calivianya BSN, RN

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    Propofol

    calivianya replied to clarkw12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The least amount of sedation that keeps a person compliant with the ventilator is really what the goal is. If you are constantly adjusting the sedation to effect and not just letting it ride at a...
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    Overtime dependent nurses

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

    I agree with you, and I hate that I'm overtime dependent. My boyfriend, friends, and family are all about 400 miles away and I could probably live on the income I made if I didn't make the drive once...
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    Overtime dependent nurses

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

    I don't think there's anything wrong with being overtime dependent, but if you're overtime dependent with a base salary of $50/hr, there is a problem. I am pretty overtime dependent but I only make...
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    The Future of Nursing Question

    calivianya replied to On_a_mission92's topic in General Students

    Totally unscientific theory here, but I think a lot of people are going to lose their jobs, caring for patients is just going to get more difficult because there will be less staff, and more people...
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    Train wrecks!

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

    We all have our quirks and things we hate. I use "train wreck" a lot - thought I'm usually referring to someone really unstable with multiple comorbidities if I say it. If we're talking multiple...
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    Bizarre/funny things patients do

    calivianya replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    These are so funny. Reminds me - I had a cute little white-haired dementia patient the other day who asked me for a hammer. "What do you need it for?" I asked. She replied, "To bash your head in!!!"...
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    Who supervises you during clinicals?

    calivianya replied to calivianya's topic in General Students

    Wow, thanks for all the replies. It's been really interesting to see how varied everyone's experiences are! I think HouTx has hit the nail on the head for me - I have never spoken to a clinical...
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    How did you feel when you got your first nursing paycheck?

    calivianya replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I was like, "This is it?! I have been in college for seven years (two bachelor's degrees) and I'm only making a couple hundred bucks more per paycheck than my last job that only required a high school...
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    Lifestyle Discrimination

    calivianya replied to utadahikaru's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm agreeing that smoking bans have more to do with the smell than anything else. I'd just been to the vending machine a couple of nights ago and I met a group of four nurses coming in from the...
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    Career in the ICU

    calivianya replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    What I've seen is... nothing. My hospital doesn't really have anything besides bedside nurses and MDs in critical care. I have seen acute care nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists other...
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    is nursing really worth the debt

    calivianya replied to starnurse2b16's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can get a BSN cheaper than that Keiser ADN program you listed. Mine was around 20k at a public university where I got in-state tuition. You need to shop around more instead of just thinking about...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    calivianya replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    One more for now - we had a hot mess post cardiac arrest on a cooling blanket come up and last about 30 minutes on our unit before he finally died again. Family had made him a DNR right before ER...
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    What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    calivianya replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not my grossest, but this one bothered me. I was taking care of an almost 500lb woman on the vent a couple of weeks back. I'm sure you all can imagine how many people it took to roll and bathe her....
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    Bizarre/funny things patients do

    calivianya replied to AOx1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I do this too! I have no issues swallowing food. The head fling thing gets the pill to the back of my mouth. I'm sure I could just reach all the way back with my fingers and put it there, but...
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    Grad nurse residency wants 3 year commitment

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

    I have a two year contract myself. Most new grad programs I saw had two years. I landed a phone interview at one with a three year contract, and they asked me to come in for an in-person interview,...
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    Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    calivianya replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Geographic location Southern Georgia Pay rate $20/hr In which area / specialty do you work? Medical ICU What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? RN What type of degree and/or certification do you...
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    Rapid Response

    calivianya replied to PMFB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow, that's fascinating. Our "rapid response" team is just the charge nurses in the ICUs and whatever ICU nurses are free at the time. There is no certification and no specialty skill set. It would be...
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    It's end of shift and I'm leaving on time. Not!

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

    Happened to me this morning! I was sure I was getting out by 0715 at the latest since the nurse from yesterday was there, but the freaking engineering team did a fake fire drill on my unit RIGHT AT...
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    Nurses working as CNAs

    calivianya replied to nolanurse88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What are CNAs and what is CNA work? I have heard myths of places that have CNAs that bathe and turn patients, etc., but we only have monitor techs on my floor and "CNAs" who put orders in the computer...
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    Hired on days, manager request to switch to night

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

    $1350/2 weeks is more than I make as a full time night nurse... I usually clear about $1100 if I don't work overtime, which I try to do every single week but it usually doesn't happen. Just saying. My...
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    How to deal with negative nurses.

    calivianya replied to Mae2014's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Just ignore them; you can't fix them. There are a lot of them at my job. I sometimes wonder if nursing is the only job some of these negative nurses have ever had. I worked various customer service...
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    What will a bachelors in psychology get me as a nurse?

    calivianya replied to itsbekah's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    It definitely won't get you anything. My first bachelor's was in Psych - I was qualified for the exact same $10/hr job I was already working after that, which is why I went back for nursing. I started...
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    The lowest O2 saturation I've ever seen

    calivianya replied to SaraBart's topic in Critical Care

    I had a patient who had contracted pneumonia, gone septic, and presented initially with confusion. They checked his sats in the ED and got numbers in the 20s. They didn't believe the reading, did an...
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    Pressure ulcer stage 2..what would you use?

    calivianya replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    We have some non adherent foam dressings (our brand is Allevyn) that are pretty good about not sticking to wound beds but do stick to healthy skin, so I like slapping those on anything that looks like...
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    New Grad, no Job

    calivianya replied to jprn2013's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    $21/hr is better than the $20/hr I make as a new grad. Sure, it's low, but $21/hr is more than enough to pay rent and buy food if you live in a reasonably priced place and don't take major vacations...