NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. 2016 Salary thread

    NickiLaughs replied to kbrn2002's topic in General Nursing

    Unionization is much stronger in nor cal. The nurses unionize system wide as opposed to individual hospitals wide resulting in a stronger voice. I relocated from so cal (orange county) I made 32$hr in...

  2. Nurse pt ratio in the er

    NickiLaughs replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    1:4, if you get a super sick icu player it can be 1:1 or 1:2 if theyre stablish icus. Low acuity patients are seen in another area by docs only and they grab a nurse when they need tylenol or a tdap...

  3. Is Being An RN Affordable?

    NickiLaughs replied to plinytheRN's topic in California Nursing

    If your single with minimal bills you can get by in the bay on one income. You know the crazy cost of living in the bay. Nurses make great $ but a large portion goes to housing costs. I moved to...

  4. 4 traffic tickets in 1 day

    NickiLaughs replied to student789's topic in General Students

    I'd be more pissed I got 4 tickets. That cop must have been having a bad du no he really took it out on you. I've got 2 speeding tickets in the same year. As many others said, it shouldn't affect...

  5. How do you track CEs?

    NickiLaughs replied to Curious on Nursing's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked for one hospital system everything was kept tract of for me. Their nurse education site had a page I could print with all my ceus, their cert # and title of class. It made things so...

  6. Avoid laboure college

    NickiLaughs replied to kimhuynhful's topic in School, College Programs

    Most schools make you finish you gen ed before nursing school, and the books are very pricey so that part sounds typical. The part regarding weak clinical sites and disorganized skills labs is...

  7. I'm a TCRN and didn't know it. Anyone else? (BCEN)

    NickiLaughs replied to Murse901's topic in Emergency

    I logged in and it showed me the same page. It's def an error because when I also click on my certs it only shows my CEN and expiration date. Gotta study if you want that cert too. I'm Im trying...

  8. night nurse can't sleep during the day!

    NickiLaughs replied to keener's topic in General Nursing

    As long as your stuck on nights: loud fan that is in your room with you or a white noise machine. Make sure your window is blacked out somehow. I've honestly duct taped cardboard in a window before....

  9. Why Nursing Sucks...

    NickiLaughs replied to pixiern15's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would switch to another hospital or unit when you have enough experience. There's the trend that because new grads removing trouble finding work, chances are the ones that do hire are crappy places...

  10. Student Loan Debt

    NickiLaughs replied to KeepItRealRN's topic in General Students

    17k for my private LVN program (paid off, parents gave me a year to learn a skill i could survive on and support myself) 35k for my LVN to RN associates program. I was on an LVN to BSN program...

  11. The sloppy image of nurses today

    NickiLaughs replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I dont know...ive noticed that the majority of medical staff who spend a lot of time on their appearance tend to be focused on extracirriculars and avoiding actual work. Im suspicious of any nurse...

  12. Future ER nurse

    NickiLaughs replied to Nursechamp1's topic in Emergency

    Acls. Pals. Some want TNCC, which is easier to take if your already working ER. I'd put in your time and look into transferring when your hospital allows

  13. Sacramento Nursing

    NickiLaughs replied to ssczesny's topic in California Nursing

    Tahoe park has some cute neighborhoods. If you're young and single midtown is pricey but there's tons of stuff to do. When I worked there I lived over off watt in the lariviera neighborhood,...

  14. Are you a nurse that wants to transition to medical school?

    NickiLaughs replied to DetermndNurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    I had a coworker who double majored in bio and nursing. We were new grads in the ICU together. She took her MCAT that year and was accepted to med school at the end of her second year. Mom and...

  15. Advice please! Do hospital hiring Managers consider LTC care as "experience" ?

    NickiLaughs replied to LVN2RNpanda824's topic in California Nursing

    I was hired as a grad RN with my 4 yrs of LVN experience. They value your medical background but they still view you as a new grad.just much easier to train because you typically already have a lot...

  16. What license or certificate do I need to insert and give I.V. Drugs?

    NickiLaughs replied to heronurse's topic in General Nursing

    In the us only lvns are required to take an iv cert class. RNs are not required anything other than their nursing license and cpr cards for jobs. If you are comfortable with iv insertion and med...

  17. Nursing license

    NickiLaughs replied to Nursing5000's topic in General Nursing

    I would... Your story sounds exceedingly rare but I could see how it could

  18. Magnet Designation: What's the Attraction?

    NickiLaughs replied to ElizabethStoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in magnet and non magnet and while there was a strong sense of community among some nurses who were involved, the non magnet, strong nurse Union facilities I've worked at have far better...

  19. Best City to Work/ Have a Career in

    NickiLaughs replied to Junebug0710's topic in General Nursing

    Cost of living is crazy though. I'm in Sacramento and about to hit 70$/hr base (8 years experience), 11% dif for evenings and 17.5% dif for nights. Full medical with 5$ copy's for the ER, I'm not...

  20. Job Hopping

    NickiLaughs replied to male2serve's topic in General Nursing

    If you just finished orientation stay where you are at. You will burn far more bridges than it's worth. Many times emails are just sent to everyone with an RN license. Especially if you have a lot...

  21. Day Shift vs. Night Shift

    NickiLaughs replied to Nurse3242's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have intesivists in house 24/7? I actually did tons of procedures on night shift. Do you have to make a decision right away or can you maybe give it a month to decide? I'd want to know my...

  22. Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    NickiLaughs replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    This can be true though, I worked for an insurance company and if we had a patient who refused to transfer to a contracted facility and wished to remain inpatient at a out of network hospital despite...

  23. Ethics: Brain bleed sign out AMA

    NickiLaughs replied to Kbig2's topic in General Nursing

    I did case management for a while. Insurance doesn't mean any hospital is included, for emrgency care yes, but once you are an admit things change. And insurance doesn't always cover everything....

  24. Gutless Colleagues

    NickiLaughs replied to LPC2RN's topic in Psychiatric

    Id b contacting legal counsel because it sounds like they did not have good protocols in place to protect staff. Id be angry at management. Your coworkers might not be appropriately trained to deal...

  25. Medication error

    NickiLaughs replied to EDRN32's topic in Emergency

    I've used alaris but I never connect to the patient until it's programmed because I feel I heard about this malfunction happening before. I agree with the others, it's mechanical failure not a med...