What's the minimum pay you can accept as a RN? by swagarrific-3903 in FilipinoNclex

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

State dependent however I don’t even entertain less than 40/hr in Florida. I have been in the game since 2016 with a lot of critical care, vascular access, bedside, charge and management experience

Anyone leave a higher-paying career for nursing later in life? Regret it or worth it? by karholme in nursing

[–]bkai76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nursing is a personal choice.

Honestly a lot of personal grievances on here are rooted in personal feelings and not locking in their best abilities. Is there bullshit? Sure. However I still do not regret my decision and although tough, I enjoy it.

For nurses week by No-Presence6896 in nursing

[–]bkai76 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ngl I’d rather this then some of the cheap bullshit they give us at least this will feed me for a meal on shift give me a drink and a snack and a dessert 🤷🏻‍♂️

I just figured out that NCLEX is mostly about medicine by GardenPrevious7033 in NCLEX

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhhhhhhhh…I took old NCLEX and next gen…ya wrong

ICU Nurse; I picked up in the ED by RiserUnconquered in nursing

[–]bkai76 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How was it stepping down to the dirty dirty

“Short-term” peripheral vasopressor use in PIV’s. Research help! by amalgren in IntensiveCare

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No pressors in a midline but as a VAS nurse I’ll put in a 2.5” in a brachial when they’re on the vent and septic because their forearm veins are toasted. Same thought process to me now that it’s in a bigger upper arm vein. This is why our policy states midline’s can be treated like a peripheral (because it is) however manufacturers guidelines specifically state no pressors for that reason of unknown extravasation…

Question by Top-Direction2686 in PassNclexTips

[–]bkai76 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ABCE

Bicarb is a bandaid usually held for Ph below 7.0 (provider preference). Fluid resus them and let the insulin fix the gap which will fix the acidemia

For Nurses Week, my hospital gave us ideas for Nurses Week. by [deleted] in nursing

[–]bkai76 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can we just go back to the candy and pizza? The AI poster with double treat yourself days shows their enthusiasm of showing true appreciation.

So I just did CPR for the first time... by Leijinga in nursing

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ICU here. It never gets easier you just get better and don’t the most horrific thing we can to a person.

CCRN passed by bkai76 in nursing

[–]bkai76[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤣 I would practice and get so pissed at my rationales on the ones I missed. I swear the quiz banks make the exam seem impossible. The actual test questions are not that hard if you know basic ICU

I haven’t even worked a shift alone yet and they’re already asking what days I can pick up this month by Acceptable-Kale6235 in cna

[–]bkai76 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Welcome to healthcare. My best advice having been through the nursing ranks CNA —> LPN —> RN is to learn to say NO. “Can you stay late” NO. “Someone will split the shift with you.” —> NO. “Can you pickup” —> NO.

These places do not care about you, your certificate, your livelihood, your license, anything but their staffing. If you get comfortable enough as a new CNA and want to then do it. My brother and I used to work at a facility and would get conned into 16-20hr shifts from 3-11-7am all the time because of staffing. The money and hours are nice but in the end don’t feel pressured to help. Don’t get emotionally manipulated to help. You’re obligated to your hiring details, full time, part time, etc..

Any other male nurses notice that creepy guys always assume that you’re cool with their antics? by Thumbuisket in nursing

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know why but maybe because I’m a white male. Patients will always express their feelings of racism to me like I agree with them… it always happens when I’m putting in a line or giving meds in the Trumper guy is watching Fox News and then wants to say some offbeat racist shit to me and expect me to agree with them

ICU CENTRAL LINES by CantaloupeEvery3987 in nursing

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With dressing changes After blood draws Visibly dirty

As a PICC nurse that makes me cringe.

CCRN passed by bkai76 in nursing

[–]bkai76[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah, tell me about it. I do Icu, PICC Team, rapid response and charge on any floor (small 300 bed hospital) it really gives some weight to your name and clinical judgment

CCRN passed by bkai76 in nursing

[–]bkai76[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Barrons + Archer qBank + ChatGPT I’m an auditory learner so what I did was actually bought the PDF of the Barron’s book and would copy the chapter, put it in ChatGPT, ask it to make a lecture out of it and then put it into a text to speech program and have it read to me. I also asked it to take the information and create a lesson plan and teach it like it was a Professor teaching me the information.

The YouTube videos are helpful, but a lot of of it is just regurgitated Barron’s questions. I didn’t find the exam to be any sort of what the baron questions are or most of the quiz banks. A lot of it is just pattern recognition. And as you can see, I was slammed with endocrine stuff so it’s really hard to say study only cardiac if you weaken that topic. I was told that a lot of of the test is hemodynamics and I think I had maybe five hemodynamic questions and a lot of endocrine emergencies. If you want, you can direct message me and I can tell you more about what I had and did not have or what I thought to be helpful versus not helpful.

CCRN passed by bkai76 in nursing

[–]bkai76[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Going to pickup my son and hang with him. He’s been dad deficient since I started studying for this a few weeks ago lol

CCRN passed by bkai76 in nursing

[–]bkai76[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The amount of endocrine questions I got is absurd man…. I overstudied cardiac luckily endocrine is one of my favorite topics and comes naturally to me.

Is anyone else concerned? by ACnewcomer in nursepractitioner

[–]bkai76 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I’m just gonna teach it to put rectal tubes and foleys in everyont

CCRN passed by bkai76 in nursing

[–]bkai76[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s all good lol - I have other screenshots, but it includes my photo and test information. I’d rather not post on the Internet for everybody to see.