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    Job Offer Dilemma

    tcvnurse replied to FutureCruzanRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I just transitioned from a PCU to the CVICU. I am so glad I had the step down experience first! It made it sooo much easier already being very familiar with art lines, and drips and untangling wires,...
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    Please Help: New Oncology Nurse and I can't stand going to work

    tcvnurse replied to Rn0504's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Switching areas might do you a world of good. I also got very depressed while working oncology. My sister, in comparison, worked oncology/palliative for 7 years and LOVED it. People are different....
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    Here we go..... I have 24 Class C Misdemeanors...

    tcvnurse replied to MiaNursingStudent's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    Congrats on achieving your RN. Very strong
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    New job: "Don't worry about following the MAR" & other scary stuff

    tcvnurse replied to kak85's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think it's extremely frightening that so many folks here think it's A-OK to have three days/nights of orientation for a new grad! and then expect that to be a safe, critical thinking nurse. OP do...
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    Marijuana and Nursing School

    tcvnurse replied to heather19's topic in General Students

    "When things are unfamiliar to me, to a nervous point, I become more anxious than the average individual." How in the WORLD do you think you will make it as a nurse? Everything will be new and...
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    Quitting my home health job...

    tcvnurse replied to SGroRN87's topic in General Nursing

    Yes that sounds like home health. I did it for six years. It was only until I got back into hospital nursing that I realized how much I had been burned out on home care. I now work on an insanely busy...
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    Dating former patient

    tcvnurse replied to usnurse11's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The fact that you are considering it concerns me. This is a no
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    Last nail in the coffin of my JOKE of a nursing career...??

    tcvnurse replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    You also may want to take a long hard look at yourself and your practice. Were you fired for the same thing both times? Mistakes are OK, we are all human. Making the same mistakes over and over again...
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    Orientee Horror Stories?

    tcvnurse replied to megank5183's topic in General Nursing

    In the last year I have oriented about 6 new hires to our TCV stepdown unit. (3 new grads, 3 RNs with about 1yr each) All were wonderful, thank goodness. This story is about my friends oriented. While...
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    If You Can't Handle the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen!

    tcvnurse replied to GreenApplesauce's topic in General Nursing

    I gotta tell you, OP, that I find your assertion "Floor nursing is a dead end" to be both short sighted and insulting. You have six months of experience under your belt. Your job is a dead end if all...
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    I just can't do this anymore...

    tcvnurse replied to ruthiemk's topic in General Nursing

    You know what? I know many a nurse who works two jobs to support a dude/husband/BF on disability. I am sorry but your husband is a
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    PCCN vs CCRN

    tcvnurse replied to chitchat's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine why an ICU nurse would WANT to take the PCCN exam. In our facility before the Progressive Care Cert was invented (its still rather new you know) the IMU nurses who wanted to be...
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    Are you certified in your specialty?

    tcvnurse replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I am certified in my specialty, progressive care. I sought it out for personal reasons, mostly to challenge myself and learn more about the type of patients I was now taking care of. It's a good thing...
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    surgeon found the colon Evisceration before me

    tcvnurse replied to SNB1014's topic in General Nursing

    You didn't miss anything. Something this stuff just
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    Is it really necessary to learn to read an ekg? anyone really use it?

    tcvnurse replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    YES. If you work on a tele floor, it is absolutely important to know your rhythms. I work in cardiothoracic stepdown and we are expected to pull and read strips on all patients.You pull them first...
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    DUI in March - never thought to notify BON

    tcvnurse replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I have to be honest. The fact that you were fired from two jobs in a row is sending up HUGE warning flags. If I saw your application I would round file it immediately. What stupid things could you...
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    Chest tube care

    tcvnurse replied to deepurple's topic in General Nursing

    Agree that clamping a chest tube is a good way to get reamed, especially if done without an order. Keep the pleurevac BELOW the level of the insertion site and you wont have a problem with backflow....
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    Not exactly full time, 0.9, but how should I schedule myself?

    tcvnurse replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, it is MUCH easier to do three 12 hr shifts in a row, than to work 5 11-7 shifts/week. The extra day off is way better for your life/sleep schedule. At my hospital .9 IS a full time
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    Entrance drug test

    tcvnurse replied to dayanara's topic in General Students

    I don't think you will have a problem. Believe me, a LOT of nurses take anti depression meds just to be able to function as a person, and they are fantastic nurses. It won't show on a narcotic screen...
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    Different Lingo Depending where you practice nursing

    tcvnurse replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I worked in NYC I gave K Riders. Here in Va I give Potassium Boluses. :) That's the main difference in lingo I've come across. I've always had charge nurses and given
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    Difficult seals in VAC therapy

    tcvnurse replied to Connoc24's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Ashley has given you excellent advice. My helpful tip is: After you get all the transparent drape covering the wound and the suction device on, run skin prep OVER the drape in its entirety! It WILL...
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    What are your thoughts on patients who request no male nurses taking care of them?

    tcvnurse replied to Mike A. Fungin RN's topic in Men in Nursing

    Almost certainly has to do with the patient NOT the male
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    Worst night ever

    tcvnurse replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry you had such a terrible night. When it comes to calling the RRT, I really believe it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. When I am the primary nurse, I feel that I know the patient...
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    Transcatheter aortic valve replacement: New hope for patients with aortic stenosis

    tcvnurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Cardiac

    I have seen some neat youtube videos demonstrating this procedure. Pretty cool. Probably the wave of the future. Right now, our surgeons feel this is still experimental. Our docs may tend to go for...
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    8 hrs night shift, x5/week

    tcvnurse replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    You WILL ALWAYS be tired, and won't be able to do anything on your days off except sleep. Been there, hated