calivianya BSN, RN

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    Do you ever resent your job(s)?

    calivianya replied to purplegal's topic in General Nursing

    I am feeling you. I totally understand where you are coming from - I am in school full time (in person classes Monday-Friday), I work full time nights, and I have a PRN night job. It makes me crazy. I...
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    How do you pass time on your "weeknight?"

    calivianya replied to nURse_dEZi's topic in General Nursing

    I've started playing video games again recently, and I'm really enjoying the heck out of that. An extra benefit of having a PS4 is there is Playstation TV service now - it's called Playstation Vue,...
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    Unconventional hair colors

    calivianya replied to ScientistSalarian's topic in General Nursing

    My unit has one nurse who has straight up neon bubblegum pink as her bottom layer of hair. She's been there something like 15 years and hasn't been fired yet. Her bold color inspired me to try out a...
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    Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    calivianya replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about organ donation in my state is talking to the family is actually just a courtesy. In my state, if you have a heart on your license - i.e. if you agreed to be an organ donor - that is...
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    Nurses who don't have the "passion"

    calivianya replied to My_toe_sis's topic in General Nursing

    I have learned to have a love/hate relationship with nursing. I went in for a stable job, like many others. I even liked it at the beginning. Heck, I still enjoy patient care. I enjoy critical...
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    Surgeon's behavior

    calivianya replied to guest974915's topic in General Nursing

    There is, indeed, always at least one in every hospital. I can think of two off the top of my head right now that I've had problems with at my current job. It makes me glad to work MICU, where my...
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    Do women find male nurses attractive?

    calivianya replied to Sykadia's topic in Men in Nursing

    I was all kinds of attracted to one of my coworkers. Didn't work out, but still - I definitely wasn't less attracted to him because he was a nurse. Knowing his schedule was flexible like mine and he...
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    Treat the Patient, not the Monitor.....Really?

    calivianya replied to jk2185's topic in General Nursing

    This actually annoys me, too. The monitor will often give you clues well before the patient does. The best example I can think of is a sudden widening of the QRS complex. If the patient has been...
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    Can't Decide?

    calivianya replied to Neywel120's topic in General Nursing

    I worked a full time and a part time job while going to school full time, and I did just fine. A part time job and a volunteer position should definitely be doable. Only you know your limits and what...
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    Want to swap to ICU but I cry during codes

    calivianya replied to Aliareza's topic in MICU, SICU

    Codes are less stressful in ICU in general because people know what they're doing. No offense to nurses on other floors, but I had my first two codes in inpatient rehab while I worked there as a CNA...
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    Career Change-Charlotte NC

    calivianya replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    I would work a different job to avoid taking out loans if at all possible. I worked as a hotel night auditor during the first parts of nursing school - made $9.50/hr, but it paid rent and my car...
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    Curious how Magnet Hospitals & employment?

    calivianya replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Nursing

    If your job market is a challenging job market that caters to BSNs, as you say, I'd get your BSN even if your funds are limited. A job will pay back student loans - if you can't get hired as a nurse,...
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    Neuroscience ICU or Oncology

    calivianya replied to medicalninja's topic in General Nursing

    Both are very depressing specialties, IMO. Both are also very specialized - as the PP mentioned, parameters in neuro are the opposite of other specialties, and there are a lot of drugs (think chemo)...
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    Career Change-Charlotte NC

    calivianya replied to Aspiring_RN_'s topic in General Nursing

    I would recommend UNC Charlotte. Skip the ADN programs and go straight for your BSN - it sounds like you have some formal education already if you have been a paralegal. If you already have most of...
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    Working over 40 hours... still no overtime pay? Legal?

    calivianya replied to xtina15's topic in General Nursing

    My job does the same thing. Education, training, meetings, etc. are not counted towards overtime. Only pure shifts worked in my regular position. On the bright side, my job is not stingy about...
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    New Grads With Attitude

    calivianya replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    It's definitely part of nursing, but I expect to be compensated for it. That's so weird that you've never gotten a weekend differential - I've never heard of a job that didn't offer one unless it was...
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    got fired/terminated

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

    I see a lot of people saying this wouldn't happen at a Magnet hospital, and that's just not true. Magnet means nothing. My FT job is magnet and I have seen a ton of unfair firings, and more subtle...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

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    $15 Min Wage - Effect on RNs

    calivianya replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    Minimum wage does equal minimal skill, all other things aside. Name me one minimum wage job that requires five years of experience in the field and/or a master's degree and I will admit that I am...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Life really isn't fair. If there's one thing I see over and over and over again, it's the 60 year old pastor who raised five kids who grew up to be missionaries that died of sepsis the first time he'd...
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    Quitting Nursing School

    calivianya replied to hmoge's topic in General Students

    Maybe I am just a negative person, but I say quit. If you are mentally and physically exhausted as an aide, you are in for a rough time as a nurse. I worked as a CNA during my senior year after...
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    7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    calivianya replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    ((((MMJ)))) I have learned your babysitter is a better person than I am! I would never feel guilty about being overpaid. I have learned that having some time off is nice! I only worked three shifts...
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    New Grads With Attitude

    calivianya replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Holiday pay is $1.25/hr at my job - I don't love it. That also happens to be my job's weekend differential. I always was psyched to work every single holiday when I could make time and a half - but...
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    Commuting an hour to work

    calivianya replied to MiaLyse's topic in General Nursing

    I will drive for PRN but I would move before I drove for a FT job. I currently commute an hour for my PRN job and 5 minutes for my FT job. That hour is okay every now and then, but back to back shifts...
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    Incentives to orient new hires?

    calivianya replied to Lola Lou's topic in General Nursing

    So everyone should precept - whether they're good at it or not, whether they want to or not? My preceptor at my first RN job hated precepting, and it was a horrible experience. I have never been an...