cajrio

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1. 22,000 Nurses Refuse *Mandatory* Vaccinations

   cajrio replied to Surg-OncRN's topic in General Nursing

   Why should a job mandate that I receive a flu vaccine or Dtap? Why should the opinion of others impact my ability to work? It is a disgrace that we as nurses allow legislation to bully us into what they feel is the correct course for vaccine, behavio...

2. Anyone heard from University of South Alabama?

   cajrio replied to mmcmarsh's topic in NP Students

   I still have not heard I applied to adult/gero acute program, I was told their are many applicants so they will not make decisions until June.

3. IV tips and tricks

   cajrio replied to kloock's topic in Emergency

   I disagree with those who say 22g are useless you can bolus fluids through a 22g 2500ml/hr as well as blood, in very dehydrated people, elderly and even trauma patient we can and do put in 22g.

4. No adult experience is it still possible to get into a CRNA program

   cajrio posted a topic in SRNA

   I work in the neonatal intensive care unit and do a secondary in the PICU., I have had a lot of experience with dopamine,vasopressin,milrone,epi,vents,oscillators,jets along with PAL lines and UAC/UVC. Although our patient population is not as large ...

5. There is no nursing shortage! This is and was a sales pitch!

   cajrio replied to krazykev's topic in General Nursing

   I can just tell you about what is happening in and around Raleigh NC, Duke has a waiting list for several units, but is not actively hiring into the units, in my unit we did not hire a CNA who worked for us while in school :-(, Rex is rethinking thei...

6. They are trying to force the DTaP vaccine on me.

   cajrio replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   Unfortunately hospitals do not have to honor your "religious' beliefs or a medical exemption regarding vaccinations. Our hospital now requires that any member who works with children must have the DTaP vaccination, although I have strong religious c...

7. Multiple Job Offers

   cajrio replied to BaByNuRsE07's topic in North Carolina

   Hey Kimmee Please email I would like to know more about your interview at Wake I too am a Duke employee but found the manager so friendly and I have an interview in the Children ED, Looking forward to hearing from you.

8. Fed up of losing working hours

   cajrio replied to letina's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a state that is "at will", when I had a job that increased patient to nurse ratio's I just found a new job. Unless the other nurses start to leave the unit and write letters to upper management changes will not be made that favor the nurse...

9. SBAR for shift report

   cajrio replied to Riseupandnurse's topic in General Nursing

   We are suppose to use SBAR but have found that using our kardex is more efficient,when we use SBAR too much information is missed.

10. RN Overtime Hours

    cajrio replied to bigtimer225's topic in General Nursing

    We have all the o/t you want in our hospital. I work 12-24 + hrs a week o/t they also give us an additional incentive 0f $20.00hr plus o/t pay

11. Cost of your benefits?

    cajrio replied to jsu102's topic in North Carolina

    Wake meds premium is considered low compared to Duke, at Duke you have three types of insurance, but the one that allows you the most leeway is bcbs and it cost me 397.00 per month for myself and family. Our ded. 15/30 per office visit plus we have t...

12. Nursing Shortage Where YOU work?

    cajrio replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    No shortage here in the Raleigh area, rather nurses leave because of low pay or poor patient staff ration. We have a rotation of new grads every year in the peds units as well as the other units.

13. What do you do when CNAs dont work and just take breaks and watch TV?

    cajrio replied to Bala Shark's topic in General Nursing

    I wrote up my CNA for hitting a patient and they were not fired instead the CNA's who worked with me thereafter refused to help, they (cna) knew it was easier to replace the RN then the CNA so I left the job rather then lose my license,

14. PICU vs NICU

    cajrio replied to PEDSVA's topic in PICU

    I started out as a nicu rn, with a prn job in PICU., I know work f/t PICU and do prn in NICU. I enjoy picu becuase I learn about different medication, and diagnosis plus most patients are on some sort of drip (dop,vaso,epi, milr) so I become more pro...

15. RN please please please help

    cajrio replied to HeatherRR's topic in General Nursing

    1. what is your definition of nursing? a nurse is someone who is the advocate for the patient and their family. 2. what changes have you seen throughout nursing? less time for my patients, more lawsuits and more technical jobs that are "suppose" to ...