Chazzie_Made_It
is a ADN and specializes in Telemetry, Med-Surg, Peds.
New Grad PCU/Tele RN. I have worked as a PCA for the last 18 years, in hospitals with settings ranging from Nephrology, Hepatology and Transplant to Orthopaedics and the Emergency Room. I start my RN-BSN program in Fall 2018.
Chazzie_Made_It replied to Convoy2022_TrumpSupporter's topic in General Nursing
Let people live. As long as they're not violating HIPAA it's all good in my book. They're proud of what they do and It humanizes the profession. There are other social media posts to gripe
Chazzie_Made_It replied to Sweetheart2005's topic in General Nursing
I came online to search for precasting tips and found this post. Everyone's comments will be helpful for me as I am struggling with my preceptee as well. Similar in nature, but he is a new, new grad....
Chazzie_Made_It replied to reallyagain7's topic in General Nursing
As my manager says, "Planet earth is a red zone when it comes to COVID." As such, the hospital I work at will no longer honor "medical exemptions" and everyone was required to return to "normal"...
Chazzie_Made_It replied to BodhiHeart's topic in Critical Care
This is exactly what I am thinking. I'm often in a patients room and will have the tele tech call me in the room and notify me that the pt is desating. Or I will have another RN come in to tell me. I...
Where I am at the docs write specific orders to “bundle care” and “limit time in pt’s room”. We are allowed to answer call lights at the nurses station. We are allowed to call the pts room...
I am going to start A MS in Health Informatics program in the Fall. Main reason is I have a BA and an ADN, no BSN. I want to get into the field but didn’t want to spend more money taking extra upper...
I live and work in Arizona. I'm sure everyone has seen the news re. Arizona. I also happen to work on the Navajo reservation. Which, again, I'm sure you have seen the news re. these two areas. Well, I...
Chazzie_Made_It replied to dlee50's topic in General Nursing
Oh yes. I submitted an application in April and got a call for an interview until August. Was offered the position after the interview but didn't start on the job until Sept. 30th. At my previous job...
I got 33.33gtt/min. There are 20gtt/ml The volume you have is 100mL which has to infuse over 1 hour. So, there are 2000gtt/100mL. Next we need to calculate gtt/min. There are 60mins/hour. We will...
I don't know how it is in Texas, but in Arizona every single one of my class mates (40 in all) graduated with their ADN, passed NCLEX and got a job. Some, while still in school, and others less than 5...
Chazzie_Made_It replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing
I just recently graduated (Dec. 2017) and have been working for a year now. In my program, during the final months, we were allowed to perform skills with just the assigned RN present. How can one...