CharmantUn

CharmantUn has 1 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Hourly Rounding--pushing back

   CharmantUn posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Has anyone successfully pushed back against hourly rounding against management? I've been through mandatory "sim labs" on hourly rounding that take 20 minutes per nurse to hit management's entire...

2. What is the nurse-patient ratio where you work?

   CharmantUn replied to kaliRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I went to nursing school in CA, but before I graduated my husband took a job on the East Coast. I've seen it both ways. In the community hospital in the SF Bay Area I trained at it was 4:1 for the...

3. Are you really not a "real nurse" unless you work in acute care?

   CharmantUn replied to tenderfootjoe's topic in General Nursing

   As a new nurse, working in a step-down unit, can I tell you how relieved I am when the peds nurse from my son's pediatrician's office calls me back? I am so grateful for her wealth of knowledge and...

4. Exclusive pumping/hospital RNs that pump

   CharmantUn replied to CharmantUn's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your posts! I've been orienting the past two weeks; most shifts have been in dedicated classrooms to teach us Epic, ECGs, etc. I was pleasantly surprised to find a dedicated...

5. Exclusive pumping/hospital RNs that pump

   CharmantUn posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad, but took a year and a half off for pregnancy/raising a baby. I'm starting a new job in a step down unit and have been exclusively pumping for the past 8 months (baby is 9.5 months...

6. SFSU Fall 2012

   CharmantUn replied to Lame's topic in California Nursing

   Jessica-- Normally I'd say you have the right idea to get the books now! BUT SFSU is actually changing their whole academic program starting with your cohort (example: Med Surg will be in the final...

7. Top 10 Nursing Supplies

   CharmantUn replied to JenLahaye's topic in General Students

   A new battery for your laptop--in case you're to far away from a plug during class. Plus, you don't have to kill a tree if your prof posts their power points online. An iPhone--great for recording...

8. Will my old undergraduate GPA in an unrelated field stop me from further education?

   CharmantUn replied to Medic362's topic in General Nursing

   I had a 2.5 GPA with my first degree, too. Pulling mostly As in my pre-reqs, becoming a CNA, and volunteering over 400 hrs at two different hospitals (and getting great letters of recommendation)...

9. Should I take a job as a medical scribe?

   CharmantUn replied to MissRN2b's topic in General Students

   Will you have to work more than one shift per week? How heavy is your load? My nursing school requires us to take classes in a specific pattern--all students are taking the exact same 15 units the...

10. Any tricks to remembering normal lab values?

    CharmantUn replied to scm0890's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Here are the "stories" I made up for my med-surg exam: CA is the abbreviation for California. How would you rate the weather in Calif., out of ten? 8.5-10.5. Ca++ 8.5-10.5 There is an inverse...

11. Organizational MUST HAVES?

    CharmantUn replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in General Students

    It had some good ideas, but was a little older. My instructors are able to post all powerpoints and docs online for us. A 3 hour Med Surg lecture can easily have 120 slides-- I'm not about to print...

12. SFSU Fall 2012

    CharmantUn replied to Lame's topic in California Nursing

    Don't believe everything you hear from an employee at a very expensive private school...they have other motivation$. I'm in the SFSU program. Degrees outside of nursing are taking a long time to...

13. How do nurses practice giving shots?

    CharmantUn replied to sakiohma's topic in General Students

    "Commit to the stick" is still stuck in my head. We practiced on oranges, hot dogs, and then finally in check offs did saline into our partner's abdomen. So only one person got to stick you--not...

14. SFSU Fall 2012

    CharmantUn replied to Lame's topic in California Nursing

    Yes. Main campus does require white scrubs at clinical. Main campus also requires scrubs during lab time, but allows any color/print. The Canada/Sequoia instructor does not require scrubs during...

15. SFSU Fall 2012

    CharmantUn replied to Lame's topic in California Nursing

    Hi Nugget, The first semester is insane! I was in class or at the hospital four days a week...the other half of our cohort opted for six day a week schedule. Typical schedule: Tuesday: 8-11...