Jackfackmasta ASN, RN

Ok. I have a dilemma. I was at a job fair for my college and I graduate in May. Earlier in the semester we had Hurst representative come in who seemed really good and signed up for it. I have 150 $ left to pay and Its in may. It was scheduled at a ho...

I worked as an ED tech and at one point I was interviewing for ICU jobs and did not get the call back for the first 2 places I interviewed for that I thought I had. I did not like the management at my hospital but was desperate for a job and asked my...

Turning the air conditioner to freezing then watching a scary show all by my self with my dog next to myself at midnight snacking on popcorn:cheeky:

It's a wonderful internship and the staff are amazing. I love working here.

I had a patient with a brain bleed who was still intubated but other wise stable after the bleeding stopped. Her neuro side had improved. In report the nurse told me she had desaturated for no reason down to the 80s but came back up quickly. Then sh...

My worst day was yesterday. My patient came back from IR in the middle of shift report with a emergency lumbar drain only to find there is not one lumbar drain on the unit. Central supply sent the wrong set up and needed to order another one while my...

Google Scott and White Nursing Internship and in the results there should be a PDF link that will send you to it. I can't open it so I don't know if its running and the website does not have the link or info. I would recomned e-mailing one of the nu...

Personally I have rotated days and nights on orientation at a level 1 ICU and have to say prefer days for orientations to learn and get a feel for the devices and people however I would say nights is better off of orientation because its slower and a...

Austin is BADLY saturated with new grad nurses so it is very hard for people to get jobs here therefore desperate nurses mean less pay. People live in Austin for the beauty not the pay/traffic. Seton Brackenridge pays the most and offers most opport...

The fish bowl= Admissions The hole= Triage Bucky= our doctor Code Shakespeare= Drama Code Charlie (Sheen)= Cray person on premises Big Bertha= Big Bed Side Commode

I graduated school in May and am taking the NCLEX in a couple days. I have accepted a position at a level 1 trauma-surgical ICU to start next Monday. The first week is hospital orientation and I live in Texas. I have been ordered to enter TPAPN which...

I did not tell my employer because I would not have gotten the job with it. I was not in TPAPN. Did not know what if any restrictions I would have. I wouldn't really have any information to share with them really because it had not happened. You need...

Yes I am working. In Texas you have 30 days to apply for the TPAPN stuff. I would get started on it as soon as you pass and get everything in and talk to the intake coordinator directly so she can help you get everything. I'm waiting to get a case ma...

We have gone on to many years complaining about health care to the government. SOMETHING needed to change and I give OBAMA props for having the guts to finally do that SOMETHING. NOTHING is perfect but this is a start. We cannot keep living this way....

I personally wouldn't have quit. I worked as an ED volunteer for 1.5 years and I cleaned rooms, made paper charts, did copies, run stuff to the labs. A lot of times there was not much for me to do however I worked hard and always asked if anyone need...

I was a volunteer at my hospital during pre reqs for nursing school for 1.5 years. I did not do much just cleaning rooms, stocking and stuff but I did form networks and worked hard always asking to help. I was able to see codes and stuff. When I got...

I am hard of hearing and am waiting to sit for my NCLEX. During 3rd semester I did a rotation on a PCU and my primary nurse was the charge nurse and she stuttered. I worked along side her and she would stutter several times but would not stop and apo...

I work in an busy Ed as a tech for almost 2 years. I was volunteer for 1.5 years before that. I graduated nursing school last week and have accepted a position at a level 1 STICU. That being said, I was confronted with a delegated task from an RN who...

I am not an EMT. I have been trained as a ED PCT. We have never been trained on that though before. I have graduated nursing school and am sitting for NCLEX on the 14th. The other tech that did it was a newer and was in nursing school. I just don't ...

I used to be like you when I was a nursing student and started as an ED tech. I would see nurses not scrub the hubs all the time and sometimes meds were pushed in faster than what I remembered them to be. I soon learned that in a code situation a nur...

I had started working as an ED tech and the first week I had my first code situation. In this one it was a watch and observe what was being done. I was scared out my mind. We ended up having another code come in and with 2 codes arriving within 5 min...

I Love Night Shift

When I do EKGs artifacts occur when the tracing of that lead is irregular (isolectric line all ziggy) due to something such as a sticker peeling off, the patient moving/shivering/talking, some heart devices may interfere with it, hairy chests, a loos...

I know that CO2 is a vasodilator at a high level which can increase ICP from the increased blood flow as the body tries to compensate and perfuse the area with more oxygenated blood. In neuro patients lower CO2 causes more vasoconstriction and preven...

I thought this was a copy and pasted article from some website. It was so good and written with such intensity that it kept me glued to the screen. Loved it!!!!! :heartbeat