PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    dressing code

    PacoUSA replied to labanti's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine any situation where business casual would be acceptable when interviewing for an RN position when so many candidates are competing for the same job. Sent from my iPad using
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    Best one sentence handoff report

    PacoUSA replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    "No updates." Sent from my iPad using
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    University of Colorado Hospital

    PacoUSA replied to nhnurse25's topic in Travel

    I dont know if I qualify as a real MS nurse, I'd like to think not as I am gradually moving my way away from MS to strictly cardiac and tele, but I still float to medicine and surgical units every so...
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    Traveling with less than 2 years

    PacoUSA replied to vnguyen3's topic in Travel

    Yes, the best part of traveling is getting to see how other hospitals do things. At the hospital I am in now, they do things I only wished I had in place where I was staff. Not sure yet what staff...
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    I just got hired as an emergency department scribe. Doable with Nursing School?

    PacoUSA replied to Miss Infermiera2b's topic in General Students

    Sounds like a great job if you can swing that and school too! You will learn a lot of terminology to help you out even before NCLEX 😉 Sent from my iPad using
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    Valedictorian caught cheating

    PacoUSA replied to pinknursepower's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Ha! I just realized that. You're right. Our class has a class speaker selected by the director of the program, but he was only referred to as that. He was clearly one of the smartest in the group, so...
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    take flight or stick it out in telemetry

    PacoUSA replied to ineedavaycay's topic in Nursing Career

    I'm going to go ahead and answer your question of "Is it the floor?" ... It quite possibly may be. But at the same time, it could also be complicated by the fact that this is your first real...
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    Valedictorian caught cheating

    PacoUSA replied to pinknursepower's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I'm really interested to see how this turns out. If she does end up speaking, turning your backs to her speech is indeed a proper statement to protest it. Cheaters are cheaters, they will find ways to...
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    So 39 weeks is the full term cut off now?

    PacoUSA replied to perfexion's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was born at 30 weeks. Healthy and graduated nursing school with honors. I did ok ... Sent from my iPad using
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    CNA requirement after 1st quarter completion?

    PacoUSA replied to katidid114's topic in General Students

    I'm assuming that this CNA requirement will come back and haunt her later. The school may notice the requirement is not meet just before graduation.
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    What do you do with your home?

    PacoUSA replied to dreamer30's topic in Travel

    I live with someone at my tax home, so it's rarely empty. Obviously, don't need to have someone check mail, etc. It's built in convenience lol. But before that I did have a home where I lived alone,...
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    Travelers Conference 2015

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Travel

    Did not see a thread yet for this. Was wondering if anyone here is planning to go. Sept.14 and 15 this year in Las Vegas. I'm thinking about it. Also, if I do go, wondering if it would be...
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    Missing a class for CA license

    PacoUSA replied to ewrn's topic in Travel

    Did you take English Composition in college? That might count. I never took public speaking ever and I still got a CA license by endorsement. Honestly, don't know what I took that met that requirement...
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    Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    PacoUSA replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    After being a nurse for a decent while, I can honestly say I'd have no problem requesting male staff only, particularly if it involved intimate care. I'd be very uncomfortable having a nurse young...
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    Low acuity patients when traveling

    PacoUSA replied to Bluebolt's topic in Travel

    There is also the issue of the traveler getting accustomed to the routine of the unit, even weeks into an assignment, like where things are and remembering codes for doors and stuff, which in some...
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    Critical Care Course prior to ICU job

    PacoUSA replied to Shrizeal's topic in Critical Care

    FWIW, Mount Sinai in NYC offers the ECCO course to nurses not in their system at a higher cost. Sent from my iPad using
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    Float Nursing

    PacoUSA replied to CJ2blpn2017's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work a float pool in my hospital as a traveler. I'm in my 3rd week on my contract (2nd on the floor on my own) and I have already decided that I do not like floating this regularly. I...
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    California

    PacoUSA replied to ERpinup's topic in Travel

    I've never really had issues with a 30 minute break in a 12 hour shift, even at night. The absence of a break at all due to a high acuity shift is worse. I come from a hospital where nurses were...
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    Nurse Recruiter and HIPAA violation?

    PacoUSA replied to SookieBSN's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Don't ever feel bad about what you've done! She deserved to lose her job. The HIPAA law is in place for a reason, and if no one uses it to make ruthless people accountable for their actions, then...
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    Travel Assignment @ Cleveland Clinic?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    Thanks for all the info! I will keep it in the radar for future consideration. And this will definitely NOT be for the winter (I have lived in Buffalo, so I know too well what lake effect snow is...
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    My patient died today

    PacoUSA replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    My patient died s/p fall in the bathroom when I was only 2 months off orientation. Docs say he suffered a PE. Sent from my iPad using
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    Why is Med-Surg so hated?

    PacoUSA replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You are absolutely correct, which is why I'm trying to claw my way into stepdown travel assignments thanks to my tele experience and stay clear away from med-surg ones. Once I finish traveling to my...
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    Would you go straight to RN or start as LPN?

    PacoUSA replied to ana377's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Having a prior bachelors degree in a non-nursing major, it was more cost effective to do an accelerated BSN. Also, not much of a job market where I am from to be an
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    Passed Micro!! On to nursing...

    PacoUSA replied to PD82's topic in Excelsior College

    Be happy with a passing grade in pharmacology when you get to that. Patients won't care what your grade was in that when they get their Dilaudud on time!!
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    Male student enters OB room. What do you think?

    PacoUSA replied to truckinusa's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I blame the particular hospital where I did this clinical to be honest - unfortunately, a smaller community hospital. My only good memory there were all the postpartum patients who didn't care less...