backinwonderland

backinwonderland

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  1. vancomycin in end of life?

    backinwonderland replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The friend was probably worried about either fluid overload (if she thought you were running fluids at 200cc/hr) or blowing the IV access (which is easy to do because Vanco is terrible for veins,...

  2. USF Transfer Applicant from UC Davis

    backinwonderland replied to imoreno91's topic in California Nursing

    Overall I really liked the program. I made some close friends and the majority of my professors and clinical instructors were very helpful. Clinicals in the city are cool because you have so many...

  3. USF Transfer Applicant from UC Davis

    backinwonderland replied to imoreno91's topic in California Nursing

    I went to USF nursing school, but started in the BSN program as a freshman so I don't know much about transferring. Just wanted to say good

  4. Relocation Info

    backinwonderland replied to Revvy1337's topic in General Nursing

    I moved to DC from California. Apply as soon as you can! It's always better to have applied, gotten your license, etc before you get

  5. New grad nurse transfering license to California.

    backinwonderland replied to chupchapiti's topic in First Year After Licensure

    California's BRN is notoriously slow. They do pretty much everything through regular mail and on paper instead of online like just about every other state. Plus I think they have like one office in...

  6. new grad RN still no luck!

    backinwonderland replied to k.soriaRN's topic in California Nursing

    I was in your position a year ago so I completely understand how you feel. Have you tried applying to do vaccinations for the rest of the flu season? I did that as well as volunteered at a free clinic...

  7. Can move anywhere for work

    backinwonderland replied to groosegroose's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was in your exact same position a year ago. What worked best for me was applying for places where I knew at least one person, and using that person's address as my contact information when applying...

  8. WHC-Relocation Assistance?

    backinwonderland replied to Guest717222's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's because in my case I was part of a really big new graduate group that was hired, so they were working on more than 100 people's relocation reimbursement all at

  9. BSN, New Grad in Cincinnati, Summa cum laud, volunteer nurse--NO JOB!!

    backinwonderland replied to warmorrigan's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in CA in May 2009 and looked for jobs for ten months before I ended up getting an offer in Washington, DC. I didn't have a DC license at the time of the offer. I found that it was best to...

  10. WHC-Relocation Assistance?

    backinwonderland replied to Guest717222's topic in General Nursing

    They do reimburse for a lot of relocation expenses (not all), but they take forever to get the money to you. I had nearly forgotten about the second half of the money that they said they would...

  11. Night Shift Advice

    backinwonderland replied to MeTheRN's topic in General Nursing

    I oriented on days, then switched to permanent nights about one month off of orientation and have been on nights ever since (I'm a night owl just like you and waking up at 5:45am was killing me). I...

  12. Nursing Unions...what are the downsides?

    backinwonderland replied to ohcomeon's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    In general I prefer working in a unionized hospital, but mostly because the nurses where I work are really involved and care deeply about the union. I can see how it was be incredibly difficult to...

  13. ACLS/BLS

    backinwonderland replied to Gem0607's topic in General Nursing

    Personally if I were going to work in a day care I would definitely take the first aid class because what you'll learn there will probably be used on a daily basis (nosebleeds, cuts/scrapes, what to...

  14. Are you bothered by the noise of the AM shift staff?

    backinwonderland replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    We have the same problem. I always feel terrible for the patients whose rooms are closest to the nursing station and report room. And I get that to the oncoming nurses it's 7am and time to start your...

  15. DC Area Job Opportunities

    backinwonderland replied to Conan the Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The job market here is much, much better for new grads than the rest of the country. Or at least it has been, I'm can't really say what it'll be like after you graduate. I know that Washington...

  16. Experienced RN Job Market.

    backinwonderland replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in the same boat. I ended up having to move across the country (literally coast to coast) for my first RN job, and now 1 year later I feel like the job market is just as bad for me... and now I'm...

  17. After what point?

    backinwonderland replied to Lisa1980's topic in General Nursing

    In general I think it's around 1 year depending on where you work. On my unit they stopped considering me a new grad at 6 months, but I think that's only because they hired three more cohorts of new...

  18. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    backinwonderland replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    A couple hundred extra bucks sounds amazing! We get

  19. vent for those who work midnights

    backinwonderland replied to DizzyLizzyNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a three nights a week and my landlord is currently trying to sell the property, so he's constantly showing my house to potential buyers. I send him my schedule every week and exactly what...

  20. Nurses: If jobs were equally abundant in America, where would you most want to work?

    backinwonderland replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

    I would be on the first flight back home to San Francisco. I'm so sick of being stuck on this

  21. nursing and paperwork; what paperwork?

    backinwonderland replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    The majority of my job is charting. I don't necessarily call it "paperwork" since a lot of it is electronic, but it's mostly about charting. Assessments, nursing notes, checking other people's...

  22. IV math question..

    backinwonderland replied to heartnursing's topic in General Nursing

    You're doing it correctly. Use the formula Desired(10)/On hand(125) X Volume(100) = Amount(8) It was asking you for ml/h (according to what you wrote) so you got the correct answer with 8ml/h. Looks...

  23. Hospital Orientation

    backinwonderland replied to aellisrn's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the program. During my orientation we had basic hospital orientation (healthcare plans, how security works, hospital management structure, etc), math test, dysrhythmia test (for...

  24. Question for new nurses

    backinwonderland replied to long26's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh Lord, I think I repressed all of my memories of "pre lab" until just now! So. Unhelpful. I think it would be so much of a better learning experience to get report with the nurse, and then AFTER...

  25. question for an experienced nurse.

    backinwonderland replied to emille's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I don't really consider myself an "experienced" nurse, but at least I have almost a year in the hospital setting now... The best advice I can give you is: if you don't know, or aren't absolutely...