Luckyyou BSN, RN

@jakrob123 I applied by endorsement (MO license first) and I don’t remember needing a TCN number! I booked through the identogo website via the MI BON application so maybe it was already included?

It took nine days from the day I mailed my fingerprint card.

Things to study: common procedures - what’s a CABG? What kind of valves do we replace most often? What are the common complications or emergencies that can arise from these procedures? What are important things to assess on a post op patient? me...

Bedside ECMO cannulation

I love the thick headbands from Athleta. Have also had a lot of success with the Fly Away Tamers from lululemon and any of the ones from Maven Thread. I have a headband problem!!

The only ex cheerleader on my floor is a guy. He does a mean back handspring.

I was already living on my own by the senior year of my BSN program. Had my own apartment the first two years I was a nurse (no roommate) then bought a house. Had about 24k in loans I paid off in 4ish years. Low cost of living area, obviously. There ...

No shoes in the house of any variety!! I’m no germophobe but this one gets me. ?

After every single shift. Period. Ugh. Gross. Can’t fathom any other option.

I am in the area and make $35/hr ish in one position and $39/hr ish in another with 8 years of nursing experience (this includes differentials for ICU experience and specialty roles).

I’m a huge fan of my Nexplanon. I think the new ones are good for five years.

I made the NICU to adult ICU switch. IV skills are a lot different. That’s the extent of the “big people skills” I felt I was at a disadvantage in. Otherwise, sure, there were new things to learn, but isn’t that the point of switching specialties? To...

Depends upon what else you’re running — I would avoid putting them in line with anything I might bolus (insulin, sedation...) if at all possible. Of course, if all you have is a 22 in the thumb while you’re waiting on the docs to throw in a line, you...

I’m an ECMO nurse in a CTICU, and an ECMO primer/educator in another role. I don’t have any formal specialty certification for it though — who offers it? I just have CCRN, and ACLS/PALS. Taking CSC soon. I thought about perfusion for a bit too, but ...

So ... apply to the ER? What’s stopping you?

I work two jobs in the same system with the blessing of both managers and the scheduling in my situation is a nightmare. I can’t imagine trying to do it between two positions where the managers aren’t trying to make it work on your behalf.

More power to them. This job isn’t a “calling” for me either.

I don’t think your question about patient population was odd either. There’s a big difference between a unit where a majority of moms come in with birth plans expecting a certain kind of experience, and a hospital where moms may be more likely to wan...

I can be as “cheap and easy” as it comes, post entirely nude shots on my Instagram and Snapchat and still not deserve to be sexually harassed, assaulted or raped. Stop blaming women for men not respecting us.

Baby friendly is a WHO initiative hospitals get involved in with regards to L&D, nursery and postpartum units.

Haha nothing special! ICU staff nurse across four different units. I get paid extra for some ECMO expertise and my hospital pays a generous amount to experienced ICU nurses to keep us at the bedside. I pick up a little overtime here and there.

I make $90k working three days a week while wearing elastic waist pants. I leave my job at the door when I leave. I can do pretty much anything for 12 hours and then it's done. I get to be an expert at some awesome technology. Some days I don't even...

Stuff like this makes you sound very stable and normal, especially when we're talking about such controversial partisan positions like "we should make sure guns are stored in places where children can't find them and accidentally kill themselves or o...

I'm sure that the nurse was rushed or distracted and many factors lined up to cause this error but... Every dose of every paralytic I've ever given came out of a vial with very large "PARALYZING AGENT" on the top, side, and lid of the vial, as well a...

So funny you say this because I just inhaled a facefull of crushed atorvastatin last night. Blech. No sneezes but a horrrrrrible taste in my mouth.