calivianya BSN, RN

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    What is the worst case of bullying you've seen in your nursing career?

    calivianya replied to Guest878640's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    A couple weeks old, I know, but I feel compelled to comment here. I know there is a stereotype about "I'm just too pretty!" being ridiculous; but women really do hate on each other for some really...
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    How to eat on night shift

    calivianya replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    1200 is very difficult to stick to, which is why I asked. You pretty much can't eat anything but something you fix, ever. I can do it just fine without feeling starved if I eat often enough, but...
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    How to eat on night shift

    calivianya replied to Birdy2's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is nosy, but can I just ask - do you run every day, have a lot of weight to lose, or what? I've done a few diet programs (WW, Nutrisystem, Fitbit, etc.) and every single one has...
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    Break away valve for central IV lines

    calivianya replied to nightnurse93's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I think they would be just as useful for peripheral IVs, not just centrals. We had fewer resources at my last job. Read this as: no IV team at night and no one willing to drop a line, so peripherals...
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    How to get a job?

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

    Holy crap, I made $10.50/hr once at a hospitality job and even that netted me $22,000 gross when I did my taxes. $17k is ridiculous for any type of nursing position. It's even ridiculous for a CNA...
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    The Official I Hate School Thread

    calivianya replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Currently studying for the GRE! Studying at work helps - I have the perfect patient for it tonight, a more-or-less stable 1:1 who is currently snoring after a Restoril. That makes studying not so bad....
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    Confused in Brooklyn

    calivianya replied to mbr3028's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This times 1000. I got screamed at when I worked in a nice hotel for 30 minutes about the internet being down once, and that was a lot more respect than what I get from patients and families now....
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    Does anyone think nursing school gives too many chances?

    calivianya replied to JJ1994's topic in General Students

    I also think if you fail too many times you should be out, period, and there should be a max on the number of times a person can take the NCLEX. Yes, sometimes even people that fail do well, sometimes...
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    Nursing Dose

    calivianya replied to guest449786's topic in Patient Medications

    I need to come work with you! Sometimes the intensivists "discharge" our patients way before they get transferred out, and then I just have patients on the hospitalist service that takes 45 minutes to...
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    Nursing Dose

    calivianya replied to guest449786's topic in Patient Medications

    I wish I knew how physicians wanted us to handle these situations... the sedation problem is a continuous one at my job. This is a situation I run into at least twice a week, bare minimum, especially...
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    Nursing Dose

    calivianya replied to guest449786's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, yes, the Pyxis requires a waste, but people just put in their code and peace out. I've never seen anyone stick around or follow anyone else into a room to get proof the waste was really done....
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    Time off

    calivianya replied to sasavivi's topic in General Nursing

    Every job treats vacations differently. If this is really important to you, which it obviously is, make sure you get an opportunity to shadow and ask the nurses on the unit how vacation scheduling...
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    Nursing Dose

    calivianya replied to guest449786's topic in Patient Medications

    To my knowledge, I have never worked with anyone who didn't do this. I have never seen anyone actually witness a waste either - except for when we are taking down narc/benzo drips and charting how...
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    Twelve hour shifts. Are you doing 3 or 4 days a week?

    calivianya replied to NursePooda's topic in General Nursing

    No mandatory overtime; they just offer incentive pay if we are really, really short - which we have been almost every single shift for months now. We supposedly get "holiday pay" - it's $1.25/hr. I...
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    Need advice! Contract or travel to work??

    calivianya replied to ER.rn0922's topic in Nursing Career

    Take the one you have to commute to. Commuting sucks, but it's more relevant to your area of interest, and if you decide you hate it, you can get out
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    When to apply for first job

    calivianya replied to nursinglove15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I only applied to residencies when I graduated; most opened their applications 2-3 months before graduation though some opened their applications at 4 months prior. I would say August and September...
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    Why can't i get a job???? US RN

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

    In my area, it's a lot more difficult to get a job as a CNA than a job as a nurse. It's difficult enough to get a job as a nurse, but I had put in hundreds of applications for CNA/PCT positions...
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    What have you learned about Death?

    calivianya replied to g2255lw's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned that people who die slow deaths (chronic disease, etc) and sometimes the fast ones are usually ready for it before it happens, even if they only become ready a few hours before. Had one...
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    Zombie Apocalypse: WWND?

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I have thought about this before. It is fun to imagine. :) Imagining things started going down while I was working, I would just be dead. I imagine the hospitals getting suddenly overcrowded as the...
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    whats for lunch

    calivianya replied to mvm2's topic in General Nursing

    These things... Seriously, there are probably 20 in various flavors in my locker at work. I hate eating cold food. The Campbell's Chunky ones aren't the healthiest. The calories aren't horrible -...
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    Dream job?

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

    If you're not a person who can sleep at the drop of a hat, rotating shifts will kill you. I did it once (outside of healthcare) and it totally destroyed my life. I was 3 days on 1500-2300, 2 days on...
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    8 hr Night Shifts

    calivianya replied to NICUnurse21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have worked 8 hour nights as a CNA and outside of the healthcare setting. The being at work five days per week part sucked, but you have so much more free time every single day that it really makes...
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    When did this trend start??

    calivianya replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone in my class decorated theirs... I didn't know it was something people didn't do. One of my instructors mentioned it in class one day, as in, "So, what do you all plan to decorate your caps...
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    Liking members at AN

    calivianya replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I don't block anybody because we're not all going to get along all the time, and that's okay. Usually if people grate on me it's because I have strong convictions about something and they have strong...
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    Physician Bullying of Nurses Reaching Epidemic Levels

    calivianya replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News