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Nurse_

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  1. What’s in your bag/what should I have as a newbie?

    Nurse_ replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my bare minimum: My own nursing brain Multiple pens (do not be that nurse that comes in clueless they need a pen and uses the surgical marker instead) Marker/Highlighter Trauma shears (2)...

  2. Kaiser anesthesia (kpsan) 2018

    Nurse_ replied to cticunurse21's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What's the LOL about that? It's the doctoral study of nurse anesthesia. The difference is that DOctoral study in nursing practice can also be applied to FNP. Hopefully, you are aware of the...

  3. Kaiser anesthesia (kpsan) 2018

    Nurse_ replied to cticunurse21's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Just applied. Really excited about their DNAP program. December can't come soon

  4. Jobs in a hospital setting without a degree

    Nurse_ replied to helloego's topic in General Nursing

    EKG tech Phlebotomist Transport Nursing Assistant Unit secretary Most require additional training, some longer than

  5. Air in IV lines/syringes

    Nurse_ replied to kcochrane's topic in General Nursing

    If it's a tiny bubble or two, there's really nothing to be concern about. However, I've seen a patient code due to air in the cordis. The patient is one of our sickest patient in the unit. A swan ganz...

  6. Graduated as Top Student of BSN Class and Failed NCLEX at 75 questions.

    Nurse_ replied to JaceLucien's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    NCLEX ensures you are safe. To be safe while taking care of the weak and vulnerable. That's why it is there. You mentioned CGFNS, I assume you are a foreign graduate. Maybe the problem is not the...

  7. New nurse having a hard time with coworkers

    Nurse_ replied to Me93RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have to disagree. There are nurses with some attitude, we have to as nurses. Don't we? We have to be able to stand up for our patients. But nursing is far from being catty and horrible. I'm biased,...

  8. Transition into Trauma Stepdown

    Nurse_ replied to bewitched's topic in Critical Care

    TNCC is mostly helpful for ER nurses. I recommend taking trauma care after resus (TCAR). TNCC and ATCN can also he

  9. Futile ressusitation

    Nurse_ replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    Working in trauma/surgical ICU, I've seen people recover. Just the past weekend, the patient came in with a stab wound to the neck that severed the carotid artery. The doctors told the family not to...

  10. Favorite nursing job or specialty

    Nurse_ replied to nursemayj's topic in General Nursing

    Since I am a trauma/surgical ICU nurse, I am biased to my unit. The best part about working in trauma is that I'm able to see my patients survive and live. I had one patient, a female in her twentys...

  11. New Grad RN Salary Range

    Nurse_ replied to MsBrain's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have prior experience? Are you a straight RN-MSN person? Nursing isn't like medicine or law or any other profession where the value of the school you came from is as valuable as the person. It...

  12. Nursing Limbo.....

    Nurse_ replied to marsbar37's topic in General Nursing

    I say go apply. Many new grad programs will recruit you pending a nursing license. So I suggest go start with new grad

  13. Forgot to sign Mar for a patient and state health saw....

    Nurse_ replied to Mollywhopper's topic in General Nursing

    You can sign it as late entry. Just be prepared to answer any questions. When I was a LVN, I was taking care of a peds patient witha metabolic disorder. I have given a PRN medication and did not have...

  14. End of life - is it necessary to flush the port?

    Nurse_ replied to lakeeler's topic in General Nursing

    I don't care whether the patient has 30 seconds or 30 years to live, we always ensure that we do things the right way. Flushing a port takes very little effort to ensure that we have it when the...

  15. You know the shift is gonna be a hot mess when ...

    Nurse_ replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I know my shift will be a hot mess when... - trauma patient with clamshell thoracotomy, open abdomen, multiple drips, level 1 rapid infuser and crrt at the bedside - alcohol/substance withdrawal...

  16. Experienced nurse changed unit and now not getting good feedback from a preceptor

    Nurse_ replied to Lovelyrn14's topic in General Nursing

    Someone who may be a very good clinical nurse does not always equate to being a good preceptor. You have to tell this to your manager. Be objective and do not make this about the criticisms she told...

  17. BSN with recent dui denied to sit for the nclex California

    Nurse_ replied to Timboslice's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I think it'll be worth to fight it. I personally know someone who had two theft charges that applied to the boards and fought to sit for the NCLEX and succeeded. She was honest. She didn't get a...

  18. Unprofessional to mention you have other patients?

    Nurse_ replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it is. I usually say at that to my patient/patient's family in the beginning. I'll tell them that I'll be outside their room, and if they need something and I'm not there, I could be in...

  19. Stethoscope tracker

    Nurse_ replied to leonard_huh's topic in General Nursing

    [ATTACH=CONFIG]24500[/ATTACH] Not mine but if you really want a tracker on your stethoscope then a tile tracker might be the best

  20. Step down ratios

    Nurse_ replied to Meeshie's topic in General Nursing

    In accordance to California nursing staffing ratio, step down unit ratio is 1:3 California RN Staffing Ratio

  21. Orders from hell...

    Nurse_ replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in General Nursing

    " Ok to use ET

  22. Do you pre-inflate the balloon on a foley cath?

    Nurse_ replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

    New practice states not to inflate the balloon. It depends on your facility's

  23. Can you become a PACU nurse w/o experience

    Nurse_ replied to Samt9's topic in PACU

    Most PACU nurses have ICU background. But it depends on the hospital you're

  24. CA ICU staffing guidelines

    Nurse_ replied to cherish86's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In California, ICU RNs are 2:1 or 1:1. If you the other person you are working with have critical care background/training, regardless of where they working right now then it should be okay. Like you...

  25. Is it a rule that you MUST be miserable for your first year?

    Nurse_ replied to leekaye's topic in Nursing Career

    Is it a rule? I certainly hope not. In my first year, I cried and was stressed out but it was because I wasn't where I wanted to be. The moment I moved to ICU, I felt my worth and my part in the whole...