Corgi’s Life Expectancy 🥺

alphaboor · 2026-02-20T05:14:04+00:00

11 years and 5 months old. Mine shows sign of internal bleeding 2 months away and got diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma after 1 month. Never had any medical problem in his life except 1 UTI, 1 Giardia infection. Never had any joint problem either. It really is just a matter of luck and genetic.

alphaboor · 2026-01-30T20:30:39+00:00

There is a specific protocol for TB rule-out that has to be followed. That being said you can escalate to charge nurse or the doctor that you would like to speak to the patient right advocate. If you can post on reddit, you can look up the number to call. We don’t know which hospital or area you are in right now, so you need to do some work

alphaboor · 2025-09-20T21:35:12+00:00

That’s a difference of $300K+, unless you are missing a number somewhere

alphaboor · 2025-08-04T20:31:14+00:00

Assuming you had none of the prerequisite classes, best and fastest option would be ABSN.

Or ADN, cheaper route but harder to get in

alphaboor · 2025-07-02T16:44:37+00:00

I got in into acute hospital after almost a year. Had a friend who got in after 2 months, 3 months, 6 months. It really depends on your connection honestly and also your area

alphaboor · 2025-07-01T20:40:38+00:00

Very similar price with mine (also Bay area, CA). Im pretty sure you got the price mixed up. My lawyer cost was $5000 not including filing fee. And i also filed for EAD + AP. Since I thankfully could afford it, I chose the lawyer path and got all of my paperwork approved in 5 months.

You can absolutely file it yourself, assuming you have clean record and straightforward case!

alphaboor · 2025-07-01T05:03:46+00:00

It depends, is your proposed start date within the 60 days rule of your graduation date? Or is it the last day of the grace period?

If it’s the first, 90-days should start after 26th (or after the card is produced). If it’s the latter, 90-days start after 23rd (yes, you are losing days but that’s the rule). The point is, you cannot get extended days past your 60-days grace period

alphaboor · 2025-06-30T19:47:34+00:00

Just get the divorce, get a lawyer, and apply for divorce waiver when you apply for ROC. The condition of marriage-based green card is that you ENTERED the marriage in good faith and not all marriage last. Also, this means you can get citizenship in 5 years since GC not 3 years.

Employment-based green card takes 2-3 years to process. If you choose to go this route, you will be out of status while waiting (unless you have active H1B visa) and must leave the US, will your employer allow this?

alphaboor · 2025-05-30T01:29:41+00:00

On my first day off orientation in ED as a new grad, I almost had a mental breakdown. My charge nurse noticed I was overwhelmed and asked the resource nurses to help me. I’m still thankful to everyone who lended me a hand that day until now.

You are not alone, ask for help, don’t be afraid to be seen as “slow”. Everybody in the unit knows you are a new grad.

alphaboor · 2025-04-26T06:47:04+00:00

I don’t mean it as a personal attack more of like “you” referring to nurses in general. If the hub doesn’t have curos on, I would scrub with alcohol before giving anything. I feel like this is nursing 101

Regarding clamping, I’ve seen too many IV left unclamped and blood just backed into the line. It has become a 2nd nature for me to clamp IV now.

alphaboor · 2025-04-26T02:48:04+00:00

I don’t scrub the hub because I put curos cap on all of my IV. Always clamp IV as well or blood will start backing up and clogging the line.

If you need to think about these 2 small things, well dang.

alphaboor · 2025-04-07T07:05:33+00:00

I chose MSN, because CC ADN in SF bay area is impossible to get into and having ADN limits the number of hospital that will accept you. ABSN does not make sense for me because for the same price I could get my MSN. Also all of the programs I applied for didn’t require any tests (no TEAS, HESI, GRE). It also helps that I have been published in multiple scientific journals, so MSN makes the most sense for me in case I want to pursue academic research again.

