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[StickLegs78]

Cardiac RN here... are all cath labs full of arrogant pricks, or is it just ours?

The docs or the nurses?

[veggie530]

any healthcare executives / administrators out here? Or is this thread for those on the clinical side of things?

I'm an administrator. I still work the floor to keep my street cred because I'm no punk

[StickLegs78]

I'm an administrator. I still work the floor to keep my street cred because I'm no punk

I respect that

[veggie530]

I respect that

thug life!!

[SwiftRick]

shadowed a CRNA today and it was awesome. theres like 10 CRNAs chilling the break room and everyone is cracking jokes. everyone i talked told me the only regret they have is not becoming a CRNA sooner. even the scrub nurse and MDA told me i should definitely do it. i think todays event just dictated my goals for the next 5 years

inb4 I get a text "I should've gone to med school"

[StickLegs78]

shadowed a CRNA today and it was awesome. theres like 10 CRNAs chilling the break room and everyone is cracking jokes. everyone i talked told me the only regret they have is not becoming a CRNA sooner. even the scrub nurse and MDA told me i should definitely do it. i think todays event just dictated my goals for the next 5 years

What did you think of the OR? What cases did you see?

[SoyEnergy]

What did you think of the OR? What cases did you see?

I thought the OR was boring tbh but the OR staffs made it bearable with jokes and music. i saw robotic laparoscopic hernia repairs and lymph node biopsy with LMA. whats your specialty/cases you normally do?

[StickLegs78]

I thought the OR was boring tbh but the OR staffs made it bearable with jokes and music. i saw robotic laparoscopic hernia repairs and lymph node biopsy with LMA. whats your specialty/cases you normally do?

I do a lot of pedi cases. Good deal of neuro and thoracic too.

Most of the time anesthesia is pretty boring, that’s the whole idea. Every place has its own culture. I hate it when there’s no music though.

[NurseLife2018]

Made an account just for this thread!

BSN class of 2018, graduation February 9th can’t wait!

Great to meet all of you (:

[guyman123]

Made an account just for this thread!

BSN class of 2018, graduation February 9th can’t wait!

Great to meet all of you (:

---> allnurses.com

[SoyEnergy]

I do a lot of pedi cases. Good deal of neuro and thoracic too.

Most of the time anesthesia is pretty boring, that’s the whole idea. Every place has its own culture. I hate it when there’s no music though.

were not allowed to shadow ped cases unless we get special permission from the CRNA themselves

[SpyderTT]

Cardiac RN here... are all cath labs full of arrogant pricks, or is it just ours?

The docs or the nurses?

The nurses. Cardiologists are generally cool, but we work next to them day by day and they know who knows their **** and who doesn't. The cath lab nurses dump on us constantly though

[TheAmazon]

I'm an administrator. I still work the floor to keep my street cred because I'm no punk

curious about how this, works. What is your average shift like, are you just PRN on the floor and pick up shifts when you have the time or what?

[TheAmazon]

Lots of transition going on. Basically i'm sure i'll be laid off my job come january. So in preparation I dusted off my resume and sent it out and I'm pleasantly surprised at the feedack I'm getting. I applied for a couple of hospital/clinic management positions as I already do that. I also applied for some lower paying jobs from admissions to an ED coordinator who follow sup with patients to get a PCP appointment if they don't have one. So here's the problem.

I'm almost done with my first semester of nursing school and things are heating up. I'll start my clinical rotations next semester and I was thinking about taking a lower paying job closer to my home to aid in the whole work/life balance side of things. On the other hand a few of the management positons I've applied to pay great, like 20k more than I"m making now and I could also use that to continue down the management path while I pursue my clinical education. The only problem is a position like that is going to require me to preform, and preform well. I'm not sure I"ll be able to handle all of the stress of nursing school and a demanding job. Also just for the record my BSN program is night/weekend so I go to two night classes a week and my clinical day will be Saturday or sometimes Sunday.

What would you guys do?

PS: i took my third pharm exam last night...over 25 chapters, ho-ley-bonkers. Glad to say I came out of it with an 80 but also low key angry because even if I make a 100 on the final my grade would be like an 89 LOL JUST LOL.

