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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 ICU on the 26th, so they do hire new graduates. T...

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, patient care). As a tech though, I am able to place IV...

: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 problem!

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 call every shift to see what Winpf (not sure if any...

I read about this yesterday, Isn't unbelievable?!

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 honestly takes awhile for you to get a good routi...

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), but again, I again say younger or older, age has ab...

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 look up the last one :chuckle(forgot temporal, not...

: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 nurse:nurse:.

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 of the posters on this thread expressing their fee...

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 the standard. Not just for male nurses, but I bel...

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

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 I come in and tell them what I am doing, they kno...

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) and love the diversity. I find these men very com...

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 out your meds with asystole and if you have pulseles...

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 teeth). This definitely sounds feasible to me. P.S. I...

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

: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 "experienced" nurses to mentor me, young and old. I don'...

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 the other (that's not true, nursing is definitely be...

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 poker to keep a blank face...uggghhh, sputum... Gott...

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 usual garb. You "accidently" forget to give them b...

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 to me! Is this an accredited program? And I under...

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 dilaudid and phenergan at the same time every four ...

...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 off ...You go to change a patient and they look at ...

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 find a job with your ADN, and there are plenty of...