calivianya BSN, RN

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    Pain Med Orders and Critical Care Pain Obsevation Tool (CPOT)

    calivianya replied to rabitona's topic in Critical Care

    We actually recommend different amounts of pain meds for different CPOT scores, though most people just use their judgment about how much of a med to
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    Vent about toiletting patients

    calivianya replied to SleeepyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in acute rehab as a CNA, and even though you're subacute, it sounds like the patient population may be similar. The nurses had 5-6 patients, and the CNAs had 6-12, and that was not enough...
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    Disability: genuinely curious

    calivianya replied to anh06005's topic in General Nursing

    Back to this, instead of talking about disabled patients - I am all for accommodating a few people, but at what point is it okay to sacrifice the healthier staff members so the staff members with...
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    Jury awards $3M to fired nurse who complained of 'rushing patients through' to save money

    calivianya replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Man, I really need to make some waves and get fired. I'd never have to work again with that kind of
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    Go into a specialty area right after nursing school?

    calivianya replied to amandaslagel's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely apply for your dream job first. I feel like people who start off in a specialty might honestly do better because they don't come into the job with any bad habits from working a different...
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    Pros & Con's of baby making while in nursing school.

    calivianya replied to 1naturalhealer2016's topic in General Students

    I've had several of my coworkers get pregnant recently. Two of them ended up on surprise bedrest for the last four to six weeks. That's why I'd say don't do it - if your pregnancy goes well, that's...
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    How to stay positive?

    calivianya replied to heatherstone's topic in General Nursing

    I think you found the million dollar question. If you figure out the answer to it, please let me
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    HELP!

    calivianya replied to kvergin's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how it works where you are, but after the first nursing skills lab, I was qualified to sit for my CNA exam - so if you are in nursing school, you don't have to take any sort of CNA...
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    The Slow Code: Justified?

    calivianya replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I need to move to wherever you live. The only thing that is extremely clear to me is that almost every DNR that goes unconscious gets coded if family is there when the event happens at my facility....
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    Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    calivianya replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    It takes a huge effort to explain what I'm doing when I'm doing it. Having a student around adds HOURS of explanation if the student is not familiar with the process/equipment. Let's take a very much...
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    No Longer a Fan

    calivianya replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I love those real life ER shows, so I definitely knew who Katie Duke is. I liked one post of Nurse Eyeroll's way back in the day when I was a nursing student and I subscribed to her blog, but I keep...
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    Dying, unresponsive patient and assessing pain

    calivianya replied to tsm007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I really like the CPOT scale for patients that can't tell you what the heck is going on. It works like
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    Patient fall without bed alarm

    calivianya replied to Texasnurse81's topic in General Nursing

    I use Proliability. They offer discounts for membership in several organizations, so if you're a member of your specialty's professional organization, they're worth checking out. I got one for being...
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    Did you marry a doctor?

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

    Of course we want to watch! I like a good train wreck. It's quality
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    First on scene to car wreck

    calivianya replied to T-Bird78's topic in General Nursing

    People still have to get places, even when they have major medical conditions. Life doesn't stop with a diagnosis. It sucks that these people are on the road, but in many places, public transportation...
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    Did you marry a doctor?

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

    Marrying another nurse would be way better. Then, we could both pick up travel gigs and get to see the whole US one travel assignment at a time. It would be
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    Respiratory therapist to RN

    calivianya replied to lavacake's topic in General Nursing

    You're really going to have to crunch the numbers big time. RTs at my hospital make more than RNs do, not to mention you would be an experienced RT switching to new grad RN wages. So, you'd...
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    Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I use Walmart's Straight Talk service ($45/month), but I have heard very good things about Republic Wireless. Republic is much cheaper, but I think you have to use one of their
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    Patient transfers and Nurse ergonomics

    calivianya replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I am very fortunate in that at my full time job, every room has a ceiling lift. They can only support up to 400 pounds, so we have several rooms that have double lifts to support up to 800 pounds for...
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    Wound care opinions (apologize for length!)

    calivianya replied to CaringGerinurse525's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think you're going to be able to do anything to fix the blisters, either. What does the patient have to say about this? If he's well enough to get up and walk, is he cognitively intact enough...
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    Unsupportive boss? Is it worth quitting over??

    calivianya replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I feel like counseling isn't enough. I feel like write-ups are in order if a nurse asks a CNA to clean up a patient and the CNA chooses to leave the patient soiled instead. I used to work as...
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    Firearms

    calivianya replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know a ton of people who concealed carry now, but when I was in rural Georgia, it was just astounding how widespread guns were. A lot of people think NC is the South, and parts of it certainly...
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    Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'd say it's worth it to buy even if you don't plan on staying forever if you can buy for considerably less than average rent prices. This is very market dependent, as some places mortgages are a lot...
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    Frugality thead:work less, spend less

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, it really is. They have no idea how you're going to handle debt if you never handle debt. You're a total wild card, and that's scarier to them than someone who's screwed up a few times but has...
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    Day two after termination: Getting better

    calivianya replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My school didn't have a pinning "ceramony," but to be fair, we didn't have a pinning ceremony either. And if everything you were taught in school is based on history and tradition, did they teach you...