calivianya BSN, RN

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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    calivianya replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I don't know - I have emergently cardioverted someone in a-fib with RVR at the bedside before. I guess I'll just have to watch the episode to see what was wrong with it. I'm curious now. :) I just...
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    What I learned this week (7/11/15)

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital doesn't keep enema supplies on the unit. To get an enema kit, I have to fill out a form, fax to central supply, wait forever, and hopefully actually get the item. Sometimes I have to fax...
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    RN Starbucks side job?

    calivianya replied to borninaugust30's topic in General Nursing

    I agree and wish I didn't. It's just hard to look at a hair above minimum wage when you're used to making 20+/hr. I would love to work at a movie theater again if I could. That was my first job and I...
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    Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    calivianya replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely agree... with the understanding that the provider listens. They don't always, especially if they don't know you well. Had a patient recently react badly to an IV dose of Ativan at my...
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    Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    calivianya replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I believe that most of the time nurses don't make decisions that save patients' lives, period. We report what we see - we don't actually make the treatment decisions. I will hang a bolus before I get...
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    Are We "Glorifying" Nurses?

    calivianya replied to nynursey_'s topic in General Nursing

    I deliberately skipped the comments. I know they're just going to make me mad. That being said... I actually agree with the author on 99% of the points. Granted, there no CNAs in my unit so I...
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    Titrating

    calivianya replied to JustKeepSmiling's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was about to say the same thing as ArmaniX. I did that to my patient a few months back, accidentally. We had a nice run of bradycardia that dipped down as low as 34 for about three minutes before it...
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    Your worst nightmare (Part deux)

    calivianya replied to canigraduate's topic in General Nursing

    I had a pretty bad one recently. Not quite nursing related, but I have absolutely no doubt it has to do with me working so much lately and feeling helpless about some things in my life. My boyfriend...
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    Obtaining Critical Care Experience

    calivianya replied to jnix1's topic in Critical Care

    The PP is saying you might not have a choice. You'll have to check your state BON to make sure, but you might not be able to take the tech job even if you want
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    Is This Even Possible?

    calivianya replied to kalikare8's topic in General Nursing

    Not LTC, but I always do. What's the logic behind crushing them separately, anyway? They're all going to mix together in the stomach regardless. If they are things that are going to interact, they...
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    Residency program vs Rehab job

    calivianya replied to mlowell20's topic in General Nursing

    That is very dependent on the new nurse's preceptor and her clinical opportunities in school. I took a full patient load my second day - charting, meds, assessments, and everything else. I was in a...
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    confused:: on my 2nd job

    calivianya replied to Bloome79's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nobody tells you how much nursing sucks until you're in it, I feel like. Too much to do, too little time to do it, management micromanaging your charting, family members micromanaging your care,...
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    Curious-why do people put ADN, RN? It's ASN...

    calivianya replied to RN_SummerSeas's topic in General Nursing

    I found a BN in Canada! Just bachelor's in nursing, the word "science" was not present. It's just terminology and has nothing to do with the actual degree. Different schools call degrees different...
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    Looking for a really good Diagnostic Tests book

    calivianya replied to melp718's topic in General Nursing

    I picked up Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference while I was in nursing school and I still whip it out every now and then. It gives you everything you need to know - what type of test it...
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    Residency program vs Rehab job

    calivianya replied to mlowell20's topic in General Nursing

    I would normally advise people to take the residency program, but holy heck that pay is low! That's just unacceptable and a little demeaning IMO. I made more than that as a nurse extern the summer...
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    Strange CoWorker Stories

    calivianya replied to Adele_Michal7's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I once had a coworker from another country who was just obnoxious. I tried to be nice to him because I figured it was cultural stuff and he couldn't help it, but I got fed up. Almost every sentence...
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    Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    calivianya replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and here's a personal highest WITH interventions - had a patient last week who became NPO after coming off the vent because of problems with aspirating. She was A&O and refused a NG tube for a...
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    Doctors Don't Always Listen: Bridging the Communication Gap

    calivianya replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    The manager "talked" to the nurse to appease the guy - basically told her that she knew the surgeon was unreasonable but there was nothing they could do about it, and just to try not to make him mad...
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    You should know better

    calivianya replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    After having a particularly stressful night this week that had me crying in the car on the way home because I almost killed somebody, I decided fresh hot Krispy Kreme doughnuts were the way to go. I...
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    Curious-why do people put ADN, RN? It's ASN...

    calivianya replied to RN_SummerSeas's topic in General Nursing

    It's probably regional, too. I have only ever heard/seen ADN used around here - the colleges themselves list the degree as ADN on their websites. The first time I saw someone write ASN on this board I...
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    Greatest fears as a new nurse (specific if possible)

    calivianya replied to kittyvenven's topic in General Nursing

    Not directly related to nursing, but my biggest fear is not being able to retire. I have lots of plans for income streams but I don't have enough money to make any of them materialize yet and it...
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    RN Starbucks side job?

    calivianya replied to borninaugust30's topic in General Nursing

    I would do it if I could justify the income difference, but I just can't. I have some financial goals I really want to meet sooner rather than later, and I work as a nurse so much between my first...
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    Doctors Don't Always Listen: Bridging the Communication Gap

    calivianya replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

    There is no bridging the gap with some of them. At a previous job, a man with bad BPH started bleeding pretty profusely from his member after a catheter was inserted. He only had a particular...
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    Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    calivianya replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen tons of wacky vitals. I had a dying patient once whose BP was less than 60/40 for four hours before she died. I kept expecting her to just go ahead and die because most people I've seen...
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    Reduce Hours/Increase Hours

    calivianya replied to DeeDee1968's topic in Nursing Career

    I think you will have a very tough time finding a job that will let you work 60 hours per pay period. You would literally need to find a job that offers those hours, and you are asking for full time...