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Hi all. I'm 19 weeks pregnant and work as a float nurse on telemetry units. Recently I have become so paranoid about being exposed to sick patients at work that I have a fear of acquiring birth defects from exposure to random things. As a nurse I alr...

Hi all, Had a few questions about epidurals and would greatly appreciate any answers! 1. I was wondering, when you put in an epidural, how do you know it is in the epidural space and not the subdural/intrathecal space? 2.)What would be some signs/sym...

I now work on a surgical oncology floor and often patients come to the unit with a PCEA in place. Just curious about how epidurals work and how they're put in along with potential complications that may arise. Thanks!

I am an RN (and I'm 4 months pregnant) and one of my patients who was 27 years old & HIV+ had a past medical history of acquiring CMV when he was 7 years old and became blind because of it. I was told by one of the nurse practitioners that it wou...

Hi all, In August of this year I will have reached 1 year experience as an RN. At the hospital I work at, I am eligible to transfer/apply for other positions after the 1 year mark. In March of this year I e-mailed the head of fellowships at the hospi...

I am stumped on this question because my co-worker got a different answer than I did and she is convinced her answer is right. Question: A patient admitted today with seizure disorder is to receive Dilantin 20mg/kg/day in three equally divided doses...

Hi canigraduate, I wanted to ask you a question regarding the situation I am in because I find that you give sound advice based on what you commented on one of my posts. This Tuesday (7/28), I was offered a job from Hospital "A" over the phone. I acc...

Hi all, I am happy to say I have received two offers from two hospitals I really like! I wanted to see if anyone had advice on this situation: This Tuesday (7/28), I was offered a job from Hospital "A" over the phone. I accepted the offer via telepho...

Two people I know who got accepted to hospital "A" last year received their offer email the same day. This is making me very weary. When I told one of them about what the recruiter said to me about "the offer having to pass through the CEO before he ...

how long did it take you to receive your official offer letter?

Hi all, I recently graduated in May, took and passed NCLEX in June, and have been applying to many hospitals ever since. I landed 4 interviews: One is still pending, one I didn't get, one I am going to at the end of this week, and one I got an offer ...

Hi all, I am a recent grad (May 2015) and I passed my NCLEX in June. I have been working for hospital "X" as a nursing assistant for 2 1/2 years. Prior to passing the NCLEX I had contacted the nurse recruiter for hospital "X" to inquire about applyin...

I'm 25. Nursing is my 2nd degree/career. The nurse manager told me I wasn't interviewing for her floor and that I was interviewing for the "whole hospital." Regardless I might have ended up on her floor anyway so you do prove a point because I defini...

As crazy as it sounds I am still so upset about the other interview (at the hospital I currently work at.) It is a cardiac hospital and I really love working there. That hospital is the reason I went into nursing (long story that I wont get into). M...

I feel like todays interview went really well! I interviewed with the nurse manager of the med-surge unit and she was MUCH friendlier than the other manager who interviewed me at the hospital I work at. The questions she asked were very straight forw...

I have heard rumors about only being allowed to remain working as a nursing assistant for 6 months after I pass my NCLEX. I haven't heard anything directly from my manager nor have I asked because I want to keep this job until I land my first RN posi...

Thank you so much for taking the time to write all this. I am very anxious about awaiting the results of this interview. Even though I am 99% sure it didn't go well because of the impression I was getting from her towards the middle/end of the interv...

Yeah I am nervous about the float pool idea, this hospital just incorporated a float pool and I feel like the are trying to get more people into it. If I somehow get the job and it ends up being for solely her unit I will not accept the position.

As far as her having been my boss: She mentioned I was interviewing for the "whole hospital" and not for just her unit. When I told other people she said this they said it may be for the float pool or that after they decide to offer the job they tell...

Thanks for your responses! I forgot to mention: another question she asked me was "Tell me: who has been your favorite manager on your unit?" (referring to the unit I work on as a nursing assistant.)............... honestly? That is a ridiculously in...

Hello, I am graduation this May and I am just about finished with my resume aside from my final GPA. I was wondering: Should I remove my 1st bachelors degree which is Criminal Justice from another college? It seems to not fit in since the rest of my ...

Hi all, I recently graduated nursing school and am in the process of scheduling the NCLEX. Here are my sequence of events: 1. Sent in my application to NY State BON on April 23rd. 2. Applied online with Pearson VUE on April 23rd. 3. Graduated May 12t...

My professor a few semesters ago mentioned the following: PCO2: 35-45 CO2:24-34 She also mentioned one measures VENTILATION and one measures ACID-BASE. Which one measures which? Thanks! :)

I am graduating this May (2015) and will hopefully be taking my NCLEX sometime in June. Ideally I would like to begin working on a telemetry/medsurge unit and work my way towards critical care. I took ACLS to put on my resume and I was wondering if i...

I am currently a nurses aide at a hospital. The hospital I work at requires 1 of the following 3 in order to work as a nurses aide: 1.) Previous hospital experience 2.) Graduate of a CNA/HHA training program 3.) Current Nursing student -I satisfied o...