supakimchee

Yeah, we all passed. Just be patient. Nothing is going to make it go faster.

I was accepted into the BSN bridge with CSULA, but I chose not to go. If your goal is to work for a County (DHS) hospital, I would wait to get your BSN. CSULA is expensive to complete the bridge option and it is based mostly on grades you received ...

Paramedics do not act independently without orders, neither do nurses. If you are carrying out ANY ALS interventions in the field it is under the direction of a licensed physician/MICN or it is part of your Standing Field Treatment Protocols which a...

Skip the LVN, get your RN if at all possible.

Since I haven't worked in an ICU, I'll just fill you in on some pros and cons of working in the ED (level 1 Trauma, level 2 Ped)! Remember guys, this is my list. Some of my pros might be cons for others and vice versa. Pros: -Fast-paced -Less docu...

When it comes to ABCs, always err on the side of caution. No one is going to get their license revoked by acting in good faith for the patient. But they will yank it if you start practicing medicine and dismiss it as a panic attack :) I remember du...

Yeah, it's called saliva kid. Not the sharpest tool in the shed, is he/she?

Well, that's why I work at a County hospital. We don't make money, we bleed it. We're still understaffed as hell though, HA!

I'm confused. Can you clarify how your relationship is with your ex-husband? I would personally never put myself on the line to get someone an interview unless I was willing to completely vouch for the other person, meaning that I'm comfortable and...

Well, I'm not going to quote the guy that gave us the Great Wall of Confabulation, because I'm pretty sure you all know who I'm talking about (plus I got really tired of scrolling). But this is squarely directed at him: Sir, there's a reason you hav...

Hey guys, just send me a private message if you have any more specific questions. I'd rather not post publicly about where I work :)

I think we'd just end up with adults getting poked by Narcan pens that are trying to sleep. Honestly, how would a child have the assessment skills to know whether their parents are OD'ing or asleep? I know it should be a simple task for adults to g...

Sorry to say but it varies quite a bit. I've had friends that took over 2 months to get results and I got mine in 1 week. It's just the way the BRN works I'm afraid Just keep checking your BRN account for your license number!!

I dunno, anyone over 300lbs? *Rimshot*

You should come to our hospital. Some of our CNAs don't actually do anything. They can't even do 1:1 sitting without somehow walking out of the room and magically socializing with the unit secretary. I worked in LTC and those CNAs bust their butts...

I've had over a decade of EMS experience working 911 side by side with our local fire department. I've seen everything there was to see in the EMS point of view. TFAs, decapitations, eviscerations, STEMIs, CVAs, major crush injuries, amputations, G...

Any monitored pt. gets a nurse for transport (ICU, PCU/SDU), ward transfers are handled by our NAs. We do not have a transport team or transport RN (I wish LOL). However, we have a huge shortage of NAs because they also have to sit as well as run b...

You sound exactly like my preceptor. Although, she did give me a choice on my first day if I wanted to shadow or jump in. Wasn't even a question for me. Took the full patient load on day one and never looked back. Of course I asked hundreds of questi...

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Absolutely loved your post. I would definitely agree that's how I would personally handle that type of situation as a new grad. What those nurses did on your OB floor was cruel and I think it is the biggest problem in nursing, and something that de...

Here's my biggest pet peeve as an ER nurse at my facility. But first of all, I'd just like to give props to all my floor nurses (as well as the ICU, PCU, tele, insert any area here nurse) here on AN and everywhere else! Much respect to you guys and...

God, I hope schools are covering SCD. My most recent SCD pt was a 55 year old female in vaso-occlusive crisis. Very scary condition, pushed 10mg of dilaudid IV, yikes!

Hey! Hey! My Monday night tango classes shouldn't take a backseat because you have children! All kidding aside, learn to take a stand, and live with the consequences. You're being awfully passive-aggressive in this situation with your manager.

Hey fellow applicants! As a fellow LA County alum I'll give you guys a quick run down. The point system is pretty straight forward (it's literally the only thing they consider). Low 90s to high 80s scores are pretty much guaranteed acceptance. T...

You are sorely mistaken if you think LTC has nothing useful to teach you. Take it from someone who went to a LTC for a few months as a new graduate, then was hired into a level one trauma ED, I would not trade those months of LTC for anything else. L...