Alex_RN

Alex_RN BSN

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  1. What happens if you put water on ketone stip?

    Alex_RN replied to Avill's topic in School

    I am not a school nurse. I work in a hospital with adults. I wish you could bring your noncompliant diabetic kids on a field trip to my job so they could see what poorly managed diabetes looks like...

  2. Do Med/Surg Hospitals accept LTAC experience?

    Alex_RN replied to angelicasmth's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    In addition to clinical stuff, they definitely want to know that you are reliable, will not call out, will show up on time, and can get along with people. Now that I think about it, those are probably...

  3. Worried sick that I may have caught MRSA?

    Alex_RN replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing like working in healthcare to break me of my nail-biting/face touching habit.

  4. Advice on how to end up in the NICU

    Alex_RN replied to angelicasmth's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, several of my coworkers applied for and got into the NICU program. These were all solid med-surg/tele RNs with a few years of experience. I don't recall any specific pre-training or...

  5. Do Med/Surg Hospitals accept LTAC experience?

    Alex_RN replied to angelicasmth's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Absolutely, but it helps if during your interview you can talk about your acute care skills and experiences. I do not know psych so I don't know how much of that you have. Kindred LTAC is a demanding...

  6. Worried sick that I may have caught MRSA?

    Alex_RN replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    All the freakin' time. You come back the next day, or back from lunch, and your patient is in iso for TB, c. diff., a variety of flu strains, MRSE, CRE, you name it. I always thought my ED buddies...

  7. New Grad Age 60 Can't Land a Job

    Alex_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    If you are a man, reconsider your facial hair. Clean-shaven looks younger. Trim your eyebrows. Hair color for men is simple and easy, just do not go too dark and fake looking. Do some research...

  8. Interview Tips for the Older New Graduate

    Alex_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    That is a nice sentiment but at my age, I think a box of Clairol Medium Brown, skillfully applied, is just as important as my ability to communicate my finesse with e-charting and multiple

  9. What to do?? A whole BOX of crazy!!!

    Alex_RN replied to prettywishes's topic in General Nursing

    If she is funded through the state, then can you report her to the agency that provides the funding? I am referring to breach of contract, labor laws, and other actual violations. Being intimidating...

  10. Nursing program refuses to pass graduating class

    Alex_RN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    My school used ATI from start to finish for all core classes and NCLEX prep. A big part of preparation was simply getting used to ATI. I cannot imagine getting surprised with ATI at the last

  11. How the Heck am I Going to Be a Med Surg Nurse if I'm so forgetful? (ADHD Nurse)

    Alex_RN replied to NNurseLina's topic in First Year After Licensure

    These are some great tips. Nothing I have to add, but I also always prep the night before. If I am working a few days in a row I make all my lunches at the same time (hurrah for slow cooker!) but my...

  12. Mandatory Uniforms

    Alex_RN replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    We have a mandatory scrub color and brand, and we are reimbursed but to a point. This is a very large medical center so it is handy to know at a glance who is doing what role, since there are so many...

  13. Not sure how to handle this situation with recent interview

    Alex_RN replied to Southpawdown's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless of the email, I would still follow up on your phone interview and thank them for their time, remind them of your strengths, and desire for the

  14. Dignity Health Santa Cruz New Grad

    Alex_RN replied to FishBones's topic in General Nursing

    I remember agonizing over every word of my resume but got my first job at a job fair. We were lined up for the two recruiters from the same hospital. If you got the one on the left, he would do a...

  15. Dignity Health Santa Cruz New Grad

    Alex_RN replied to FishBones's topic in General Nursing

    Santa Cruz is so beautiful, I wonder what it costs to live there? I have no new-grad input, but for job search stuff in general I have accepted that it is mostly random. My father used to say, you...

  16. Things I have apologized for lately

    Alex_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Things patients and family members have blamed me for lately: When they Google "CPK" they get California Pizza Kitchen not the lab value. (I assure you, the patient's barbecued chicken pizza levels...

  17. Things I have apologized for lately

    Alex_RN replied to Alex_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for this. I honestly thought everyone had the same world view but have finally learned that plenty of people do not actually have what I think of as an interior

  18. Accomadating patients racist request?

    Alex_RN replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    My elderly non-white parent used to be discreetly racist in public and very vocal in private, common for their age and culture. Once dementia set in, they forgot their lifelong grudges and prejudices,...

  19. Called off too many times?

    Alex_RN replied to MS0298's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You are at the start of a very physically demanding career. Bedside nursing does not sound like something you are capable of

  20. Gift for my preceptor

    Alex_RN replied to FutureNurse0201's topic in General Nursing

    I was lucky that my preceptor was hardcore keto so I got him keto snacks. Your gift card is nice and less costly than exotic snacks off the Internet. I always figure anyone who has been a nurse for...

  21. New grad RN, can't land a job after nursing school

    Alex_RN replied to viviagbobu's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    As a fellow CA RN, I feel you! It was rough. There as SO many new grads here. It took me 6 months to land my first job: night shift LTAC. This got me me acute care experience. I moved on after a...

  22. It will take me 7 years just for a bsn.

    Alex_RN replied to futurernmaybe's topic in General Students

    Some of your pre-reqs might expire if you are not careful. Labs are only good for 5 years, I thought? Going part-time, it took me about 8 years, start to finish, because I worked and because it was...

  23. I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

    Alex_RN replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work at a busy LTAC with mostly paper charting and no Pyxis. Narcs were in a locked cabinet with a clipboard. If someone grabbed the wrong but similar drug, like a Percocet instead of a...

  24. I accepted the fact nursing isn't for me, what do I do?

    Alex_RN replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a terrible school and had to learn all the practical things in my first job. My first job had no training, mean coworkers, and no support. It was terrible but I knew if I stuck it out for a...

  25. Pay

    Alex_RN replied to rockyroad#'s topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Exactly my