PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Becoming a Nurse After 40

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    You keep trying and never give up. Someone will hire you. My classmate was 62 when she was hired as a MS tele nurse and has since successfully transitioned to case management now at 67. Networking is...
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    Male Chiropractor considering nursing...advice please :)

    PacoUSA replied to NP/PA?'s topic in Nursing Career

    Good luck with your transition to nursing! I moved to Florida about 5 years ago with intentions to enroll at Palmer Chiropractic in Port Orange. Changed my mind after realizing that nursing was a...
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    Nurse with 2 Years Experience - Why can't I get L&D job??

    PacoUSA replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I agree with this poster above. I have 4 years of ms/tele/stepdown experience and took an intro emergency nursing certificate program on my own dime to demonstrate commitment to the new specialty. It...
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    Nursing is the Biggest Mistake of My Life

    PacoUSA replied to almost_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Clearly there is something wrong with your interviewing skills. If you're getting callbacks, your resume is not the
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    Magnet Status Hospitals

    PacoUSA replied to LPNTOBE2017's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    There are now FIVE Magnet hospitals in CT ... Stamford Hospital earned recognition in April
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    Timeline for endorsing RN license to CA

    PacoUSA replied to zornzo's topic in California Nursing

    1. I remember my nursing school did not include that form with my transcript. They were actually clueless about what to do with it despite my explaining it. So California never got it with my...
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    How would deal with these type of CNAs?

    PacoUSA replied to Born_2BRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I recently noticed this post I made in August 2012 and was like WHAAAAT? I was clearly in a honeymoon phase here, and I must unequivocably retract these words from my mouth. It is now April 2016. YES,...
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    Too Old to Enter Critical Care Nursing?

    PacoUSA replied to Fiddlesticks27's topic in Critical Care

    I want to be you when I grow up :) .... in my 40s
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    UC San Diego Emergency Department Nursing Certificate

    PacoUSA replied to darlink's topic in Emergency

    Wanted to post an update to this thread. Since writing my last post I successfully completed the two online courses for this certificate program. I will soon begin the process of seeking a mentor for...
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    Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    PacoUSA replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I would have walked out the door straight off. No notice. No
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    Let's Ban the Phrase "I'll Go Get Your Nurse"

    PacoUSA replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a hospital once where a medical resident (a RESIDENT!) visiting a patient at bedside put my patient on a bedpan at her request. She came to the nurse's station (where I was busy charting)...
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    Preparing for Move from Tele to ED ... What Certs Should I Have?

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello, I am currently a travel nurse in telemetry (have worked both stepdown and med-surg units thanks to some floating) and have been doing this for almost 2 years. I left a perm job on a med/tele...
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    Preparing for Move from Tele to ED ... What Certs Should I Have?

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Emergency

    I forgot about that. Already have NIHSS due to my having worked neuro stepdown.
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    Tell me why you regret about becoming a Nurse

    PacoUSA replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I regret not becoming a nurse sooner in life (2nd career nurse here). I love this profession, it is where I was meant to
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    Where was your Best Travel Assignment?

    PacoUSA replied to JJdetravelinRN's topic in Travel

    Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto, California. I loved it there, and it was hard to leave. If I did not have strong ties to the east coast I would have definitely gone perm
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    I'm scared to travel!

    PacoUSA replied to tabitha1979's topic in Travel

    Go to California, I believe it is the BEST place to start out as a traveler. Caution, it might spoil you for every other place out there lol. But seriously, do it and you wont regret
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    Delay in transfer to floor

    PacoUSA replied to bebbercorn's topic in Emergency

    I used to work @ a hospital in NY on a travel assignment where the ER would fax SBAR to the unit and that was it. The patient would come up in about an hour. No phone calls, no phone tag, nothing. The...
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    Travel Nursing in NYC

    PacoUSA replied to JackieK316's topic in Travel

    I worked as a traveler @ NYP Columbia and was offered a perm position while there by the manager of my home unit. I declined because it was my first travel assignment and I wanted to continue...
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    Why is Med-Surg so hated?

    PacoUSA replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I dislike med-surg because the ratios are always high. Rarely do I get less than 5 patients at a time. Thank God for my training in telemetry as it is my saving grace for getting a lower ratio than...
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    Another RN wanting to come to Florida

    PacoUSA replied to njc2rn's topic in Florida Nursing

    I'm currently on a travel assignment in Florida. This I did against my better judgement and solely to avoid winter weather up north. Nursing in Florida is everything I've heard it to be, and I'm just...
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    Live in NYC, Work Perm Staff Job in CA

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Travel

    Is this even possible? Wondering if any RNs do this as in coming home on days off after a string of
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    nurse patient ratio in ny presbyterian hospital

    PacoUSA replied to Supenurse's topic in New York Nursing

    At Columbia, I would float to a med surg unit and the minimum blank spaces on their breakdown sheets were for 6 patients each.
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    Exhausted Med-Surg Nurse

    PacoUSA replied to Soliloquy's topic in Medical-Surgical

    So awesome to hear! Glad to hear you're finding your niche. I'm transitioning to ER this fall. Like you, I love travel nursing but can't continue in tele
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    travel nursing in florida

    PacoUSA replied to empatheticRN's topic in Travel

    I'm at a small hospital in Florida right now, counting the time I have remaining on this contract, which now stands at 9 weeks. I knew what I was getting into when I pursued a contract here, I just...
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    Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

    PacoUSA replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    Always being assured you will have someone to help put in a Foley in a female (even though you can certainly handle doing this yourself but you know you will always need a