ChristineN BSN, RN

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    Funniest post op patient: Wish all were like her!

    ChristineN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Not a PACU pt, but a teenage frequent flyer of mine was weaned off of sedatives in ICU. We had no idea he was so sensitive to them. This nice well mannered boy started dropping F bombs at his...
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    Nurses Who Smoke Marijuana

    ChristineN replied to NenaRK's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Some people get fired because they tested positive in a drug test. Your friends that still work as nurses despite using marijuana aren't any less guilty, they are just better at hiding their crime....
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    Transfusing blood

    ChristineN replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've seen it done both ways. I've also worked places where no NS is used as a
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    CNA's that dont work with the elderly?

    ChristineN replied to teysmith's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    When I was in nursing school I worked for a while as a tech on an inpatient adolescent floor at a children's hospital. I had done adult med-surg as tech prior to transferring to adolescence, which I...
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    bad nursing care rant

    ChristineN replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    The OP's profile lists her as a nursing student. Regardless of title, I agree that it does sound unacceptable and barring an emergency going on (which I'm sure you're aware CAN happen in ICU quite...
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    Another Rant on Obesity and Children

    ChristineN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I was working pediatrics yesterday and was taking care of a 10 year old who weighed 106kg. The kid was so obese that she had developed severe pulmonary hypertension as well as an enlarged heart...
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    What healthcare jobs involving direct patient care do not require heavy lifting?

    ChristineN replied to kelkel587's topic in General Students

    No job is ever going to require you to lift a 300lb pt by yourself. Most hospitals require you to lift 50lbs. Obviously with the obese pts such as your 300lb pt you could use a Hoyer lift and a...
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    Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    ChristineN replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What are you basing this
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    Another Rant on Obesity and Children

    ChristineN replied to ChristineN's topic in General Nursing

    Something tells me that the other countries will "catch up" with us if we give them a decade or
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    Gasp! An uninsured Nurse (rant)

    ChristineN replied to optimist's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I'm glad it is working out for you right now. I am a PRN employee so I am also not offered health insurance through my employer. Have you ever looked into buying health insurance just for yourself?...
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    Tylenol IV

    ChristineN replied to Adri_RN's topic in Patient Medications

    On a post-op floor would IV Tylenol really be masking temps anymore than the Percocet and Vicoden that these pts are already receiving, both of which contain
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    Anyone Take the PSB Entrance Exam?!

    ChristineN posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Hi, just found out I might be taking this entrance exam. Has anyone taken it? If yes, how hard was it? How hard would it be to score a 320 overall and a 75 percentile in each subject area? Does it...
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    Need an online statistics course

    ChristineN replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    You should check with your local community college. When I needed a stats class and preferred to do it on-line I found my community college offers it. I only had to go to campus to take the
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    Med-surg or NICU first?

    ChristineN replied to Neonatal WannaB's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The OP will learn about central lines,IV's, careplans, etc in the NICU. Learning these skills on adults and then "re-learning" them for babies will not
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    Becoming RN solely to become CRNA

    ChristineN replied to ArkansasFan's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    That might be your opinion but not all nurses agree with your view that nursing is a "calling." To me it was no different than picking a career in any field, be it accounting or teaching or nursing....
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    and everyone's... OK with this?

    ChristineN replied to tater.jake's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an RN for 3 years and I make more than the top of that pay scale. I did start out as a new grad in PA making $19/hr, and despite the low cost of living there I still felt like nurses should...
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    Debt

    ChristineN replied to JonB04's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My program is 35k for the entire program. I think that is a reasonable amount since other programs I looked at cost
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    New Student meet and greet

    ChristineN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    What about joining/contacting your state association for NP's? Does your school help with finding
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    What are your favorite types of patients??

    ChristineN replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Like the OP I also tend to appreciate my teenage boys. Not so much the girls as a lot of them seem to want to give me attitude over everything. I also appreciate pt's of any age that actually have a...
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    New Student meet and greet

    ChristineN replied to Nurseboy1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I am starting my FNP program this week. I have been an RN for three years working a little bit of everything (peds, med-surg, float). I currently work PRN so I have alot of flexibility with my work...
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    RN-BSN

    ChristineN replied to peanut2011's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow, I paid around $20,000 for my on-line RN-BSN, and thought I paid too much. I would never even consider paying that
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    Not the new grad problem I expected..

    ChristineN replied to MInurse.st's topic in First Year After Licensure

    What's the third job
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    A question about Inova...and one about Kaiser

    ChristineN replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in Virginia Nursing

    As a nurse with INOVA, have you tried calling nurse recruitment to see if there is a nursing you may be eligible to interview
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    $450 scrub top... yeah, I know, for real.

    ChristineN replied to A&OxNone's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Geesh, at least the baby Phat scrubs are
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    Is an RN salary enough for DC area?

    ChristineN replied to Catch-22 RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I'm making double what I made when I worked in Pennsylvania. I am able to save a good portion of my salary, and live rather