roma4204 BSN, RN

I am currently a nurse in San Diego. My fiancé wants to move back to CDA where he is from. I love it there but I am concerned about working. Ideally the lower cost of living would allow me to work less, right now in socal I am the primary money make...

Just to follow up we made the move. I’m not working because of the cost of living difference. Ridiculously cheap here compared to SoCal.

Have you heard back yet? The admissions advisor told me 10 weeks but then she said mid March? My application is competitive but not a sure thing so I could see it going either way. Glad you posted!

We have had some issues with transport of patients. Recently they want an RN to go with ALL patients not just ICU, pts with PCA's, etc. This causes us to leave our "more fresh" post op pt to go with our stable one to the floor, wait for the nurse to...

Had a patient with a teratoma - basically one organ tissue growing somewhere else. He had TEETH growing in a pressure ulcer on his bottom. Not sure what came first. I looked it up and it turns out these tumor like tissues can grow hair or any other o...

My first day is tomorrow and I'm trying to decide what to wear into the hospital because we use the OR scrubs in my new department...what do other nurses do???!

Thank you for all the advice! It eased my anxiety about my decision of jeans and a t shirt. First day jitters done!

It sounds like the ICU is not a good place for you. As a pre-nursing student I encourage you to not be so naive to the realities of nursing if that is what you aspire to become in the future. Very often nurses have to yell at confused or just plain c...

I worked here as a new grad. I now work in CA and in critical care, so I'm not sure what makes the biggest difference now, but let me give you some advice. Lakeland was not a good fit for me. I read an article about how uneducated the area is and I ...

I oriented this horrible but experienced nurse. He could not remember if he had given the patient metoprolol or not. We always pulled meds together, but you would think giving a PO medication to a patient would be okay for an experienced nurse to do ...

Lab calling to make sure they have to actually do their job. This person was admitted for DKA...yes they need q4h BMPs!

OH MY GOD THE PHARMACY/Pharmacy techs... I am a freaking ICU nurse, I have critical thinking skills coming out of my ass...don't you think I checked both pyxis machines, tube stations and patient cubbies before calling you???

So is the strike on or what?!

State to Seek Court Order Preventing UCSD Hospital Strike - Top News - La Jolla, CA Patch Just an update, the union has declared the dates they're going to strike. I don't work there, I just was curious

why would they not transfer this pt to ICU??

Bed alarms have little use according to studies because of exactly what you described - it takes too long to get to the patient! This is a really hard situation. Maybe ask if you can go to these meetings with the higher ups and explain it from the d...

I get around 36 and hour in SD but I'm at the lowest paying hospital. That's just a base rate.

I am currently in ICU. I really think I would be interested in the role of the nurse who comes in and does our end of life consulting. I'm not on days right now and so I haven't been able to talk with our nurse about education, certs, etc. So I was ...

Recently we had a mix up of a nitroprusside drip bag being labeled with the UPC and label that is appropriate for neosynephrine. The patient's pressure started dropping and thankfully the RN thought to peel back the label on the bag and saw that it w...

Reason 6495 why I work in the ICU - I know my patient's vital trends by heart

I am currently a critical care nurse, and while I love what I do I've always had a passion for public health nursing. Soon my school loans will FINALLY be paid off and I can afford to take the pay cut. What is it like being a PH nurse here in Califo...

The med name was on the bag itself for one of the meds, and the label was covering it

decrease your number of unplanned extubations?! that statement should NOT be plural!!! that just should not be happening. if the patient is strong and awake enough to pull their ET tube they are either ready to have it out or need an intervention suc...

What are the best hospitals to work for in north county SD? I love SHARP and Scripps is pretty good too. I've heard good things about UCSD. Not a lot of those are in north county unless you could La Jolla as north. What do they pay? Depends on exper...

I have a phenomenal manager, nothing like you describe. the one i had before was amazing as well