NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. VA Palo Alto?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California Nursing

    No I'm at UC Davis medical center in the ER. Sacramento is much more affordable. It's really hard too get a job on northern California even with experience. I had to use connections, my experience...

  2. Any IV certified RN or taken a class?

    NickiLaughs replied to xvii's topic in California Nursing

    Ask to float to preop for a day. Sometimes hospitals let you do that. I've done IV cert classes they are pretty

  3. New Grad LVN who is unsure..

    NickiLaughs replied to ecclecticlylovelylvn's topic in California Nursing

    It's hard to say. Preadmissions at an optho clinic might not give you much knowledge and it might be fairly specialized setting. Nursing home residents have a lot of comorbidites and medications,...

  4. What is your Achilles heel?

    NickiLaughs replied to cjdmomma's topic in General Nursing

    Just the super nasty phlegm and that noise they will make sometimes with it, sorta like hocking a loogey...ugh. I threw up into my popcorn during titantic when Leonardo Dicaprio was teaching Kate...

  5. Have we lost the "art" of nursing?

    NickiLaughs replied to Barbara Hunter's topic in General Nursing

    You mean like my sickle cell patient last night who waited 14 hours with her husband to be seen, and when I finally got her in a gurney at 5 AM and was post medicated for pain and could actually...

  6. vent about floating

    NickiLaughs replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I worked ICU at one hospital, they never had patients, so I frequently was floated to med surg, tele, once pacu, and a lot of ER? I feel as though I should have been paid float pull rate....I...

  7. Pay Rate

    NickiLaughs replied to christinachamnong's topic in California Nursing

    I've worked in 2 counties in So Cal San Bernardino- I was a new grad, ICU. I made 31.40ish/hr base 10% dif from 7p to 11p and 15% 11p to 7a. This was in 2009, if I had stayed there i'd probably be...

  8. Per-diem nurses

    NickiLaughs replied to Vishwamitr's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Where I'm at if a nurse is per diem and they don't notify her 2 hours prior to her shift that she's being cancelled, she gets 2 hours pay irregardless. With the higher pay and that rule, I think it's...

  9. What do you do when Work calls on your day off?

    NickiLaughs replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    The nice thing for us is we have a text message system and they just text everyone, and if anyone wants to, they can call back. Otherwise, the harassment isn't there. If they are really desperate,...

  10. Education 101: ER vs. ICU

    NickiLaughs replied to 1EmergencyRN's topic in Emergency

    I've done both, it's a lack of perspective I think. ICU nurses have more time for the little important details because that is their job, to know every important detail going on with that critically...

  11. How much poop/puke/cleaning of bodily fluids is there in nursing school?

    NickiLaughs replied to priorities2's topic in General Students

    Sometimes you wonder, "how does a person produce that much poop in one shift?" *Sigh* I can't recall too many days in nursing school where patients didn't produce various body

  12. I get out on time...

    NickiLaughs replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    I almost always have gotten out on time. Only times I haven't is when a patient is currently coding and I need to hang around to share as much info as possible or the patient is just taking a dive...

  13. My major mistake This thread is about a mistake i made nearly a year ago.

    NickiLaughs replied to mhospRN's topic in General Nursing

    Think of it as a learning experience that will make you a better nurse. :) We've all been there... the worst one I ever made I thankfully caught before I gave it to the patient. But talk about how...

  14. New ER nurse...is there any hope for me?!?!

    NickiLaughs replied to MereSanity's topic in Emergency

    I was 3 1/2 years ICU, it took me 6 weeks to have any luck with IVs, and after 10 weeks orientation, I was able to be on my own. The first 3 months my IV skills really started to improve, and now at...

  15. The reverse end of "my preceptor hates me"

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I worked my booty last night with my first crrt patient. All the other nurses were slammed so I also was helping them when I could... 7 am rolls around and I just finished cleaning room & getting...

  16. How to pay back your student loans

    NickiLaughs replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    I feel like this is almost a support group. I'm paying 770/month and thats after consolidation. My husband hasn't been able to find a job since he had a illness in 2009 and our toddler is expensive....

  17. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

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

    Hit the nail on the head! In my ER, whenever we get someone "important" the charge will rush him back and say "be nice,". I'm instantly offended, because if you are my homeless patient or Bill Gates...

  18. I got a job at UC DAVIS ER!!!

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in California Nursing

    So after applying for jobs since early september...I got my dream job! UC Davis Medical Center ER! Very excited! It's a big change for me because my background is ICU, most recently at a case...

  19. I got a job at UC DAVIS ER!!!

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in California Nursing

    Yeah it is huge...I think we're at 66 beds? Although we're usually not staffed enough to have the entire ER open. It's been a fun learning experience so far. Regarding St. Bernardine's, you will...

  20. Nursing in California

    NickiLaughs replied to Nathalie's topic in California Nursing

    I think the best place to live Salary wise and cost of living is probably Sacramento. It is pretty hard to get a job here however, you end up having to know someone or have a lot of awesome...

  21. Fayetteville, how is it?

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi All! Hubby and I are looking into several states to move to possibly in the next year and a half. I am just about one year in ICU and currently finishing my bachelors. We have been living in...

  22. 5150 holds

    NickiLaughs replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    Somewhere around 20%. It's really frustrating when your paranoid schizo manages to houdini herself out of 5 pt restraints for the door when you have a fresh spleen lac...and their IV stopped...

  23. UC Davis Medical Center RN Residency Summer 2013

    NickiLaughs replied to msmith2103's topic in California Nursing

    Good luck to you all. UC Davis is an awesome place to work regarding learning

  24. What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    NickiLaughs replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    20 hours for leg pain. Diagnosed with plantar

  25. New Grads who have applied to hospitals in the Inland Empire, California....

    NickiLaughs replied to Ev106's topic in California Nursing

    When I was a new grad in 2009 it was rough, I applied at every hospital in both riverside county and san bernardino county. I was lucky, St. Bernardine's hired me as a new grad to ICU....their ICU is...