NYRN05

NYRN05

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  1. cath lab job

    NYRN05 posted a topic in Cardiac

    hi, so i currently have 5 yrs-nights exp under my belt. med/surg, cardiac stepdown, ccu. relocated and now in new hospital, now 5 months in open heart unit. honestly i don't love open heart, prefer my...

  2. Is it possible?

    NYRN05 replied to NurseLil-lea's topic in General Nursing

    hey, first relax! secondly, what "JJHC2006" says is true or was true for many ADN programs. When you are enrolled in a ADN program sometimes after you have taken fundamentals, med-surg, psych-they...

  3. Administration of non approved FDA drugs

    NYRN05 replied to Kauai RN's topic in General Nursing

    yep it is. i believe sotalol is one if you've ever given that...its non FDA approved. given for arrythmia prevention-afib patients. don't know where it would be documented but its been done. thats the...

  4. Does this follow ACLS guidelines?

    NYRN05 replied to aCRNAhopeful's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    just being acls recertified...survey says...its always epi 1st...then spent some time with my educator last week going through the acls pretest...rhythms....always epi 1st...i once too thought...

  5. adn going to rn-bsn right away

    NYRN05 replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    well i worked for 2 yrs and went back and completed my bsn-online...now in bridge bsn-msn online. what about working per diem/ part time. is your school onsite or distance learning-online? if its...

  6. transfer after 1st year of nursing

    NYRN05 replied to kxvc's topic in Emergency

    i agree with the first poster...stay where you are...then take a long vaca-well enough for training...try to orient to an ICU job if it works out that way. so you can moonlight on the side, and gain...

  7. Answer for NYRN05

    NYRN05 replied to wezzie, RN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for replying....no prob about the post. awesome for him

  8. Time to call a duck a duck?

    NYRN05 replied to eriksoln's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    i disagree with you on so many levels....but answer me this...if you don't like nursing so much. then why are you here posting about it? are you a nurse? then i ask again why? go be a "professional"...

  9. Job offers... stuck

    NYRN05 replied to EMSnut45's topic in General Nursing

    respond to facility A, and tell them yes. and then if facility B offers, then politely send a email or letter to the manager explaining, and phone call-recruiter to let facility A know that another...

  10. Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    NYRN05 replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    well i don't know where you work, but i definately don't write out nursing diagnoses from the textbook, and i don't go to a physcian with one either. as for what you said about seizures. yes of course...

  11. Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    NYRN05 replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    as julie stated, they help the student, learn why we are doing what we are doing. not just carrying out tasks. yes the wording may be fluffy and beating around the bush. but like you said we are not...

  12. What are the CE requirements to maintain NY license?

    NYRN05 replied to nycNurse2b's topic in New York Nursing

    not sure about the child abuse-haven't taken it again since i graduated....but infection control is mandatory every couple of years-i just updated that. other than that no ceu's are required here in...

  13. Hourly rounding signoff sheet

    NYRN05 replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    i agree....its a bunch of crap

  14. As a nurse, what do you do?

    NYRN05 replied to nursestudent1975's topic in General Nursing

    i second that nurse mike....seriously ! going on vaca...had to change planes...boyfriend woke me up 3 times....there was a radiologist, a emt, and myself. 1st flight diabetic didn't eat....and falling...

  15. falls

    NYRN05 replied to cebuana_nurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    it is an incident. so you should have written it up, because the resident did touch the floor. it can get very technical for these things. and although a pain....its just better to do it than to not....

  16. CNA's doing laundry on the night shift

    NYRN05 replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in General Nursing

    i think that it's totally absurd. i still work per diem as a supervisor from time to time in a facility where i worked as an aide. anyways...the night shift should collect the laundry...yes. but how...

  17. Certification a must

    NYRN05 replied to magjag28's topic in General Nursing

    an idea to the OP get certifed and take the PCCN, and you could put the title after the like so.... RN, PCCN....it may help. it shows that you are comitted to excellence in progressive care-a lot of...

  18. How many times do you try to start an IV before calling in reinforcements?

    NYRN05 replied to belgarion's topic in General Nursing

    where i work...its about twice for policy...i will try a third time only if i am 99.9% sure, but i am a pretty good, and i usually go on the back of the forearm....there is always a nice fatty waiting...

  19. state-of-the-art procedure known as therapeutic hypothermia

    NYRN05 replied to Kurious RN's topic in Cardiac

    well i didn't keep my patient cooled for 72 hours...i think the whole process is 72 hours cooling...rewarming....maybe it's done differently? anyways he was cooled for 24 hours and then passively...

  20. Beta-blocker administraion error?

    NYRN05 replied to Bosco15's topic in General Nursing

    Well I honestly have been in your shoes...worked on a cardiac step-down before going to the cardiac ICU. It was on the step-down that the patient was ordered for coreg and lopressor. Kudos! to you for...

  21. relocating...ccu/csicu/or cath lab

    NYRN05 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    hi all my fellow cardiac nurses, i would like your feedback on my current situation. i plan on relocating by august, and have a few potential opportunities. i am currently debating over 3 positions a...

  22. relocating...ccu/csicu/or cath lab

    NYRN05 replied to NYRN05's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    hey all well i have narrowed it down to 2 units in one hospital. the ccu and the csicu. i got to interview with both nurse managers and spent time on both units 1-2 hours each unit with a staff nurse....

  23. NP to CRNA

    NYRN05 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello Everyone, I previously posted this in the Pre-CRNA forum and thought it would be better use to me here...sorry ! I was wondering if there are any NP's who are going back to CRNA school or who...

  24. NP to CRNA

    NYRN05 replied to NYRN05's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    well yes i did take a general college chem, but not what is required by the schools that i have looked into. so in regards to that i would need more chem or bio. yes i got into a program and i do plan...

  25. NP to CRNA

    NYRN05 replied to NYRN05's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    gerry, i am not sure if i will really do nurse anesthesia....it's just a thought. i would like to but it may or may not happen depending on what i make priority in my life when i complete NP school. i...