AlphaPig

AlphaPig

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  1. 12 hr shifts and the single mom

    AlphaPig posted a topic in General Nursing

    Any single mom nurses out there work 12 hr shifts?? What do you do? I am struggling to find care for my 18 mon old. My mom has been picking him up from daycare but her health is poor. What do you do?...

  2. Accepted!! - University of South Florida Fall 2013

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I just got my acceptance email!! Anyone else starting this fall? Adult NP program. So

  3. Another burnt out nurse - questioning everything. . .

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am an RN on a busy med-surg floor in a mid-sized hospital in the "bad" part of a southern city. I've been on the floor for a year, but also used to work on this floor as a new grad back in 2009 (I...

  4. Anyone apply to USF NP program 2013?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Hello! I applied to the NP program for this fall. The deadline was last week and they said it would take weeks/months before they let people know if they got in or not. Has anyone applied? Anyone...

  5. Anyone work for Professional Case Management (PCM)?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Home Health

    I applied and they called me back - anyone work for them or heard of them or know someone that has? Thank

  6. Interview with Humana - need advice!

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Case Management

    Hello! I am so excited to have landed an interview with Humana for next week. I was hoping to get some advice from you guys regarding the position which is a concurrent review/discharge planner...

  7. Work from home problem - anyone else deal with this?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Case Management

    I got a job with Humana working from home. The problem - I rent an apartment and my apartment complex won't allow an additional cable line to be run to my apartment (Humana requires my landlord to...

  8. Work from home problem - anyone else deal with this?

    AlphaPig replied to AlphaPig's topic in Case Management

    I am hoping so - I am waiting to hear from Humana about

  9. Humana Employees

    AlphaPig replied to Cindy S's topic in Case Management

    I start March 2nd as a telephonic at home RN - I am going to their HQ in Kentucky for a week of training. Anyone going up there for

  10. Humana Employees

    AlphaPig replied to Cindy S's topic in Case Management

    I start March 2nd as a telephonic at home RN - I am going to their HQ in Kentucky for a week of training. Anyone going up there for

  11. What do HH RN Case Managers do?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Home Health

    I'm having a hard time grasping what exactly home health RN Case Managers do - do they do patient

  12. Interview tomorrow but just got an email. . .

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    So I'm supposed to have an in-person interview tomorrow at a local clinic for a job. They called me on Tuesday to ask for an interview. Just now, I received an email thanking me for applying to the...

  13. Interview tomorrow but just got an email. . .

    AlphaPig replied to AlphaPig's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I went and they offered me the job, but they only needed someone PRN and I need full time. She couldn't guarantee hours. I KNOW the ad said full-time. Oh well. . life goes on. . .I have another...

  14. Cuticle picking?

    AlphaPig replied to jennylee01's topic in General Nursing

    I suffer from this, too - right now it is really bad. For about a year, I had "cured" myself by getting bi-monthly gel manicures - those manicures really do last for at least 2 weeks and look awesome...

  15. RN - $14.75/hr?!?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in General Nursing

    Seaworld is hiring seasonal RN's. . .for $14.75/hr. Seems a tad. . .insulting....

  16. What caused the hypothermia?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in General Nursing

    60+ yr old female patient admitted for hyperkalemia/ARF/UTI 6 days ago is stable on my floor. Multiple co-morbidities including DM, hypothyroid, past ARF, CHF, CVA x 2, COPD, RA and a new 2 cm mass in...

  17. Anyone NOT work as a bedside RN while in school?

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am SO SO SO SO SO SO SO burnt out at my med-surg hospital job. I just finished my first semester of adult NP school. I still want to be a primary care adult NP (FAR FAR FAR AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL)...

  18. What caused the hypothermia?

    AlphaPig replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    If I see her MD will ask about her and see if they found out what was going

  19. What caused the hypothermia?

    AlphaPig replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm so used to sepsis presenting with tachycardia, low BP, elevated WBCs, elevated temp. . .she had none of those. But I know that a low temp CAN be sepsis, too. Maybe with all of her other...

  20. Everyone wants experience.

    AlphaPig posted a topic in Case Management

    Every single job I look at for any CM jobs wants at least a year of CM experience. But how do I get that year without experience!? Sigh. The great catch-22 of switching career

  21. Does psych nursing affect ur home life?

    AlphaPig replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't work psych (I am reading the psych posts purely for interest :) but I can safely say that my neuro med/surg job affects me GREATLY outside of work - I am so anxious and tired and burnt out...

  22. Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    AlphaPig replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    I hope my post didn't come across wrong - I was trying to make the point that while psych nurses may "lose" some basic hands-on skills, they gain so many other amazing skills and in-depth knowledge. I...

  23. Psychiatric nursing... do you really lose all your nursing skills?

    AlphaPig replied to lilmoongoddess's topic in Psychiatric

    Wow - they don't keep a crash cart on a psych inpatient unit? I thought every place in a hospital had a crash cart. I mean, anyone can have a heart attack or anaphylactic (did I spell that right?)...

  24. Anyone NOT work as a bedside RN while in school?

    AlphaPig replied to AlphaPig's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I have been looking for a clinic job or something a bit. . .lighter. . .but they are hard to find. I need to work (for $$) so I am at a loss of what to

  25. Med-surg RN takes 8 simple computer "courses" and POOF! is step-down nurse

    AlphaPig posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ugh, just a vent. My med-surg floor just started accepting PCU level patients and most of us med-surg nurses who have NEVER WORKED PCU are now expected to be PCU nurses after taking 8 on-line classes...