[r0bo]

Lots of transition going on. Basically i'm sure i'll be laid off my job come january. So in preparation I dusted off my resume and sent it out and I'm pleasantly surprised at the feedack I'm getting. I applied for a couple of hospital/clinic management positions as I already do that. I also applied for some lower paying jobs from admissions to an ED coordinator who follow sup with patients to get a PCP appointment if they don't have one. So here's the problem.

I'm almost done with my first semester of nursing school and things are heating up. I'll start my clinical rotations next semester and I was thinking about taking a lower paying job closer to my home to aid in the whole work/life balance side of things. On the other hand a few of the management positons I've applied to pay great, like 20k more than I"m making now and I could also use that to continue down the management path while I pursue my clinical education. The only problem is a position like that is going to require me to preform, and preform well. I'm not sure I"ll be able to handle all of the stress of nursing school and a demanding job. Also just for the record my BSN program is night/weekend so I go to two night classes a week and my clinical day will be Saturday or sometimes Sunday.

What would you guys do?

PS: i took my third pharm exam last night...over 25 chapters, ho-ley-bonkers. Glad to say I came out of it with an 80 but also low key angry because even if I make a 100 on the final my grade would be like an 89 LOL JUST LOL.

what's nursing pharm even like? I always see people complaining about it, but it can't be that in depth. I also did my pharmD so I kinda like it huehuehue

[veggie530]

curious about how this, works. What is your average shift like, are you just PRN on the floor and pick up shifts when you have the time or what?

Job description states "patient care as necessary."

The other manager is never on the floor, lol. I work in excess of the 40 hours a week I get paid, so if I'm on the floor it's my own free time. There's always enough work to keep me off the floor for 40 hours, but I refuse to be that kind of hands off leader. Lead by example, every day.

[TheAmazon]

Job description states "patient care as necessary."

The other manager is never on the floor, lol. I work in excess of the 40 hours a week I get paid, so if I'm on the floor it's my own free time. There's always enough work to keep me off the floor for 40 hours, but I refuse to be that kind of hands off leader. Lead by example, every day.

I do very much like that attitude. I'd like to go into management after I get a good amount of practical floor experience. From my time working in mid management on the outpatient clinic side I see how it's way to easy to stay in your office far removed from what really goes on. Meanwhile while you're droning on about patient satisfaction scores and the latest retarded government reimbursement program the doctors and the nurses just sit and stare at you like you're not even on the planet anymore.

what's nursing pharm even like? I always see people complaining about it, but it can't be that in depth. I also did my pharmD so I kinda like it huehuehue

Well this most recent test was over 25 freaking chapters! I think we just cover so much in a short amount of time it's kind of overwhelming. That and getting used to taking NCLEX style questions can be quite the learning curve for people. But generally so far the biggest things I've taken away from it is learning how to know what nursing interventions would take priority when you take into account the patient's particular status at that point in time...while also remember all the bazillion interactions and contraindications. But one thing I have learned in pharm so far is that fluids and electrolytes scare the bee-jeesus out of me.

For what it's worth it sure feels VERY in depth, so much so the day before the test i woke up in a cold sweat reciting names of proton pump inhibitors.

Also guys I just landed an interview for a night time PRN patient care tech on the CVCU at my local hospital. I am so excited, so brahs hit me with your best interview skills/ topics etc.

[StickLegs78]

The nurses. Cardiologists are generally cool, but we work next to them day by day and they know who knows their **** and who doesn't. The cath lab nurses dump on us constantly though

Lots of cath labs nurses are former icu nurses, so you get people that are burned out and/or prima donnas, IME.

what's nursing pharm even like? I always see people complaining about it, but it can't be that in depth. I also did my pharmD so I kinda like it huehuehue

It’s undergrad, so it’s obviously not as in depth as the stuff graduate level pharm students take, probably about as hard as undergrad intro bio, so you do have to actually study. It’s like how a graduate chem student would view your toughest chem (?analytical).

[hidingwithmusic]

Any fields in healthcare I can use Nursing associate and Management bachelors?

[r0bo]

Lots of cath labs nurses are former icu nurses, so you get people that are burned out and/or prima donnas, IME.



It’s undergrad, so it’s obviously not as in depth as the stuff graduate level pharm students take, probably about as hard as undergrad intro bio, so you do have to actually study. It’s like how a graduate chem student would view your toughest chem (?analytical).

