StillsmilingRN

So are you saying you use the same secondary tubing for 2 different abx? Like u have NS as primary continuos; then abx1 u hang piggyback, 4 hours later abx2 is due u use the secondary tubing after back priming to flush the line and use it for abx2?

How do you take down IV chemo? For instance. Pt has cytoxan going for 2 hours. Pt has NS with cytoxan piggyback (pump 1) and D5NS (pump 2) then on another pump Mesna (pump 3)is going. Since all is connected do u take down the complete set of tubes and bags and start new? It is a closed system. Do you only take down the chemo off the piggyback? Or do you take down all of the one pump that the chemo was running through.

They t trying to fade out LPN to cma certified medical assistant which is 2 yrs at a tech school diploma

Thanx for all the help n information

Another question: do the hospitals prefer BSN over ADN up there? I want to go back for BSN but my school u r required to be employed for the clinical portion

Ty for the informations, does multi are have a residency program? And do u remember how they titles them on their hiring site?

I'm applying and I know they offer temp license to military. Check on their website for temp

Ty, madigan is the hospital on ft Lewis correct?

Talking w/ a instructor while thinking about going back for my BSN said that she believed there should be a turn around in the next yr or 2. Idk if she was just trying to be nice or what b/c she encouraged me to wait to cont. my education until it turns around.......

You can put what ur doing now on your résumé. It's still exp, and work it's just for family

How is fort Lewis wa area doing for new grads, or less than 1yr exp? My husband and I r moving there in June.

Looking for an online school to get my BSN, the 1 I graduated from said I need to be employed in a hospital it LTC so I have a BSN above me for a mentor, I am not, I work at a plasma bank and I don't answer to anyone who has a nursing degree.

Thank I was thinking the same thing cuz I culdnt find ne thing in the website. My life long dream has been to serve either AF or Army. I'm worried I'm getting to old, I won't be able to apply for FY2014 bc I won't be done w my BSN n I'm 32 this yr

Can someone tell me about reserve? I haven't ASN looking to start classes this spring for BSN but I've heard reserve will take u as ASN n help u work toward BSN TIA

If you have a license in another state, just put that down when they ask for your license #, I think if you already have one regardless of the location they don't mind. And clearly if your address is another state then it would be understandable ur license is possibly in that state.

Update: I actually waited for the call, they called me 2 days ago! Can you believe "soon" in their email ments a month! But I'm not done there, She told me she had to finish scholarship interviews, then she would call me back to schedule an interview....weird and she said it would be another month before she would be calling me................

Part of the application for a new grad at the hospital in my town is writing a letter/essay on why nursing, why that hospital, and what you think you may gain from their program (200 words). I'm stuck on what I think i might gain....obviously experience... but I'm stuck, I've never been a writere, PLEASE HELP!

1 of the local hospitals requires all RNs to go through there program if they have any amount less then 12 months of FT RN experience. Hope that helps. Having employment on your resume should help you get a "new grad" position.

O and I just checked and the position has been taken down off their site....

So I applied couple of wks ago for a New RN grad position at a hospital, they emailed me last thursday and said they would be in contact soon.... How long should I wait? Should I call them at some point? TIA

I would want to know if my pt had a pulse and what the read out is from the defibilator (heart rhythm), I would assume since u put on the defibilator they don't have a pulse, so I would start doing chest compressions. I guess the question to me is very vague, b/c it might not fire due to a rhythm that doesn't allow defibrilation, or a malfunction. If its malfunctioning definately start compressions and have someone go get another.

1st of all, reading this post, it sounds very childish of what may have happened with your co-workers, for the example u gave. 2nd if its simple things as they turn u in for being late, in my opinion unless you have a good excuse to your supervisor u should have consequences for that. As an LPN u carry a lot of responsibility. Everyone in society looks up to you as a PROFESSIONAL. Do you consider someone professional if they are late? I do not unless they give a good reason why they are late. Also, you shouldn't worry about what others think of you, do your job to the best of YOUR ability and keep an open door with your supervisor. If you feel something is going to hinder ur performance you need to be professional enough to talk to your supervisor about that problem. If you really feel they are going to give you such a hard time and try to get you fired, see if you can work on a different floor/wing so you are not directly supervising them. In my opinion it is not good to move up the chain that you will be in charge of people who u have become friends with when you were at that level (CNA). It's best to move to a different area and become a supervisor of people u are not friends with or do not have a problematic history.

Looking in GA passed NCLEX beg. of july, I have had 2 interviews & no job offers, started applying approx end of April

volunteer at local clinic that runs by majority of volunteers. The clinic doesn't turn anyone away, however it isn't acute care typically, new pts are scheduled a month out

thank you all so much! TY JustBeachyNurse for all the info!