calivianya BSN, RN

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    How much do you make?

    calivianya replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I can't say I think raising requirements will help around here, at least. There are two DNP programs within an hour from me, and they are already fiercely competitive. We don't have any of those...
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    Our birth control initiative was written up in the NYTimes!

    calivianya replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    That program is awesome! I don't get politicians; I really don't. Paying for this program is a helluva lot less expensive than paying out thousands in tax refunds for dependent children and/or giving...
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    How to perform CPR on a hospital bed?

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

    I saw stuff like that multiple times when I worked at a rural hospital without a code team. Anyone from ICU that was free got to run to the codes. We had a code in Peds once where most of the nurses...
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    ICU or CCU

    calivianya replied to techlife72's topic in Critical Care

    I have always worked general ICU, at multiple jobs, and I can tell you it is a depressing place. I hear a lot of CCU patients, especially heart surgery patients, can actually get better and go home....
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    How much do you make?

    calivianya replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    NC - and I don't think really had problems filling the slots because it never seemed like they stayed up for long. If you want to work in a hospital, that's about what the pay is here, at least...
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    Weird meds

    calivianya replied to Naomimillerrr's topic in Patient Medications

    The only med I double glove for is nitro paste if I am massaging it in, like for half-dead vasopressor hands/feet where we are trying to use nitro to restore circulation before declaring those fingers...
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    Cross Training to ICU

    calivianya replied to gemmi999's topic in MICU, SICU

    You will see a lot of GI bleeds, DKA, COPD exacerbations, sepsis, and miscellaneous other causes of respiratory failure. I would go ahead and pull your facility's P&P on how they run insulin drips...
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    How much do you make?

    calivianya replied to Topher53's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Just have to say - unless it really is the autonomy you are looking for, that's a really good deal and I wouldn't make the jump. I have a coworker that managed to crack 100k last year because she...
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    What I learned this week (7/4/15)....

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I laughed. It's so true - I have also scared the poop out of patients this way. I am the queen of just digging up there to see if something's waiting for the gate to open wide enough, though. I...
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    Good ICU Nursing Books (Non Textbooks)

    calivianya replied to Crew2Nursing's topic in Critical Care

    I don't know, but I will be following this thread with interest. I love medical nonfiction! How about Intensive Care: The Story of a Nurse by Echo Heron? I loved that
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    how did you pick your specialty?

    calivianya replied to leeleeb's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for two years also, and I picked my specialty for a couple of reasons: 1. I am still thinking I will go to CRNA school one day, 2. I love being challenged (in an intellectual way),...
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    WELL, WOULD YOU???

    calivianya replied to nurse2211's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think there was a single naughty thing about any of those pictures. I expected something more provocative. Instead, I found perfectly normal scenes you'd find anywhere in a lab or doctor's...
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    The Hotel Phenomenon

    calivianya replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I would so get fired. I am pretty sure my response to any of those kinds of complaints might just be to tell the patients to do "something" to themselves and walk out the door. It would be my last day...
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    Night shift blues

    calivianya replied to Dramruch's topic in General Nursing

    I think, if anything, you'd have a worse time finding a parking spot if you worked day shift. When you are coming home from a night shift, many day people have already left to go to work and have...
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    Why don't you just read the chart?

    calivianya replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There have been plenty of times I haven't been able to log onto the computer between when I was made aware I was getting a patient and when the patient arrives because I'm so tied up with other...
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    Does everyone have a conscience?

    calivianya replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the story is unbelievable at all. I just think it's representative of 99% of teenagers... or maybe I was just a sociopathic teenager, too. I also think you can be a great person without...
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    You should know better

    calivianya replied to adventure_rn's topic in General Nursing

    Food and alcohol, for sure. I drink probably 1-2x per week with my boyfriend. Once every couple of months, I really go all out in the alcohol department to the extent that I'm hung over the next day....
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    Delirium tremens, level of care?

    calivianya replied to hybr1d's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We have three basic levels of care at my hospital - med/surg, intermediate, and ICU. We have at least 10 med/surg units I think, maybe 3 intermediate units, and 4 ICU units. The med/surg units have...
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    When do going back to school STOP!!

    calivianya replied to tlklvn13's topic in General Nursing

    He did go to college, but he only went once for one degree - and he held more than 15 job titles with the company. There are new avenues to spice a nursing career up, for sure, but they are all for...
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    Delirium tremens, level of care?

    calivianya replied to hybr1d's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Sorry for all the acronyms, I forget how we all use different types of language. PRN is just as needed, FT is full time - so those aren't different levels of care, they just differentiate how much I...
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    When do going back to school STOP!!

    calivianya replied to tlklvn13's topic in General Nursing

    I think what the OP is hitting at more is that every level is a dead end in healthcare. That is something that bothers me a little, too. Of course, you need education for every different role you...
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    Getting back in the swing of things

    calivianya replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I have the same problem. The more I work, the happier I am at work. I am happy as a clam working 60 hours a week. If I stay home more, I WANT to stay home more, and my get up and go is totally gone...
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    Another Case Study For Your Learning Pleasure

    calivianya replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    I will say I have no idea about anything dermatology related, but that sounds like a totally whackadoo case of acne. It makes me wonder if you're trying to get at something else, especially mentioning...
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    What would you do in this situation? (If you know it all ;) )

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    I would go ahead and give the Lasix as just about one of the first things I did. The patient is short of breath, sats are borderline, she's tachypneic, and has crackles. It's not hard to picture this...
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    Delirium tremens, level of care?

    calivianya replied to hybr1d's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Intermediate care, which is the level this patient needed to be at, is going to vary a little bit by hospital. My PRN job says three patients is the max per nurses, my FT says four is the max for...