Ambiguphobia

Ambiguphobia

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  1. Are Big City Hospitals Really Getting Hit With COVID-19 Pts?

    Ambiguphobia replied to EPS's topic in Disaster Preparation

    NYC ER RN. We opened up 6 more ICUs, closed down psych, peds, surgical services and converted those to med/surg. Several nights ago, I was on my own with 6 ICU patients who were all unstable, vented,...

  2. NYC Emergency Rooms

    Ambiguphobia replied to Doglover109's topic in Emergency

    Gotta agree here. I find it hilarious when people whine about having 6 patients. NYC RN with an average load of 1:20 on just my last shift. Have gone up to 30s with several critical patients in...

  3. Seriously?!?! You gotta be kidding me!

    Ambiguphobia replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    Had a young adult call for EMS to pick them up because they choked while drinking water, with no continued ill effects afterward. During ED course, continued to ask me for water and food.

  4. Inappropriate nurses?

    Ambiguphobia replied to hgraves64's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This has got to be a joke. You were inappropriate by escalating it. You know how when people tell their side of a conversation - they'll downplay how they were and they'll demonize the person. The...

  5. New ER RN- Normal to feel this way?

    Ambiguphobia replied to nursebabyxoxo's topic in Emergency

    I'm just browsing through the comments and lamenting over how nice the ratios are outside of NYC. My last shift, I started with 18 patients to myself, all level 3s and up. 4s and 5s are sent to fast...

  6. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Ambiguphobia replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    Yeah, I was born and raised in NYC, never left. I guess I'm used to working with the incredible costs here and getting by more easily than a transplant would. While I can live decently on my own...

  7. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Ambiguphobia replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    No OT required in NYC private hospitals. I'm making >100k/year as a staff ED nurse. 36 hour weeks. This is due to night differential and CEN differential. Decently high COL though, but my family is...

  8. City tech nursing 2017?

    Ambiguphobia replied to Emilyyash's topic in New York Nursing

    They don't care about how high the Teas score is; the only factor is whether or not you passed their minimum required score. Your GPA is barely competitive. My group in spring of 2013 stopped...

  9. Boldness to Speak

    Ambiguphobia replied to Parakeet's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Still waiting on the OP to reply that this was a joke

  10. Welcome To The Hospital - From Your Nurse

    Ambiguphobia replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    "I'm allergic to morphine. And tramadol. And percocet. And vicodin. What's that medication for pain that starts with a 'D?' It goes through the IV, I think. I think it's pronounced, 'dinodood.' Right?...

  11. Article NY Times! Spot on...I think so!!

    Ambiguphobia replied to NurseLRW's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Unfortunately, there's a lot of backtracking and repetition. There are care plans to write, as well as ticking off boxes to show performance of an assessment on the patient. Down the list for the...

  12. Patient Nurse Ratio

    Ambiguphobia replied to ambobam's topic in General Nursing

    Working at a 1:8 patient load here. It becomes pretty hectic because we get a lot of transfers/discharges/admits during the overnight shifts. So a 1:8 patient load can quickly double, and this is in a...

  13. hiring older nurses

    Ambiguphobia replied to KThurmond's topic in General Nursing

    My program had a lot of older students (30+ age group). They graduated, and are having trouble finding jobs. Then again, our market is the most highly saturated other than California. I haven't...

  14. Still unemployed; Why am I not getting calls for interviews?

    Ambiguphobia replied to 2016New's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I live 1 hour away from the hospital that I work for right now. A few of my classmates have to travel 1.5 hours to get to work at non-hospital jobs. Applying for 20+ jobs is nothing, my fellow...

  15. ADN nurses NYC

    Ambiguphobia replied to ChrisB718's topic in New York Nursing

    I got a job with a fresh new grad with just my ADN this year. I was accepted at NYMH. I speak several foreign languages (self taught, there is a competency exam you need to take to verify), got my...

  16. best job search engine for RN jobs?

    Ambiguphobia replied to shelbs3's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi there, This site is worth checking out: Top 50 Nursing Jobs Sites Worth Bookmarking | The Web Nurse As it says, there are 50 job sites on there. But don't rely on job boards too much. I spent weeks...

  17. Low gpa and chance of getting into nursing schools

    Ambiguphobia replied to Lidochka's topic in General Students

    I understand how badly you want to become a nurse, I really do. But I think it is a much better idea to raise your grades up a bit, then go onto a standard route instead of an intensive accelerated...

  18. City Tech or BMCC?

    Ambiguphobia replied to nursepat89's topic in New York Nursing

    Would not highly recommend City Tech, but I also have heard horror stories from BMCC graduates. Here are some pros of City Tech: - Excellent hospital choices (Kingsbrook, Brooklyn Hospital, Coney...

  19. Cheaters.... What is our responsibility?

    Ambiguphobia replied to PlayaChickRN's topic in General Students

    I might have a different view on this than others - I would report all cheaters immediately, as it is happening. This way, the professor has a better chance of seeing it for themselves. I don't like...

  20. How many graduates were in your graduating class?

    Ambiguphobia replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

    Incoming cohort of 72. Out of us that started the same semester, only 14 of us made it through to graduate on time (in 2 years for our ADN). Our entire graduating class, including repeaters, was...

  21. Struggling with Clinical

    Ambiguphobia replied to cherryblossom21's topic in General Students

    You sound like you have some pretty bad anxiety and you seem like a perfectionist. It's okay to make mistakes during clinicals. Your professor is there to guide you and make sure you make no mistakes....

  22. A (Long) Note to New Grads

    Ambiguphobia replied to PS1CK's topic in Psychiatric

    This post really hit home for me. I was made fun of and ridiculed (during nursing school, no less!) by my very own peers during classes for wanting to get into psychiatric nursing. My final goal in...

  23. Does Program Organization Affect Your Ability to Learn?

    Ambiguphobia replied to elle8310's topic in General Students

    My entire nursing program for my Associates was self-taught. Seriously. We were not given any suggestions for good books to practice with or read for better comprehension - I found these on my own...