JulieCVICURN

JulieCVICURN BSN, RN

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  1. WOW at least they are being honest...

    JulieCVICURN replied to Coloradogrl's topic in General Students

    I'd like to know where a nurse makes 170,000 a year. Not in my

  2. How does blood flow through the heart? Do you know?

    JulieCVICURN replied to FocusRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is how I remember the blood pumping through the heart, and I'm a cardiac

  3. If Nurses were paid $8.50 per hr, would you or would you not

    JulieCVICURN replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    No way in hell. I wouldn't have even gone into nursing if it was for $15 an hour. No WAY! And I like my job, but we're asked to be responsible for people's lives and to stick ourselves into some...

  4. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    JulieCVICURN replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    My nursing schooling started with 98 students. We lost about 20 between first and second semester. By the end of second semester, first year, we were down to 42 passing students who moved on to...

  5. New to teaching/vent

    JulieCVICURN replied to UnionRN2's topic in General Nursing

    I would have taken the CNA aside and told her that the students are not there to do the CNA's work and will not be bathing the patients, and if she has a problem with that she can talk to her manager...

  6. Contact after interview

    JulieCVICURN replied to fhockeychick504's topic in General Nursing

    You're risking turning them off if you're too pushy, which it sounds like you might be bordering on. The recruiter will pass along your avid interest. I'd give it a rest for at least a week at this...

  7. Im confused, some quick help

    JulieCVICURN replied to pilot833's topic in General Students

    I think your plan sounds fine. You have a better chance of getting hired in ER using your plan than you do going through an entire BSN program and not getting that tech experience and networking...

  8. Im confused, some quick help

    JulieCVICURN replied to pilot833's topic in General Students

    I've never gotten any crap from any other nurses about being an ADN. I'm currently in school to get my BSN, but only because I want to eventually get an MSN and teach. Nobody at my hospital would...

  9. New Grad Chicago

    JulieCVICURN replied to MzCyd11's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if anyone hires before licensure anymore. I know my hospital doesn't because there were too many problems with people overstepping their legal boundaries prior to licensure, and too many...

  10. am i missing something?

    JulieCVICURN replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    I can assure you that my lack of burying myself in books and studying constantly did NOT make me a mediocre nurse. I graduated third in my class, summa cum laude and was president of our nursing...

  11. am i missing something?

    JulieCVICURN replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    Everyone is different. I honestly spent very little time studying and usually just skimmed the notes and the textbooks the night before a test. Other people put in hours and hours and hours. I'd...

  12. When did you decide on a specialty?

    JulieCVICURN replied to jujubee1008's topic in General Students

    Labor and delivery was the entire reason I decided to go to nursing school. That's the only reason. As I neared the end of nursing school, I was willing to consider critical care, surgery, or ER as...

  13. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    JulieCVICURN replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    Yeah, this is where the supportive husband comes in. He was more than happy to take care of things like getting the kids off to school, making dinner, making sure they were occupied and didn't...

  14. What's your favorite thing about being a nurse? (advice)

    JulieCVICURN replied to kk83's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you can too, because it's the best things about the profession, IMO. There's plenty about it I don't like, and when I'm cleaning up a particularly foul poop or dealing with a confused,...

  15. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    JulieCVICURN replied to wonderwomanchels's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Once some of them have been employed long enough to be considered trusted, can't they help you get into their places of employment? I can't understand friends not trying to help

  16. STILL don't have a job?? Vent here!

    JulieCVICURN replied to wonderwomanchels's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just happened into this thread out of curiosity. Three years ago, when I graduated from nursing school the job market was changing quickly. The year before, recruiters would practically be lined...

  17. Do ICU nurses really have more autonomy?

    JulieCVICURN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    To me, autonomy is about not having to call the doctors for every little thing. In our ICU we have lots of standing orders and sliding scales, etc., but we also have more authority with the doctors....

  18. What's your favorite thing about being a nurse? (advice)

    JulieCVICURN replied to kk83's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know why people would say you need to be hardened. I mean, you can't be crying at the drop of a hat and you need to be able to roll with the punches, but hardened? I don't think so. You...

  19. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    JulieCVICURN replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    I work in cardiac ICU, and I agree with this. In fact, it's one of the only drugs that our cardiologists get mad if we hold unless they've given parameters. We can hold Lopressor 'til the cows come...

  20. How many hours of sleep did you get a night when you were in nursing school?

    JulieCVICURN replied to 2bnurseofchrist's topic in General Students

    If you're not getting sleep I'd suggest working on some time management skills. I was in nursing school 4 years ago, I have two young children (they were 5 and 7 at the time) and a supportive...

  21. confused...legal to not feed patients?

    JulieCVICURN replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    There's plenty of palliative research that will tell you that to stop feeding and hydrating a terminal patient at the end of life is a kindness. It allows the body to shut down naturally and stop...

  22. Most embarrassing thing that happened to you at work

    JulieCVICURN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    The worst thing that's happened to me so far is that I had a kidney stone at work. Ever since I had babies, I've had a little stress incontinence - nothing major, but if a sneeze takes me by surprise...

  23. Help... Nursing Nurses 2

    JulieCVICURN replied to AnalegnaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are mostly women and many have had their own children. Your supervisor will likely be understanding. I wouldn't bother going to HR about it unless you have trouble getting permission to take a...

  24. Using Demerol in the ED

    JulieCVICURN replied to mandasueRN's topic in Emergency

    My hospital no longer uses Demerol except in specific cases where it's the specific drug needed - I can't remember if it's for neuros or what. We used to use it all the time for pulling sheaths, but...

  25. Question about IV push meds

    JulieCVICURN replied to sn0594's topic in General Nursing

    Strange but true. I'm not saying that they'd refuse it if an opportunity presented, but it so rarely did that only maybe 5 of my classmates (out of 95) ever got a chance to try it.ETA: Before I start...