calivianya BSN, RN

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    As a new nurse, how long does it take to get an ICU job?

    calivianya replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Critical Care

    Ivyleaf - short answer is yes. Definitely plenty of openings in
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    WILTW 10/29: Trauma for breakfast

    calivianya replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    After deciding I needed to lose weight, I have learned that eating two protein bars a day as meal replacements gives me a whole heck of a lot more than borborygmus. It's bad... but I did lose weight,...
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    WILTW 10/22: ENT and the Priapism

    calivianya replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Nutella - I always appreciate your posts so much. I see the families struggling to make the hard choices a lot - and the overall health literacy in our society is just so low I don't feel like we can...
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    ED vs ICU

    calivianya replied to anjelekag's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think it gets much more vulnerable than ICU, if you like the thought of helping vulnerable people. Come a couple of months, probably 30/30 beds in my unit will have vented, sedated,...
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    Does the not-so-well-oiled Healthcare machine cause frontline personnel to lose compassion

    calivianya replied to Kharma711's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen units like what you're describing. It comes from (IMO) being chronically short staffed. It's one thing if you have too many patients twice a month. It's another if you're above your ratios...
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    WILTW 10/22: ENT and the Priapism

    calivianya replied to LadyFree28's topic in General Nursing

    Poppycat - all of that house stuff made me laugh! That stuff is why I bought new construction in 2014... but I am going through my own drama with mine because I'm putting in new countertops. Well,...
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    I'm So Over Nursing. I would rather work at Costco!!

    calivianya replied to rnfrombama's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty dang good. I made less than $21/hr at my first nursing job. The fact that I could make nursing money working somewhere else is very appealing. Even if it took a few years to get to...
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    As a new nurse, how long does it take to get an ICU job?

    calivianya replied to Socal_EMT's topic in Critical Care

    We just hired 12 new grads in my ICU. No experience necessary... but my god, hiring somebody with experience would be nice for a change. Best strategy: apply, apply, apply... apply to all of the ICU...
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    Calling report to the floor.

    calivianya replied to CardiacDork's topic in General Nursing

    I never understand why I get attitude from the floor either. If they're getting a patient from me instead of the ER, it's less work for them because the admission is already done. I like making bets...
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    Yet Another Post About Low-Stress Nursing Positions???

    calivianya replied to MTtoBSN's topic in General Nursing

    What constitutes "stress" to any given person is different. To me, stress is having six to eight people constantly asking for stuff and then complaining when I don't get to them in 30 seconds flat. It...
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    Do Rn's miss having Lpn's in the hospital setting?

    calivianya replied to Finestnurse, Lpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I for one don't. It's too much extra work and too much drama. One job I worked, it was pretty clear that the RN did the first assessment of the shift and charted it, and I got along well with the LPNs...
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    Don't be catty (literally)

    calivianya replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Cute story! Most of the nurses who have been at my place of employment 5+ years are like that. I really do mean most. It's the funniest thing - they're usually great to the new grads, but they're...
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    Husband became a RN

    calivianya replied to NurseLady1210's topic in General Nursing

    I know OP isn't here, but I just have to say I don't see going to school as a reason not to work. I worked during nursing school. I am in school now - full time, hard sciences biology degree, and I...
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    Anxious about job market

    calivianya replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry for the very slow response... I work in a medical
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    Does anyone work PRN?

    calivianya replied to BSN16's topic in General Nursing

    I had twelve shifts of orientation at one PRN job, and I had two shifts at another. It's definitely not a full orientation like you'd expect when starting a full time job. They picked a preceptor, and...
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    I&D...sterile procedure?

    calivianya replied to deefizzle's topic in General Nursing

    Clean gloves aren't good enough - they do need to be sterile gloves. I'd say you're making him sound exactly as bad as he is... which is pretty
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    Titrating and weaning pressors do you follow the same order ?

    calivianya replied to tableed's topic in General Nursing

    That is so stupid. As long as you have a MAP goal, and low and high drip parameters, that's good enough. I doubt those idiots would be ranting that you had to follow specific titration orders if it...
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    I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    calivianya replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    That looks about right. I was assuming that the $600/month payment included interest, which would of course put the amount OP repays at way above $60,000, because we all know the balance is accruing...
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    Anxious about job market

    calivianya replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    All I know about the "nursing glut" or whatever is that there are 14 travelers on my unit, we hired 11 new grads recently, and we're still short. Some of May's new grads just got out of orientation......
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    I have 60 grand of student loan when I finished BSN

    calivianya replied to Sam. W's topic in General Nursing

    I did a traditional brick and mortar BSN and it cost me $3k/semester. I worked full time during it so I could pay as I went and graduated with no loans. It's too late to go back and do your research...
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    Anxious about job market

    calivianya replied to julesjameson3333's topic in General Nursing

    Bigger cities tend to be saturated with new grads, but since you are open to relocating somewhere else, you should have no problem finding a job. I personally moved four states away, got a year of...
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    Was this workplace violence? What should I do?

    calivianya replied to Irving's topic in General Nursing

    Report him. Regardless of how hard he works, he deserves to get fired, and he deserves to have trouble finding another job because of his termination. That sort of behavior needs to have consequences....
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    Fake Nurse?

    calivianya replied to RN1994#'s topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Just like #18 - I was a "Nurse Extern" between my junior and senior years of nursing school. Local hospitals hired RN students graduating the following year to shadow a nurse and do CNA duties. It was...
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    Pyxis error

    calivianya replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    Not addressed to me, but - pharmacy is available 24/7 at my hospital, but since the "cost saving initiative" where they fired a whole bunch of pharmacists and pharmacy techs last year to save money,...
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    Priming potassium lines

    calivianya replied to Melanin's topic in Patient Medications

    The Plum pumps can run a secondary and a primary line at the same time, so it is definitely possible to dilute a secondary if you have the right IV pump. Just saying. I have worked places where it...