PediNurse3

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  1. the nursing identity

    PediNurse3 replied to violin9's topic in General Nursing

    Did you have to

  2. Nurse locator devices...

    PediNurse3 replied to JRP1120, RN's topic in General Nursing

    The ER I worked in was beginning to trial Motorlla cell phone type things right before I left. We would put our name by the number we were taking in Epic so we all knew what to dial for one another,...

  3. Jumping through hoops to even APPLY for a job!

    PediNurse3 replied to sophie<3's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the good internships are filled months before they actually start, so I wouldn't wait until after you graduate to look for a position. I think that it would be fine to check ADN since that's...

  4. Sad. Not Doing Good on Orientation

    PediNurse3 replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    Are you enjoying the work that you're doing? After the orientation that you've been thru so far, do you see yourself liking the job? Do you think that a different preceptor would help? Do you have a...

  5. feeling a litte hopeless?

    PediNurse3 replied to evolvingrn's topic in General Nursing

    Keep applying! I worked in an adult ER and applied for two positions at a children's hospital. One was in the ER and the other was a med-surg unit. I had next to no intrest in working on the med-surg...

  6. make up?

    PediNurse3 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    I always wear makeup to work! About a year or so ago I quit wearing eye shadow but I always do foundation, blush, eyeliner, mascara and lipstick or gloss. I am extremely pale and have horrible...

  7. Are nurses as competitive in work as they are in school?

    PediNurse3 replied to Laurenslovely's topic in General Students

    In my experience, it depends on where you work. The women I have worked with have been very territorial, controlling, (and yet, few of them appreciate other's boundaries), catty, cliquey...ugh.I...

  8. Work bags: What do you take and what's in it?

    PediNurse3 replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all of the replies! I had pretty much everything that I needed supplied for me (each patient had their own stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, alcohol, chlorascrubs, flushes at the bedside)....

  9. What was your 1st RN job?

    PediNurse3 replied to sunnid's topic in General Nursing

    I got my BSN, and went to work in the ER at a large trauma center. I was hired two months before I graduated to start the internship program in June. Pay was 23.50/hr and I was hired for 11am-11pm. I...

  10. I have a serious question

    PediNurse3 replied to WKredz5's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't want to take physics or organic chemistry (also the reason I didn't persue a degree in

  11. Need your opinion/advice

    PediNurse3 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I doubt that your clinical instructors will be willing to excuse an absence because of your job. I was a single mom that worked full time thru nursing school. It can definitely be done but you can't...

  12. what are these yellow gowns for?

    PediNurse3 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    Reminds me of a time when I worked in the ER and we were getting a big level one trauma in and I told the medical student that she needed to get a gown...she came back wearing a hospital gown over her...

  13. what are these yellow gowns for?

    PediNurse3 replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    The only yellow gowns I have seen are for contact isolation and the ones that visitors of patients that are VRE positive are required to wear when they're walking around the hospital. I've never seen...

  14. PICU vs ICU

    PediNurse3 replied to cag01's topic in General Nursing

    It really sounds like you've got your heart set on the ICU position. If you're able to pay the hospital back without putting yourself in any kind of financial hardship, I would definetly do what will...

  15. Admission Teams

    PediNurse3 replied to becca001's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in the ER at a trauma center downtown and we had a nurse that would do admissions during the day, as she was able (there was no way that she could get to them all on some days). I currently...

  16. Lunches: Brown bag or cafeteria?

    PediNurse3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you take your lunch to work or hit the cafeteria and vending machines? I am trying to get into the habit of taking my lunch to work but can't seem to make it work. I always promise myself that I'm...

  17. What are they looking for? Office job...

    PediNurse3 replied to Tepidorchid's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I agree with the post above. I can only speak from my experience. I worked in the ER straight out of school and then I went to the PICU, which wasn't a good fit for me and I needed different hours....

  18. Lunches: Brown bag or cafeteria?

    PediNurse3 replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    I think one of my problems is that I am NOT a chef. I made the easiest turkey burgers ever last night and somehow managed to scorch

  19. To Swab or Not to Swab......

    PediNurse3 replied to Testa Rosa, RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm in the PICU and we use the chloraprep scrubs (the square ones, like an alcohol pad) to scrub EVERYTHING. The tops of vials, IV caps, tubing caps, tubing ports, etc. Scrub for 30 seconds, dry for...

  20. Lunches: Brown bag or cafeteria?

    PediNurse3 replied to PediNurse3's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going from 3 shifts a week to M-F. I'm hoping that by taking my lunch I can save some money and hopefully drop the 20lbs that I've gained over the course of a...

  21. Tattoos and nursing

    PediNurse3 replied to ryanna112's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that you need to mention it to your employer. I think if you just cover it up and if hired, follow the organization's dress code policy, you should be fine. They don't need to know about...

  22. INTERVIEW tomorrow!

    PediNurse3 replied to <3 RN <3's topic in General Nursing

    I would take a folder for the managers that you know will be interviewing you. Will there be a peer interview as well? Good

  23. Report without Orders?

    PediNurse3 replied to missbutton's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in the ER, I would never send a patient anywhere without orders, but that was because we couldn't. We had to have something along the lines of "Admit to impatient", diet, activty,...

  24. INTERVIEW tomorrow!

    PediNurse3 replied to <3 RN <3's topic in General Nursing

    I would take a resume and copies of references if you have them. :) I printed my resume on resume paper and put it in a nice folder- both times I was offered a position. I really don't like to show up...

  25. extra shifts

    PediNurse3 replied to wiley6coyote's topic in General Nursing

    No. When I worked in the ER there was an extra shift book, where you could sign up for extra shifts in blocks of 4 hours- you could take as little as 4 or the whole 12. Occasionally whoever was...