iluvhrts

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  1. IPN and LIFE

    We are tested so many times a year. 24 during the first year. I've been six weeks without one, then had two in one week. It's hard on the pocketbook. Ours is $ 45 a pop. Through
  2. Starting a new Caduceus Meeting

    Have you tried your State nursing association?ours offers professional support groups as well as helps guide ppl through their consent orders. I went to treatment at a facility that specialized in...
  3. Trying to pick myself up during my suspension.

    There is a woman in my nurses group that will graduate from a DNP program while under a consent order. Our aftercare program is very stringent and required communication between them and her program...
  4. How to cannulate without pain?

    I went to a class today and we had a mini cannulation "workshop". I remembered something I practiced on.. I used the tubing of a needle and cannulated it over and over.. To get the hand of the "pop"....
  5. Confused Nursing Student....help!!

    I did not have any clue what "kind" of a nurse I wanted to be until my last clinical of nursing school. I did however have FIRM ideas on what I DID'NT want to do. Just study hard, get all the...
  6. She got fired...

    Was there no other MD that could be called? No ER Doc? Way too little info.. Outside her scope, she could lose her job and her license
  7. A question to nurses with children

    Just a thought.. In a clinic or MD's office (good luck finding that as a new grad unless you want to make MA pay), there would be things you would have to miss. Kindergarden graduations? Awards Days?...
  8. Medical and Surgical ICU at Grady Health System

    Do you know anything about Grady? Grady is frequently on the edge of bankruptcy. It is the only Level One Trauma unit in the ATL area. The pay is less than average. They rarely hire new grads anymore....
  9. How to cannulate without pain?

    I think each pt is different. I think your attitude and demeanor is important. If you act all timid and unsure then the pts are not going to trust you. Breaking the skin is what hurts. I don't go...
  10. Transfer advice please

    Why don't you apply to a specialty area? Sounds like a simple
  11. Nurses Week/Hospital Week

    My clinic didn't recognize our AA on Secretary's Day. So... since she organizes all things like that... I'm sure we are SCREWED. The other two nurses in my clinic gave me a blank stare when I greeted...
  12. I don't have any advice to offer since I myself am in a precepting nightmare at this time. But, I do want to offer you some support and encouragement. I would contact an attorney. There is a section...
  13. Congratulations! I have an ADN and am working on my BSN while working full time. I despise math. HATE IT. Frankly, I was terrified of Clinical Calculations. I was more frightened of that than the...
  14. CCRN after ADN

    You have to have two years(I think) of ICU experience to get your CCRN. You will have no concept as a new grad about how to pass the CCRN, wether it be ADN or BSN. It is a very difficult test and...
  15. Arterial line vs. cuff pressure.

    One other thing you could have done was "hard flush" the art line. Take a 10 ml syringe with NS and flush it throught the port as you would if you were drawing labs out of the port. Sometimes the...
  16. diprivan abuse

    A CRNA in treatment with me, his DOC was diprovan. Relapsed on it three
  17. Need Info On Davita..........

    I also had no dialysis experience. The hiring process was as smooth as the last hospital I worked for. One interview with with center manager (they call them Facility Manager) then an offer in about a...
  18. Need Info On Davita..........

    I've worked for Davita for about a month. I have not drank the kool aid yet. However, I have also worked for two for profit hospitals. Davita seems to be no different than those hospitals in the...
  19. I hate nursing exams

    Perhaps you need to do something in the science related field that you love so much? The fact is if your program has a 99-100% NCLEX pass rate they are testing correctly. Tough. Suck it up. Adjust or...
  20. WellStar Douglas

    Ummm... I would check out the school systems. Not just take the real estate agent's word on it. Georgia education in general is among the worst in the country. Wellstar Kennestone has a huge L&D...
  21. Much demand for psych NP's around Atlanta?

    Will you be practicing as a counselor that can write scripts? How are you going to utilize your NP? There is a very large recovery community in the Atlanta area with two prestigious institutions that...
  22. What can I do to these scrub stains? Help Me!!!!

    I didn't read other posts, forgive if this is a duplicate. I just saw at grocery store, in the bleach section, right above the bleach, a clorox bleach pen. It was a "new" version of the old bleach...
  23. How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    The liter bag of NS in actually costs less than the 100ml bag in my old hospital.. so I have hung it before... still no more went in
  24. How Do You Prime Blood Tubing?

    I'm having a hard time with your co-workers rationale.. what matters is how much NS they get. I work in dialysis and we sometimes prime the tubing with saline but do not hook up the venous line of the...
  25. What is it like working for Divata Dialysis?

    I have recently started in a Davita Facility. I have no previous dialysis experience and come from a fast paced high acuity CVICU. I have only been on the floor for a few days. But, knowing my...