loriann

loriann BSN, RN

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  1. Personal Malpractice Insurance...Excellent Article! Now sign me up...!

    loriann replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just renewed my with NSO. If you are a new graduate, they will give you half off the year, which comes to a whopping $45.00. Great price for peace of mind. We were required to have insurance as...

  2. I Need Advice!

    loriann replied to indiawhitaker's topic in New York Nursing

    1. Definitely allnursingschools.com for a listing of schools. 2. Whether or not an 18-year old can handle living and going to school in NY depends on you. It's not easy living in a place that is...

  3. NP Transferable from State to State?

    loriann posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I'm considering becoming an NP and currently work in NYC. Can anyone tell me their experiences with getting an NP degree in one state and then looking for work in another? I am concerned that the...

  4. question about 3 NY nursing schools

    loriann replied to peterperrett's topic in New York Nursing

    You can contact the New York State Board of Nursing and get the latest NCLEX pass rates for any school. I know my nursing school did not publish theirs and there wasn't any website to get this...

  5. SBAR Reporting in Critical Care

    loriann posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I thought I would try this post here first. I'm trying to find information on the use of SBAR reporting in units like the CCU, CTICU or even Telemetry. Has anyone ever used this method of report and...

  6. Is This A Wrong Feeling??? Help??

    loriann replied to shonte19's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations on passing the NCLEX and your new job. I don't think it is unreasonable to be thinking about your next career step. If your plans are to leave in a year, that's fine, just keep your...

  7. Sloan-Kettering advice

    loriann replied to JennyMac's topic in New York Nursing

    Could you tell them you waited a year because you had personal matters to attend to and you also wanted to take time to prepare for the NCLEX (like take Kaplan, etc.). Maybe you could also tell her...

  8. Nyc!

    loriann replied to nursekatie22's topic in New York Nursing

    Rents vary according to apartment size, probably anywhere from $1,200 to $1,500 for a studio...not all studios are the same size. I got an apartment immediately, but I went live in a building that...

  9. Nyc!

    loriann replied to nursekatie22's topic in New York Nursing

    I work for New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell site (68th and York). I like it there, but I don't work Med/Surg. I think that the patient ratio on those units are like 1:8, but not sure. I live in...

  10. Second Degree Nursing Students

    loriann replied to Sirena922's topic in General Nursing

    I owed much more than $17,000 when I went for my BSN and I had a BS in Anthropology and a BS in Social Work. You need to talk to someone in financial aid to find out how much you can take

  11. Tachycardia and an occluded RCA

    loriann replied to Kerrigan 06's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks for this explanation. I had a similar situation to the OP's today. Now I

  12. Second Degree Nursing Students

    loriann replied to Sirena922's topic in General Nursing

    You'll probably have to sign a contract that says you have to work for them for a certain amount of time and they will agree to pay for some of your loans. I would be very careful about signing...

  13. Second Degree Nursing Students

    loriann replied to Sirena922's topic in General Nursing

    I would start with the financial aid office at the school you will be attending. They should be able to give you websites to go to if they don't know themselves. As for an amount, the figure $43,000...

  14. Second Degree Nursing Students

    loriann replied to Sirena922's topic in General Nursing

    You can get federal student loans for a second Bachelor's, but there is a limit as to how much the Federal government will allow you to borrow. You need to figure out how much you borrowed for your...

  15. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    loriann replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    I had a 45 y/o man who couldn't say member and instead called it his

  16. How did you react to your first code?

    loriann replied to AZcardiacRN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually saw my first 2 codes on the same night!! The first one I hung back more and ran to get things they were calling for like additional bags of NS, flushes, etc. The patient died, so I helped...

  17. Duke Vs Nyc Hospitals

    loriann replied to RN-06's topic in New York Nursing

    If you live in NC, how would you commute to

  18. Cardiac stepdown vs. telemetry

    loriann replied to NurseCherlove's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a tele floor which is also the CCU stepdown unit. Our ratio is generally 1:4 and have had 5 patients on occasion. We do get the med/surg-type patients who require tele monitoring and many...

  19. Med-Surg/Onc/tele

    loriann replied to nursekatie22's topic in Cardiac

    The ACLS instructor will go over basic rhythms (Vtach, Vfib, etc.) in class. When I started working, I had a Dysrhythmia course I had to take as part of orientation. Will your hospital offer...

  20. journals??

    loriann replied to cvicu80's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Just got my issues

  21. Relocating family Queens to ? need to commute to Manhattan.

    loriann replied to helpalready's topic in New York Nursing

    Have you tried looking at houses on Realtor.com? The tri-state area is expensive, and I think even past Westchester you will see high prices on

  22. journals??

    loriann replied to cvicu80's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Great! I'll keep my eyes peeled for

  23. Books??

    loriann replied to cvicu80's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    How about the "ICU

  24. journals??

    loriann replied to cvicu80's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Is that for real? I just joined and didn't see that anywhere in the information they sent me? Do they just automatically send them to

  25. Telemetry--better at night????

    loriann replied to jamonit's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I started on tele at nights and found it was good in that you usually had some down time where you could review charts, strips, and try to understand things better. I recently went back to days and...