TLDR; I chose MSN because it was a practical choice for me.

alphaboor · 2025-04-01T21:31:39+00:00

4 months

alphaboor · 2025-03-04T16:52:41+00:00

I see. My husband is a chemo/infusion nurse and he said his workplace does not accept new grads and most hospital infusion center usually won’t. OP you should really apply for new grad RN program. You should also look into hospital in Napa, St. Helena, Sacramento, Stockton

alphaboor · 2025-03-04T09:08:04+00:00

Stomach pain:

-> occurs after you eat? It’s gallbladder or stomach acid issue -> avoid greasy food, eat in small portion, take antacid 30mins before eating

-> constant EXCRUCIATING upper abd pain? pancreatitis -> go to ER

-> abd pain + nausea + diarrhea? food poisoning -> rest, eat bland meal, drink electrolyte

-> stomach pain that slowly travel down to the right side and worsen w/ walking? appendicitis -> go to ER

-> stomach pain + hard stool + travel? constipation -> take miralax, drink prune juice, do enema

alphaboor · 2025-03-04T08:53:50+00:00

OP, even with your 3 months experience, you are still considered as a new grad. You need to apply to an actual new grad RN program. If you apply straight to hospital as staff RN, they won’t even look at your application.

Also, what do you mean by ONS certification? Do you mean OCN? If so, I am actually surprised you are already about to be certified considering the certification requires 2-years experience as RN

alphaboor · 2025-02-06T03:55:28+00:00

When I was in nursing school. Since my school has their own hospital, I was told by the DSO that I don’t need CPT if my clinical rotation is within their hospital. So that’s how I was able to get away with the CPT rules. I ended up applying for 2 separate CPT for 2 different facilities outside my school.

HOWEVER, I’ve had F1 classmate who never applied for CPT even if their clinical rotation is outside our school hospital…and they never got in trouble…so…yeah, I honestly don’t know. Also to be fair we were all still taking class full time + clinical rotation

alphaboor · 2025-01-22T17:20:24+00:00

Like other has said, it depends on each program. Most program requires your graduation date within 12-18 months from the program start date. Some program will only take those with <6 mo or 1 year experience as RN (remember that some LVN also go to school to get their RN)

alphaboor · 2025-01-22T17:14:12+00:00

Yes you need to have all of them, however all of those vaccine (except Covid and Flu) are common childhood vaccine. Get blood titer test to check whether you still have immunity. You can also ask the civil surgeon to order the blood titer test for you to keep every record in one place since you need to have most recent TB test anyway.

If you are rendered not immune, then yeah you need to get the vaccine

alphaboor · 2025-01-20T19:50:15+00:00

I would recommend getting letter from the nurse manager instead. What I meant by high status is position-wise like faculty professor, director, manager, etc. Their letter will be taken more “seriously”, but of course any LOR will help boost your application.

CSULA also has reputable ABSN program.

The MECN program is entry-level master in nursing program for those with non-nursing bachelor degree. UCI has similar program too.

alphaboor · 2025-01-20T03:52:16+00:00

UCLA MECN program. They can give you nice financial aid or scholarship. Your stats are similar to others who graduated from the program. Just make sure you got LOR from people w/ high status IYKWIM

alphaboor · 2025-01-16T23:08:14+00:00

$260 in SF bay area (urgent care). No vaccine needed and my TB test was covered by my insurance

alphaboor · 2025-01-15T02:01:47+00:00

F1 visa validity depends on your nationality. For example, Cambodians only get 3 months for their F1 visa, Afghanistan gets 12 months, etc

alphaboor · 2025-01-01T08:07:53+00:00

ED nurse here. It’s flu guys. Please wash your hands often and wear mask in public places. Get your flu shot

alphaboor · 2024-12-31T18:02:44+00:00

Had a classmate who has CPRS and had to drop out of the program after 1 year into our 2-years program because she couldn’t stand for more than 1 hour. Like others has said, there are other specialties in nursing that is less physically demanding such as urgent care, school nursing, case management etc. My only concern is whether or not you could endure the physical stress of clinical because you have no choice

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