wanderlust99

wanderlust99

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  1. Your method for analyzing lab values

    wanderlust99 replied to Cuddleswithpuddles's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Something nurses neglect in report almost always in my experience is infectious disease status. They may mention an elevated WBC, but antibiotics that the patient are on and why we are using those...

  2. Bummed

    wanderlust99 replied to jab3da's topic in Travel

    Try CA. If you really don't want the next assignment, can you wait? It seems like there's always something in San

  3. Pros and Cons of Travel Nursing

    wanderlust99 replied to TraumaICURN's topic in Travel

    I'm pretty over travel nursing. You'll find most people only do it a few years. I want out...really bad. Good things about it: you aren't involved in politics and have the freedom to leave in a few...

  4. Rant

    wanderlust99 replied to TECHTORNHOPEFULLY's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine doing homework while at work, I'm too busy checking my facebook and watching

  5. "I'd take an ICU or ER RN over a resident any day"

    wanderlust99 replied to MomRN0913's topic in MICU, SICU

    I met a cardiologist tell me in front of a group of residents that "nurses don't know how to take care of jp drains". It was lovely, made my day. I find most cardiovascular surgeons to be *******s,...

  6. Best floor for experience prior to ICU

    wanderlust99 replied to sedation_season's topic in MICU, SICU

    PACU is critical care. I don't know that I'd recommend PACU as a new nurse. Most PACUs like you to have some ICU experience. Do a preceptorship in an ICU while you're in school....you will learn...

  7. Not many Black/African American nurses working in the ICU's

    wanderlust99 replied to i-njoy-being-a-nurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I don't know......I do think it's regional. Where I am now there aren't many black nurses, or white nurses for that matter. I work in the float pool and find it interesting that each unit has a...

  8. Compression stockings....

    wanderlust99 replied to PinkNBlue's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have compression stockings but I do wear those Diabetes socks that you can buy at Walgreens. They're just knee high socks and are kind of thin that offer more support. I'm not a diabetic,...

  9. Pt refusals

    wanderlust99 replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in General Nursing

    I took care of a jerk patient a few weeks ago. He was refusing everything (IVF, meds, etc..). They started him on Coumadin. The pharmacist spent 45 minutes in his room giving him Coumadin...

  10. Russian speaking nurses

    wanderlust99 replied to username33's topic in Nurse Registration

    There's a lot of russian speaking patients and nurses at Cedars in LA. Never seen so many Russian speaking

  11. Socializing after work in your scrubs

    wanderlust99 replied to klone's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I was a new nurse after night shift we'd all go to this breakfast place that served alcohol AND let you smoke inside. This was 7 years ago, now it's nonsmoking. I loved that place. Sometimes I...

  12. GUILTY

    wanderlust99 replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

    My dear friend who is a neurosurgeon fellow (female) was pulled over recently and the cop assumed she was a nurse so he let her off. She didn't correct him. It made me

  13. Being late to work...

    wanderlust99 replied to sarabellum1's topic in General Nursing

    Don't get me started......it ****** me the **** off, big time. It's so rude and disrespectful to the nurse who has worked 13 hours and just wants to go home and sleep but has to stay late because you...

  14. Shouldn't Nurses Have the Power to Isolate Patients?

    wanderlust99 replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I work now, we have a protocol for isolating patients. If they come in with diarhhea, they get contact isolation. If they've been in another hospital within past month, or came from a long...

  15. Who Here "Floats" to Other Units

    wanderlust99 replied to Ted's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm a traveler in the ICU float pool...so I float everyday and I must say it really sucks. I can't wait to find a permanent position and only be floated say once a month, that sounds like...

  16. Heard of American Mobile Healthcare

    wanderlust99 replied to jaycrue's topic in Travel

    Socialjustice, there are dozens of travel agencies that can get you a job in CA. AMN doesn't have a monopoly on anything....they are exclusive to Stanford, and that's about it. Same with Cross...

  17. Refused to float without orientation ...Terminated

    wanderlust99 replied to SFnrs's topic in Travel

    It really depends on the hospital. I am floated all the time. But, some hospitals offer orientation to the places you will float...with those hospitals I can refuse to float to places I haven't been...

  18. New ICU traveler - Need advice!

    wanderlust99 replied to bridge15's topic in Travel

    What happened with the CA license? I can tell you all about traveling in CA, in the ICU. It's where the money

  19. worried

    wanderlust99 posted a topic in Travel

    I was with AMN and Cross Country, both do the tax advantage program. Ive been using my parents address as my permanent address, that's where I bank, my drivers license states that address, etc......

  20. what items could you not go a nursing shift without?

    wanderlust99 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    cigarettes, pens..preferable in 2 different colors, caffeine..typically green tea, sometimes red

  21. No wonder our profession is messed up

    wanderlust99 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I always like NPs ( I wanted to become a family NP pre nursing school) and had a great amount of respect for them....still do. They're typically easier to talk to than doctors and they take your side...

  22. What motivates you to go to work every day?

    wanderlust99 replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Money. End of story. I hate my f'n job. Not being a nurse, but my job...I loathe with all my heart and

  23. Rn's, are you able to do job well without chemistry class?

    wanderlust99 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    No. Not at all. It didn't help me at all, actually I don't remember 1 thing about it. Microbiology was helpful

  24. Quit nursing already?

    wanderlust99 replied to jellybean16's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I still google stuff and I've been a nurse almost 7 years:) Sometimes working in a hospital gives you more experience, just a

  25. I Just Quit the Worst Hospital in Canada and It Feels Great!

    wanderlust99 replied to giveface's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Congrats! I *almost* quit my job on the spot this morning! Unfortunely decided to stay do to financial reasons. But yes, good for