adventure_rn MSN, NP

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    Orientation Length

    adventure_rn replied to chicagonurse15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    That sounds way too short to me! Do you have prior experience in NICU (i.e. a capstone course)? I started in a Level III NICU and my orientation was awesome--10 weeks precepted with Level II babies,...
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    Curious-why do people put ADN, RN? It's ASN...

    adventure_rn replied to RN_SummerSeas's topic in General Nursing

    Impressively long, indeed! Having fun thinking of ways to pronounce that acronym. My first degree was in a self-designed major with a title that was a full sentence long. So I guess that makes me:...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes on all four counts 1) Always 2) I love when the bullet goes straight through the person's head or chest, and they're like, "Luckily it just scratched the surface." Yeah, no. 3) What are they...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes! Lol, I was telling my ex (an internal medicine resident) about Grey's Anatomy, and how the surgeons spend all of their time drawing their own labs and conversing about the patients' social lives...
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    The Hotel Phenomenon

    adventure_rn replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    (I'm on a nursing ecard
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    Nursing Ecards to Brighten Your Day

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I avoid unhealthy looking people at the mall for fear that I may have to perform CPR on my day off. I see you've scratched your pinky toe... It's a good thing you've come to the ER for...
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    Craziest vitals on a person who lived?

    adventure_rn replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    Some of these are wild! My systolic BP hangs out in the low 90s. During nursing school I had a vasovagal syncope event (which causes both HR and BP to plummet), and my clinical instructor took me in...
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    Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Geez, lots of spirit animal questions (and a spirit bicycle?) Guess I'll have to prepare an answer for one of those next
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    IV's/Blood draws as FNP

    adventure_rn replied to mka0141's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    As PPs have said, I think it depends entirely on where you practice. If it's something that you have to do frequently, I'm sure it will get easier with time (like just about any nursing skill). Have...
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    Medical Missions

    adventure_rn replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for that thoughtful response. I considered working as ancillary staff on Mercy Ships before I began nursing school, and I think the application explicitly said that you do not have to be a...
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    Medical Missions

    adventure_rn replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard good things about Mercy Ships through people who have gone as ancillary staff (i.e. not medical professionals); they seemed to really enjoy it. If the religious doctrine sits well with you,...
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    Want to bash the job listings SOOO bad.

    adventure_rn replied to canigraduate's topic in Nursing Career

    Lol, reminds me of a posting that I saw for a new grad position on a unit I occasionally floated to during my adult capstone course in school. The nurses had five to six patients, they often got...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Bonus points if the person injects the epi straight intohis/her own heart! I'm looking at you, Malcolm Reynolds of
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    The Hotel Phenomenon

    adventure_rn replied to Jacqueline.Damm's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry you're in that situation--that just sounds unsafe. I'm kind of surprised that the Joint Commission would allow an organization to function without essential safety
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    Tell me what nurse does not get this one....

    adventure_rn replied to CrunchBerries's topic in General Nursing

    Bartending in a party hostel in South America while daylighting on a vaccine study at a public hospital. One of the backpackers (a young woman) has on a full arm cast. It's time for the cast to come...
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    Babies on a plane!! (and also cord clamping)

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    Seriously, awesome responses everybody! Thank you!!! Next time I have a medical dream/nightmare about babies on a plane, I'll know what to do! I feel like my nursing program medicalized the birth...
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    And telling people to vomit. I love Anne Perkins with a firey nursey passion, but seriously? That's what NG gavage is
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    Ridiculous medical mistakes on TV

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Yes!! I say that one, and thought the same thing!!! You guys are so much
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    Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    I hate to steal another ANer's thunder, but I remember one AN poster saying she asked the interviewee what her greatest weakness was, and she replied, "*sigh*, I guess I'm just too
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    Funniest thing you've heard in an interview

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

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    RN job in UK

    adventure_rn replied to Water Lilly's topic in Nursing Career

    What country are you from, Water Lilly? I've definitely known people from the US taking travel nurse contracts in the UK, ranging from 6 months to 2 years. As I mentioned in my earlier comment,...
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    Travelers, can you pick your shifts?

    adventure_rn posted a topic in Travel

    Hi there, travelers. I'm considering traveling and have a question about scheduling. I know that you often sign on for days or nights, but I'm curious how much flexibility you have in determining...
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    Babies on a plane!! (and also cord clamping)

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Certified Nurse-Midwives, CNM

    They should stock this book on every floor for the night shift
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    Travelers, can you pick your shifts?

    adventure_rn replied to adventure_rn's topic in Travel

    Awesome, thanks for the
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    CU UCAN spring 2016

    adventure_rn replied to andreadumon's topic in School, College Programs

    Hi there, enthusiastic future nurses! I hope this anecdote isn't uncalled for, but I want to offer a word of caution about the UCAN program. I had a less-than-ideal experience with them a few years...