socoamaretto

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1. left job after 1 week

   socoamaretto replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

   i forgot to add that i am a

2. left job after 1 week

   socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

   i resigned from a hospital job after a week for some health issues i needed to attend to. they said i would be re-hirable. now i am left unemployed with an unemployment gap of about 3 months, going on...

3. Documentation of times

   socoamaretto replied to hlnorrn's topic in General Nursing

   If you can, yes. It shows you are aware of where your pt is and whether they are off the floor or not. You are offering more comprehensive documentation it's easier if someone asked you a question...

4. iv catheter/needle gauge selection

   socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

   how do you know what gauge IV catheter to choose to insert in someone? i know that the larger the gauge #, the smaller the diameter/thinner the needle, but does anyone have any tips based on pt chief...

5. ascom phone

   socoamaretto replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

   i sometimes get calls from friends/family of patients and idk if the secretary gave them my number or just connected them somehow and was wondering if someone from the outside could actually call onto...

6. ascom phone

   socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

   what's the direct number when people want to reach a certain extension? i only know how to reach another extension when using the

7. taste of medication

   socoamaretto replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

   no, just genuinely curious about what to tell patients a med will taste like if they

8. taste of medication

   socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

   i was wondering if anyone had experience themselves or w/ patients having reported a medication having tasted a certain way? what do oral potassium chloride and kayexalate taste like, for

9. doctor reviews and ratings

   socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

   besides asking friends and family for doctor recommendations, where else would you find out whether a doctor has good reviews/ratings? are websites such as healthgrades.com

10. MSN and DNP Questions

    socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a few questions, the answers to which may seem obvious to some, but I was wondering: - How are the positions such as nursing informatics, nursing education, nursing administration, clinical...

11. Want to quit

    socoamaretto replied to PaleomilesRN's topic in Emergency

    When you applied for other nursing jobs, do you mean internally within the same

12. Confused

    socoamaretto replied to jenal77's topic in Emergency

    About the "license on the line," if the new grad RN does do something incorrect, depending on the error, couldn't it be classified as negligence and malpractice and a lawsuit could

13. new grad: ER or float pool?

    socoamaretto replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

    thank you very much, everybody :) i am considering becoming a NP or PA down the line, in terms of career goals, but not quite

14. new grad: ER or float pool?

    socoamaretto posted a topic in General Nursing

    i cant decide which would be better experience. ultimately, i would like to work in the icu. idk if it would be more beneficial to get more experience working diff floors in float pool or deal with...

15. When to take TEAS V?

    socoamaretto posted a topic in TEAS Exam Help

    If, say, the application deadline to a school that requires it is April 1st, when would be the last day I could take the online version and still have results sent over in time? And the TEAS V is...