wiltmich

Hey! I am moving to the Irvine area of California in October. I currently do private duty while finishing my online BSN, making 28/h in Jersey. I love private duty! I was wondering if any nurses who work/have worked for Maxim can tell me what their pay rate is? I'm doing research online but finding numbers scattered across the board, country, and year! I just would like an up to dat, geographically relevant answer! Thanks!!!

Moving to the Irvine area.

Libby, I read some of your posts on here about your work as a Case Manager with a California nursing agency. It seems like your company really has it together, and I am dying to know what company it is, if that is okay. I am moving to California in 4 months as my husband is getting an amazing job. I have just began private duty nursing and I LOVE it, so Im really bummed out to have to leave my new patient in such a short period of time. I heard the job market in Cali is tough, so I'm really nervous. Any chance you know of any good reputable agencies to work for?

Hi, I have a patient who is s/p drainage and removal of septic knee arthritis. Pt has hx of osteomyelitis and RA. She is on 37 day therapy of abt cefazone (?) via picc. Her right knee is sutured after her surgery about a week ago. The site began draining a serosanguinos fluid. I want to know if this is normal in recovery or an exacerbation of the septic arthritis. She also awoke to a swollen and reddened right wrist joint yesterday to which I applied an ice pack... She had been "rowing a boat" in therapy the day prior... Has a history of RA... Is this a benign flare up or a more serious issue due to her current septic arthritis issue... I'm a brand new nurse... I showed my supervisor he didn't seem worried.. But I am interested and concerned.. Thank you!

Thank you for your reply! I did as much research on the phrase "overlies the stomach" as I possiblly could.. I'm guessing it means it's at the top of the stomach wall which would be normal for a g tube. If the x ray found the g tube to be displaced shouldn't it state that the g tube is displaced? The patient was a new admit day 2, it was the first time I accessed the tube.. Other nurses did it after me and I didn't receive anything in report the next day that the g tube was abnormal... Aren't some tubes more difficult than others.... If the sutures were newly pulled out wouldn't there be bleeding or skin trauma to the site??? Ahh so many questions. Starting out in this profession can really make you hold your breath sometimes.

Hi! I'm a brand new nurse only 6th day alone. Anyway, my question pertains to one of my patients' g tube. I was flushing it, which takes a bit of force which I find to be uncomfortable, and I noticed sutures about 3 inches up around the tube, visible, and not sutured to her! The portion of the tube under the sutures was a darker color... I knew immediatly her tube had become dislodged. We had a abdominal x ray and it stated a bunch of normals and ended with "the g tube overlies the stomach"... Is that a good thing? I called to report to md but left before she called back, now I'm off for the weekend . I'm sitting here worrying that I pulled on it or something cause it was a tough tube but the patient didn't react with pain and there was no bleeding or trauma to the site when I noticed the site . Patient is also altered mental status and I've seen her hand playing around the site before

Hey has it changed for you yet?

my soul is with you, I understand exactly what your feeling now, good luck. Now we just have to see if the pearson vue trick is 100% accurate cause with my luck... *rolls eyes*

this morning from 8-2pm it just changed from the "candidate has open registration" to "our records show you have recently scheduled this exam, no new registration can be made" at about 5:00 eastern time.

Check again!!!!!!! mine just switched to our records indicate that you have recently scheduled this exam. another registration cannot be made at this time! soooooo... I passed?!?!?!?!?! GOOD LUCK rainbowl!!

HEY GUYS! Longtime lurker here, its nice yet bittersweet for me to step out of the shadows here today. I took my NCLEX this morning, all 265 questions and 6 hours of it. ALL OF IT. Anyway, I attempted using the pearson vue trick and was given a DIFFERENT POP UP than the "good pop up" the "hold pop up", and no credit card page. In fact, I have an entirely different pop up. It says that: "the candidate has an open registration for this exam a new registration cannot be completed at this time"... SCARY!!!! please someone out there... help me understand this message, did I pass, did I fail? Whats going on?! THANK YOU ALL! I cannot stand this never ending race of hurdles with everything I have gone thru on this journey. I just want the doubt to stop.