CKPM2RN

CKPM2RN ASN, EMT-P

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  1. New nurse.. Just want to quit everything..

    CKPM2RN replied to nohseungjin's topic in General Nursing

    I work LTC and my 30-40:1 is so overtaxing that I don't really get things done the way they should be. I cannot even imagine your situation. Everyone is right, this place needs to be reported and you...

  2. Want to hear from experienced LTC nurses

    CKPM2RN replied to CKPM2RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    And overwhelmed. LTC is not for sissies! One RN, 33 patients and it is impossible to give each patient the attention they

  3. Want to hear from experienced LTC nurses

    CKPM2RN replied to CKPM2RN's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Thanks for the great advice. The facility I'm in does a really great job and a lot of these patients with pressure wounds come to us with them from home, etc. But as I'm watching the co-morbidities do...

  4. Have you ever worked through a agency?

    CKPM2RN replied to whslee01's topic in Agency Nurses

    I have a whopping 1.5 months of nursing experience (but a 20 year medical background) and an agency wants to place me in home health, corrections and similar jobs that most agency nurses don't want....

  5. Extreme brady with strange rhythm

    CKPM2RN replied to kataraang's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've seen lower rates in A-flutter. I once had a patient with a heart rate and matching pulse of below 30, we are supposed to start CPR, right? Well he had a systolic BP over 140 and was alert,...

  6. Allnurses needs nurses

    CKPM2RN replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in an unusual place as far as this thread is concerned. I am a new nurse, but I am not a young person. I've had a 28-year (non-nursing) career so far and I don't have the new-grad/new-nurse...

  7. Math requirement for RNs?

    CKPM2RN replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    brownbook you have just described me to a T. I can always do drug calculations, they way I do it isn't pretty but I get it done in a timely manner. Basic math test? After hyperventilating I will get...

  8. Contract with an agency

    CKPM2RN replied to salmagundistik's topic in Agency Nurses

    I think that a quick consultation with an immigration attorney would be well worth the

  9. What does your nursing career repair bill say about you?

    CKPM2RN replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely

  10. Seattle Pay

    CKPM2RN replied to lphilley's topic in Nursing Career

    Do be prepared for the cost of living in Seattle and the Puget Sound urban area. I think Texas is a lot

  11. How to get acute care experience when you are no longer a "new grad RN"

    CKPM2RN replied to arose26's topic in General Nursing

    The making of a career is not a rocket, it is a conestoga wagon. Slow and steady, but gets you there. I laugh at all these new grads who want to jump into the dream job, and some of them do just that,...

  12. Excelsior vs Local LPN-RN Bridge?

    CKPM2RN replied to NurseMurse25's topic in Excelsior College

    I also used Excelsior but my bridge was Paramedic to RN. If you can do a traditional program, do it. No two ways about it. I am happy with my Excelsior degree and I worked my rear off for it, it was...

  13. Realistic explanation of CPR

    CKPM2RN replied to Kteichow's topic in General Nursing

    Asystole is asystole and electricity won't do anything to start a heart that lacks it's own electrical activity. Here is a quick breakdown website that sums up: Ventricular Fibrillation and Pulseless...

  14. I can't get "poop" taste out of my mouth?

    CKPM2RN replied to Philly85's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't in your mouth, it is in your nose. You are smelling it and therefore tasting it. There's a trick I learned from Medical Examiniers: Wash you hands, keep the water running tepid. Get your...

  15. 22nd Edition CPNE

    CKPM2RN replied to NurseEffort's topic in Excelsior College

    Do exactly what NurseyNurseface said! I passed CPNE last May and I spent 6 months before my test doing everything she did. I had a big teddy bear from the Goodwill named Ted Bear, he had an ID band...

  16. What to do with a bf who just wants me for my degree

    CKPM2RN replied to mstaurus2016's topic in General Students

    Run! And don't look

  17. Step down to ICU or ER? (Expected GN w/medic experience

    CKPM2RN replied to Flightmed123's topic in Excelsior College

    No Flightmed123, I mean that after treating emergency patients in the field, and 6 years of working in the ED as a Medic, I would like to get away from my comfort zone of Emergency Medicine and learn...

  18. School and sterile gloving

    CKPM2RN replied to XalieHealbot's topic in General Students

    Somebody said Amazon. Yes!! Order a box of the cheapest, crappiest gloves you can find because I've had those stuck together gloves before and if you can learn to work those, you can work any of

  19. Shoes (especially for those of us overweight)

    CKPM2RN replied to Evening_Primrose's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Is there a specialty store near you? I buy my shoes at The Walking Store because they are trained to work with each person's shoe needs. My feet are messed up--surgeries, etc and if you can find this...

  20. Nurse Residency Programs

    CKPM2RN replied to malicexmirage's topic in Nursing Career

    Slightly off topic, but yes, working as a carpenter will prepare you to be a better architect. I know a few of both

  21. Am I too old to start this?

    CKPM2RN replied to mightyaphrodite's topic in General Students

    I am 49 1/2 years old, I just passed NCLEX. I did a 2 year degree but plan to pursue BSN once employed. Never too

  22. Step down to ICU or ER? (Expected GN w/medic experience

    CKPM2RN replied to Flightmed123's topic in Excelsior College

    18 year medic who just passed NCLEX here. I keep saying that I'm completely done with anything emergency because I'm just tired of it. Everyone keeps saying I'll go to my comfort zone or get bored...

  23. Not Enrolled Yet. Where Can I Find the EC Nursing Theories Content Guides?

    CKPM2RN replied to concreterose's topic in Excelsior College

    If you enroll you will get the study guides as you take the classes. Big bit of advice: DO NOT sign up for a third-party study guide, the guides that EC includes work like a syllabus and give you...

  24. So is there really a nursing shortage?

    CKPM2RN replied to VegGal's topic in General Nursing

  25. Hurst Review and Uworld

    CKPM2RN replied to kkgRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Knock it out of the