mercedesbattista

mercedesbattista has 6 years experience and specializes in ICU, Heart/Lung transplant.

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1. Insulin gtt rates

   mercedesbattista replied to *LadyNurse*'s topic in MICU

   I wouldn't know what the highest has been for my unit. The hospital I just started working at is still paper charting & the insulin protocol is confusing. Most of the time I have the pump programmed incorrectly!

2. Why so many travel positions?

   mercedesbattista replied to mercedesbattista's topic in Career Support

   Most of the companies that offer these travel positions do offer health insurance. However, no other benefits like vacation & 401k.

3. Jacksonville nursing students. UF

   mercedesbattista replied to mw2011's topic in Florida

   Why not JU or UNF?

4. Why so many travel positions?

   mercedesbattista posted a topic in Career Support

   I want to move out of the state of Florida to California. I have my resume ob Monster & CareerBuilder. I get lots of phone calls from nurse travel companies that only have 13 week assignments. I need a stable, permanent job that will pay for relo...

5. NOT going to the pinning ceremony

   mercedesbattista replied to CaliforniaRNnow's topic in General Students

   I didn't go to mine. Our pins coated $60! I just wanted my papers so I can take the boards & get a job! I don't think you'll regret it. Ive been a nurse for 2yrs & I don't ever hear anyone talking about their previous pinning ceremony.

6. Nurses: Do the patients often try to talk to you about politics?

   mercedesbattista replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

   I live in a conservative state so I get comments all the time about politics. We have TV's in patient rooms & it's always Fox news on. I ignore the comments patients & families make as Fox news commentary goes on. I didn't get a 4yr degree to...

7. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

   mercedesbattista replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, that's crazy but I can see my hospital doing sone crap like that!

8. What pay are nurses making these days?

   mercedesbattista replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

   It's not expensive to live in Jacksonville but according to these posts. Im living in the wrong city myself. My hosp is one of the top paying.

9. Failed NCLEX 3 times

   mercedesbattista replied to RN6157's topic in NCLEX

   I took the 2 week course in class. I learn better in classroom. The. I studied about 5hrs a day. About 1-2hrs at a time.

10. Failed NCLEX 3 times

    mercedesbattista replied to RN6157's topic in NCLEX

    I graduated last year. Took Kaplan a week after graduation. Took the NCLEX 3 weeks after that & passed. It's well worth it but you have to put in the time to study. The Kaplan is all about how to answer the questions not just content. When I took...

11. What pay are nurses making these days?

    mercedesbattista replied to BeOne77's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse with a BSN. Specialty hospital in Jacksonville, FLa. My base pay is 23.59/hr with me working nights & weekends comes to about $29/hr.

12. Young Looking Nurses

    mercedesbattista replied to VeniVidiVici's topic in General Nursing

    Be confident in everything you do. I'm 35 but people say I look early 20's. It's. Kind o a disadvantage looking young because I don't think I get the respect that I would if patients & family new I was really 35. I'm constantly having to prove my...

13. Rant about ungrateful, demanding patients

    mercedesbattista replied to KSU-SN's topic in Relations

    My hospital is all about customer service. And screw how many patients we have, dressing changes, meds & what education we have to do. It's all about customer service. My patients constantly call out for water, ice, coffee, they dropped the remot...

14. What I did to pass the NCLEX

    mercedesbattista posted a topic in NCLEX

    I graduated July 31st & took Kaplan a few days later. I took the 2 week Kaplan course & studied while waiting on my auth to test letter which took almost a month to come. I did all my qbank questions & question trainers for Kaplan. The cl...

15. First time here but i really need help with a peds care plan

    mercedesbattista replied to angelica280's topic in Student Assist

    I jsut finished OB & Peds so I know how it is to try & come up with some care plans for those babies. How about altered family processes r/t hospitalized infant. If she's constantly at the hosp, then whose taking care of home? Impetigo is c...