NickiLaughs

NickiLaughs ADN, BSN, RN

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  1. Any insight on VA Palo Alto?

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Government, Military

    Thank you so much for the response! My two previous hospitals have been Magnet facilities. It has been a great experience so hopefully they will consider that. I have my fingers crossed quite a bit...

  2. what would you have done

    NickiLaughs replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    I would have put a bandage on it. It needed protection. Packing/etc I wouldn't do without an order, but covering it with a dressing would have been appropriate. You don't have order sets at your...

  3. How much do experienced ICU RN's make in Riverside County, CA, and San Diego, CA?

    NickiLaughs replied to stephaniegrasko's topic in California Nursing

    Riverside Community hires New Grads around 34 to 35 an hour right now. So based on step...3 years experience would probably get you 37/hr....not sure about your husband. Other hospitals pay less in...

  4. What do I do if the patient's family member is very fresh because I am a sitter?

    NickiLaughs replied to leogirl8's topic in General Nursing

    I can assure you he had no clue how important that oxygen was. Next time mention there's always the option of restraints. I'm certain he would rather have you there than his father tied down in an...

  5. You'll never make it in California

    NickiLaughs replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California Nursing

    You might, you have tons of experience and ER is hard to fill because of the chaos. St Joseph in Orange is always hiring, but they are also one of the busiest ER's in Southern California...period....

  6. Anyone left nursing TOTALLY...what are you doing now?

    NickiLaughs replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on the state for requirements. When I attended LVN school we had RNs with BSN's teach. That's

  7. Nurse market saturation 2015 and beyond ?

    NickiLaughs replied to GOODMED's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely stiff competition in California. Despite the economy, I have been very luck and attained jobs at some great hospitals. You need great letters of rec, great experiences a good school and a...

  8. PLEASE HELP! How does your hospital do holiday rotations for night shift staff?

    NickiLaughs replied to jnsrn's topic in General Nursing

    We are required to do 3 of the 6 winter holidays. Which are: Thanksgiving Eve Thanksgiving Xmas Eve Xmas New Years Eve New Years We all right what are 1st 2nd 3rd choice are to have off, as well as...

  9. 5 consecutive 12hr shifts

    NickiLaughs replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in California Nursing

    It's legit. Not overtime because you do 36 hours the first week. The last two shifts fall into the second week. You can ask your employer to not group your shifts together like that as a...

  10. Not a waitress or barista

    NickiLaughs replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    The ones that are dying aren't typically concerned about eating. I'm lucky, most our patients are unable to eat unless it's going through some sort of tube. Our families for the most part are more...

  11. New Grad, Should I Take the Job?

    NickiLaughs replied to RN313's topic in First Year After Licensure

    TAKE IT. You really don't know what you like until you are on the floor. Plus the experience will be a blessing for when you have the chance to go do what you want. I promise some aspects of it...

  12. I wonder if I was just lucky....

    NickiLaughs replied to MomRN0913's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've noticed the stronger personalities tend to be in ICU and ER. It IS a good thing in the sense they often are more comfortable sticking up for something their patient needs when a physician is...

  13. I am an RN and I have Osetogenesis Imperfecta

    NickiLaughs replied to NightNurse876's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Congrats on not letting something that is part of you completely define you!!!! I was born with seven holes in my heart 3 ASDs, 4 VSDs, a TE fistula, and a couple other disorders. I had five...

  14. Ever wonder...

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I am not certain. She worked at a much smaller facility, but maybe they held her hand there

  15. Rant: I will SHOW you where it is

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in General Nursing

    There's this nurse I work with who is probably about a slice of an apple short of a fruit salad. Multiple times she's used the last of a product (such as the glucose strips) when I'm doing q 15...

  16. seriously....

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    are the scrubs getting uglier every year? It seems like all the prints have gotten close to...well....vomit-inducing. I miss the days where I liked thumbing through the catalogs, now I throw them away...

  17. Rant: I will SHOW you where it is

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Ha, what makes me laugh the hardest about this is about a month ago. She'd probably been here 3 months at this point, she came running out of the nutrition room freaking out that there weren't any...

  18. Ever wonder...

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Commuter had it spot on. She gets me. There's a nurse with about a year of ICU experience recently hired on the unit, she started about a month after me, and she just still has no clue about...

  19. How many patients do you typically have (day/night)??

    NickiLaughs replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    ICU: 1/2-2 depending on the acuity. For example: CRRT: 1:1 Hypothermia: 2 nurses:1 pt Open Heart: 1:1 And sometimes they will just make them a 1:1 because they are that sick. I've had to give 6...

  20. That fantastically horrible night....

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how you do oncology, that would make me so sad.... Ugh, that's awful, a joyous time turned into a terrifying

  21. That fantastically horrible night....

    NickiLaughs posted a topic in General Nursing

    where you are getting report of a patient coming from L & D....and you are an ICU nurse.....and everything is absolutely horrible, the patient rolls in looking pretty close to dead...and then your...

  22. Rude interviews - Common?

    NickiLaughs replied to gnursjr2's topic in Psychiatric

    Sounds like they were in disagreement and you suffered through a pointless interview for which you now have no desire to work for them, and they have to suffer through a negative workplace that you...

  23. Rant: I will SHOW you where it is

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    I am...but I think it may be a slightly deranged smile, as everyone's keeping their distance. I will hide in the corner on the computer with my 1:1....he gets me, he's comatose. Most excellent...

  24. That fantastically horrible night....

    NickiLaughs replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Update: she's getting better and got to see her baby for the first time today! Wish I was here to witness it.

  25. Have you ever seen this before?

    NickiLaughs replied to SweetseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've had 200 mg of lasix IVP not work as well as a lasix gtt not work. As the other posters have said, lasix won't work if the kidneys don't. Time for