calivianya BSN, RN

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    contact with vre pt without gloves/gown

    calivianya replied to TeeDotNurse's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital doesn't isolate for VRE anymore either. You're fine, and risk of you passing it on to someone else is pretty much
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    Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    calivianya replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have a strong suspicion the patient was homeless and trying absolutely anything to get out of the snow... did I get it right? Happened once when I worked at a hospital down in Georgia. It hardly...
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    Really hard choice

    calivianya replied to Nurseannieb's topic in General Nursing

    I would absolutely take the job, and get a motel room for the days that I worked. Extended stays are particularly good for this because you have a kitchen, and it's nice not to have to get takeout all...
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    Death and the Soul

    calivianya replied to dream'n's topic in General Nursing

    I've been in the room for lots of deaths, both brain dead/not brain dead, and I've never felt a thing. I'd describe my level of spiritual sensitivity as somewhat close to that of a rock, though....
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    My Mom passed away. Did I do the right thing?

    calivianya replied to LovingMom1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and yes. People who are tremendously unstable and imminently near death often pass away after very minimal amounts of stimulation, like turns. The key thing here is they have to be extremely...
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    Overtime d/t short staffed

    calivianya replied to nursing4321's topic in General Nursing

    I had a night like that once. We have three 10 bed sections. We had nine patients in each section with one room blocked. And we had three nurses per section. Literally nine sets of triples. Wasn't...
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    A stye in your eye *semi-vent*

    calivianya replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I hate people like that. We have a couple of those. If one rubs me the wrong way, I try to give her the benefit of the doubt - like maybe she is hyper-reactive about things now because of what she...
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    Math requirement for RNs?

    calivianya replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    Or how about people just too lazy to learn math formulas? We plot our own strips at the beginning of the shift, and I use the basic computer calculator to get the square root of the R-R so I can...
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    Not All Nurses Eat Their Young...

    calivianya replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    These stories are reminding me of a cool shiny new thing I had last week. I had a TLD for the first time - for real, that's what they called it - a "tiny little drain." I'd never seen one before in my...
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    Nursing Organizations

    calivianya replied to xoemmylouox's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Joining your specialty's organization is always a good idea, IMO. I am a member of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and I get a journal in the mail every month. Free knowledge! I love...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I have an idea, guys... like the what I learned this week thread (which was amazing, it's a shame that sort of went away). How about every single one of you take a minute, think about the most recent...
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    Allnurses needs nurses

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    How about where are the nurses with at least a year of experience? I'd say 75% of the threads by non-students are "I've been in my first job for three months and this is awful/I'm being bullied/what...
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    New Grad ICU Residency w/o ICU capstone?

    calivianya replied to baleen's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A fair amount of the ICU new grads we hired this year didn't have a capstone in ICU. Intermediate trauma is pretty dang close to ICU - I'd say you're
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    New grad in icu not ready

    calivianya replied to Lizzielizurd's topic in Critical Care

    I'm in the minority in that I don't feel like ICU is necessarily an impossible place for new grads. I started out in ICU with the same orientation as you - 12 weeks - and I've been a MICU nurse for...
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    Licensure by endorsement or go to Florida to test?

    calivianya replied to cnsrn1's topic in Nursing Career

    I endorsed to Florida and it didn't take long at all - two weeks or less, if I remember correctly. It would definitely be more expedient just to get your FL license the first time around, but it's...
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    Got Offered a great job with not enough pay!

    calivianya replied to Ncgirl2013's topic in Nursing Career

    Take the CNA job and continue working part time at your current Psych Tech job. PRN is nothing, time wise. I worked PRN in the CHS system myself for about a year and a half, and after orientation, I...
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    Which job should I take?

    calivianya replied to Emmers4's topic in Nursing Career

    There is no comparison. Take the cardiac job. You will regret it forever if you take the job with all the detoxers; they are truly terrible. Good
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    Read this,..its real not a joke! copied from craigslist and i think its funny and crazy

    calivianya replied to harmonylove28's topic in Nursing Humor

    I like him, too. I respect that he's educated, knows what he wants, and is paying out of pocket. I wish half of the people in the world had even a quarter of this intelligence. If I was a provider,...
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    Submit a School Review and Qualify to Win $100!

    calivianya replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    I see someone took care of the south NC programs, but don't forget about central NC: University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC A&T State University Winston Salem State University Forsyth...
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    Should I put this experience on my resume?

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

    Honestly, I think putting the fact that you were a rape crisis counselor on there will be good enough. Not many new grads can say they've done that... and with the year and a half you did that, that...
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    Favorite RN Position

    calivianya replied to KT_RN's topic in General Nursing

    MICU! Granted, I have only worked MICU... but I have worked in four of them so far. A lot of people don't like the "nursing home ICU" aspect - that just about everybody is a 70+ nursing home resident...
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    Things to learn before the NICU

    calivianya replied to CiaraLopez's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Not quite the same thing, but I got my ACLS before I graduated nursing school. Obtaining these kinds of certs before graduating and working with the patients full time is challenging, but it certainly...
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    Family videotaping patient care

    calivianya replied to freckles23's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have only been "fired" twice by families (always by families, never by the patients), and I can tell you that both times it was an absolute blessing. I have learned to take being fired as a great...
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    Is nursing REALLY that difficult?

    calivianya replied to lilythorburn's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm actually not discouraging you. There are few things you can do that make as much money as nursing right out of the gate, and absolutely nothing with benefits this good - I'm just telling you to be...
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    regarding ratios: 5:1 days, 6:1 nights

    calivianya replied to nursewall-e's topic in General Nursing

    One of my colleagues came to work with me because she had a 13 patient assignment on nights on a pulmonary med/surg floor. 5-6 patients is beyond