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Troponin 346 .... thought for sure it was lab error, but her trend made sense. Alive. No CAD per cath. Cause of elevated troponin -- supposedly Renal

^^^ Same....

Brush up on Basic dysrhythmias, common cardiac drips, knowing your antihypertensives, and antiarrhythmic meds. What would you do if your patient had chest pain? (Always an interview question) Definitely ACLS helps a lot if you are not already certi...

PS make sure you get your sign on bonus!!!

I have never interviewed with them, but have many colleagues who have came from and went there from our hospital in the past. I know they mentioned Florida hospital is a Christian based organization and they will ask you ,"if a patient asked to pray ...

They try to make it geographically friendly. But if you're somewhere in the middle sometimes you get stuck having to drive to the further campus. (Lscc alumni class of 2012)

If you've already spilled the beans, I would definitely be respectable and at least let your manager know your plans. That way you can be made aware if there is even a prn position available for you. But... That's just my opinion

130/75 hr 60's used to be 90's. Guess I got used to ask the activity lol

Winter park is nice. My sister lived in kissimmee and she loved it.

Florida hospital offers large bonuses, I have heard there are no pct's on some units. Orlando health is the other main entity in Orlando. Idk anything about Tampa hospitals. Small town outside of Orlando called Clermont has a nice community hospital ...

That moment when you notice the thermometer probe is red and not blue and it is already in your patients mouth....

I just had a physician covering for our hospitalist service over the weekend discontinue my patients antibiotics that they were supposed to be on for three weeks and when I questioned him about it, he asked, "what was he on it for?" And when I told h...

Hiring GNs is an investment for a hospital, so when you go in as a new nurse it is the institutions responsibility to mold you. That being said, all of the GN hospital programs I know of in central FL want you to commit to at least 2 years. If you ca...

I normally work on an interventional cardiac unit.however, this day I was floated to M/S. I had an 84 year old woman who had been baker acted (apparently not the first time according to her husband). She had made some homicidal comments at her ALF. S...

I had a homeless woman admitted to our cardiac stepdown unit with chest pain to rule out ACS. She had a negative stress test but was found to be diabetic, hypertensive, and had head lice. We treated her head lice and the attending luckily was the mos...

I drive 50 minutes to work, I love my job and the people I work with. It's well worth the drive 3 days a week. Plus the ride home gives me time to unwind from a 12.5 hour shift! :) being able to work at a community hospital with private rooms vs. a c...

Thank you. As someone who went into nursing and thought of it as purely a career to support my family, I thought all through nursing school the only nursing I would ever do would be OB. I ended up getting hired on a cardiac unit with supportive older...

I always wanted to be a teacher, my mother wanted me to be a nurse. I ended up succumbing to nursing because I was absolutely positive it would be agood career for me to have and raise a family. So when I ended up pregnant straight out of high school...

Pros- I only have to work 3 days a week so I get plenty of time with my children. Nursing is so incredibly rewarding when you have patients who are appreciative. Every day I go to work, the things I say and do are to improve a persons well being. It...

I am in florida and work on a cardiac stepdown unit, our ratio is 4:1.... But the ortho and m/s floor is 6:1... Our ICU is 2:1.

Took mine monday @8am, had 27 SATA! I thought that was a little excessive! Did pvt 15 minutes after annd got good pop up. FL BON has exam report on website, checked it @ noon and it said pass! Signed into bon and saw my license # all in one day, coul...