ChristineAdrianaRN BSN, RN

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    Stryker Ex-Fix

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to Mr. & Mrs. RN's topic in Operating Room

    I can't wait until I know what the hell all this
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    I got a job! *happy dance*

    ChristineAdrianaRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    I wrote this post, and I got that job (not the one in the original post, but the pediatric job)! I'm stoked. It is for both circulator and scrub and the orientation is a year (!!!) and I won't have...
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    I got a job! *happy dance*

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    Thanks, you too! I start July 11. *gasp* etsy.com DOES have cute
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    Does experience on a surgical floor give you a leg up for a job in the OR?

    ChristineAdrianaRN posted a topic in Operating Room

    Applied for a position as a circulator/scrub nurse today (yes, they are cross training for both). I was just wondering if you all think working as a floor nurse on a surgical floor can give someone...
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    Does experience on a surgical floor give you a leg up for a job in the OR?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    Hysterectomies in peds?? No way! *shock and
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    Does experience on a surgical floor give you a leg up for a job in the OR?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    This has all been really helpful; thank you for your replies. When the recruiter (who was the recruiter for all the hospitals in that system) called and said the hospital wanted OR experience, she...
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    New OR nurse feeling lost

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to lepetitoiseauRN's topic in Operating Room

    As a lurking floor nurse with hopes of moving to the OR one day, this was a really great post. Thank you to everyone for your helpful replies to the OP, as I'm sure this is something most new OR...
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    Does experience on a surgical floor give you a leg up for a job in the OR?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Operating Room

    Welp, doesn't matter because I just got a call this morning that they want that OR experience. At least they had the courtesy to call! Sucks,
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    WHNP vs FNP

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to MelRN13's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    let's use our reading skills, now. i never said whnps were an actual pcp. my original post said many women use their whnp as their pcp. many healthy women only get their yearly paps and never go to a...
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Aw, MAN, CCRNDiva, don't even tell me that! That is so discouraging. I'm sorry you're going through that, it's gotta wear on your self-esteem a little. =( But I agree with PNP, you sound like a...
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    WHNP vs FNP

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to MelRN13's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm not saying they are SUPPOSED to be PCPs, I'm saying that I've seen a lot of women don't have PCPs and use the GYN/WHNP for their PCP if they are generally healthy and just getting their yearly pap...
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hmmm...do you work for UMSL, Dr. Shelly? :) My comments regarding their cost of tuition was related to what the school itself prides itself on. It prides itself on being cheap. Listen to any of their...
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Thanks for the encouragement,
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    WHNP vs FNP

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to MelRN13's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you know for sure you want to work with women exclusively and their unique health issues, I don't see why you shouldn't go for WHNP. I would think a WHNP would get a job like that over a FNP...
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I prefer old-fashioned brick and mortar, but I wouldn't rule out online. I like going to class, with books and backpack and listening to lectures and taking notes and asking questions and going to the...
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    No, I want adult NP. So, they don't have the program I
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Canchaser - I did not consider SEMO. Looking at their website, though, the only nurse practitioner track they have is for FNP (they have adult clinical nurse specialist but not nurse practitioner). It...
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    Masters of Nursing FNP vs. Post masters FNP certificate

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to Heidi the nurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think elkpark means why would anyone go into a Master's program for a specialty they know they don't want going into it, with the plan of getting the post-master's cert. Makes total sense if you...
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    So I got rejected from NP school...

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to ChristineAdrianaRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Okay, honestly, I can definitely see that happening. This particular school is not prestigeous by any means; legit, accredited, all that, but it is the cheapest in the area by a long haul (University...
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    Did your nursing program cover 12 lead EKG?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like it isn't marketed for someone that's in nursing school (more like for MA's, EKG techs, monitor techs, etc). You cover most of that in school and pick up the rest on the job. But if...
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    Did your nursing program cover 12 lead EKG?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Perhaps this is naïveté on my part, but what *would* an EKG course
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    What's your favorite shift to work?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to JennNHD24's topic in General Nursing

    I work nights and at first I loved it, also as a self-proclaimed "night-owl", but now I can't wait to switch to days. I love my coworkers and I love the pace of nights. But I've been having a really...
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    Did your nursing program cover 12 lead EKG?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    $700?? Eeeesh. I feel like everything you'd need to know for nursing you'd learn in the nursing program. Taking the class might look good for the tech job, but not really worth it. I think it would...
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    Did your nursing program cover 12 lead EKG?

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to 2011NursingStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Nope. I learned how to do one when I was a patient care tech at a hospital during school. It was the tech's responsibility to do it at that particular hospital. In my current job, EKG technicians do...
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    Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    ChristineAdrianaRN replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    I used some of these last night. Particularly, "Listening to the baby kick" (to an 87 year old woman), starting an IV, "This won't hurt at all from my end!" and in response to how cold it is, "It's to...