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Hello everyone I hope you guys can help.... At work I had a patient who was both on lovenox and warfarin... I held warfarin because the patient was bleeding "not profusely" it was dark red from her trach having a quarter of the canister filled and th...

Hello everyone I hope you guys can help.... At work I had a patient who was both on lovenox and warfarin... I held warfarin because the patient was bleeding "not profusely" it was dark red from her trach having a quarter of the canister filled and th...

I agree with everything. U just said jaldepn...:) thank u for the feed back...:) thank you all for the feed back... Not sure who stated earlier reg lovenox not affecting INR ur right the only way to monitor lovenox is to check Xa factor for what I re...

INR was 1.4, sorry forgot to mention h&h 9.9 & 30.9

The bleeding was not severe... Her vitals where pretty stable SBP 120's HR 80's pt a&o x4... Mouthing words... The MD was informed by days shift and ordered to hold warfarin and aspirin (aspirin sch in am QD), and cont to administer lovenox... An...

I just want to vent because I am extremely frustrated. I graduated in sept 2010 got my License in feb 2011 missed most of new grad programs at that time therefore decided to apply to the summer session. I was lucky enough to land one interview with...

Hello allnurses.com; I notice there is no thread for Lakewood residency for summer 2011 so i decided to start one.... Has anyone heard anything for the Lakewood RN residency program? I know the deadline for applications was on June 27, 2011 but I'm...

I believe i saw it on indeed.com

Meant... Goodness phone...

I meat shut down.... But it felt like a "shot"

Yes it is quite difficult to get a job...& no I did not only apply to hospital Jobs... I applied to nursing homes and anything related to nursing. My applications were not sent to one or 20 but almost 100 different jobs... I applied to every sin...

It is really good to hear from so many experienced nurses... And as NY lady mentioned "prudent action" is key... Thank you all for this information...

Hello everyone I have a question I understand that RN's must have an order for an EKG to be able to run it... but what if the patient walks in with a chest pain is the nurse supposed to wait for an order? I know many hospitals if not all have standi...

Tnx Roy :)

Congratulations... Job well done hopefully more from this thread get a call.. Best of luck everyone :)...

I'm very happy for u congrats... For both the interview & for ur job offer... Good luck in ur new job :))

First I would like to say gongrats to all of u who are now employed... I'm going to have to Agree w the fact that those who got hired deserved it... I know I've been complaining that I'm unemployed at this moment and that there are such limited posit...

Yes, tnx a bunch wildfl0wer; I would try & follow your advice. I really wanted to do this on my own but I guess it has come to that point... Tnx a bunch :)

Yes it seems like it's happening in most states in the US. What I don't get is why would hospitals be willing to spend funds in out of the country nurses instead of training the many new-grads that are already here (aren't they spending more money o...

10 people sounds intimidating ^.^ good luck

Tnx bella good luck to U2 wish u the best also... all the way to the 25th wow that's a stretch two more wks of interviewing well I guess I can still say good luck to us all... I only wish they were more spots for the many new grads that r searching f...

thank you both for your responses. I wish employers could see that we endure nursing school and graduated because we want to do this for a lifetime. I am not sure what they are looking for or why they think it is not a good investment to hire new...

Ur probably right I sure hope we all jobs soon tnx for the advice. I also have the EKG class pending trying not leave any strings :))

I'm a bit surprise that not many from allnurses have been called though...:?

I'm hopeful that the right one will come along... For now I'm taking some ACLS classes to b more marketable (see if it makes any difference).... I am really happy for you and glad it went well rooting for u & the 30 who got interviews...:)