PacoUSA BSN, RN

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    Floor to ED transition

    PacoUSA replied to guest901464's topic in Emergency

    The ER always seems to call when I'm in an isolation room with a C. diff + patient pushing Lasix ... 😒 Sent from my iPad using
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    Become a Nurse without Nursing School

    PacoUSA replied to Longa's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to write to Pearson today. I'm sure they will appreciate the additional income :) I'm so tired of the PVT crap! Anything to make the threads stop! Sent from my iPad using
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    Next assignment... decisions decisions!

    PacoUSA replied to michlynn's topic in Travel

    I seriously don't even listen to the AMN talk. I go by my experience only. On my 3rd assignment with them and so far all is good. My recruiter is great. Your recruiter makes or breaks your experiences...
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    Moving to LI

    PacoUSA replied to VickiVA's topic in New York Nursing

    Stony Brook Univ Hospital is the only Level I trauma center in Suffolk County, many nurses I knew commute there from those towns you mentioned. It is a decent place to work depending on your...
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    Please don't call me Dude

    PacoUSA replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not Black, but the sir thing also bothers me in this vein when I hear "yes, sir" ... I think of a slave saying it to a slaveowner, and it's like the sayer is trying to be subservient to me (my...
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    Sexy male scrubs

    PacoUSA replied to Betenhauser's topic in Men in Nursing

    LOL! 😜 That is all. Sent from my iPad using
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    Please don't call me Dude

    PacoUSA replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm the same way. I don't sir or ma'am anyone else and I cringe hearing sir directed at me. I quickly deflect them by saying, "Oh, you can call me Paco," in a quite polite manner. I use Dude only with...
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    Conneticut hospitals and BSNs

    PacoUSA replied to RunnerD1987's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    I had a new grad ADN in my orientation class last May, he did do his clinicals all at Yale so I'm sure that gave him an in. Don't know if he's bound to do a BSN but I'm sure he probably
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    Resignation Notice

    PacoUSA replied to KJM-RN's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital required 2 weeks for PTO to be paid out, which they did. I gave 3 weeks to be on the safe
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    Nude nurse goes nutty

    PacoUSA replied to chopwood carrywater's topic in General Nursing

    Home health is such a rough specialty 😝 ... the swamp water is seeping into the drinking supply
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    Rude DNS

    PacoUSA replied to ShadyChiNurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Next time! Try to post without using any identifiable names in your
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    Please don't call me Dude

    PacoUSA replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I can hang with that too :) Sent from my iPad using
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    Please don't call me Dude

    PacoUSA replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer being called dude and buddy instead of sir, I reeeeeeeally cant stand that! Sent from my iPad using
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    How to Go through the Saunder's Book to Prepare for NCLEX-RN???

    PacoUSA replied to shelby929's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    5 to 7 hours a day? That is totally unnecessary. I never studied more than that in a night in nursing school! Why do that now? You have a good plan, stick to it. Get your hands on as many...
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    How to Go through the Saunder's Book to Prepare for NCLEX-RN???

    PacoUSA replied to shelby929's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You are wasting your time reading content! You may not even be tested on material you will read. Just do 75 questions a day for a month and review rationales of your wrong answers. Use the CD or...
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    Thinking of leaving ED after 6 months

    PacoUSA replied to NicoletheRN's topic in General Nursing

    You should stay a least a year. 6 months starts to give you the reputation of a jumper and you don't want that on your profile. 6 months hasn't begun to recoup what the department has invested in...
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    Only 11,310 Days til Retirement!!!!

    PacoUSA replied to Madras's topic in General Nursing

    Not interested in retirement. I love what I do 😊 Sent from my iPad using
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    CCRN vs. CCRN-CSC

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Critical Care

    Is CCRN certification limited only to those individuals that work in MICU or SICU? Can someone working in CTICU earn the CCRN certification as opposed to the more specialized CCRN-CSC? Just wondering...
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    Stamford Hospital 2015

    PacoUSA replied to PacoUSA's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Thanks for your update. It just seems like a great location close enough to NYC and I havent really heard bad things about this hospital. Looks like a great place to train in a new specialty. Sent...
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    Stamford Hospital 2015

    PacoUSA posted a topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Anyone here work at Stamford Hospital? Looking for current updates on working here, many of the threads here about this place are dated. I also noticed they are finishing up hospital construction,...
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    Can someone transfer between hospitals in Inova health system during her orientation

    PacoUSA replied to sukh :)'s topic in General Nursing

    Inova is in the VA/DC area. I concur with the above, she needs to stay put until she's off
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    Why does the Patient know best?

    PacoUSA replied to EandERN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    PARA-dime. And I've only used the word in papers
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    Meds and a G-T patient

    PacoUSA replied to buggybum96's topic in Patient Medications

    Occasionally you'll have a physician forget the route and orders SR, the nurse needs to be diligent about watching for this. Continue discussing the method 😊 Sent from my iPad using
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    UB ABS 2016 start

    PacoUSA replied to lexibuffalo92's topic in School, College Programs

    There are many UBs out there. Which program specifically is this? Sent from my iPad using
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    Meds and a G-T patient

    PacoUSA replied to buggybum96's topic in Patient Medications

    Hope you're not crushing extended release tabs. Get those changed to liquid or crushable forms. Sent from my iPad using