ChristineN BSN, RN

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  1. ChristineN

    Admit orders for who?

    ChristineN replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    It takes like 30 sec to print more labels...I agree you were not out of
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    Insulin Therapy

    ChristineN replied to suppaduppaCNA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If your pt is taking good meal intake, then just checking before meals is fine. However I get more concerned when you have a pt that doesn't have an appetite or is NPO as that pt will drop their...
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    FURIOUS at RNs at school

    ChristineN replied to 2bRNifitkillsme's topic in General Students

    Yeah I went to a diploma school in Pittsburgh and there were at least 5-6 diploma programs still in existence there. There are still 100 diploma programs open for operation for RN students
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    New Grad, New Location, New Dilemma

    ChristineN replied to 8babynurse8's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It depends what sort of new grad position you took. If it is med-surg, which is similar to most clinical rotations in nursing school, then it might not be bad. However if you are working in a...
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    Be careful what you divulge

    ChristineN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    So true! I have recognized a coworker on here, only because this coworker used his real photo as his avatar. Never told him I recognized him
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    Rude/ Inconsiderate nurses during clinicals

    ChristineN replied to Nonetheless's topic in General Students

    Some nurses can get very protective of their pts. I see nurses like this a lot with chronic populations that spend a lot of time in the hospital (ie. Oncology pts). Pediatric nurses and critical...
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    NP Student with doubts...

    ChristineN replied to Dancer10's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am also an NP student who started having a lot of doubts about being an NP. I ended up taking a year off from school and looking into other MSN options. Even if you graduate with your NP you will...
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    Septic shock and reaction to Rocephin/Ceftriaxone

    ChristineN replied to biscuitmama's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Did this pt have a central line? I have seen ped pts code shortly after receiving IV antibiotics through a central line that was infected. The antibiotic dose breaks off the bacteria from the line...
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    What sorts of Nursing Students should drop Nursing School? Am I one of them?

    ChristineN replied to Vysection's topic in General Students

    Nursing has changed a lot since your grandmother's day. My mother was a nurse in the '70's and even she is surprised, and even a tad uncomfortable, at the thought of nurses being assertive...
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    Comparing UPMC Mercy SON and Shadyside SON

    ChristineN replied to smm123's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Call around to nurse recruitment at some of the hospitals after you apply, and tell them your story. It will help keep your application from getting lost in the pile and stand out. I haven't been a...
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    What sorts of Nursing Students should drop Nursing School? Am I one of them?

    ChristineN replied to Vysection's topic in General Students

    You freely admit that you lack ambition, so it sounds that regardless of what you do with your future you need to apply yourself. If not nursing, what career option would you do instead? Had you...
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    Abandoned Patients?

    ChristineN replied to Cardiolyte's topic in MICU, SICU

    Not having a free charge in ICU just sounds unsafe. What if you need an extra hand for a decompensating pt or a code on the floors? I have floated to ICU's that would give charge a full assignment...
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    FURIOUS at RNs at school

    ChristineN replied to 2bRNifitkillsme's topic in General Students

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    Demand for PICU nurses

    ChristineN replied to NICU Guy's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Are you willing to move and relocate if necessary? If so, then I would say do the capstone in PICU. If you are unable to move then you may honestly want to think about an adult
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    How much experience do I need before a hospital will look at me?

    ChristineN replied to futuresctRN's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I mean what do you have to lose by applying now? Nothing, and you'll never know if you can get the job if you don't apply. FYI I got hired as a tech for a med-surg floor while I was in my first...
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    How much experience do I need before a hospital will look at me?

    ChristineN replied to futuresctRN's topic in Patient Care Technician, Assistants

    I would apply now. You have done your first semester of clinicals, which is what most hospitals want to see before they will hire a nursing student to be a tech. With your LTC experience on top of...
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    FURIOUS at RNs at school

    ChristineN replied to 2bRNifitkillsme's topic in General Students

    OP, you have had a few nurses offer criticism on a few units, I would hardly write off the whole hospital. However, as others have mentioned, since you have received a couple different complaints,...
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    AC IV starts

    ChristineN replied to LetItBe_12's topic in Medical-Surgical

    As an ER nurse I can say that there are plenty of times that you are in a big juicy vein, or you are using an 18G or larger that it can be hard to fully clamp off the catheter. I have developed a...
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    Being a Patient Where you Work

    ChristineN replied to ChristineN's topic in Emergency

    Glad to hear all these replies! I was a pt in my ER once, got amazing care as I expected. I am also having outpt surgery at my hospital in a few months. Could have gone someplace closer for both,...
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    Is it worth it to get CNA or phlebotomy certified for a part-time job?

    ChristineN replied to gentlerain's topic in General Students

    This. I also never paid for training and worked as a tech for 2 years while in school. My hospital provided the training as a paid 2 week training class I took, and no state certification was...
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    UPMC nurses - tuition benefits

    ChristineN replied to PA_RN87's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Sounds like a question you really need to ask HR. When I worked for UPMC it was interpreted as a year max...so 100% of tuition up to
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    Shouldn't that patient go the ICU??

    ChristineN replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    I find it an odd then to document cause it is not the ER nurses decision what floor pts go too. If she had documented "Dr. Smith says pt is stable and doesn't need to to to ICU" I would have less...
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    Abandoned Patients?

    ChristineN replied to Cardiolyte's topic in MICU, SICU

    What if you started documenting who you hand off care to when you go on transport trips. Then you will have a paper trail that you were gone for 2hrs and so and so didn't take care of the pt that was...
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    What would you have done?

    ChristineN replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

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    The Catholic University of America's online FNP program, Spring 2014

    ChristineN replied to JayneBB's topic in School, College Programs

    Is the on-line program a new thing? I don't recall it being an option when I looked into CUA 3-4 years