kurlykay

kurlykay

Tele, ICU, CCU, teaching

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  1. Why would an ICU patient be on Viagra BID (off label use?)

    kurlykay replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a tele/renal floor for a while and Viagra was sometimes given to renal patients. It was supposed to increase blood flow to the kidneys by vasodialating or something like that. Did you...

  2. Csulb?

    kurlykay replied to sdlb08's topic in California Nursing

    The accelerated program does most if not all of their clinicals at LBM. The other students do clinicals at a variety of hospitals including

  3. Csulb?

    kurlykay replied to sdlb08's topic in California Nursing

    There has never been a lottery program at CSULB. Each applicant must successfully complete the prerecs then their gpa from the nursing prerecs, score on a critical thinking test, and interview score...

  4. Csulb?

    kurlykay replied to sdlb08's topic in California Nursing

    I graduated with my BSN from CSULB in May. I liked the program and felt I got a good clinical experience. There are currently many different nursing programs at the school. Which program are you...

  5. Help, new nurse, suffering from Heel Pain.

    kurlykay replied to KEVIN88GT's topic in General Nursing

    When I started with nursing, my feet hurt all the time. I finally went to a podiatrist and got some orthotics. They are specially made shoe implants that you can put into any shoe. It takes about...

  6. RN vs. BSN

    kurlykay replied to shingo333's topic in California Nursing

    If you are living in the Long Beach area Cal State Long Beach just started expanding the accelerated BSN programs (a different program for people with a degree already and people without). I think...

  7. Disposing of IV bags?

    kurlykay replied to PJMommy's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital just recently (6 months ago) started putting these new "black out labels" over the patients info. They are basically just black labels that you can stick over anything with personal info,...

  8. LA area ICU

    kurlykay posted a topic in California Nursing

    Just wondering what people have heard about working for Long Beach Memorial or Hoag (or other LA area hospitals) particularly in the ICU or CCU. I am a tele nurse looking to move to a critical care...

  9. New grads with no experience

    kurlykay replied to nursekrin's topic in General Nursing

    Almost any hospital in California will hire new grads. Just call whatever hospital your interested in. Many hospitals offer new grad preceptorship programs lasting anywhere from 8-20 weeks (depending...

  10. ucla stepdown-ca law-rn-patient ratios

    kurlykay replied to wannabrockstar's topic in California Nursing

    If anyone knows the name of some hospitals in the LA area that are compliant with the nurse pt ratio law and a great place to work and/or train (like the one's that were described in the above post)...

  11. ucla stepdown-ca law-rn-patient ratios

    kurlykay replied to wannabrockstar's topic in California Nursing

    If anyone knows the name of some hospitals in the LA area that are compliant with the nurse pt ratio law and a great place to work and/or train (like the one's that were described in the above post)...

  12. working weekends

    kurlykay replied to Roni725's topic in California Nursing

    I have to work every other

  13. Public Health Nursing

    kurlykay replied to Nursesuzi's topic in California Nursing

    I am an RN going to school to get my BSN. This semester is our public health rotation and we are working with the LA county health department. I know for LA county you must have your BSN to get hired...

  14. PDA for meds

    kurlykay replied to ERRNwant2b's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do have a PDA that I use specifically for the drug book. I have a Dell pocket PC and use the Davis' Drug Guide for Nurses software. I find it really helpful. I always have it in my pocket and don't...

  15. frustrated and overwhelmed

    kurlykay replied to dwag's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you so much for your post! Yesterday was my second day off orientation and on my own. I ended up getting two admissions fairly close together, had to hang blood, had a pt. on Q4 IVPB, etc, etc....

  16. Backorder form allheart.com

    kurlykay replied to mrdoc2005's topic in General Nursing

    I ordered all of my supplies in nursing school from them (including a cardiology III steth) and was very happy with their service. One item was broken during shipping and they sent a replancement...

  17. Signing new grad contract?

    kurlykay replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    To all of you who are following this story... I saw the nurse recruiter in the Hospital Cafeteria yeaterday. He brought up the contract. I guess he was so influenced by all of the points I brought up...

  18. Signing new grad contract?

    kurlykay replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi everyone, Thanks to all who responded to my post. I just wanted to update you all on what happened with the contract. 5 days after I received the contract, I went in and talked with the Human...

  19. My nclex results in CA???

    kurlykay replied to zully1's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took the NCLEX RN in CA at the end of July and did not see my name on the BRN website for over 2 weeks (which was in August)! Then it took another week for my license to come in the mail. CA is...

  20. pay rate in LA?

    kurlykay replied to chloe125's topic in California Nursing

    I'm not a psych nurse but I'm a recent RN graduate. At my school we did a psych inpatient rotation at UC Irvine in southern CA. You may want to check out that hospital. They have a really great...

  21. Nclex - Receiving results from California BON

    kurlykay replied to QueenOfHearts_RN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just recently took my NCLEX RN in Califrornia on July 22, 2004. My name didn't show up on the website until August 6 (I Passed!) A little over two weeks later! I received my wallet sized license on...

  22. Signing new grad contract?

    kurlykay posted a topic in California Nursing

    I originally posted this in the graduate nursing forum, but I would like to hear some opinions from my own state of California. Maybe this is standard in southern cali: I recently passed my NCLEX RN...

  23. Signing new grad contract?

    kurlykay replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's not a sign on bonus, it's the hospital's cost for orienting me to their unit as a new grad. The contract even states that if I don't make it in their unit, I have to pay them back the money. I'm...

  24. Signing new grad contract?

    kurlykay replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It was actually never mentioned that there was a contract requirement for the job. I started working on Monday and this came in the mail on Thursday with no explanation except a post it that said...