calivianya BSN, RN

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    ambubag

    calivianya replied to Sepanx's topic in General Nursing

    In this case, I'd say bagging her without O2 wouldn't have helped much, since she was still breathing. (I'm assuming at a good rate?) Bagging without O2 would really only be helpful if the patient's...
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    Weight loss for nurses

    calivianya replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    It's hard to count calories with home cooked meals. The only way it really works is if you sit there, measure every single ingredient you put in the recipe exactly, and then when the recipe is done...
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    Weight loss for nurses

    calivianya replied to tortillaRN17's topic in General Nursing

    Cooking from scratch is always a good idea... if you have the time. Full time work and school means I don't have any free time, so I don't cook. Prepackaged foods are not always the devil as far as...
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    Being called a racial slur by a patient I sat?

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

    Everybody gets sick, even total jerks so bad that you'd throw a party if they were hit by a car. You still have to work with those people. I feel like more people are mean/stressed out/straight up...
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    Any Bio Concentrated Bachelors Degrees

    calivianya replied to Lannister123's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly. My program actually takes it further than the Northwestern one - we are required to take at least 1 biology elective at the graduate level to graduate with a bachelor's in bio. I've taken...
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    Go Fund Me for Co-workers?

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

    I have a problem when I see nurses try to post gofundme pages. I'm sorry, but we make enough money to take care of ourselves. Period. If you're living in an area where you don't... that's a personal...
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    Going out with your co-workers (Mixing Business with pleasure)

    calivianya replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder why so many people have work environments where getting to know your coworkers better results in disliking them more instead of liking them more? I've found the opposite to be true. The more...
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    I want to quit first RN job after a few weeks.

    calivianya replied to newgradrn2016's topic in General Nursing

    In the end, what you have to remember is leaving so early is going to look bad. It's going to be a red flag to future employers. If you quit your first job this quickly, others may think if they hire...
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    Any Bio Concentrated Bachelors Degrees

    calivianya replied to Lannister123's topic in General Nursing

    Another side note: the true biology/biotechnology major at my school would not count your all of your nursing bio classes towards it anyway. Anatomy, physiology, and "nursing micro" (sophomore level)...
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    Any Bio Concentrated Bachelors Degrees

    calivianya replied to Lannister123's topic in General Nursing

    Short answer: No. Most of the bachelor's level allied health things are extensions of the associates degree programs: RN (associates and bachelor's), RT (associates and bachelor's), etc. Anything...
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    CVU- is this considered critical care?

    calivianya replied to tlscot09's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on the hospital. One place I worked at called their open heart ICU the ACU - acute coronary unit. You're going to have to
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    Understanding different gtts for sedation: Propofol vs Precedex vs Versed vs Fentanyl, etc

    calivianya replied to Catticus11's topic in Critical Care

    Love this post! Sometimes a paralytic is the only thing that will break the patient out of being asynchronous. I've had patients on 200mcg/hr of fentanyl, 100mcg/kg/min propofol, 10mg/hr versed, all...
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    How to be more mild mannered like doctors in stressful circumstances?

    calivianya replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'd say immersing yourself in a real life outside of healthcare will help a lot in making you more mild-mannered. The more emotionally balanced you are, the better you'll be able to stay calm. Getting...
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    so... i assisted in a code today... BUT

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

    Just thought I'd throw this out here... several people mentioned that once the "code team" arrives, extra staff leave the room. When your unit is the staff for the code team, and no extra help is...
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    Is anyone else's ICU more like LTAC?

    calivianya replied to ICUchick's topic in Critical Care

    We have one who's been in the same room since October 2016, currently, and I work at a 900+ bed tertiary referral center. It's quite simple - we transition him off of CRRT and on to intermittent HD -...
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    Do I transfer?

    calivianya replied to russianbear's topic in Critical Care

    You'll learn a lot in any ICU, but you'll have the most generalized knowledge base from MICU, where you're managing ten million chronic conditions on top of ICU level problems. I think MICU would help...
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    Personal Address Disclosed to the public? what does this mean?

    calivianya replied to Kate.Med/Surg RN's topic in General Nursing

    Really? I know several nurses who have been stalked. Several of my classmates got stalked at various points during nursing school. Who cares that it's psych patients? Any patients can be stalkers,...
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    Soon to graduate, need advice!

    calivianya replied to Eeramsey's topic in General Nursing

    I see no reason why you can't work full time. I am working full time and taking 7 classes, none online, right now. If you're only going to be taking 2-3 classes, you'll be just fine working full
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    Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    calivianya replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I am definitely a millennial and I didn't find the part about the people like me leaving to be offensive (after all, I'm planning on getting the heck out of nursing myself)... but I did get my...
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    so... i assisted in a code today... BUT

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

    I had a patient complain that his sandwich took too long to arrive because we were all coding someone. He got told we were all in the middle of a life or death situation and he told us he didn't give...
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    What makes a great ICU nurse?

    calivianya replied to Scottishtape's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You've definitely got to have thick skin. That's the number one reason I see people having trouble getting through orientation on my unit. I believe you can learn just about anything if you put your...
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    Is the Baby Boomer Generation not going to get good care?

    calivianya replied to Cola89's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I can't speak from experience because I didn't start my career in nursing until 2013, but I hear nursing used to be a better field to work in for many, many reasons. I think there will be adequate...
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    I can't do chest compressions (CPR) will I be terminated?

    calivianya replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    I see you have other people working with you, and it's mostly a desk job... but you're still a RN, and scarily enough, you're the ONLY RN. The only RN working in your workplace should be able to do...
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    superstitions/things you always do before work?

    calivianya replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I get out of bed at the last possible minute, leave the house at the last possible minute, curse and yell loudly at the other people driving on the road (Don't these people have anywhere to BE RIGHT...
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    The Perfect Work Day

    calivianya replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I had a perfect work day last Friday. I was orienting to rapid response with a friend. So, perk #1 was I was orienting with someone I like to work with. We set up the cath lab twice and had one call....