NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. How does travel nursing work?

    NickiLaughs replied to Reaganjayy's topic in Travel

    I don't think they're necessarily the highest paying jobs, I think it's more for nurses who want the freedoms to travel and the ability to take extended vacations between

  2. How in this world do you ever get 1 year experience?

    NickiLaughs replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming you're in the bay. Did you look at rural sac area yet? I know ride out in marysville is always hiring. It's keep you in

  3. The Patient I Failed

    NickiLaughs replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That right there is why I left ICU.....and I'm so glad I was able to talk my grandma into honoring my grndpas wishes.....it took 3 days and she still holds a grudge against me....but he died...

  4. Mission Hospital Vs. UCI

    NickiLaughs replied to fauxpaus's topic in California Nursing

    No commute is risk free in OC. One accident can ruin you. I usually have myself an hour before work and was fine. I was only late once. I'd rather commute a few miles though than have to worry about...

  5. ASN to BSN Blah blah blah

    NickiLaughs replied to Tommy5677's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I was an LVN, before my RN and went straight for my BSN whole on a new grad RN IVU program because of how competitive jobs are and I knew I'd want options down the road. I'd say 50 % of the nurses...

  6. Mission Hospital Vs. UCI

    NickiLaughs replied to fauxpaus's topic in California Nursing

    I worked at St Joseph of Orange not too far from UCI and the surrounding area was definitely suspicious. I saw likely gang members nearby and wouldn't want to live over there. Irvine is nice, but...

  7. 8 or 12 hour shifts

    NickiLaughs replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in General Nursing

    I've done both. 12s are awesome but 8s allow me to see my son more....wxcept right now on swings when he's at school when I'm home and I'm at work when he's home. If I could get 8 hr day shift it...

  8. Triage question

    NickiLaughs replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

    I would have done abd pain as well but still ordered an EKG. Just to

  9. good bye ER... maybe

    NickiLaughs replied to Ryan RN's topic in Emergency

    I did ICU for over 3 years and hated it. I liked the skills I learned such as CRRT, post open hearts, but having the same patient for weeks to months then pulling life support....brutal. I've only...

  10. Mission Hospital Vs. UCI

    NickiLaughs replied to fauxpaus's topic in California Nursing

    Housing is very expensive. You want to live close because traffic on the freeways and streets can be terrible even off hours. I had days that took me over an hour to get to work even though it was...

  11. Why do RN's avoid LTC positions?

    NickiLaughs replied to amyca's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It has more to do with severe understaffing, increasingly higher acuity and I lasted a whopping 4 months in one before I quit. I had 38 patients by myself. The only RN was our manager who she said we...

  12. What is the dress code for nurses?

    NickiLaughs replied to Blackcat99's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Casual. Your in a home environment. I wore flip flops til a resident ran over my toe with his electric wheelchair. I miss those guys.....it was a fun

  13. When should nursing homes be allowed to evict residents?

    NickiLaughs replied to Emergent's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Part of the issue is different levels of care and what a facility can handle. In the ER we get board and care dumps all the time who were trying to care for chronically ill patients who needed much...

  14. UCI/other UC Medical benefits q's

    NickiLaughs replied to fauxpaus's topic in California Nursing

    I had the WHA and got treated for a uti at my hospital and had a 1400$ charge. I had initially thought it was smarter to get seen so I could keep working after,but it would have been cheaper to go...

  15. Yearly volume of your ER

    NickiLaughs replied to agiboma's topic in Emergency

    Whoa how many rooms do you have? level 1 trauma center we averaged over 70k, but we had so many holds....average of 40 to 50 a shift. It was a miracle we saw anyone really... then I went to a level 2...

  16. Am I Cut Out For This?

    NickiLaughs replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in Emergency

    In the ER you get every variety of patient... You can't pick stable/less stable. It's whatever they put in your assigned room. While trauma centers get most trauma patients, every ER will get walk...

  17. Kaiser San Diego

    NickiLaughs replied to mrsbrightside's topic in California Nursing

    It's very competitive. Kaiser doesn't pay differentials for specialty in nor cal, not sure if it's different in Southern California. With experience from what my old coworkers told me who went to...

  18. How do you let go after a bad shift?

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in General Nursing

    We all have those shifts. Where nothing goes right, where you can't catch up. Where the doc treated you like an imbecile or the charge nurse talked to you about something that happened on you lunch...

  19. RN I (new nurse) salary in Orange County, CA

    NickiLaughs replied to candycaneRN7894's topic in California Nursing

    Kaiser also starts their new grads in non benefitted on call positions. When they get hired to a regular position the rate is much lower as the 55$ hr is what kaiser nurses with a lot of experience...

  20. Please share orientation ideas!

    NickiLaughs replied to Jaysie1's topic in Emergency

    All they did at my current job was a scavenger hunt. I wish they would have covered what a"heart alert" is. How the stoke process is because we have neuro tele etc. the processes for STEMI. I've...

  21. Essentials of Critical Care Orientation

    NickiLaughs replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the classes they have are for nurses training in the department currently. I would have never made sense of all the cardiac stuff had I not be caring for and involved in the post open hearts...

  22. ICU vs. ED - New grad choice struggles

    NickiLaughs replied to KG MSN RN CCRN CEN's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't like ICU, are you sure you want to be a CRNA? Have you ever followed one around? I'm glad I got to do that early in my career and that showed me....I wouldn't like it. Id focus on...

  23. Forced transfer

    NickiLaughs replied to imintrouble's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow...when I did critical care there was a lengthy orientation. Even with hospital experience, it's its own animal. I remember they would float tele nurses there to take care of a "soft ICU" on...

  24. Jury Duty

    NickiLaughs replied to lpn954's topic in General Nursing

    The only problem with that is if you get stuck with a case for a month. I can't go without pay for month. Can

  25. How do you let go after a bad shift?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah my gyms closed though when I get off work. And even though my neighborhood is safe...around midnight it's not uncommon to see sketchy people riding bikes. At 5 months pregnant, a walk outside...