OlivetheRN ADN, BSN, RN

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    Questions about Hearts and Vascular

    OlivetheRN replied to WhoDatWhoDare's topic in Operating Room

    Congrats! I'm a brand spankin' new OR nurse just getting my feet wet. We don't do cardiothoracics where I'm currently at, but that's ultimately one of my
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    Do you like picking raisins?

    OlivetheRN replied to lolakbolak's topic in General Nursing

    I may be wrong, but I'm reading it as fecal disimpaction. But I agree, please seek the professional help you mentioned getting in your other post, OP, and consider not posting until doing
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    How does working as an R.N. beforehand help in being a nurse practitioner?

    OlivetheRN replied to sarahnp2b103's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Being that yesterday was Monday, I have started my diet over again (yet again), so I have my no butter, low salt popcorn. If it were Thursday, or if I was being really good and had waited till Friday...
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    How does working as an R.N. beforehand help in being a nurse practitioner?

    OlivetheRN replied to sarahnp2b103's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Yea, that too. I'm kinda waiting to see how long it takes for her to get
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    How does working as an R.N. beforehand help in being a nurse practitioner?

    OlivetheRN replied to sarahnp2b103's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    This. So much of this. And believe it or not, but being a nurse is so much more than handing out meds and helping people brush their teeth. When I was in the ED I worked with psych patients a lot. If...
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    Hospital & The Drug Screen: I thought they had to wait?

    OlivetheRN replied to cassimoo's topic in General Nursing

    Something about this entire situation stinks like fish. I'm sorry
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    New grad BSN--no night shifts?

    OlivetheRN replied to esrun77's topic in General Nursing

    Yea, that's what I was going to say. We do 8 and 10 shifts in our OR, PACU and same day
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    Relocating to Raleigh, NC

    OlivetheRN replied to 29Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm out towards Greensboro so I work in the Cone system, which would be a long, long drive for the Raleigh area. I know several people who make the drive to Burlington from Cary for work, but it's a...
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    Relocating to Raleigh, NC

    OlivetheRN replied to 29Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, not having your BSN will likey be a hindrance. I don't say that with any judgement; I graduated with my ADN and went back a year later for my BSN. It's just that Duke and UNC can afford...
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    Relocating to Raleigh, NC

    OlivetheRN replied to 29Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Burlington, about an hour west of Raleigh, but I'm pretty familiar with both Duke and UNC, having interviewed at both facilities and I did clinicals at Duke when I was in school. What makes...
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    CRNA vs NP vs PA

    OlivetheRN replied to STICRN's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I'm at, PAs can cut and suture to assist. It's not unusual for a PA to do the final closing of an incision. I imagine that this would vary by state, but I'm not positive. We also don't...
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    June is help a nursing student out month!

    OlivetheRN replied to lilbitmore's topic in PACU

    We typically keep total joints whether they are knees or hips 45 minutes to an hour, assuming vitals are stable and their pain is well controlled. With that being said, the majority of our total...
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    How do you staff your PACU overnight?

    OlivetheRN replied to slutgen's topic in PACU

    We have one RN 2300ish-0700 (our 1100-2300 RN may stay later depending on what's going on at 2300 or may leave early and be on call) Monday through Friday and there's someone on call (the same person)...
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    Blue hair

    OlivetheRN replied to Fireflynurse's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Agree with vertical. Check with your workplaces policies regarding this. A lot of places have policies about hair being worn above the collar, etc, the etc including it being a natural
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    Do people expect you to act a certain way because of your chosen profession?

    OlivetheRN replied to Cats&Tea&Climbing's topic in General Nursing

    Occasionally when I hear new stories about horrible things people will do to animals or something like that, I'll make a comment such as "Ugh, I hate people." Then, if there's someone standing around...
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    Working FT and PRN in different dept. at the same hospital?

    OlivetheRN replied to DesertSky's topic in General Nursing

    I worked full time in PACU and still picked up PRN hours in the ED after I left my full time position there. However, I was only paid my baseline hourly rate, plus any differentials and overtime,...
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    RN programs that don't have a preceptorship?

    OlivetheRN replied to Xlorgguss's topic in General Students

    My class had one, but the class immediately following mine did not. The reasoning was that they could not find enough preceptors for the number of students in the program. As it was, they had a...
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    5/29 This week, I have learned... One year later!!!

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Yea...I'm 29....it gets worse. 'Cause then it's not just your friends. When I first started a job last year one of my co-workers hounded me for WEEKS about dating her son. Um, no thank
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    Areas of nursing that are new baby friendly

    OlivetheRN replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with this. The ambulatory surgery center will give you the weekends and holidays off and with your ICU background PACU would be a good fit. Even if you can't find an opening in an...
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    Unit Manager Demands I Cut My Hair

    OlivetheRN replied to Nurse Cookie Swirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I swear I have to shed like triple that. Every time I go to get my haircut my poor hairstylist has to comfort me and convince me that I'm not going bald. Poor guy. He must have done something terrible...
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    Nurse practitioner or Medical Doctor

    OlivetheRN replied to Kenny Rogers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just saw on another thread he starts med school this fall, but not sure
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    If you don't have a uniform...

    OlivetheRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Typically the same size, although I generally prefer Sanitas (and Alegrias) over Danskos so I own way more Sanitas than Dankos. I have some 40s but mostly 41s (yes, I have massively huge feet), and...
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    If you don't have a uniform...

    OlivetheRN replied to adpiRN's topic in General Nursing

    I loooooove the Mary Jane style! I have 4 pairs of those (and yes, I have them in red). Glad that we can help with the
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    5/29 This week, I have learned... One year later!!!

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    This week at work I learned that if you put a banana in the microwave in the peel, it will catch on fire after a certain amount of time. ETA: I was not the one who put the banana in the microwave. I...
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    Intubation tube dislodged, RN blames PCT

    OlivetheRN replied to LonghornChic's topic in General Nursing

    If it were me, I would have been at the head of the bed keeping eyes on the airway, etc, and let someone else run the lift, since as someone else pointed out, it would fall on me if the airway were to...