JulieCVICURN

JulieCVICURN BSN, RN

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  1. I turned down a management job

    JulieCVICURN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Eek. Only in appropriate ways, I

  2. Help! Pre-employment nicotine test!

    JulieCVICURN replied to noviceRN22's topic in General Nursing

    Many companies have gone to policies of hiring only non-smokers. This is legal. It doesn't seem fair to be judged for what you do in your personal life, but the result of hiring smokers is higher...

  3. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    JulieCVICURN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    You'd be surprised at how many get very good at hiding when a Code Brown happens. They get suddenly busy, or disappear. They may not outright refuse, but believe me, we all know who the ones are who...

  4. Interview Tues, leaving ICU for LTC

    JulieCVICURN replied to kimmersRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have not done this, but 3 of my friends from cardiac ICU all went to LTC, and they are all happier there. Having said that, there were management issues in the ICU that made them leave (they...

  5. ACLS Prep

    JulieCVICURN replied to CAPPYBARA BREAKFAST's topic in General Nursing

    Review your cardiac rhythms. The rest of it is provided in the book for the

  6. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    JulieCVICURN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    No problem. Realistically, I went into nursing school doing my damnedest to avoid anything poop, mucous, or vomit related. I would have trouble not gagging, but I put on my game face because I didn't...

  7. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    JulieCVICURN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I know! That stuff is a

  8. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    JulieCVICURN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    Never said you were, or that I

  9. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    JulieCVICURN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my god, yes! The unwashed cooch is the WORST! I had to put a foley in a man once who smelled like he must have had his MI during a sex act and got brought in without a wipedown because it was...

  10. I hate being a tech. will I hate being a nurse too?

    JulieCVICURN replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Nursing

    I hated being a tech so much that I wondered if I should even go to nursing school. Fast forward - I found nursing totally different and did NOT hate it. I worked ICU and did not have a tech and had...

  11. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    JulieCVICURN replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on your patient and your unit. As an ICU nurse, my job used critical thinking 100% of the time, and poop cleaning was variable depending on the patient. If it was a CDif or other diarrhea...

  12. How do you avoid double/triple charting? Tips.

    JulieCVICURN replied to caliotter3's topic in General Nursing

    If your policy is chart by exception, do not do otherwise to satisfy "unit culture". We have this happen a lot and it's because people see all these options to chart in the computer and get caught up...

  13. Is my nursing school making me dumber?

    JulieCVICURN replied to BobDoe's topic in General Students

    I found that using ADPIE when taking tests was a huge help. Because as others have said, nursing school does more to prep you to pass the NCLEX than it does for real world nursing. It took me a while...

  14. What is a new nurse to you?

    JulieCVICURN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    As a new grad, I would have recognized that as a dangerous BP. There's no excuse for that at all. Even the CNA, without benefit of nursing school, would recognize

  15. Feels like a slap in the face...

    JulieCVICURN replied to MECO28's topic in General Nursing

    There's also a possibility, awful as it is, that there's someone in a position to put a bug in someone's ear who doesn't like you on a personal level. It happens. I've seen more than once people...

  16. Weekend Only Nurse?

    JulieCVICURN replied to tambourine's topic in General Nursing

    I did weekends too, nights. Loved it. Not only did I work 24 hours and get paid for 36, I got a $5 night differential on top of it. I was rolling in money! Was only allowed one weekend off every...

  17. Can you prick a diabetic too hard?

    JulieCVICURN replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    I am a diabetic and I have tested my blood sugar at work. The lancets we use at work are FAR FAR more painful than the ones I use at home. At home, I barely feel it, and the ones at work have been...

  18. Do all Nurses need Malpractice Insurance

    JulieCVICURN replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    Very few in my facility carry their own insurance. Our facility asks nurse to not do so. I won't get into the details, but I would base it on your facility and your own comfort level. I am...

  19. Nurse eating their young?

    JulieCVICURN replied to Ms. Amy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The next time she cuts you off, I'd say, "Ok, you obviously have a way you want report so instead of me telling you, I'll just answer whatever questions you ask. If you miss any pertinent details, I...

  20. Does anyone like night shift?

    JulieCVICURN replied to gohogs's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely loved nights. In fact, half the reason I went into nursing was because it's a good job that pays well that you can do at night. Much safer than working the gas station (or a street...

  21. Difference between...

    JulieCVICURN replied to Marie1205's topic in General Nursing

    I got paid 50cents an hour more for my BA in fine art with my ADN as a new grad, and when I got my BSN I got

  22. if you are a sensitive or highly sensitive person.....

    JulieCVICURN replied to sourapril's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Honestly, probably none. At least none that I can think of. But you could try to toughen up a bit. That's not impossible. You could try nursery, but if you got a baby that died or was unstable, that...

  23. So if bile is a detergent...?

    JulieCVICURN replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    I would tend to agree with azhiker - it's bile where it shouldn't be (contaminated) but doesn't contain bacterium, etc., (like, say, a contaminant from a bowel would) so it's clean. I had been a nurse...

  24. ACLS Certified. So now what?

    JulieCVICURN replied to us2uk4u's topic in General Nursing

    Good point. Despite being ACLS certified and participating in many codes, I never felt like I truly knew exactly what I was doing until after my 1st recertification class. When I was able to fly...

  25. Will they really be contacting me?

    JulieCVICURN replied to newyorkgroove's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised that it said they would be contacting you. Usually the canned response is "We will contact you IF we are interested in taking further