PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    is your job aging you?

    PacoUSA replied to RobotNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I've been in nursing for about 3 years. I still get pegged 10-15 years my junior and feel 20 years younger than I did in my prior career. I work three 12s weekly at night. Your theory is false. Sent...
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    PVT no longer works

    PacoUSA replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I'm actually an RN that took the modern day NCLEX with 75 questions. However, I've also been through a 2-day state bar exam and waited 4 months for results ... so I know the pain! :) ... seriously,...
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    PVT no longer works

    PacoUSA replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Better yet, lets bring back the two-day format of the exam! Only the strong will survive that!! Sent from my iPad using
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    Please help, almost 2 years and no job!

    PacoUSA replied to cc8671's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Exactly! This I never understood. It's like having a baby you want but then not raising him as you naturally should. I think we have the same situation right here in New York City, there is a well...
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    HIV needle stick at work while pregnant

    PacoUSA replied to emco1977's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm confused though. When I simply draw from a central line, needles are never involved, only flushes and empty syringes. I'm talking PICCs and chest ports already accessed. How does one get a stick...
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    Squeamish future nursing student

    PacoUSA replied to mecapon91's topic in General Students

    Lmao! I used to be deathly afraid of blood ever since as a kid I saw another kid's foot slashed from a broken beer bottle in the water at the beach. Now I am hardly ever phased by it (unless it's a...
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    PVT no longer works

    PacoUSA replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I failed NCLEX!! This is how I did it ... Sent from my iPad using
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    Need advice from Nurse Professionals

    PacoUSA replied to Rlmatsch2's topic in General Nursing

    Speak up! If you want to be a nurse at your hospital, the right people need to know this so that they can keep you in mind when there is an opening. As a nurse manager I would rather hire someone...
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    Relationships with floor nurses?

    PacoUSA replied to theantichick's topic in Emergency

    I have yet to work anywhere where this would ever happen. Is there such a
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    Lazy nurses

    PacoUSA replied to Future FNP 14's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wondering if hospitals that ban personal cell phones on the hospital floor have more productivity in general. Especially if Facebook and other social media are blocked sites on the hospital network....
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    Backing out of a Contract

    PacoUSA replied to happymedium's topic in Travel

    Homeless in Maui .... now that is an adventure
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    Bedside Report

    PacoUSA replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I feel very uncomfortable with bedside report. As a patient, I would not want a nurse outlining my medical history within earshot of my roommate. I would not agree with it as a nurse either. Do full...
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    How long is too long to travel?

    PacoUSA replied to dmitchner's topic in Travel

    What I hate about traveling right now is being stuck in my specialty (telemetry). Not exactly my dream specialty, it's just the first job I got after graduation, for fear of being new grad jobless. So...
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    Agency won't pay... Holiday rate.

    PacoUSA replied to shortstuff52's topic in Travel

    I recall getting holiday pay for Presidents Day. Sent from my iPad using
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    New Nurse Mistakes

    PacoUSA replied to Mabesma's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The problem I have found is that some of the much older threads have been closed, so even if relevant I cannot post in it to revive it. In that case, I would start a new thread for new feedback (but...
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    Do You Ever Ignore Your Employer's VM When They Try to Call You In?

    PacoUSA replied to westieluv's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a supervisor once tell me something like this, but she had a sense of humor in that I would have known right away by her tone that she was kidding. If your supervisor wasn't kidding with this...
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    Best way to document late medications

    PacoUSA replied to HSclinicaleducator's topic in Patient Medications

    Our handheld scanners give us the option to choose TREATMENT IN PROGRESS as an option for meds being late, unless of course it is due to the patient being off unit or no IV access, there are options...
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    if you graduated in the last 5 years

    PacoUSA replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Graduated 3 years ago, and got hired on graduation day! Actually, had started interviewing 2 months prior, but HR gave me the green light later. I started working a month later. Sent from my iPad...
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    Coworker tried converting me on my break

    PacoUSA replied to CountryMomma's topic in General Nursing

    I am estranged from my half-sister for this very reason. She used to talk to me as if her religion was the ultimate salvation and anyone not of her religion was damned, including myself. She never...
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    Is change a BAD thing? (MS nurses doing vitals)

    PacoUSA replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Coming in an hour before your shift to take vitals on your patients and not get paid is not only ridiculous, it's a liability issue. You're technically not supposed to be there until 630. Find a way...
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    Pre-reqs in NYC

    PacoUSA replied to SouthSideChi's topic in New York Nursing

    BTW, I took a couple of my prereqs online at another school when I was living in another state, and the transcript does not indicate that the courses were taken online ... Just in case you were...
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    Bellevue Emergency ICU/Trauma Resuscitation Unit

    PacoUSA replied to NYtrauma's topic in New York Nursing

    The only advice I can offer is getting your BSN as soon as you can after graduation. Considering the increased influx of new grad BSNs in NYC, they will get preference in hiring quite often. Sent from...
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    Opinions on Buffalo NY hospitals

    PacoUSA replied to kgribs's topic in New York Nursing

    I used to live in Buffalo years ago, so my opinions may not be of much help, although I don't think hospitals may have changed much. Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) is the big trauma center there,...
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    Pre-reqs in NYC

    PacoUSA replied to SouthSideChi's topic in New York Nursing

    Check out Cayuga Community College in upstate New York. Most all of the prereq courses you need they offer online, including simulated labs. And since you are a NY resident you benefit from state...
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    FLAME ON!

    PacoUSA replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    ME: "You obviously lost the spelling bee, so I guess YES, you'll be 'loosing' your license too!" Sent from my iPad using