2bNurseNickStat

2bNurseNickStat

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  1. JHH Main Campus - new grads?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to adam27wv's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Judging from the date of your post this may not be pertinent anymore but they will explain all the starting rates to you with your first interview. I am a new graduate starting in the Cardiac Surgical...

  2. Patient Care Tech's Duties in a hospital ?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to KdnRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    It definitely depends on the unit and the hospital policy. I work on telemtry as a tech and have an assigned module every night and do the same thing that CNAs do (vitals, I/Os, answering lights,...

  3. 18-gauge vs. 20-gauge

    2bNurseNickStat replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckleLove it!:chuckle My motto is the bigger, the better. If you think you can get an 18 in. Go for it. And once you get used to putting in larger catheters, you can put in smaller ones without a...

  4. How does California manage to staff with a 5:1 ratio?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    Why does California always seem to be lightyears ahead of everyone else in just about everything? I've definitely wondered this myself RNsRWe. I work on a busy Tele floor and our Nurse Manager will...

  5. Hospital CEO arrested for scams involving the homeless

    2bNurseNickStat replied to rph3664's topic in General Nursing

    I read about this yesterday, Isn't

  6. Night shift survival?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with above but I find it much harder to stay up my last day then to get home and just take a three hour nap and get up and begin the day. I've done nights for three years now and love it, but it...

  7. does age REALLY matter?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

    I must stop posting on this thread I think. I must say Bortaz, I agree with you saying that many of the older students may perform better than younger (and also understand this is your experience),...

  8. Social Foundation Practice Nursing 1

    2bNurseNickStat replied to Raymond L. Mamawag's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Assuming you mean palpable and pulses you can auscultate here they are... 1)Carotid 2)Brachial 3)Radial 4)Ulnar 5)Femoral 6)Popliteal 7)Pedal 8)Posterior Tibial 9)Apical 10) Temporal Granted I had to...

  9. does age REALLY matter?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

    :wink2:And when I say age doesn't make a good nurse I mean age has nothing to do with GOOD nursing...old (ugghh) or young (ugghh) a great nurse is a great

  10. does age REALLY matter?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

    I've posted an extremely similar reply pattycake on another thread saying, "Can't we just all get along?". I agree with the refrainig from flame-throwing comment, but I also definitely feel for many...

  11. EKG on female patients

    2bNurseNickStat replied to bill4745's topic in Male Nursing Students

    As far as maintaining professionalism Psqrd, I absolutely agree with you. I can't say I've experienced anyone "pawning" off anything on me (except foleys on males). I also agree as a nurse we must set...

  12. A funny thing that happened at work

    2bNurseNickStat replied to EllenDeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle LOL Betty, who knows what he thought of the bulb?!?!

  13. EKG on female patients

    2bNurseNickStat replied to bill4745's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I love this post...I think many of us have had this experience! I must say, professionalism is a must. I work on a Tele floor so most patients have had an EKG and understand what that entails, so when...

  14. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    LOL Tweety, sometimes I wish there were more gay males in nursing too. I am the only openly gay male on my unit. I work with many straight men (it seems Tele is the place to be for men in my hospital)...

  15. V-fib after Asystole

    2bNurseNickStat replied to Shell5's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Though not NEAR as experienced as most people that have posted on this thread I work on Tele and am on the code team almost every night I work (Adrenaline Junkie), I definitely agree with Gilf. Max...

  16. Can i work out while in nursing school?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to NursingStudent-Tati's topic in General Nursing

    My "workout" in nursing school are my three thirteen hour nightshifts on my Tele floor. I've managed that and school pretty well (though sometimes I feel like I may pull my fingernails out with my...

  17. A funny thing that happened at work

    2bNurseNickStat replied to EllenDeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Great story, though OB was never my forte, I would've loved to have been on L&D to witness

  18. does age REALLY matter?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to pinkynbd_99's topic in General Nursing

    :no:I am one of the "younger people" and know that some of the "Older" (ugh, barely can type it) people are the best people that go into the nursing profession. I am extremely thankful I've had...

  19. Why it is better to be a Nurse than a Physician.

    2bNurseNickStat replied to BaRNs's topic in General Nursing

    I think it all depends on what experience you are looking for because the practice of nursing and the practice of medicine are two totally different disciplines. One isn't necessarily "better" than...

  20. Are you afraid of blood?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to HisTreasure's topic in General Nursing

    I second that, everyone has their bodily fluid they don't like. Blood doesn't bother me...but ask me to take a yankauer to a patient's thick secretions and I just pray that I've learned enough from...

  21. You know you're a male RN when......

    2bNurseNickStat replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    I too put my scrubs on when I get home Steve...to relax, to mow the lawn, to go grocery shopping! And then best type of scrubs...the ones they tube up from the OR when you have something all over you...

  22. The path to nursing...

    2bNurseNickStat replied to love-d-OR's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Transferring from a CNA to an LPN (sorry that's how I know it here) with solely a pharmacology class? So could the pharmacy techs come and cover the floor when we are short staffed? That is crazy...

  23. Gay labeling, is it just plain mean? Or sexual harrassment?

    2bNurseNickStat replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Men in Nursing

    It really is disappointing that we are discussing this on a nursing website. Isn't part of our training to be nonjudgmental? I feel that if I can be nonjudgmental to heroin addict that wants his/her...

  24. You know you're a male RN when......

    2bNurseNickStat replied to SteveNNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    ...You wished you had a dollar for every time a little old lady said, "Are you studying to be a doctor?" ...At the beginning of Football season you suddenly grow very religious and need every Sunday...

  25. Question about specialties, etc

    2bNurseNickStat replied to 422jdb's topic in General Nursing

    Some answers to your questions: 1) BSN is always a good route to take if you are able to. Many hospitals "prefer" BSN prepared nurses. With that in mind, it certainly isn't that much more difficult to...