ChristineN BSN, RN

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    How long was your orientation

    ChristineN replied to porkey2's topic in Emergency

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    Tele RN to ED

    ChristineN replied to teleRN08's topic in Emergency

    I am a tele/step-down float pool nurse that is transferring to the ER in a few weeks. When I interviewed they appreciated the fact I knew tele, and had voluntarily obtained PALS and ACLS, neither of...
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    Student Loans....how long did/will it take to pay?

    ChristineN replied to joanna73's topic in General Nursing

    For my 2 year RN diploma program I took out no loans as the hospital paid everything (valued at over $20k) in exchange for me agreeing to work for them after graduation as an RN. I however broke my...
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    No cna's ??

    ChristineN replied to littlenurse23's topic in Medical-Surgical

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    What would you do? Stay at home and work for half pay??

    ChristineN replied to libbyswin's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into Nursefinders? I am in D.C. and they are the agency used most down here. They pay around $45/ hr, and obviously that is without benefits. As far as I can tell Nursefinders has a...
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    Help Me Understand IV Port and How This Happened

    ChristineN replied to jetsy62's topic in General Nursing

    By port do you mean your grandmother had a Mediport (a permanently implanted port for IV access that is under the skin)? Or did she just have a peripherally inserted IV? If it is a Mediport,...
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    You Know You're A *Pediatric* Nurse When

    ChristineN replied to slbull07's topic in Pediatric

    As someone who did peds for four years, both general peds and peds step-down, I have never worked someplace where this paragraph was the norm. Whether you are in peds or adults or wherever it should...
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    Pulled to other floors?

    ChristineN replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

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    Terrifed of nursing school

    ChristineN replied to braxtonsmommy112311's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Don't put yourself down!. I was also homeschooled and did well on my pre-req's (mainly A's). My GPA did drop during my nursing program, but I was working full-time, and was not because school was...
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    Help! I have extreme compassion fatigue

    ChristineN replied to Blue Roses's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am so sorry to hear you are going through this. One option after talking to your doctor or counselor might be to see if you qualify for FMLA in order to take some time off to take care of
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    Do you Watch what you Eat?

    ChristineN posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

    I am just curious, how many of you watch what you eat in some way? If you do watch what you eat is this because your doctor or other healthcare provider has recommended you cut back on something, or...
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    Pre-NP: Will having clinicals for matter for RN to BSN?

    ChristineN replied to Greggy14's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

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    Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    ChristineN replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Honestly sometimes I feel like 5 keeps me pretty busy, so I can't imagine having 6 on days. If you had 6 walkie talkie independent pts maybe, but that is never how it works
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    Does being fit help fight fatigue at work?

    ChristineN replied to Frank91898's topic in Health, Stress Management

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    Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

    ChristineN replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

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    Angry Nurse here!

    ChristineN replied to beeker's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would tell his supervisor. Since he is in the float pool his manager may not be aware of his
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    Anyone here work FT and doing an NP program??

    ChristineN replied to NTPinky's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Are you thinking about doing full-time work and full-time NP school? I suppose it could be done if you were working nights/weekends/off shifts as an RN. If you are just taking classes part-time,...
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    what do you think of my plan?

    ChristineN replied to lollypop036's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    According to your timeline, you are only allowing 6 months for an ABSN program (12/14-5/15). While these programs are shorter than traditional BSN programs, most programs are 1 1/2 -2 years in...
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    Pregnant during last semester of nursing school, waiting to graduate or after a job?

    ChristineN replied to SSNS07's topic in General Students

    Why was your classmate not allowed to take care of pts on contact precautions? Pregnancy is not contraindicated in the care of pts with MRSA, VRE, or even c-diff. I would be more concerned about...
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    Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

    ChristineN replied to BrandybunsRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yes I get that my employer doesn't care about me and my health. I care about what goes into my body. Has anyone on here ever looked at the ingredients in the flu shot? Most contain mercury, which...
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    Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

    ChristineN replied to BrandybunsRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I wonder why they denied her religious exemption. My hospital has mandatory flu shots for all staff and volunteers. Anyone filing for exemption has to wear a mask to work during flu season. Anyone...
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    Crutches during clinicals?

    ChristineN replied to Compassion_x's topic in General Students

    I would see what your dr says when you follow up. Unfortunately your school can choose to not allow you to participate in clinicals while you are on crutches since right now you can not fulfill the...
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    The abandoned children

    ChristineN replied to anon456's topic in Pediatric

    I saw a lot of this when I worked peds. I think the situations you are describing is one of the reasons I could not working on units with a large chronic peds population. I wish there were other...
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    Doctorates of Nursing Practice Etc.

    ChristineN replied to ace_casabar's topic in General Students

    I suggest you read some of the treads in the Advanced Practice Nursing forum where the discussion fo a doctorate for NP's has been significantly discussed. The sort gist of it is that there is no...
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    How old is to old

    ChristineN replied to nebrgirl's topic in Emergency

    I think the answer would vary depending on the capabilities and health of the nurse. I have worked with some nurses that were in their 70's that were still going