Vana21 ADN, BSN, RN

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    8 interviews and no offer

    Vana21 posted a topic in School

    I've been interviewing since April for a school position in a district and have gone on about 8 interviews ranging from elementary to high school. Only 3 have responded back, and only 1 said their...
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    PACU, Cath lab, OR, GI Lab - which job to do next?

    Vana21 replied to WiseAtHart's topic in General Specialties

    Cath lab is very high stress with a lot of on call. The on call cases are pretty emergent and even higher stress. You can come in to work at 0700, stay until 9pm, get called in at midnight, be back...
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    Light Duty in Cath Lab?

    Vana21 replied to pcapups's topic in Cardiac

    you can see if they will allow you to go to the holding pre/post area for the pregnancy
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    What is a post cath interventional unit like?

    Vana21 replied to moomoo-lop's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I would assume it would be like a cath lab recovery area which would include pulling sheaths, watching groin sites for bleeding or retroperitoneal bleeding, taking down and off TR bands and doing EKGS...
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    I need to know everything about cath lab

    Vana21 replied to rmariee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I work in a small cath lab that only runs 2 rooms, and we also prep and recover our patients. We are nurse dominant. My sister hospital I go to has about 7 rooms and a separate holding/recovery area....
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    heparin med error

    Vana21 replied to b33110's topic in General Nursing

    Heparin in that small dose to an adult generally won't do a whole lot. In cath lab for a procedure, we regularly give 2 to 3 times that amount. The half life if Heparin is about 30 minutes. No real...
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    Legacy of the Family vs Co-op

    Vana21 posted a topic in University of Texas Arlington

    I'm deciding on my second elective and I am stuck between choosing NURS 4300 Cooperative Nursing Work Experience II or NURS 3352 Legacy of the Family. I work in Cath Lab so my hours vary and I'm...
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    Do you think nurses get special treatment?

    Vana21 replied to NurseLife88's topic in General Nursing

    I got pulled over for going 70 in a 65 (people were passing me) on the highway. I was leaving work and had scrubs on, have a sticker on my car that says Cath Lab call team, and a stethoscope hanging...
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    Did You Know the Specialty You Wanted to Work In Before Clinicals?

    Vana21 replied to Shookclays's topic in General Nursing

    I was deadset on being in ER and eventually doing Life Flight I ended up in Cath Lab and I enjoy it probably more then I would have enjoyed
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    Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Vana21 replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I'm considered morbidly obese according to BMI I can also run 3 miles without stopping. I'm rarely sick, my blood work is fine. It's
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    Hands off my vent!!

    Vana21 replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical Care

    oh heck no. If I find someone touching anything I will warn them. If they do it again I will have security escort them out to never
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    EKG reading and leads

    Vana21 replied to Red398's topic in General Nursing

    certain leads show different parts of the heart so left circumflex artery (LCx) blockage shows in lead I, aVL, V5 and V6 Right coronary (RCA) or LCx shows in leads II, III left anterior descending...
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    Day 2: 2016 Nurses Week Fill In The Blank Contest

    Vana21 replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "an empty clean room" oooo
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    Hipaa violation

    Vana21 replied to Betty52's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Ask them to tell you the name of the patient, their address, and other information like that When they can't, then you say "So what is the
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    Pearson View Trick 2016

    Vana21 replied to Adavidson's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Does not work. My class tested it in January and we had fail/good popup, fail/bad popup, pass/good popup, and me personally had pass/bad
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    Latest episode of Bob's Burgers is about school nurses

    Vana21 posted a topic in School

    It's pretty funny about a lice
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    Latest episode of Bob's Burgers is about school nurses

    Vana21 replied to Vana21's topic in School

    It's a stupid humor thats exaggerated but anything's funny after a hard day Here's a link (sorry about the ads):...
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    Healthcare-related "what the heck?!?!" dreams

    Vana21 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I have a reoccuring dream where I am sleeping in a patients bed (without a patient in it) and I wake up (at this point i have my eyes open and looking around my own room but still mostly asleep) and I...
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    Dosage Cal

    Vana21 replied to latre's topic in General Students

    A critical care patient who weighs 80 kg has an order for 10 MCG/KG/MIN of dobutamine to be administered IV and regulated by an electronic pump. The supply of dobutamine is 500 MG in 250 mL OF D5W....
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    No pump, no drip rates - OR

    Vana21 replied to anathema's topic in General Students

    Back in the old days, there were no pumps and nurses had to eyeball everything. It's not impossible to do, just inconvenient I think, but I also don't know jack about OR. What specifically was the...
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    Nurse residency programs--be aware!!

    Vana21 replied to LexiRN6's topic in General Students

    Not all programs are like that I'm in the Memorial Hermann residency program in Texas and we all get paid $26.50 no matter what unit. Medsurg gets 3 months orientation and a year of classes,...
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    Medication preparations for real

    Vana21 replied to Emuhawk000's topic in General Nursing

    The thing about doing it this way (correct me if im wrong) is they will have 10 mg diluted in 10 ml. So even though they squirt out 2ml, there is no way of knowing there is 2 mg of medication in that...
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    Medication preparations for real

    Vana21 replied to Emuhawk000's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if im answering correctly based on your situation but it sounds like you might be referring to an IV push? So for example, if you have 1 mg of morphine ordered and the vial is 1mg/ml....
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    Who do you work for the patient or the facility?

    Vana21 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient had come without the proper equipment and took a turn for the worse, I think we all know your admin wouldn't have had your back. You did the right
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    Solutions for Drinks at Nursing Station?

    Vana21 replied to ImNicoEh's topic in General Nursing

    We have a "hydration station" where we leave closed bottles. This is where the ice/water machines are we use for