Nurse Kyles BSN, RN

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    Telemetry Tech Training

    Nurse Kyles replied to Otessa's topic in Cardiac

    The tele techs at my hospital get about a 2 month orientation. They have online modules and in person EKG interpretation classes. Most tele techs are either LPNs that switched jobs when the LPN role...
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    PCU interview... but what exactly is PCU?

    Nurse Kyles replied to tarotale's topic in Cardiac

    Progressive care is classified as a critical care area by the AACN, but not as critical as CCU or a SICU. In my hospital the nurse patient ratios for PCU are strictly capped at 3:1. We take open...
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    Charge nurse

    Nurse Kyles replied to proud nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The charge nurse role on my unit varies from shift to shift. I work NOC shift, and definitely think it is more hassle than it is worth. The charge pay differential is less than $1. We make the...
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    just venting about wound vac

    Nurse Kyles replied to Anggelica's topic in General Nursing

    This is interesting. Maybe your facility could look into the disposable wound vacs? I am not sure what company makes them, but we began using them about 6 months ago on our CABG patients. They are...
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    East Coast vs West Coast Nursing

    Nurse Kyles replied to VioletaRockos's topic in General Nursing

    This made me laugh!! What an interesting thread. I think I have it pretty good living in the upper midwest. I have decent ratios, good pay & affordable cost of living, but I guess everyone has...
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    What's the nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    Nurse Kyles replied to Niki_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a split med-tele/progressive care unit. Med-tele has 5:1 max day & 6:1 max on NOC shift. PCU is a max ratio of 3:1 at all times. Even if we only have one PCU patient and 2 med-tele...
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    Did u have to move to find a job?

    Nurse Kyles replied to Marsha238612's topic in General Nursing

    Highest nursing education? ADN Specialty if any? Cardiology/PCU Desired job setting?(hosp, LTC, clinic) hospital Did you move from your city, neighborhood or state? No. I drove 20 minutes to a...
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    Help me with CET's

    Nurse Kyles replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sorry I missed the part about you being afraid to talk to your teacher! I guess I would try to seek out some peers, and see what you can figure out. Does your school have a nursing learning lab? I...
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    Help me with CET's

    Nurse Kyles replied to dannygirl04's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

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    What is general skills lab etiquette?

    Nurse Kyles replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in General Students

    I would ask about the policy for your sim lab. Nursing school is a very complex learning experience, because you aren't simply just learning skills. You are simultaneously learning the knowledge...
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    Help with APA format

    Nurse Kyles replied to sjalv's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I bought the program PERRLA. It really makes citing very easy by automatically formatting all your citations in APA format. It makes your headers, title page, reference page, and even saves all...
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    Where to work while in nursing school at Fresno City FCC?

    Nurse Kyles replied to pvue's topic in General Students

    I worked in a distribution center while in nursing school. The pay was great and the company was very accommodating to my school schedule. Also I had weekends off to study for my Monday exams. I was...
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    Online Concept map creator

    Nurse Kyles replied to Chiquitabonita1982's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I used an app on my ipad called iThoughts HD. I think it's available for iphone, ipad or mac. It was my fav
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    Are nurses allowed to have facial piercings?

    Nurse Kyles replied to cascadingbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a nursing home where almost everybody had some sort of piercing. It was no big deal to have a nose ring. At my current hospital, no piercings except earrings are allowed. I have had my...
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    Ugh so upset!!

    Nurse Kyles replied to brycross33's topic in General Students

    I gather you must be doing a clinical rotation in a nursing home. It can be overwhelming doing med administration as some patients can have a ton of meds. You might see the nurse just pop, pop, pop...
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    Bad idea?

    Nurse Kyles replied to Maladroit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My hospital has a policy that you have to stay in each department at least a year. A year is pretty much standard unless there are extenuating circumstances. I would try to learn as much as possible...
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    IV push

    Nurse Kyles replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    There are drugs that come in carpujects that should be diluted like Ativan. I do not understand why a carpuject should not be punctured by a syringe with a
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    problems with the definition "nursing intervention"

    Nurse Kyles replied to Jack85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A nursing intervention would be what activities you are actually going to do to help stop the bleeding and prevent it from reoccurring. In your nursing diagnosis book there is a list of interventions...
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    Looking for a good med-surg aid

    Nurse Kyles replied to cbv91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I had the patho one too. I have several of the "nursing made easy" books. The med surg has a lot more content if I remember right which is quite a lot pages longer. In my med-surg classes, or we...
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    Looking for a good med-surg aid

    Nurse Kyles replied to cbv91's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Med surg made easy is a good book to have. I think you anger it on amazon. I used it all the time in nursing
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    Should i read any books to get a head-start for nursing school?!

    Nurse Kyles replied to Marsha238612's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I suggest that you just relax, and enjoy your time with family and friends. You will do plenty of reading and assignments once you are actually in the nursing program. It is overwhelming to just...
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    Transfer medication reconciliation process

    Nurse Kyles replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    We do have a med rec when a patient goes to surgery. We used to print out all the pre-op meds and treatments and the doc would circle which ones they wanted to continue after surgery. I am not...
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    RN to Pt ratio-- Stepdown

    Nurse Kyles replied to RNMomma22's topic in General Nursing

    This is the type of patients that my unit gets. We do get open-heart patients as soon as POD 1. We pull a lot of sheaths. We run gtts but no pressors. My unit is called a Progressive care unit. We...
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    Marijuana and Nursing School

    Nurse Kyles replied to heather19's topic in General Students

    I was never drug screened in Nursing School. It was not required by the school or any of the clinical sites. The other college in my town does not do drug testing either. Actually I wasn't even...
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    Should I go for it once and for all??

    Nurse Kyles replied to Leahrose32's topic in General Nursing

    If you are interested in PT maybe you could consider OT? They still have a masters degree entry vs the PT doctorate. I would be hesitant to rack up more loans for an accelerated BSN