NurseLay

NurseLay

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  1. Shadowing a CRNA

    NurseLay posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hi All, I will be shadowing a CRNA school, and I am trying to come up with some questions to ask. I don't want to come across as a complete dummy while shadowing. If you all could help me come up with...

  2. Questions to ask during a shadow????

    NurseLay posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I will be shadowing a CRNA soon and I am trying to come up with some good questions to ask. I don't want to come across as a total dumb *** you know. So if you all could help me to come up with some...

  3. Virginia Commonwealth :)

    NurseLay replied to EMRNCRNA2b's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Wow, congratulations to you all!!!! I am a new grad, and I have already spoken with the director for the program at VCU. I currently work at MCV/VCU. Do any of you have any advice for a prospective...

  4. Nursing Autonomy

    NurseLay replied to sailing9734's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't mean to put a thank you, but I wanted to ask you what are your feelings about your level of autonomy. Are you at the

  5. rn-bsn program

    NurseLay replied to labrador4122's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Which school is

  6. Liberty University Online RN-BSN Program

    NurseLay replied to NurseLay's topic in Online Distance Learning

    Yeah I looked at the curriculum and I don't see a problem with it at all. What concerns me is that they are ccne and not nln accredited and I don't understand the difference between the two...

  7. Liberty University Online RN-BSN Program

    NurseLay replied to NurseLay's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I have no idea what you are talking about??? Please

  8. Is nursing really that bad??

    NurseLay replied to missy22's topic in General Nursing

    Personally I think nursing is a great career. I am a new grad and all through nursing school I kept asking myself if nursing was right for me. I have been a nurse in critical care for about three...

  9. Experience before CRNA School

    NurseLay replied to jfk6668's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am interested in seeing the

  10. Which ICU is BEST for Nurse Anesthesia???

    NurseLay replied to SIGMACHIGUY's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I just started working in a Burn ICU, and I was wondering if it was going to be good experience for entering into an anesthesia program. Any advice of what I should keep an eye out for and pay close...

  11. VCU Interview

    NurseLay replied to Putu2Sleep's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Wow, good luck to you! My goal for Fall 2010 is to attend VCU's CRNA program. Please keep us

  12. Student seeking ICU advice

    NurseLay replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    Not focusing, I just want to point out that you high lighted all that statement, but left out the fact that I said that is what I was told by my preceptor. I repeated an ignorant statement. I...

  13. Student seeking ICU advice

    NurseLay replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    Nursegreen did you take eyes off the end of your

  14. Student seeking ICU advice

    NurseLay replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, if you really took it like that I am truly sorry. I would never intentionally degrade any nurse, and I wasn't trying to imply that at all. I was just saying what I got from my experience and the...

  15. Student seeking ICU advice

    NurseLay replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    Okay well when I put that a med-surg nurse may not like the ICU setting and vice versa I was saying that it is a person's preference. Anyway, I already apologized and said I wasn't trying to offend...

  16. Student seeking ICU advice

    NurseLay replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    Well if you took it like that I'm sorry, and I really wasn't trying to make it like that, and I have actually spent a lot of time (besides my externship) in med-surg and I know people who work in...

  17. Student seeking ICU advice

    NurseLay replied to RNMeg's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, good luck. I am a new grad, and I started out in PICU and it was a very good fit for me. I am learning everything quickly and I get very good feedback from my co-workers and preceptors. I don't...

  18. Sad to Say Goodbye

    NurseLay replied to NurseLay's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thanks Jan, I will make sure to do that. I've learned so much from PICU

  19. Sad to Say Goodbye

    NurseLay posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    I'm so sad to say that I will be leaving the PICU, definitely not because I don't like it, because I love taking care of my kids, however, some things have come up and I need a job that is closer to...

  20. UVA new grad job

    NurseLay replied to boykinm's topic in Virginia Nursing

    I swear I hate the shift differentials. Lol, but my unit isn't flexible with

  21. Where are some areas you worked for your final senior yr semester clincal experience?

    NurseLay replied to rainbowbright11's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dont be scared of the ICU setting. Like you, I hate med surg. I did my internship on a progressive care unit because I was scared of ICU and it gave me good experience, but ICU would have been better....

  22. Question on pt with a picc line and infusing blood and TPN

    NurseLay replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    On our unit we stop the TPN especially if it is y'd in together because in that case it would be mixing. I would have stopped

  23. Primacor drip

    NurseLay replied to Genista's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We use this drug a lot in the PICU, in the cardiac patients. Mostly it is used for the patients with heart failure waiting for a cardiac transplant. We just take vitals

  24. Loving It!!!

    NurseLay replied to NurseLay's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Thank you. I read your post. I swear, its the kids that get me through. My unit is rotating shifts as well, and I have been so depressed and I find myself crying for no reason at times. The ladies are...

  25. Loving It!!!

    NurseLay posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Okay so I'm like a month and maybe one week in, and I absolutely love my job! The kids are just wonderful, and they are just so beautiful. The kids are such a strong force, and I love it when they are...