vera4130

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  1. No more fingersticks in ICU?

    vera4130 replied to ccer99's topic in Critical Care

    Arterial line is best. Especially if they are on pressors or cold (hypothermia protocol), or even have very calloused hands. When I have an art line available I never use finger

  2. Being blamed for fall after shift

    vera4130 replied to notyetnurse's topic in General Nursing

    A few options in the future: Document when there are safety shortfalls. No chair alarms? Document it. I had to document a "system" problem when the phones were apparently down and my trauma patient...

  3. Good ICU Nursing Books (Non Textbooks)

    vera4130 replied to Crew2Nursing's topic in Critical Care

    I'm not 100% sure this is what you're looking for, but the book 'When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough' by Suzanne Gordon is

  4. Who's at fault here?

    vera4130 replied to PerkyNurse55's topic in General Students

    I think many people fail to prepare for HESI, they assume that they will be prepared without actually doing much preparation. Did that 25% invest time in studying or doing practice exams? I...

  5. Is this legal?

    vera4130 replied to songbird1's topic in Texas Nursing

    This is not unheard of. They're setting a minimum passing score based on exams. I cannot even think of how this would be a "legal" issue, how schools grade is not regulated. If it's clearly stated...

  6. In my feelings

    vera4130 replied to Shanella25's topic in General Students

    That's really a little rude. I think it's totally normal to worry about "being behind." The OP hasn't shared anything about themselves other than they're worried about delaying graduation. OP, don't...

  7. Dumbest thing a doctor has done/said to you

    vera4130 replied to WorriedNurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had a patient come in with hyperkalemia and was going to need dialysis, wasn't currently on dialysis and so didn't have access. Didn't seem emergent and renal was swamped so they decided to hold off...

  8. What path would be easier to get a job in with no experience?

    vera4130 replied to Eeramsey's topic in Nursing Career

    Why not just get the experience? Short cuts are not always the best route. What makes you qualified as a manager if you have no experience? My best managers have had clinical experience and an MBA or...

  9. Want to quit nursing school

    vera4130 replied to student_nurse2016's topic in General Students

    There are research nurses too, and many do more than just taking patient histories. Public health could be a good option too. I hated nursing school so much I almost dropped out. I also had a...

  10. Should you bring a paper with questions to interview?

    vera4130 replied to wonderwoman92's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Yes. It is as much me evaluating them as it is the other way around. I care about how units schedule, floating, staffing, education opportunities, etc. Well thought out questions should be seen as a...

  11. Schizophrenia and nursing

    vera4130 replied to Weber's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'll second that. Some places may be an outright no, others will want more information. But I'd want to find out before spending the time and money to go to

  12. What have you learned in nursing school that was utter nonsense?

    vera4130 replied to TheMiss's topic in General Nursing

    I had one who was a "therapeutic touch" practitioner and believed she'd healed someone's DVT or some non-sense. She taught our first semester lecture and I've never had a more worthless class....

  13. Scared!!!

    vera4130 replied to novicenurse1384's topic in Critical Care

    Get familiar with how to look things up at your hospital. For example, if I have a question about what is best practice for a certain diagnosis, I usually start with UpToDate. Find where to look up...

  14. Judgement Free Zone Please

    vera4130 replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU, SICU

    Nursing is stressful, and critical care is stressful in a different way. I think the only way to survive sometimes is to have a life outside of work. It's not that I'm not a team player (trust me, if...

  15. Nursing Research online starting 5/19

    vera4130 replied to Guest07/13/15's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    YES! Do everything in APA format up front, it will make revising easier!! Your assignments the first three weeks (I think - I've already starting blocking out the painful memories of that class) will...

  16. RN BSN Capstone Class 5/19/14

    vera4130 replied to sallyko's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'm in it! So, so ready for this 'journey' to finally be

  17. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    vera4130 replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    THIS. I've never worked M/S, but the idea scares me. Even most of my nursing school clinicals were done on step downs or ICUs. A nurse I worked with made a rude remark about a patient who came back to...

  18. nursing Leadership and management 4/7/14

    vera4130 replied to ladyD123's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Anyone else having trouble scheduling their shadowing?? I emailed my coach, but I feel like it sounds an awful lot like 'I-waited-until-the-last-minute-and-need-an-extension' even though that's not...

  19. nursing Leadership and management 4/7/14

    vera4130 replied to ladyD123's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I have to shadow someone? Ughhh...... can't wait to pick a manager at my new job to bother. I'm sure someone won't mind but I hate to ask not having worked there

  20. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    vera4130 replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    Haha, did she have anything to say to

  21. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    vera4130 replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    This class is a joke. The email response I got was "well Purdue OWL says to do it this way." Never mind the quite I sent her was straight out if the APA manual. And funny, I checked Purdue OWL and...

  22. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    vera4130 replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'd take a very careful look at your graded papers if you're borderline. I'm not, but I decided some of my teammates might be and I found what I consider to be grading errors on APA issues. I own an...

  23. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    vera4130 replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I am, no joke, screen capping where Dr. H said it was "ok" to do something a certain way. Because I can so see them coming back and deducting big time points and going "well the rubric said to do x"...

  24. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    vera4130 replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I was deducted a point (I won't complain too much, my coach has been decent for once, total shocker), for including information not discussed in the OOH on the first assignment. Whatt??? I sat down,...

  25. Nursing Research starting 2/24/14

    vera4130 replied to MBrickle's topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I found the quiz - for whatever reason it was not showing up under assignments. I was able to do well on it but the studying I did the last two days? Of no help. After seeing the email I was so, so...