calivianya BSN, RN

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    so confused. don't know what to do

    calivianya replied to want2behappy's topic in General Nursing

    You don't have to work in healthcare. I know that's what you know, seeing as you've worked as a CNA, but there is a whole world out there ripe for the taking. Don't just limit yourself to healthcare...
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    1/30 This week I learned: you suck, EMTALA.

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I love that show so much it's ridiculous. The most recent season (Hotel) is my favorite. It was the only one to even come close to the first season in awesomeness, IMO. *hugs* I'm totally feeling...
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    Changing professions after age 50

    calivianya replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

    Changing jobs after 50 is tough. Not my personal experience, and a ways back at this point, but my dad lost his job in his late 50s because his company was moving to Mexico and he wasn't willing to...
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    1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned I need to work in home health. Cartwheeling naked covered in peanut butter sounds messy but fun! Non-nursing, but I have learned my cat is a bad liar. My SO came and picked up some packages...
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    I want to quit nursing.

    calivianya replied to Nomad_Nurse1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you're necessarily thin-skinned or playing the victim, but this sort of treatment is rampant in nursing from my personal experience. Sometimes it does get better. After you've been at a...
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    Jump ship for supervisor reference?

    calivianya posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am planning to apply to grad school in fall 2017. I am aware that most grad schools look for supervisor or educator references. One of my coworkers just got promoted to unit leader, and she will be...
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    Graduating May 2016-HELP!!

    calivianya replied to fdressel's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    New grad programs know you're not going to have your license yet and expect you to apply early. Most of the ones I applied to before I graduated interviewed somewhere between February and April before...
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    New Grad, No Job, Need Car?

    calivianya replied to kiwi111's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Absolutely get your driver's license. You might have to get a job somewhere that public transportation won't take you. I wouldn't stop applying in the meantime, though - you're going to need to get a...
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    ICU Nurses - IV Carrier Rate for Infusing Pressors

    calivianya replied to rebrrn's topic in Critical Care

    If your pressors are running fast enough, no carrier fluid is necessary. We define fast enough as being 10cc/hr peripheral (hopefully not for long if you have to do this at all) and 20cc/hr central...
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    full time to part time

    calivianya replied to coolpeachrn's topic in General Nursing

    My job is just like that. My manager will not create a part time position for a current employee even if we are drastically short. She'd rather meet her budgets will full time people. We have six job...
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    Just curious...:/

    calivianya replied to Gcossio's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on where you're going to be working. I've had some jobs that just did vitals. My PRN job now requires everyone working in direct patient care to go to the outpatient rehab center and pass a...
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    Ethics making you quit?

    calivianya replied to NocturneNrse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting to think about it. The culture where I work is that we keep the patient alive until family decides to withdraw care, no matter what. We have such good physicians and such good equipment...
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    Student nurse in the Lions den

    calivianya replied to mountainjc's topic in Critical Care

    Icufaqs.org is a good place to start. You'll want to read the ones about pressors, sedation, art lines, and central lines, as those are the basic things you will see the most of in ICU. Good
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    Advice on a job offer while still in orientation

    calivianya replied to kim.2007's topic in General Nursing

    I would definitely go to the interview if the VA offers you one, and I would probably take the job if they offered. I believe you have to do what's best for you, and VA benefits are nothing to sneeze...
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    Vent: Smashed confidence

    calivianya replied to mrs.rn2be's topic in General Nursing

    You did what you felt was right for you, but I'm a little concerned you jumped ship on the best place you could possibly be working. LTC is a ton of work. I've heard lots of stories about one or two...
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    1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Dressing's definitely the way to go. If the chest tube is out and laying in the bed, it's not going to un-dirty itself because you put it in a cup of sterile water. Now, if they're talking about the...
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    How do people feel about male nurses?

    calivianya replied to Natgurad's topic in Men in Nursing

    It happened frequently at my first job, which was just sad. I had one coworker who wouldn't do baths/foley care/etc. on a female patient without another nurse in the room because he had been accused...
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    The every year Snow thread

    calivianya replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    I think I only got about five inches of snow and an inch or something of ice, and it was only Friday morning. It stopped by Friday afternoon and we've had clear skies since then. The roads are STILL...
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    1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    That's terrible! So glad you don't have many deficits, though. Strokes suck. I have re-learned that I'm not much of a football fan. I can make it through a game if it's really interesting, i.e. how...
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    The every year Snow thread

    calivianya replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Usually our morgue gurneys don't have any sort of padding whatsoever - they're just stainless steel - so at least this is a slight bit more comfortable than what the average dead person at my facility...
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    The every year Snow thread

    calivianya replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    For those of you jealous that the hospital sets up cots... Are you still jealous now? I'd pay more than I made in a night to have a real hotel bed with my own private room and a shower before I'd take...
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    1/23: What I learned this week: Long, long week. But the bagel was tasty.

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I got a 100 on my first Genetics quiz last week, so I've learned that (so far) it's doable to work a full-time job, a PRN job, take three classes and two labs in person with class five days per week,...
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    16 Ice creams

    calivianya replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    I swear this is 90% of my alert and oriented patients. AT LEAST 90%. I recently had one guy who was much better than he was on admit but the physicians wouldn't write orders for the patient to move...
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    The Patient I Failed

    calivianya replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ethics committees can only make recommendations and talk to the family members and care team - they cannot take over the whole situation and make medical decisions. I see this play out all of the time...
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    New RN being bullied, 7 months in, quit?

    calivianya replied to lovelyrn1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you need to develop some new hobbies outside of work until you can find another job. It's not going to help you deal with the bullies directly, but I have found being happy at home to be a...