EllaBella1

EllaBella1 BSN

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  1. Switch Shifts?

    EllaBella1 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I am 100000% in the same situation as you, lol. I've been on nights at my hospital for almost two years now, and it was always my intention to switch to days after a year. But as much as my husband...

  2. MSP unit??

    EllaBella1 replied to Hopefulnurse30's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard med/surg referred to as MSP. It might be in your best interest to call HR and ask them what type of floor it is. You can always pretend that it's not you, and that you're just an...

  3. Billing new grads for not completing orientation?

    EllaBella1 replied to Pachinko's topic in General Nursing

    I signed one for my job with a $13,000 payback and I don't regret it. The contract is for two years, and the amount that you would have to pay back if you were to leave early goes down for every 4...

  4. Moving for nurse residency program?

    EllaBella1 replied to laura32395's topic in General Nursing

    I moved across the country for my first nursing job. It was worth it for me. Most of my new grad coworkers had done the same

  5. Disclosing Hep C status to patient's husband?

    EllaBella1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Basically the situation is this: Patient is intubated with a poor prognosis, is found to be Hep C positive on this admission, husband doesn't know it. She will never wake up to be told/tell him. He is...

  6. Disclosing Hep C status to patient's husband?

    EllaBella1 replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    No, they would be able to schedule a family meeting at a time that it works for him. The part that was limiting was his schedule/logistics on his end mostly. He was at her bedside very infrequently...

  7. advise on long lasting insulin

    EllaBella1 replied to Jennifer-RMA/CNA83's topic in General Nursing

    So when do you check blood sugars? And do the patients get short acting insulin also, or just long acting? Are these patients who have relatively stable blood sugars? That will help us shed more...

  8. Help with readmission letter(Long Read)

    EllaBella1 replied to Love&Light's topic in General Nursing

    First off, good for you for pursuing readmission. If this is truly your dream then I commend you on continuing to pursue it. That said, I don't think your advisor is right in suggesting you write a...

  9. Obsessed with Scrubs

    EllaBella1 replied to Longleggedstar's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Check out Sapphire Scrubs! They are really cute and they even have slimfit pants. I've had mine about 8 months or so and they're holding up

  10. Operating Room Nurse moving from NYC to Florida

    EllaBella1 replied to mikefixnyc's topic in Florida Nursing

    It depends where in south FL. Pay in the Miami area is higher than in other areas, though cost of living is higher too. Pay is lower on the gulf coast, but so is cost of living. It will definitely be...

  11. Rough Day, Need Help, encouragemnt

    EllaBella1 replied to Testing12345's topic in General Nursing

    I have no real input to offer other than to let you know that I read your whole story, and to offer you a virtual hug. We've all been there in one way shape or form. I hope you went home and enjoyed a...

  12. Undocumented Patients

    EllaBella1 replied to srercg6's topic in General Nursing

    ^^ exactly what CCU said. Or sometimes it's even worse. We recently had a patient who was a post cardiac arrest with an anoxic brain injury, but not brain death. The family wanted everything done....

  13. FL Hospital vs Local StaRN

    EllaBella1 replied to mt9891's topic in Florida Nursing

    I would never accept $15 an hour as a RN. Even just during orientation. You're taking on all of the risks associated with being a RN and you should be compensated appropriately for

  14. New nurse. What do I need?

    EllaBella1 replied to ChiMan360's topic in General Nursing

    Never a bad idea to have

  15. Nursing School Leading to NP or OT? If you had to do it all over?

    EllaBella1 replied to injured1's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed, OT and nursing are totally separate things. One doesn't feed into the other. Also, why do you want to be a NP and not work at the bedside? And I've never met an OT that works late night hours...

  16. How was your journey to nursing school?

    EllaBella1 replied to inikib's topic in New York Nursing

    If you can leave the NYC area for school I would strongly suggest doing so. I had a similar story. Went to a college when I was younger and graduated with a 2.9 GPA. Did my pre-reqs at a community...

  17. When your ex or their mistress/lover is the patient?

    EllaBella1 replied to CaffeinePOQ4HPRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've asked to switch my assignment when I've been assigned casual friends who I went to high school with out of respect for their privacy. You can bet your butt that I would be switching in a...

  18. Any great student loans for grad school (FNP)?

    EllaBella1 replied to NurseKrysten's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I don't know if Earnest does initial loans or just refinances existing ones, but I consolidated mine through them and I love them! Great customer service, really easy process. When you call them they...

  19. I'm young and nervous about going into the nursing profession

    EllaBella1 replied to Dlansey's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm 29 years old, and I have a younger sister who is 26. I was the same as you in a sense- I really liked being in school, so I did it for a long time. I did work while I was in school, but it was...

  20. I GOTTA KNOW!!!!!

    EllaBella1 replied to qaqueen's topic in General Nursing

    Random related question: Do your units have a policy on how frequently you change out the urinal/give the patient a new one? We change them out at 6 am daily, even if the patient has a foley and the...

  21. Lehman college HELP PLEASE!!!

    EllaBella1 replied to Capricorn94's topic in School, College Programs

    It's true. You need to be a matriculated student before applying to the nursing

  22. Physician called my manager and said I was "unprofessional".

    EllaBella1 replied to Smellnell's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't think you were being unprofessional at all. If anything he was unprofessional. Our job as nurses is to act as a patient advocate- you did that. You advocated for the correct test, and when you...

  23. Marijuana and Nurses

    EllaBella1 replied to jwolansk's topic in General Nursing

    True, but "cause" can be pretty vague sometimes. For example, a drug-seeking patient recently shot up some heroin in one of the ED bathrooms- a bathroom that patients and staff both occasionally use-...

  24. Advice on temporarily moving from TX to AK as a new grad.

    EllaBella1 replied to paigeu's topic in General Nursing

    Travel nurses need to be licensed in each state that they work in too, regardless of where the agency is based. It's hard to say for sure without knowing what the market is like in AK, but I have a...

  25. Gloves and PPE in hallway

    EllaBella1 replied to SuperPT's topic in General Nursing

    Oh heck no. I 100% wear gloves any time I'm out of a room with a patient. If you reverse their knowledge, if you put on a clean pair of gloves before leaving the room with the patient it should be...