Maybe it's because pharm is a brand new topic to most people so it's all new, but I always see nurses bitch about pharm. We take lots of medicinal chemistry that focuses on structure relationships, target specificity, pka, half life etc so less on the synthesis and more clinical, but I get it. I wish nurses would ask more questions because i like to teach lol

[SpyderTT]

Lots of cath labs nurses are former icu nurses, so you get people that are burned out and/or prima donnas, IME.

Yeah, and the ones that aren't ICU nurses are too far removed from the floor.

[StickLegs78]

Maybe it's because pharm is a brand new topic to most people so it's all new, but I always see nurses bitch about pharm. We take lots of medicinal chemistry that focuses on structure relationships, target specificity, pka, half life etc so less on the synthesis and more clinical, but I get it. I wish nurses would ask more questions because i like to teach lol

Honestly, lots of physicians aren’t even that strong in pharm, so I think unrealistic to expect a nurse to with an undergrad to degree to understand a concept like pka.

If RN know the indication for a medication, the dose range, adverse reactions and has has some concept of mechanism of action, he or she is doing OK in my book

Then again, in my world, the way we use drugs is much closer to a art than a science (which always freaks out our OR pharmacist).

[veggie530]

I do very much like that attitude. I'd like to go into management after I get a good amount of practical floor experience. From my time working in mid management on the outpatient clinic side I see how it's way to easy to stay in your office far removed from what really goes on. Meanwhile while you're droning on about patient satisfaction scores and the latest retarded government reimbursement program the doctors and the nurses just sit and stare at you like you're not even on the planet anymore.

You just described my antithesis.

Lead from the front, lead by example...every day.

"Leadership is a choice, not a rank." - Simon Sinek

[r0bo]

Honestly, lots of physicians aren’t even that strong in pharm, so I think unrealistic to expect a nurse to with an undergrad to degree to understand a concept like pka.

If RN know the indication for a medication, the dose range, adverse reactions and has has some concept of mechanism of action, he or she is doing OK in my book

Then again, in my world, the way we use drugs is much closer to a art than a science (which always freaks out our OR pharmacist).

I never expect anyone to be strong in it; my initial q was what the curriculum looked like for nurses. I know how little docs know too, I just like to teach so I wish I'd get more questions lol. Docs want the answer right now, nurses tend to want the background.

[NLNFunKti0nz]

Can anyone help me here? Going for a different career change and worried cause I’m turning 30. I need to get my chit together..

What’s the best paying job in the medical field in California that I can finish school in 1-2 Years? I wanted to be an RN after I finished high school but I got caught up with a full time job and ended up dropping out after a year of doing some general courses..

[StickLegs78]

Can anyone help me here? Going for a different career change and worried cause I’m turning 30. I need to get my chit together..

What’s the best paying job in the medical field in California that I can finish school in 1-2 Years? I wanted to be an RN after I finished high school but I got caught up with a full time job and ended up dropping out after a year of doing some general courses..

X-ray tech

[FlexLex]

X-ray tech

This. Radiation tech as well with a bit more school.

[murse90]

What up misc? I'm planning to take Advanced Pathophysiology as an online course at UMass Boston starting January 29 and looking for some tips on what to do beforehand and during the session. It's to bolster my app for CRNA.

[PeaceWithin]

Maybe it's because pharm is a brand new topic to most people so it's all new, but I always see nurses bitch about pharm. We take lots of medicinal chemistry that focuses on structure relationships, target specificity, pka, half life etc so less on the synthesis and more clinical, but I get it. I wish nurses would ask more questions because i like to teach lol

Most nurses bitch about hating pharm because it is usually used as a weed-out course where the profs are more interesting in cutting potential nurses than actually teaching us about pharm. I love pharm and the pharmacist(s) that work our unit are phenomenal help when the physicians start screwing things up... That, and we have a pharmacist specifically for pain management and she has been a lifesaver on an ortho/trauma unit.

I never expect anyone to be strong in it; my initial q was what the curriculum looked like for nurses. I know how little docs know too, I just like to teach so I wish I'd get more questions lol. Docs want the answer right now, nurses tend to want the background.

Pretty much. Anytime I can build a connection or link multiple concepts around a medication the information sticks with me and gets integrated into practice and patient education.

[StickLegs78]

What up misc? I'm planning to take Advanced Pathophysiology as an online course at UMass Boston starting January 29 and looking for some tips on what to do beforehand and during the session. It's to bolster my app for CRNA.

Just study hard and get an A. You do any CRNA shawdowing yet?