calivianya BSN, RN

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    I'm wondering-can the government force nurses to work during an emergency outbreak su

    calivianya replied to dnnc52's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I would think that's unnecessary - there are volunteers for that. When I endorsed to FL, they asked me on my application if I wanted to be part of a pool of emergency first responders if some disaster...
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    *rolling my eyes*

    calivianya replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm sure it would sound more like, "Oh, that poor selfless doctor, risking his/her life to take care of patients with dangerous
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    how does your facility measure I&O

    calivianya replied to n.vere's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen some floors put an I/O sheet on the patient's bathroom door. It had in and out columns for every hour, so every time someone brought the patient a drink they were supposed to record the...
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    Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

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

    I confess that I have complained a bit at my current job - the weekend and holiday differentials are both $1.50. Really? A whole $1.50? It's always been at least $2.00 anywhere else I worked for...
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    What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    calivianya replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    This isn't a ghost story, really, but it's definitely the creepiest thing that's happened to me so far as a nurse. This happened a few months back. It was about the fifth or sixth time this patient...
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    Nurse Staffing Costs

    calivianya replied to stewstew03's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't know about everyone else, but I like to see people that possibly have an impact on financial decisions actually seeming interested in how these decisions affect nurses. I don't get what...
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    Discrimination Against ER Nurses?

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

    I think the people talking about shortages are looking at how staffing should be done, and not how it is actually being done. It is like the NCLEX world vs. the real world. In the NCLEX world, a 5:1...
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    Discrimination Against ER Nurses?

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

    500 listed positions does not mean a hospital system is looking to fill those positions, in my experience. I had a manager tell me once that if he did not list an open position, he would just lose the...
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    Did anyone find that their previous degree was harder that nursing school?

    calivianya replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Students

    I definitely thought that the courses for my previous bachelor's in Psych were a lot more difficult than my BSN courses, but nursing school was a lot more time consuming. It is not the difficulty...
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    Drug Testing for Newly Graduated RN

    calivianya replied to ManNurse7's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess there are people in this thread that wouldn't want me as a nurse either... I tend to do something illegal every single day and I have gotten caught doing it at least once a year. I just got my...
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    What university has the strongest BSN program?

    calivianya replied to guest776538's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I cannot vouch for the others, but UNCG's program is exceptional and very few of my classmates were unemployed after graduation. More people even went into specialties like ED, ICU, L&D, and...
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    When you save a life

    calivianya replied to Wheels28's topic in General Nursing

    I still get a rush, but I only have a year of experience, so I'd imagine that would be expected. It is also a fantastic feeling when a patient is a ton more stable when I leave in the morning than...
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    Phone interview vent

    calivianya replied to stargurl2006's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I had a phone interview that went well that I landed a job from recently - it lasted nearly fifty minutes. I'd say you aren't going to get that job. Five minutes is way too short for them to really...
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    Unsafe ED

    calivianya replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I doubt we worked in the same place - the way you said you activated the rapid response TEAM implied you have an actual rapid response team. When we called a rapid at my hospital, it's the ICU charge...
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    Unsafe ED

    calivianya replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks for looking out for me, guys. I don't always think about that kind of stuff.
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    Unsafe ED

    calivianya replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Oh yeah, this hospital's ER was terrible. They are doing critical staffing pay right now, too, because they can't get anyone to stay (time and a half + $15/hr if you pick up a shift). . They don't...
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    Unsafe ED

    calivianya replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was extremely angry. I like the super critical patients, but I prefer for them to be alive when they get to me. I had been super excited about getting this guy because he was supposed to be a...
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    Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I wanna take a drug that causes puppies to appear in my house. Puppies are cute. :) I agree that dilaudid is the most mispronounced drug of all time.. di-lawd-uh is what I hear from one of the...
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    Unsafe ED

    calivianya replied to HeartRN13's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have to complain... I got a dead patient from the ED this week. Yep, a dead patient, not a dying one. When I got report on him they had just coded him once (second time he'd coded that night) and I...
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    Does Everyone Actually Hate Nurses?

    calivianya replied to Casha9's topic in General Nursing

    I got a lot of the same reaction from everyone I talked to when I first decided to go to nursing school, for two reasons: the low pay and that I was "too smart." I went to a private school from K-12...
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    HELP PLEASE! New grad nurse about to quit new Nurse job before orientation is over.

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

    It sounds like you have an incredibly supportive, fair work environment. Med/surg nurses where I am take 7-8 patients (sometimes with no techs), and the charge nurses are not necessarily supportive of...
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    oh M Gee how do you guys do it?

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

    With the lung sounds thing - you have got to make sure you can hear them. Turn off the TV, wait until the patient stops talking, tell the patient to be still, ask the visitors to be quiet for a...
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    Is there a line floating?

    calivianya replied to applesxoranges's topic in General Nursing

    My facility will float anyone anywhere. I have been fortunate as an ICU nurse to only float to the other ICU, stepdown, and an oncology med/surg floor, but some of my coworkers have been floated to...
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    No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    calivianya replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I am sure there are many people at Emory that are working around the vaccine, but I also imagine the number of nurses working directly in the lab with the virus/vaccine is probably similar to the...
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    No worries USA. Only healthcare workers will be exposed to ebola.

    calivianya replied to Raviepoo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    One of the biggest problems I have with this situation is WHERE they are bringing the patients. I am fully with Stargazer on this one - that doctor was careful and he doesn't know how he got it, and...