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Tarabara

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  1. VA nurses, help with federal resume please!

    Tarabara replied to Tarabara's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thank you for your replies! After calling about 500 times (they probably hate me now haha) I finally figured out all the forms and stuff, and had a really good interview with the salt lake city VA....

  2. Anyone applied/participated/interviewed for the VALOR program?

    Tarabara replied to klc2's topic in General Students

    Hey sgoneal! Do you mind if i ask what program you're in? If the application process is still the same, they will send everyone some questions to answer and send back. I personally believe it was the...

  3. Anyone applied/participated/interviewed for the VALOR program?

    Tarabara replied to klc2's topic in General Students

    I just graduated nursing school and was a VALOR myself, i would highly recommend it. As a valor I did 400 hours, and then was hired on as a tech after that and continued to work through nursing...

  4. ASU Summer 2010 Program Applicants

    Tarabara replied to PineappleCrush's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You're welcome :) usually CCNS (college council of nursing students) pairs up a jr 1 with a student further along in the program to help provide info and answer questions but for some reason the last...

  5. ASU Summer 2010 Program Applicants

    Tarabara replied to PineappleCrush's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Color or type of stethoscope doesn't matter, mines pink and several people had bright orange. Also you can buy the white pants from other places but apparel pro gives asu students 25% off. Congrats on...

  6. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    Tarabara replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I love it when I'm admitting a pt and when asking about health history they tell you something completely not related to the question that happened many many years ago... me: do you have a hx of...

  7. Help! I'm horrified and grossed out!!

    Tarabara replied to Eagle2005's topic in General Students

    It is somewhat uncomfortable and definitely not my favorite part of the day but you have to remember its probably a lot more uncomfortable for your patient than you. Plus, if for some reason you were...

  8. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    Tarabara replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You're welcome :) I have the Saunders NCLEX review book:...

  9. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    Tarabara replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Who is teaching your course? (just first name, i dont think we can put full names on here) I would suggest getting an NCLEX study book because they have lots of practice questions that not only help...

  10. Weekend Only Nurse?

    Tarabara replied to tambourine's topic in General Nursing

    While I agree with what you're saying, I do think people should know what they're getting into. I dont know where you or the OP are from but I know at least in my state I hear commercials daily...

  11. new medical intern on the service.... need advice

    Tarabara replied to doc123's topic in General Nursing

    please, please, PLEASE dont tell pts something just to make them happy when its really not going to happen, because you walk away and the nurses are the ones to have to answer all day why things arent...

  12. Weekend Only Nurse?

    Tarabara replied to tambourine's topic in General Nursing

    To be quite honest, this^ plus your original post make me feel like you're just looking for an easy quick way to make decent money. Nursing is by far not something to go into for that reason, its hard...

  13. ASU Fall 2011 hopeful's

    Tarabara replied to tgyles's topic in Arizona Nursing

    First of all congratulations to those who made it! and for those of you who didnt dont give up!! I am a Sr2 in the ASU nursing program and I'm just curious about how the advancement scores are...

  14. Best MD note

    Tarabara replied to beckster_01's topic in Nursing Humor

    We have a dementia pt that says the most random things sometimes and I read a hospitalist note that said: "Pt states 'i fell in love with my foley in the shower this morning' a comment I chose to...

  15. New Grad with Chronic Fatigue

    Tarabara replied to morningland's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    thank you for writing this thread OP, i too suffer from chronic fatigue and it worries me. I am a student, graduating in dec and I get worried if i'll be able to handle the demands of an RN. I...

  16. help with dementia patient please!

    Tarabara posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some advice on how to work with a dementia patient. I have looked up past threads on here about this but I couldnt quit find the answer for my particular situation. It seems that most of the...

  17. First patient death

    Tarabara posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am still a nursing student and I am doing an externship this summer on a med surg floor. This morning was the first time that a patient died that I actually knew. He'd been on our floor for months...

  18. help with dementia patient please!

    Tarabara replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    He seems to kind of go in and out of confused states. Sometimes he says the most random things, like when I asked him how we was doing he said, "i'm ok, but I cant fly today". Or he'll talk about...

  19. Orienting woes!

    Tarabara replied to KeechieSan's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm sorry but I dont agree with those who keep wanting to give her more and more chances just because she might be scared and intimidated. I'm not even a new grad yet, I graduate in Dec. but I'm 3...

  20. Funniest/strangest dementia patient stories

    Tarabara replied to Angie O'Plasty's topic in Nursing Humor

    One of my dementia patients LOVED to eat, all he'd want all day long was food. One day a nurse handed him a cotton ball to wipe off his finger after checking his BS and he said "oh thank you!" and...

  21. God, my feet hurt!

    Tarabara replied to chall2011's topic in General Nursing

    If you cant afford to get specialty shoes yet (like me) you can go to walmart and get inserts for like 10$. I did that and its helped a

  22. First patient death

    Tarabara replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your replies, its nice to have such a supportive community here

  23. write a nursing diagnosis related to this patient condition

    Tarabara replied to matthoang's topic in General Students

    Next time you come on here asking for homework help please at least give your thoughts first. We're here to help, not do it for you. There are a lot of factors with this patient, low O2 sat, bleeding...

  24. New grad NICU program

    Tarabara posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Does anyone know of any states and/or hospitals that have new grad programs in the NICU? I'm in Arizona and there are NO new grad programs for NICU at all in the state. The 2 major childrens hospitals...

  25. Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    Tarabara replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    Oh man i havent laughed that hard in a long time, thanks for