kla374

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1. Beta Blockers

   kla374 replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

   I always check the trend of the HR before giving a beta blocker if it's on the low side. If it has been consistent I'll usually give it. At my hospital we aren't allowed to use our own judgment and hold any medication. 90% of the time there is no par...

2. Please help!!! I need advice..

   kla374 replied to precillar85's topic in New Nurse

   This is me. I have a horrible memory (I mean to the point where I have to carry around a census sheet in my pocket just so I can remind myself what my patients are in for). But that is just what I do...constantly remind myself. Don't know what a dise...

3. As good as, Better or Worse than you thought it would be...

   kla374 replied to Krazy4pedsRN's topic in General Nursing

   Worse. It was my dream since I was young to be a nurse and nursing school pretty much validated what my "dream" would be. Nope. Nada. Not what I was expecting. I could have shadowed 100 nurses and taken 100 extra clinical hours but until I was the on...

4. Nurses sound off! Steth belt clip or around the neck?

   kla374 replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

   I can't stand wearing my stethoscope around my neck or in my pocket. Sure, for morning assessments it fine but after that I put it at my area in the nurses station. I'll just go grab it when I need it. How can you leave it hanging around your neck fo...

5. If you can say one thing to your boss, what would it be?

   kla374 replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

   It would be thank you for giving me this opportunity. Thank you for being so open to opinions and suggestions. Thank you for listening. Thank you for caring about patients. And thank you for caring about your employees. My boss is awesome.

6. Do your family members "get it"?

   kla374 replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in General Nursing

   I work nights also and my family is pretty understanding about it now. But I had to work on them for a while. I remember a conversation as follows with my mom after she called me at 3pm (I didn't answer). I called her back that night... Me: "Mom, do ...

7. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

   kla374 replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

   I have no idea! I never made a plan B for my life because plan A (nursing) WAS going to work out! Definitely not a desk job...I know that for sure.

8. To nurses, do you wonder what might have been if you became a doctor?

   kla374 replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

   Not at all. I've wanted to be a nurse since I was like 6. I honestly know that my body just could not handle the stress of being a doctor. Plus, I like having a life.

9. Shorter orientation than I thought... what to do?

   kla374 replied to Newbee24's topic in New Nurse

   I'm in the same situation. I've been in orientation for 5 weeks and I get my wings tomorrow. And it's also my first night shift. To say the least I'm terrified because the shift I'll be working is all new nurses also. (like less than 1 year experienc...

10. What do you carry...

    kla374 replied to ilove2dce's topic in General Nursing

    My ID clips onto my scrub top. In my pockets you can find: different color pens highlighter black marker dry erase marker (to write on pts board in the morning) tape flushes alcohol swabs scissors chapstick small gloves (impossible to find on my unit...

11. Voicing an opinion

    kla374 replied to cb_rn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! And for my last semester of school I did have to write opinion based paper. Granted, it had to be backed by some form of evidence based article. I loved that they gave us the opportunity to have some voice. Several policies at my local hospi...

12. The start of a career in nursing!

    kla374 replied to Mikey777's topic in General Nursing

    Keep applying and give it more time. It took about a month for me to get a call for my current job. Have you been applying in person?

13. New grad starting in Emergency department next week! ahhh advice?

    kla374 replied to mandababy0326's topic in New Nurse

    I'm a new nurse also (graduated in December '09) and the only advice I have for you is to ASK QUESTIONS. Any and all questions that you can think of. And take every single opportunity you can a make it a learning experience. I work med/surg but any f...

14. A question to new Nursing school grads who were able to find a job.

    kla374 replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in New Nurse

    Louisiana. I graduated December '09 and got hired end of March this year. I was shocked to her my manager who interviewed me say "We want new grads. We need new grads". I'm 1 of 5 newly hired new grads. I really lucked out.