runnergirl86 BSN, MSN

Providence was by urine drug screens in 2009. They also did random urine drug screenings.

I am currently a Navy Nurse stationed at a Navy Hospital on a Marine Corps Base. I was a direct accession and had been working as a RN for 3 years prior to the Navy. I have been in the Navy for 4.5 years. I've worked on an in-patient surgical ward...

Urinals. We had to give men water pitchers to pee in instead, talk about embarrassing! Plus you don't want to mix up which one you drink out of. :S

It was taught in my BSN curriculum in the first semester. Practice on the fake arms, classmates, and then in clinicals with supervision. My first job in Seattle we had phelbotomy and did start our own IVs, however I never felt that confident. In th...

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I think you are asking if you have an order for NS 100cc/hr AND NS+10meq Kcl at 50cc/hr to have the NS on the primary line and on a pump, then have the NS+10meq Kcl on another primary line on a pump, and connect them at the y site. Usually it is con...

The hospital where I'm currently stationed has code Brown for inclement weather. However my last station did not have a code Brown. Needless to say the color codes aren't even uniform in the military.

Welcome home!

For the USN, USA, and USAF you can go to a course/DUINS/personal study and obtain your CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists)[COLOR=#444444] and have a new sub-specialty code in the nurse corps.

Have you never been charge nurse? At my command you can't charge until you have ACLS, and I would imagine you being in mother/baby you should have ACLS and PALS. What would you all do if someone coded? I would look what days in the next 2 months A...

How long have you been on the ward? The Navy usually wants you to have one year on a ward before transferring you to a specialty/critical care ward. I would encourage you to sign up for classes (ACLS, PALS, TNCC) to show that you are interested an...

Working with wounded warriors we have a lot of men and women with amputations. There was one double amputee LCPL who would 'initiate' new nurses by pressing the call button and asking for a pair of socks. It always gave them a chuckle when they wou...

When I worked LTC I would work with 23 pts: 1 RN and 2-3 CNAs. In my facility only the LPNs were unionized. Although they asked us to limit our overtime, they never told us to work off the clock. In the beginning of my employment they told me they...

I think being a nurse and intimately working with patients in motor vehicle accidents has deterred me from speeding. I can wake up a few minutes earlier or my co-worker is able to wait 5 more minutes for me. As far as expired plates, registration, ...

I started my career in health care as a candy striper (pinafore and all!), then CNA, and now RN. Although there are certain ups and downs to this profession, I couldn't see myself anywhere else. Thank you for the lovely article.

When I worked as a CNA I had my medication administration certificate. I believe it was a 6 hour class going over the 5 rights (at least at the time, I don't know how many there are, 20? lol), how to follow a MAR, document, etc. I worked at assist...

I live 2 miles from the base and so I walk to work. After my shift I usually jog or walk home, and this gives me time to debrief, so I'm relaxed and ready to enjoy my evening when I'm home. The last place I lived I would take the bus to/from work s...

I want to do this myself. However my penmanship isn't as nice.

I know the civilian nurses at WRNNMC stated a few of them would be GS workers at NNMC and then contract to WRAMC. Needless to say the command found out fairly quickly and stated that you cannot do both. Even if you are contract on one or both the g...

What about the IO route?

I would suggest you change it to match your SSN and driver's license.

I worked as a civilian RN for 2 1/2 years before commissioning into the Navy. I actually feel that my risk of being sexually assaulted has gone DOWN since being in the military. I highly respect those I work with (military and civilian, officers and...

Just so you are aware when I went to MEPS I had a male MD with a female assistant during the physical exam. It wasn't a big deal as he was a professional and so am I.

My husband is a Physician's Assistant. We're both in the military, so although I like a man in uniform, who's to say he doesn't like a woman in uniform?

USN PRT requirements are the same for officers and enlisted. It is broken down by gender and age groups: http://www.navy-prt.com/femalestandard/femalestandard.html http://www.navy-prt.com/malestandard/malestandard.html When you're at ODS you need ...