CCL RN

CCL RN RN

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  1. Hateful, mean nurses

    CCL RN replied to CupCakeRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    OMG-!hilarious! When I was new the nurses would make me wait until last to give report. Then they'd go into the pt room and wait for me. When I'd go into the room, they'd go the desk and wait there....

  2. IV Gauge for CT

    CCL RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    I don't need a doctors order for IV placement. I would have left the other IV as well... Besides, if the policy of this hospital was not to use 20g, then the CT tech wouldn't use it anyway. No need to...

  3. It finally happened to me....

    CCL RN replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    No. That's not how this works. We can't submerge our feelings because other people out there can't get a job. That would be like me telling you not to complain about not having a new grad job, but be...

  4. IV Gauge for CT

    CCL RN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Our policy is 20g or higher in FA or higher. The doctor is naive and misinformed, poor

  5. If you could go anywhere in the country for nursing school...

    CCL RN replied to DidDidDid's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Absolutely not. Take a look at the boards here about how new grads can't get jobs, or are having to move to remote locations just to find work. Or taking cna jobs. Or volunteer jobs just to keep...

  6. If you could go anywhere in the country for nursing school...

    CCL RN replied to DidDidDid's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd pick the cheapest way. Do not waste excess money on nursing school. Not in this economy, not in this job

  7. not being paid for "casual" overtime

    CCL RN replied to flnursemichelle's topic in Travel

    Not illegal. I don't get paid OT until 40 hrs. They have been trying to say we dont get it until 80 hrs! So if I work 50 hrs one week, and 30 hrs next-no OT. That's when I work

  8. cath lab job

    CCL RN replied to NYRN05's topic in Cardiac

    Fantastic! Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I take 15 days of call routinely, so I'm cool with call. Just nervous that I won't be ready to do so quickly. I've got another year of experience to do...

  9. cath lab job

    CCL RN replied to NYRN05's topic in Cardiac

    Skip, how do you like traveling as a CCL nurse??? That's my ultimate goal, but I need a little more time. How are these labs that are understaffed? Do you have to take tons of call, or is that...

  10. Versant or the money?

    CCL RN replied to Aloha RN3's topic in Nursing Career

    What's the hospital??? I'll go there for

  11. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Or how we are perceived to them. If we can't even hold a conversation with them about basic disease processes, I'm sure they Might think we aren't that

  12. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Sigh...I dunno. I really don't know. I've been thinking PA as well. Maybe MPH. Just not

  13. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Sigh....you completely misunderstood my entire post, and quite possible the entire thread.. Good luck in your

  14. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I am a nurse, and I am no fool. If that's all you got out of this discussion then you didn't read it well. I helps to have an open mind, and a little respect for the opinions of those that are...

  15. Can NPs do bedside nursing?

    CCL RN replied to Mrs. Sparkle Pants's topic in General Nursing

    Every single NP who I've worked with says the same thing. They do it for the money. They make more money

  16. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    And THAT'S why we aren't respected. Because we present this myth that we do everything for the pt, and MDs do nothing. Again, embarrassing... We do this to

  17. Johnson & Johnson commercials

    CCL RN replied to Fribblet's topic in General Nursing

    And therein lies the problem. We don't need more nursing school enrollments. More students was and is detrimental to the new grads who make it. There is a glutton of new grads out there, and no jobs....

  18. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I edited your post for clarity of my point... That's not how I took DNS' point. Here's what I got out of it... If we have students who only complete the minimum standards, then nursing is faiing to...

  19. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    1100??? Seriously? That's

  20. priority question about MI patient

    CCL RN replied to anon456's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    O2 first please :) Never withhold o2 or other drugs to get an ekg first-the best picture will be in the cath lab so don't worry about the ekg as a priority. We need it, but does the pt need it asap?...

  21. 3 initial questions before Vaginal Exam? Why?

    CCL RN replied to Miley22's topic in General Students

    Well, what are your thoughts on how to answer your

  22. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Wait...there was only one 100 level chem class at your university??? Trust me, pre med has several chem classes that they have to

  23. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    Nurses aren't God either. Not at all. Nursing requires no special personality. Trust me, I've seen all kinds of nurses!! And if you think it just take a 'bit' of intelligence to be a doctor then you...

  24. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CCL RN replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    I was originally going for a biology degree when I changed to nursing. The bio degree pre-reqs at my CC were the same for pre-med. It was 5 semesters of chemistry. Five. At the CC level. I changed my...

  25. ammonia capsules for fainting?

    CCL RN replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I used to use ammonia in the field as well. But then I learned the arm trick... This test is the only 100% accurate test in medicine!! I love it! After they have failed, I lean in and tell them I...