calivianya BSN, RN

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    6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    calivianya replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    It's definitely different. We have one up there right now who's a post-code who coded two weeks ago and his body is fixed at this point but his brain is still 99% gone. He will blink if you try to...
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    Highest/Lowest K+ you've ever seen

    calivianya replied to guest769224's topic in General Nursing

    11.2. Noncompliant dialysis patient as I'm sure you guys could guess. She lived - but I almost didn't live through the results of the ridiculous amount of kayexalate we gave her. Just saying. Just in...
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    6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    calivianya replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    My master cardiology walked a few months ago, so I feel your pain. I haven't been able to bring myself to replace it. I have just been using those ratty contact stethoscopes on everyone. I loved...
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    Attending work class after shift?

    calivianya replied to haunani's topic in General Nursing

    I can understand the rationale, but it would make me mad. I hate coming in on my days off for education, unless it is actually good education. The drivel they have been making mandatory lately has...
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    BSN degree seems off topic

    calivianya replied to Wayne47's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That's exactly why I got my BSN right off the bat. I didn't think I could handle taking the fluff classes alone. My fluff classes were mixed in with the good stuff. The semester I had med/surg, psych,...
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    How to manage life on night shift?

    calivianya replied to Larry2016's topic in General Nursing

    You have got to protect your sleep with a commute like that. I live five minutes from my full time job but an hour from my PRN, and there have been a couple of days where I have almost fallen asleep...
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    6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    calivianya replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Technically, a lot of places teach that amiodarone is for ventricular arrythmias, but it is also the drug of choice for a-fib with RVR on my unit, so you might see that, too. Cardizem is a close...
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    What type of soap do you use?

    calivianya replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I don't use antibacterial products either. I actually mostly just rinse in the shower except for my face, armpits, and genitals. Nothing else gets soap unless I have a reason to feel dirty. I love...
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    Is CNS masters program a bad idea for regular RN on hospital floor?

    calivianya replied to Natalie513's topic in Clinical Nurse Specialists, CNS

    I looked at that SF State site out of curiosity after the comments - and I have got to agree there's no way you could be a true CNS with that degree. You'd have the title, but not the knowledge to...
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    Too sick to leave AMA?

    calivianya replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    It's just like elkpark said - I've never had someone sue me for keeping them alive (most of my patients in that sort of situation end up dying anyway, eventually) but family is going to sue if we let...
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    Too sick to leave AMA?

    calivianya replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Everybody was consulted. A million (or so) different specialties, the intensivists, the hospitalists. Psych was consulted and the ethics committee was consulted. The ethics committee recommended...
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    An awkward workplace conflict

    calivianya replied to TU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I do charge every now and then on my unit and never in a million years would I think that just because I was charge I could go and mess with somebody else's patient. I would ask her why she thought...
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    Too sick to leave AMA?

    calivianya replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    I have thought about this on and off. I've had plenty of patients so sick nobody would bring them AMA papers even though they wanted to leave. If they are too weak to get out of bed, they can't even...
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    Hosptial call out policy

    calivianya replied to floridaRN38's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital's policy is three times in a rolling calendar year. Disciplinary action starts with the fourth call out, and by the fifth, termination is a possibility. Also, calling out two days in a row...
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    Are nurse's all that and a bag of chips?

    calivianya replied to Nash3222's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing school isn't that challenging. I have a BA in Psych and am currently completing a BS in Bio... the BA was definitely more difficult material but less work, and the bio degree is proving to be...
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    What type of nursing job can I get with ICU experience

    calivianya replied to NURSEJSS's topic in Nursing Career

    I have started hate being stuck with the patients for 12 hours, too. It's not so bad if they're unconscious, but it's bad once they start waking up and being nosy and intrusive into your personal...
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    I Left Work Sick- Can I be Charged With Patient Abandonment?

    calivianya replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    I'm a little more pessimistic than some of the other posters, I think. I've always been told that if no one accepted report from you, the patients are your responsibility. The DON refused report....
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    Day shift lists, night nurses unsafe to move to days

    calivianya replied to kittyhawk19's topic in General Nursing

    I get it. She's undermining the night people - insinuating they don't do as much work because it's nighttime and nights are "slower" or something stupid like that. I have news for her - I pick up day...
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    Should I use my tuition reimbursement from work to get my RN?

    calivianya replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in General Nursing

    I don't necessarily believe one school being "easier" amounts to it being a worse school. The community colleges around here flunk out up to 30% of the class before they take the NCLEX. Out of 70...
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    5/29 This week, I have learned... One year later!!!

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations!!!
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    5/29 This week, I have learned... One year later!!!

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    AAAAAUGH. I had my interview for the transport gig this morning. The interview person opened the folder with all the resumes of people who had applied... and while she flipped through, I recognized...
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    How is sepsis treated in a patient who is on comfort care only?

    calivianya replied to joseyjo's topic in General Nursing

    Comfort care = withdrawal of care on my unit. Antibiotics might be used if the infection itself was causing discomfort, i.e. the sepsis came from a UTI and the patient was experiencing burning and...
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    Feeling lost.

    calivianya replied to kaygbean's topic in General Nursing

    I almost never recommend people come into the hospital, but if you worked daytime 12s, you'd be 7a-7p or so three days a week and have four days off to spend with your SO. It sounds like that would...
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    Anyone catch HIV from patients as a Nurse or Nursing student? My biggest fear!

    calivianya replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Had that happen at my hospital a couple years back. A patient contracted CJD from sterilized OR equipment, since heat does not kill prions. Anything that touches the spine, brain, or any fluids from...
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    Doctors rip VA plan that would give some nurses more authority

    calivianya replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I have mixed feelings about APNs. I fully believe CRNAs are capable of being independent providers, as their training is so detailed and specific. NPs? Not so much. I believe NPs can do fine in...