calivianya BSN, RN

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    Dansko, Sorry, DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO

    calivianya replied to suzyqart's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Whoa, someone with more Danskos than me! I am impressed. I am simply just going to have to use the "but there are people out there with more Danskos than me!" excuse next time I want to buy a new pair...
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    Dansko, Sorry, DO NOT GO WITH DANSKO

    calivianya replied to suzyqart's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Sorry, not listening... me and my seven pairs of Danskos are going to go pow-wow in the closet and I am going to stroke them and call them my precious. I'm only sort of kidding - I really do have...
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    Relationships with floor nurses?

    calivianya replied to theantichick's topic in Emergency

    The only thing that really gets me is when an emergent CT/MRI isn't done before the patient comes up. Our ED has ITS OWN RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. That's right, ED has dedicated CT machines and dedicated...
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    How do you get over the fear?

    calivianya replied to Mommytracknurse's topic in Home Health

    This is slightly off-topic, but I just wanted to THANK YOU to all home health nurses for what you do. I had a home health rotation in school and I thought it was pants-poopingly terrifying. All the...
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    About U.S. vacation time..

    calivianya replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I accrue plenty of time off. However, we have about 70-80 RNs on my unit. Two people are allowed to take a week at a time. Then, there are individual day slots, and only one person can take any...
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    Which nursing specialty has the most autonomy/independence? Apart from nursing practioner

    calivianya replied to Zyrv's topic in Nurses Rock

    I feel pretty autonomous in ICU. Sure, I call physicians all the time to get things, but usually they just ask me what I want and give it to me, so it at least feels like I can make my own
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    Putting nurses in a bad spot.

    calivianya replied to Telenurse1990's topic in MICU, SICU

    We absolutely cannot push propofol, even with a MD in the room, but we can push etomidate/succs/fentanyl/versed. Go
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    IVP meds- is this safe?

    calivianya replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's been over a year since we've had a CLABSI and most nurses on my unit do not scrub in between sterile syringes. We use swab caps, though, so we don't scrub the hubs since alcohol sits on the hubs...
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    Dealing with losing a patient

    calivianya replied to MateaC's topic in General Nursing

    I just remember that everybody dies. Some die earlier than others, some die more horribly than others... but none of us are immortal. It just happened to be that person's time. If you hadn't been...
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    Pain Seekers

    calivianya replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Maybe it's just because I had way too much customer service experience before I went into nursing, but I treat everyone the same. I've got a pretty good poker face regardless of what I think of the...
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    IV Pumps

    calivianya replied to TRAUMARN05's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you what NOT to use! Don't use these: They have got to weigh at least 6-7 pounds and lugging them around is a nightmare. They are probably 12 inches x 12 inches x 3 inches deep and take up...
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    Displaying credentials

    calivianya replied to jetMA96's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't think displaying ADN/BSN is important for RNs - they are both entry level degrees. Nobody really cares except HR and the magnet people which one you have. Now, higher degrees and specialty...
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    Pain Seekers

    calivianya replied to missswiss44's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have lots of people in legit pain and I have had lots of people that I was quite sure just wanted to get high. Before anyone gets me about that, searching a purse after a known I-Want-My-Dilaudid...
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    Huge over supply of nurses

    calivianya replied to CrunchRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am having trouble believing that NC is going to be short. There are so many nursing schools here, graduating SO MANY new people every year... I could not land my specialty of choice in NC after...
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    Areas of nursing you would NOT like?

    calivianya replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

    LTC, home health, mother/baby, and inpatient rehab are my nerves. Still haven't changed my mind on
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    Terrible Medication Error

    calivianya replied to rekea526's topic in Patient Medications

    I have made some pretty dumb errors, too... my dumbest was not to check that a drip was running after I hit run. We have some dinosaur IV pumps that have been around forever - some of them are so old...
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    Write ups and feeling bulling by staff

    calivianya replied to Elan84's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have interpreted this scenario as this nurse put the patient on the monitor, the day shift either ambulated the patient/took her somewhere/something else and took her off the monitor, the day shift...
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    RN training pay at 10$/hr??

    calivianya replied to gotchills's topic in Private Duty

    The $10/hr part is awful. Heck, I made $20/hr at my first job as a new grad in Georgia, in a town where I rented a 3 bedroom, 1400 square foot house with a garage for less than $800/month. Still, if...
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    Ethical question-WWYD?

    calivianya replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I would advise the owner of the epi that he/she could save someone's life right now with the epi, but I would not give it myself. I would feel horrible if someone died. I would also feel horrible if I...
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    Provided with a phone for shift?

    calivianya replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Being tracked comes in pretty handy when you have a patient complaining, "I didn't see my nurse all day, I want to file a complaint about her," and then the log shows that you were in the room at...
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    My termination story, any new grad success advice appreciated!

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

    Wow, it sounds like some of you have really bad orientations. Mine was 12 weeks at my first job - the new grads at my current job get six months. In fact, they tend to give the full six months to...
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    Diluting IVP Natcotics?

    calivianya replied to _Andvari's topic in Patient Medications

    Not going to lie, I just don't want to make my job more difficult and I don't want to get in a rough spot with management, so I don't dilute my narcs at all. My patients are on continuous pulse ox...
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    understanding Insulin and Heparin Dosing pls help

    calivianya replied to maria48's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You shouldn't ever worry about mls for insulin. Always, always, always use an insulin syringe, which is marked in units. You will be far less likely to make a mistake. Converting units to mls is...
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    CCRN retake! advice?

    calivianya replied to froggy8's topic in Critical Care

    I took the self assessment about five hours before I took the real CCRN, to see what I needed to do some last-minute brushing up on. I passed the self assessment by the skin of my teeth and the actual...
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    I shouldn't be a nurse

    calivianya replied to scarednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I almost killed two people this week. - Felt too guilty about not bathing a DNR that I was supposed to bathe, so turned him verrrrry gently... and still dropped his O2 sats into the 70s and his BP...