NickB

NickB

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  1. How do you "bond" with your patients?

    NickB replied to winter_green's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Since half of my pt's are less than 2 days old, I bond with a lot of them.

  2. Combative/Violent patients - NO MORE OF THIS!!!

    NickB replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Awesome!

  3. (RN) Salaries

    NickB replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in General Nursing

    It's crap for new RN's. Doesn't matter where you are. If you are in California making $35 an hour, it's because cost of living is way high. In Florida where cost of living is low, it is much lower....

  4. New telemetry RN wanting to transition to OB nursing!

    NickB replied to polevaultererin's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Don't just limit yourself to the hospital you are in. I got hired in a birthcare center right out of nursing school. I attribute this to me investing time in the Birthcare Director. If you make a...

  5. Latent TB and pregnancy

    NickB replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I think that the TB has to be active before it can become systemic TB and get into the blood stream. If that logic is correct, than I would think it would be safe to say that Latent TB would not be...

  6. CRNA Threat

    NickB replied to samirish's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Seems to me that MD's support PA's and AA's more than NP's or CRNA's because the PA's and AA's are like their little puppy dogs. They get them from inception and teach them their base knowledge how...

  7. Ob-Gyn Nursing

    NickB replied to ebony327's topic in Ob/Gyn

    One thing to keep in mind is that you aren't guaranteed to work anywhere. You may really love OB but have no opportunity to work there. Would you be able to work med/surg and not hate it? I was hired...

  8. Thank you gift for a preceptor?

    NickB replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I made it a point to ask her what her favorite restaurant was about a week before my Preceptorship was over. I gave her a gift card there in a thank you card that I wrote her a personal message in. I...

  9. Trach suctioning. Bullet vs. no bullet

    NickB replied to divaRN*'s topic in Pulmonary

    The whole purpose of the NS bullet is to clean out the suction tube when you are finished suctioning the patient. The normal saline is not to be instilled into the patient. Think about it, if you...

  10. male labor and delivery nurses

    NickB replied to booluvstrains's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Simple, we just do the exam. How often is there a male nurse in an ED running around inserting all of the foleys in the

  11. How I got my (new grad) job...

    NickB replied to Hootnhollern's topic in General Nursing

    Now that is how you get a job. You see so many people on this website talk about how they have applied for so many jobs and not gotten a call back. What they don't realize is that the days of just...

  12. Is there a concurrent program at Daytona State?

    NickB replied to pina2303's topic in General Nursing

    There isn't a concurrent program. You will be fully involved with the RN program by itself. You can get all of your prereqs for the BSN program out of the way during the summer months that you are...

  13. Needle-stick, i think

    NickB replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    All of the cackling aside, let's address the real issue here. If you did in fact use a needle to withdrawl the sterile water in the balloon and the needle never came in contact with the patient's...

  14. Happy Thanksgiving to all! Reason to be thankful: I am not a nurse anymore!

    NickB replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ever thought of just leaving the

  15. which nursing speciality is at most risk for being sued?

    NickB replied to chiuli's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe not illegal, but the loser should have to pay. Your mom definitely wouldn't have tried 3 times if she had to pay for the first one that she

  16. Help! My salary keeps changing!

    NickB replied to pcbnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not big on people filing suit everytime they are looked at funny, but in this situation, you are not being treated right. I would think about contacting an attorney if you do in fact have...

  17. Ambien psychosis?

    NickB replied to Cat_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    My 93 y/o grandfather took it post hip surgery. He was still kind of wacked out form the anesthesia and we thought it would knock him out. Needless to say, I was up until 6am with him doing...

  18. list- best states for pay?

    NickB replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm definitely not moving to Puerto Rico. I guess I hate

  19. Please help me interpret this ECG strip

    NickB replied to chillax's topic in General Nursing

    No, not the width of the QRS, the spacing between them. I wasn't looking at the full strip for lead 2. Once I saw that, it was clear that it is a-fib. Since it's irregularly irregular, you have to...

  20. list- best states for pay?

    NickB replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    Your response is pretty crappy. There are nurses on here everyday griping about not finding work who have no intention of moving somewhere else. At least the OP is willing to go somewhere else to...

  21. Please help me interpret this ECG strip

    NickB replied to chillax's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't really think the QRS was irregular, but I guess it could be slightly irregular. I will most certainly bow down to the cardiac gurus on here though. Edit: You know what, as I look further down...

  22. Please help me interpret this ECG strip

    NickB replied to chillax's topic in General Nursing

    You are right that it is definitely atrial, as there is no discernable p-wave. The QRS interval is equal to or less than .12 so there is no issue with the ventricle. I would expect to see an...

  23. 2nd degree in nursing WAS IT WORTH IT? GIRL LOST!

    NickB replied to Sophiamez's topic in Nursing Career

    Why not kill two birds with one stone and teach

  24. Job offers... stuck

    NickB replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    Take them both. You'll have 3 days at one facility and 2 at the other. You'd make a boatload of money and still have 2 days a week off. You'd work a lot, but then you only do it for a year or two,...

  25. how old were you when you realized you weren't going to make real money as a nurse

    NickB replied to pilotstudentnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Like I've said in the past; at some point, you will have to change a brief for someone who is taking ferrous sulfate, and it is at that point, that you will know if you are supposed to be a nurse or...