aachavez

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1. Mandated colors

   aachavez replied to KRSLPN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   Royal blue and/or white. In my ER we get to wear pink on Fridays year round (for breast cancer awareness). Any brand or style. Shoes are whatever we want which is nice, makes it easier to find...

2. do you follow up with your patients?

   aachavez replied to aachavez's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Thanks for the feedback, and heaven forgive me for a

3. Lawsuit Claims Nurse Was 'Worked to Death'

   aachavez replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   YES!!! JC definetly needs to look at staffing ratios! There is enough evidence to support the fact that there is a significant safety issue

4. do you follow up with your patients?

   aachavez posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I've seen this mostly on ER shows like NY ER or Trauma : (but this question could apply to anyone in any dept) where doctors and nurses go check on a particular patient to see how they're doing....

5. Telemetry Tech Training

   aachavez replied to Otessa's topic in Cardiac

   Our tele techs take a course on EKG interpretation, about 32 hours of class time and some study at home. Some were CNA/PCT, patient transport etc. At my hospital they pay $3-4 more an hour for a...

6. Unique jobs?

   aachavez posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Im curious what are some nursing jobs that aren't your typical hospital or clinic setting. I've considered going over seas for a while, or trying to get on a cruise ship, I'm also interested in...

7. ANCC Emergency Nurse Practitione ENP-BC

   aachavez replied to MedictoRN's topic in Emergency

   This is awesome! Thanks for sharing! I'm a long ways off, but this is definetly something to look into for the

8. ED Cheat sheet?

   aachavez replied to MILOBRI's topic in Emergency

   On occasion I can write a quick note on my gloved hand if I don't have anything else handy. Of course I usually toss the gloves and forget what I

9. Charting Bloopers

   aachavez replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

   I wonder how many of these errors are due to transcription or scribe mis-interpretation. Still hilarious, so keep em

10. School Interview: Relax. Your Past Won't Haunt You.

    aachavez replied to allnurses's topic in General Students

    Years ago my sister made some false accusations and tried to have me arrested. (really, I guess she could have been charged with 911 abuse or something, this was not the only time she did something...

11. What do you like least/most about private duty?

    aachavez posted a topic in Private Duty

    I'm thinking about doing a some private duty or home health, just as a side job and hope to work in a hospital full time. Gotta take a second job at least for a while to pay down student...

12. "Fake" or Nonprescriptive Eyeglasses

    aachavez replied to DemosthenesRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hipsters.... I do wear needed glasses, but not as often as I should. They are a pain, and I can see ok enough most of the time. I find I am needing them more and more for computer work, homework...

13. What study habits work and don't work for nursing school?

    aachavez replied to kayleen4246's topic in General Students

    do some review each day. Don't try to cram it all in the day before the test because you will never make thru all the material in one night. Practice questions!!! Get the workbooks that go with your...

14. How much of your cohort did you "lose"?

    aachavez replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    You hit the nail on the head here.. all the people that have been having problems are the ones that party, are lazy, show up late, dont follow instruction, don't pay attention in lecture, complain,...

15. How much of your cohort did you "lose"?

    aachavez replied to LoriRNCM's topic in General Students

    My cohort is 22, we graduate in September (woohoooo!!!!!). One failed a course, and repeated, and is now a term behind us, another delivered her baby very early (was due during break) and had to miss...