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    What path would be easier to get a job in with no experience?

    OlivetheRN replied to Eeramsey's topic in Nursing Career

    Do you mean that you're worried about getting a job as a new grad once you're finished with nursing school or you're worried about getting a job in management without experience? If the latter, you're...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That's fair enough :) I should also probably mention that our dilaudid orders are written so that it's given either 0.2 or 0.4 mg at a time. But you're correct, an order doesn't necessarily make...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    We have a few nurses who just flat out don't feel comfortable giving larger amounts of pain medication. I've had patients who were open abdominal surgeries who when it was all said and done I ended up...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    "A cardiac nurse who just moved floors (probably this week) to post op spines will be so bothered by the amount of pain medication available to a patient that she'll blow the patient off (in the hopes...
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    4/23 WILTW: It turns out nurses do make the worst patients

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Dude....I was starting to wonder if we worked at the same place till you said "she" when referring to the CRNA. We have one who is the exact same way and it makes me
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    Bsn w/in 6 yrs for job

    OlivetheRN replied to Fauxtweet's topic in General Nursing

    At least you get some kind of increase. I got diddly squat for completing my BSN. I didn't even have to. I was technically grandfathered in to the whole not needing my BSN group but since I'm only in...
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    What class in nursing school do they teach you surgical procedures?

    OlivetheRN replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    Holy crap! Some people in my class didn't even get a DAY in the OR. Now the program I went through they do one day but they follow one patient through the entire process: pre-op, surgery, recovery,...
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    Every Nurse has that one patient they'll remember forever

    OlivetheRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    The first guy that comes to mind wasn't even the patient, it was the patient's husband. I never talked to her. She was never alert while she was in our ED. But the look he had on his face when I was...
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    What class in nursing school do they teach you surgical procedures?

    OlivetheRN replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in General Students

    Yeeeaaaa. Nurses don't suture people up. If you want to do that you'll have to go on to be a NP and work in the ER. Then you'll get to suture people. But you certainly won't be sewing people up in...
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    Online vs Face-to-Face RN-to-BSN Programs

    OlivetheRN replied to Fiddlesticks27's topic in Online Distance Learning

    My online RN to BSN program did have a pharm class as well as as patho class which I guess was supposed to build on what I learned in my ADN program, but I don't feel it actually did that. Maybe they...
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    How much would a liter of fluid hemodilute labs?

    OlivetheRN replied to tsm007's topic in General Nursing

    What was the initial hemoglobin and then the repeat value and the length of time between the two? Anytime I've seen a HUGE drop it was either a huge GI bleed, not a fluid issue, or the blood from the...
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    working nurses that started late in life

    OlivetheRN replied to momt5's topic in General Nursing

    When I went through my ADN program we had a student who was 55 when we graduated. She did just fine throughout the program and is working on our oncology floor. While our class had one of the youngest...
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    Community college or University?

    OlivetheRN replied to LovelyNesha18's topic in General Nursing

    I did the ADN and then BSN a year later thing and felt that I got a great education. However, if I were going to be starting now, I would go straight for my BSN, but that is because of my area and the...
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    Does My Experience Count?

    OlivetheRN replied to ARNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Since you have experience as an RN typically places won't consider you a new grad, even though you don't have experience in acute
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    4/2 WILTW: Disney Edition

    OlivetheRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Oh gracious I remember when I was a kid and we lived in Ohio ohhhhhh the imposter ladybugs. They would COVER that side of the house on the outside, and like you said, the windows would constantly be...
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    How stressful is a career as a Nurse?

    OlivetheRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Getting up and going in for my third 12 hour shift in a row after having two craptastic shifts. Finding out that oh by the way, 3 nurses have called out and we only have 3 techs today, so one for...
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    Does where you go for graduate nursing school matter?

    OlivetheRN replied to lyndsmar's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yea. For example, I'm in the South East and I've never heard of
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    Newly Qualified Blues?!

    OlivetheRN replied to JennyNewbieRN's topic in General Nursing

    You're right when you say that the first year as a nurse is generally pretty rough. I'm not from the UK so I don't know what normal nurse to patient ratios are, but those ratios aren't really...
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    Forgot to write correct time for job interview

    OlivetheRN replied to wanna_be's topic in General Nursing

    Yep. Just call and say, "hey, I'm calling to confirm my interview on _____ day." I did that earlier this week since I'm a moron and lost my entire planner. I've been lost without it. It's like I lost...
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    Np va pa

    OlivetheRN replied to Ncgirl741's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    If you search NP vs PA on here you will find a LOT of threads on this
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    New RN Job Search... Help!

    OlivetheRN replied to NurseK15's topic in General Nursing

    Like Pangea said, you may have to take a cut in pay or move in order to get the job that you want. You may have to beef up your resume to make it more attractive. If you're wanting to end up in the ER...
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    What I Learned This Week: Retired Nurses-Where Two Or More Are Gathered...

    OlivetheRN replied to OCNRN63's topic in General Nursing

    I learned today that it really throws me for a loop to have a job interview in an environment that is not the one that I expect. If I hear back from that one I will fall over dead from the shock. Ah...
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    New Nurse feeling very down

    OlivetheRN replied to RNthenDoc's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Girl, cheer up. You're not incompetent. We all sometimes forget about the stoopit clampy-do and try to push a med through it and then have a duh moment. I've had NGs not just spill on the sheets, but...
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    Not what I expected

    OlivetheRN replied to NurseMegP's topic in General Nursing

    I may think this because it's close to my bedtime (yes, I'm old) and I'm stupid tired, but that is one of the funniest things I've read all week. Next time I come across a new grad I'm going to smell...
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    The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

    OlivetheRN replied to Want2BeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our patients have a tendency to bring us lots and lots of foods. Doughnuts mostly. Good ol'