PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Options for scrub pants

    PacoUSA replied to Myoclonicjerk's topic in Male Nursing Students

    My favorite scrub pants are Cherokee 4000. They fit well, have ample pockets, a zip fly and elastic waist. Murseworld.com has them, I like that site because they just sell for
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    Changing careerS

    PacoUSA replied to iTyrizzle87's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm going to trump your advice and tell men out there that they SHOULD go into nursing. We are underrepresented and need more in the profession. I'm sorry to hear that you, Dewman, have been...
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    is it nurse's week?

    PacoUSA replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    It's definitely nationwide!
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    an RN is a practicing Jehovah's witness

    PacoUSA replied to strawberryrnc1611's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I work with a nurse that is a JW and gets every Saturday off, comes in on Sundays. Same for another nurse (of another religion I suppose), who works every Saturday but off every Sunday. My unit seems...
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    Experience with switching from med/surg to a different specialty?

    PacoUSA replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'll let you know. I am currently undergoing this process
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    ICU nurse with CCRN... how the heck do I get into NICU?

    PacoUSA replied to 3fins's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hard to believe. Everywhere I look they want PICU experience. Where does one start? I'm interested in NICU however. Same issue there
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    Bone Marrow Transplant and Nursing Care

    PacoUSA replied to Martha.Kierblewski's topic in Nursing Career

    Did you get the job??
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    Charge nurses

    PacoUSA replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Without revealing details, I have done this, and nothing has been actively done to the person reported. In another place, i'm sure they would have been fired. Apparently, the union seems to protect...
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    Charge nurses

    PacoUSA replied to turnforthenurse's topic in General Nursing

    Need advice: The other night I was charge nurse along with a 5-patient district (med/tele unit). Often understaffed, charges are rarely just a charge. No clinicians or educators on duty. Four out of...
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    New grad travel nursing.

    PacoUSA replied to nicolesn1986's topic in Travel

    OP, you have no idea how green you are in nursing ... !!! A travel assignment right now would swallow you whole. Sent from my iPad using
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    Stony Brook's Hiring Process

    PacoUSA replied to tigralvovna's topic in New York Nursing

    No, no tests. Sent from my iPad using
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    Looking to transition out of ICU

    PacoUSA replied to sugarmagnolia3's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was also going to suggest NICU. Sent from my iPad using
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    Acute Care Cardiac Unit vs. Cardiac Specialty Unit

    PacoUSA replied to Wms28's topic in Cardiac

    Our hospital has a Cardiac Acute Care Unit (CACU) which in essence is a cardiac stepdown. Their website description in part is as follows: The Cardiac Acute Care Unit (CACU) is a 25-bed intermediate...
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    Had never considered the ER but....

    PacoUSA replied to principessaGG's topic in Emergency

    I would jump on it too as you did, congrats! Sent from my iPad using
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    "Experience Required" .... Soooo, HOW Do I Get Experience??

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Seems like every specialty I have an interest in has jobs postings but require a year or more of experience in that specialty to apply. So I ask, HOW and WHERE can I get this experience in the first...
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    AIDS during the 80s

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

    I was not a nurse back then, but my first job was in a hospital in the mid '80s, the summer before my senior year of high school. I remember all AIDS and HIV+ patients had their own isolation rooms...
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    am i reasonably resigning?

    PacoUSA replied to wakeuptothesun86's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I never said it was easier. I would rather work more focused and run around busy with 2 sicker patients than with 5 less sick ones. Keep your ahem. That is
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    burned out

    PacoUSA replied to NrsAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    In my case it was also cheaper and more cost effective to get a BSN. I attended an accelerated program at a state university and was in the workforce a year sooner than I would have doing an
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    am i reasonably resigning?

    PacoUSA replied to wakeuptothesun86's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have enough trouble keeping track of FIVE patients even after 2 years on the floor ('this patient has a a Foley ... wait, no they don't ...') ... 10 patients is obscene. I guess this is why so many...
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    burned out

    PacoUSA replied to NrsAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    I don't regret getting a BSN. I may not be clinically better than an experienced ADN on the floor, but it got me a job faster and I have more opportunities ahead for me in terms of leadership....
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    I can't get a job!!!!

    PacoUSA replied to JessGroRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would recommend Long Island, they hire lots of new grads but they are strictly BSN unless you already work for the hospital when you get an ADN and enroll thereafter in a BSN. Also, new grad...
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    Losing classmates is so stressful and sad

    PacoUSA replied to mrsboots87's topic in General Students

    I should have quit my first career when I was just starting the degree program. I instinctively knew then that I should have quit but I was too proud to drop out. So I graduated and worked in the...
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    New grad orienting a new grad?

    PacoUSA replied to SaraM, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nurses should have at least one year under their belt before precepting (or being charge nurse for that matter). The first year is hard enough without worrying about teaching someone else. Sent from...
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    Still unemployed

    PacoUSA replied to llroberson's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Check out the university hospitals on Long Island in NY. Despite their proximity to the competitive NYC market, they hire lots of new grads every year, particularly if they have residency or...
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    So, I applied at NYP as a 1 Year experienced Nurse

    PacoUSA replied to Whoatemyburger's topic in New York Nursing

    I took their battery test the day after I applied for 5 positions. Only 3 of those applications passed the online screening process and actually ended up as 'applied' ... I have since received 2...