akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    Am I too old to be a nurse?.

    akulahawkRN replied to KLARISSA's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I started applying to nursing school when I was about 34, got in at 38, graduated at 41, now I'm 43 and have been working for a little over a year and a half now. OP, you're younger than dead, and...
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    Is it wrong for a nurse to look at charts of patients not under their care?

    akulahawkRN replied to michigannurse2014's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    For patients that are directly under your care, you can absolutely access all aspects of the chart that pertains to your ability to provide care for them. I generally routinely look back at my...
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    ARC vs. SCC...comparisons please

    akulahawkRN replied to Rnrmom's topic in School, College Programs

    I'm an SCC grad. My impression of the two programs is that by and large, they're almost identical. One of my classmates was a transfer from ARC and his take on ARC was that their Nursing Care Plan...
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    How do you chart?

    akulahawkRN replied to CrazierThanYou's topic in General Nursing

    While I do make use of "WNL" in my charting, it's only if I have assessed that system and can therefore say that the system meets criteria for "WNL". Yes, it's fast and efficient from a charting...
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    Shock

    akulahawkRN replied to Aqua_nars's topic in Cardiac

    We need more data before we could even begin to answer this question. Why? Depending upon the patient, that could be normal. Also, this very much looks like a homework question. We won't answer this...
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    Will my EMT experience help get a job as an ER-Nurse?

    akulahawkRN replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Emergency

    Honestly, it really depends upon how close you are to Nursing School entry and your finances as to whether or not you should go for Paramedic. If you're at least a full program-length (1-2 years) out...
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    Will my EMT experience help get a job as an ER-Nurse?

    akulahawkRN replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Emergency

    Everywhere I have worked at as a Lifeguard, EMT, or higher all required the HCP level CPR course, nothing lower was acceptable. If the EMT program required a CPR course, it required the HCP level, if...
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    songs that describe the work day

    akulahawkRN replied to peachypurple's topic in Health, Stress Management

    As I'm still a relatively new ED
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    Is the NCLEX "easy"?

    akulahawkRN replied to kristibelle11's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Well, since she didn't go to college/university, hasn't studied nursing, and hasn't taken the NCLEX, she clearly doesn't know what she doesn't know. She's probably quite happy living on SSI. You, on...
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    O2 while cardioverting?

    akulahawkRN replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly why I posted what I did... They do make (and use) oxygen tents that make the local environment VERY oxygen saturated. Basically everything under the tent becomes quite flammable and is waiting...
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    O2 while cardioverting?

    akulahawkRN replied to miamiheatrn's topic in General Nursing

    About the only time this is unsafe is when the patient is in a very oxygen-saturated environment. Room air with an NRB or even an nasal cannula will not typically create such an
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    Got chewed out by my clinical instructor

    akulahawkRN replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Students

    To me, it sounds like some students were acting in an unprofessional manner and got a pretty swift kick in their rear as a correction. Please do not get me wrong about this, I most certainly want...
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    Will my EMT experience help get a job as an ER-Nurse?

    akulahawkRN replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Emergency

    If it's just an EMT Basic, then it won't be very helpful. If you're a Paramedic, it might help as you'll have a far better understanding of things but the roles are still quite different. I would...
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    Stopped at 89 questions and I'm freaking out!

    akulahawkRN replied to Sumsup89's topic in General Students

    The only thing that you can determine from the computer shutting off at 89 questions is that it took the computer 89 questions to determine whether or not you passed or failed... and that you had some...
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    sent home from clinical

    akulahawkRN replied to zelda08's topic in General Students

    Don't bring up the "other" students. Not yet. Be ready to discuss this particular issue and perhaps be ready to discuss anything else you might have seen/done in clinical up to this point. What you...
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    Can I get a job without a BSN?

    akulahawkRN replied to Rb72390's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The short answer is "yes" you can get a job without a BSN. The longer answer is that it really depends upon your location, what school you go to, and how willing you are to look beyond your local area...
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    FAILED. Now what?

    akulahawkRN replied to Leopold90's topic in General Students

    I have been working as an RN for just over a year and a half now. I also failed nursing school and was offered to be rolled back to a previous semester. I also failed in 3rd Semester and was rolled...
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    Got through NCLEX with 85 questions and failed :(

    akulahawkRN replied to nikkinixter's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I haven't had the experience of failing the NCLEX, but many posters here have. If you're 100% certain you failed, stop doing intense study right now. In a few weeks you'll get your Candidate...
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    Bradycardic STEMI

    akulahawkRN replied to miamiheatrn's topic in Emergency

    In the field or in the ED, I would expect that a symptomatic brady patient would be treated with pacing, fluid, and pressors. I probably would forego atropine unless I had it on hand faster than I...
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    Is California still hiring ADNs?

    akulahawkRN replied to jennmerr77's topic in General Nursing

    Where I'm at, we have a few schools pumping out both BSN and ADN grads (and a very few ELMSN too) so there's quite a bit of competition for jobs. All of the acute care hospitals/chains require ADN or...
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    Paramedic student

    akulahawkRN replied to emilym1's topic in General Nursing

    This is something that should be discussed with your preceptor very early on as well as what things you were allowed to do as an ED Tech. This is because your preceptor likely works for a facility...
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    Blood return on IM injection

    akulahawkRN replied to Salley's topic in General Nursing

    If you're easily aspirating blood, you very easily could have punctured a vein. If the dorsogluteal site isn't working for you, consider switching to the ventrogluteal site. Most of my patients prefer...
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    Paramedic student

    akulahawkRN replied to emilym1's topic in General Nursing

    First and foremost, you absolutely MUST know your allowed scope of practice. You don't want to be asked if you can do something and not know. You should also have some kind of reference sheet for your...
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    epic documentation system

    akulahawkRN replied to Jilly2's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked with a couple different implementations of Epic and generally the system is easy to use and learn. I was a student the last time I had to use Epic and we were given a 4 hour block of...
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    Nurse Practitioner vs Physician Assistant

    akulahawkRN replied to nurselyfe4115's topic in General Nursing

    There are a couple of differences in education of the NP or PA. One of those is the PA has to take a couple more classes and attends more rotations. The PA is, in effect, a generalist. They can go...