommend stabilizing the vein...

  15. VISICU or EICU..heard of this?

    Gampopa replied to heart queen's topic in General Nursing

    Is this for real? If so, sounds like it could be a way to outsource medicine and nursing. I can see it now, some RN in India paid $1.25hr has a video and audio feed into the pts room with monitors...

  16. Doctor in Nursing, any idea?

    Gampopa replied to rhp123's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I didn't know about them either until I started doing research on line for nursing programs in the Denver area. I was looking for a BSN and along the way also found the ND program by hapenstance. I...

  17. Doctor in Nursing, any idea?

    Gampopa replied to rhp123's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am currently a 2nd year student in the ND program at U Colorado. What llg states is correct. I choose the ND program because, although I already had a BA in Bio., I would have at least 1.5-2years...

  18. How did your Mom/Baby clinicals go?

    Gampopa replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Students

    I am having a really bad experience w/ mom & baby, and obs. Just bored to tears. When i've been allowed to do an assessment it's palpate fundus, look for bleeding, ask if the pt. is in pain then...

  19. I got to see a Delivery!!!!

    Gampopa replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Students

    I guess I'm lucky. So far I've seen 3 vag deliveries and 3 c-sections. I happen to get a rotation at one of the cities busies baby hospitals. I can't say that I've enjoyed this rotation. Mostly I've...

  20. PT Doing wound care?!

    Gampopa posted a topic in General Nursing

    I just got off the phone with my sister who was DXed 9/27 c a perianal abscess. She's been on antibx and had surgery to drain the abscess and the pocket was packed. She goes daily to have the packing...

  21. PT Doing wound care?!

    Gampopa replied to Gampopa's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to all of you for your concern and comments. Being a 2nd year nursing student I'm still confused about just who does what on the care team. It was eye opening to hear that PT does wound care....

  22. Men in Nursing

    Gampopa replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    Another plus...while in nursing school the line for the men's room is very short at break time

  23. Gandi's quote: what do y'all think?

    Gampopa replied to susanna's topic in General Nursing

    This quote definitly hits home for me. I finished my first Med-Surg rotation this summer and I found that "I" was happiest when I was helping my patients, thinking about what they needed, and really...

  24. GTube, med administration..HELP

    Gampopa replied to perksrn's topic in General Nursing

    In clinicals this past week I have a pt with a new J-tube. One nurse I was orking with said to instil some air and auscultate before giving anything to verify tube placement but why would you do this...

  25. How do clinicals work?

    Gampopa replied to beccaleigh72's topic in General Students

    I'm finishing up my med-surg 1 rotation in about a week :) to start we'd go in the afternoon before to get our patient, read through their chart, get a list of their meds, meet our preceptor if they...