RNKPCE

RNKPCE

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  1. New Grad with an offer at Magnet hospital

    RNKPCE replied to MsSocalRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wouldn't worry about moving a 3 year old. I think it is a great idea with one exception. One of the negatives I think about in being a nurse in Tenn. vs California is California has...

  2. Should I take bagels first day of work?

    RNKPCE replied to NanikRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about last day with your preceptor? or has that already

  3. CSUS Spring 2011 hopeful

    RNKPCE replied to roxy922's topic in California Nursing

    I know someone who was 39th on the wait this for Fall 2010 and got in. She declined as she got in her first choice

  4. WHY??

    RNKPCE replied to Julie_RN2b's topic in General Nursing

    I guess you might be not be ready to get report from the offgoing nurse until later than before. You still have to get all the info you need. I am always there early too. So far no problem at my...

  5. How much IV fluid to give?

    RNKPCE replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Our docs says infused up to X amount or finish the

  6. Frustrated with having to work

    RNKPCE replied to SalishRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree the 11 days off sounds great but may be the problem. When I take a vacation and hit that hump day in the middle so for you day 5 or 6 off I keep thinking my vacation is almost over. Can you...

  7. So what do you do if you cut your finger?

    RNKPCE replied to anon456's topic in General Nursing

    I second the finger cot thing. Our supply departments carries them. They look like small condoms and are worn over the finger. I would still use a bandaid under the finger cot though. This is for a...

  8. maybe I wasn't being nice.....

    RNKPCE replied to hearthelper's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine admitting a new onset atrial fib patient to a non monitored floor??? Was there not a patient on a monitored floor that could be triaged out to a regular floor? Would insurance even...

  9. maybe I wasn't being nice.....

    RNKPCE replied to hearthelper's topic in General Nursing

    Does your hospital have a tele floor? This situation demonstrates the problem of having patients on tele remotely monitored. According to your post the floor is called med-surg and in my hospital our...

  10. Hippa question

    RNKPCE replied to sprintin08's topic in General Nursing

    Certain things are done so frequently like IV's or injections that I don't think any private information would be divulged. However if you live in a small community and you said you assisted in a 8...

  11. Any Advice?

    RNKPCE replied to lpn-ny's topic in General Nursing

    It would be abnormal to not feel

  12. Nurses in their late 40's looking for work outside a hospital and LTC.

    RNKPCE replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    I second brownbooks suggestion. The pay might not be as much but the work is physically and emotionally easier. I do both acute care med-surg and GI clinic. I plan to retire from acute care and finish...

  13. ACLS=not having to have BLS?

    RNKPCE replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. Where I take it you have to show proof of BLS to take ACLS or PALS. You can renew your BLS while you are there one hour before the actual ACLS course starts but it is a testing situation...

  14. What I have learned during bedbaths

    RNKPCE replied to mamamerlee's topic in General Nursing

    Also a surgical scrub brush comes with the little pick to get under nails plus you have the brush

  15. CA nursing ratio numbers?

    RNKPCE replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.calnurses.org/assets/pdf/ratios/ratios_basics_unit_0704.pdf

  16. could someone take a look at these ecgs for accuracy?

    RNKPCE replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    I've used this site before. The junctional rhythms look right to

  17. average GPA from good school, or high GPA from bad school

    RNKPCE replied to mkhoaja's topic in General Nursing

    Are you talking high school or college grades? If they base admission to nursing on gpa it is objective. It would be unfair to weigh a person's gpa based on a "good" or "bad" school. As the above...

  18. ACLS S.O.S.

    RNKPCE replied to AWanderingMinstral's topic in General Nursing

    free site for practice

  19. Question about pts leaving AMA...

    RNKPCE replied to NBMom1225's topic in General Nursing

    Fungez I was told the same thing about coercion by a nurse who is also a lawyer. I had never thought about it that way until she explained it to me that way. I now no longer say anything about whether...

  20. manual BP's?

    RNKPCE replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    I agree from an infection control perspective the manual cuff above their bed is much cleaner. It gets cleaned when the patient is discharged from the room but the dynamaps do not get cleaned between...

  21. Great Private School with Outstanding Financial Help

    RNKPCE replied to stingray_on's topic in General Students

    The difficult thing about state schools is that they all have different admission requirements. Yes all probably require chemistry, anatomy and physiology but some required psychology, some...

  22. Great Private School with Outstanding Financial Help

    RNKPCE replied to stingray_on's topic in General Students

    Look at Dominican University in San Rafael. It is a very small school. They accept freshman as nursing majors, meaning you don't have a separate application once prereqs are done. Most students...

  23. Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    RNKPCE replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Working full time doesn't mean you have a full time position, you could still be per diem but choose to work that many hours. At my hospital the PRN position pays 25% over the benefitted positions....

  24. Nursing 3-11 and marriage

    RNKPCE replied to NamasteNurse's topic in General Nursing

    As some one said not great if you are working full time but I switched to evenings when I had kids but I only worked half time. My teens would have had a hard time having me gone so much, they might...

  25. I hate my phone

    RNKPCE replied to coolpeach's topic in General Nursing

    So wrong!! Please do not take this any more. Do the professional thing and initiate a conversation about this with your supervisor, document time and place and content of conversation and let her...