agcaruso

agcaruso has 4 years experience.

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1. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

   agcaruso replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical

   I agree that novice and experience are better adjectives. Working around many novice RN's I've found that they often have qualities that experienced RN often loose. They often have a strong desire to learn and have a more current grasp on the literat...

2. Fired after 3 weeks!!!

   agcaruso replied to leelee85's topic in Critical

   That is mean and stupid what they did to you. I'm sorry you had to go through it. I also agree that they probably did you a favor. You don't want to work at a place that treats their new hires like that. Even if you appealed and got back my guess is ...

3. RNs in the ICU?

   agcaruso replied to Nkn86's topic in Critical

   It sounds like CCRN means something different where you are it. Here you can't test for the CCRN without ICU experience. Our CCRN is just an exam through the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). All you have to do is prove you've work...

4. What to Do When the Doctor Throws the Nurse Under the Bus by Lying

   agcaruso replied to blackdiamond407's topic in Relations

   He really looks unprofessional documenting that nonsense in a patients chart. Hopefully he'll be reprimanded by the higher ups for that as well. The other problem with this situation is that you have to make so many calls only to get blown off twice...

5. So disappointed in hospital RNs and MDs

   agcaruso replied to carachel2's topic in Relations

   I have two thoughts. One I think this discussion is good. Far to often in nursing we have situations where everyone knows something is wrong but no one wants to talk about it because they don't want to implicated as a bad nurse. If we don't talk abou...

6. In case you need a reminder

   agcaruso replied to ComeTogether's topic in Rock

   That was really nice. I often forget the power of saying thank you. It is this powerful as a third party observer I can imagine it is much more so as the recipient of such an event. It reminds me that I need to be thank people at my hospital when the...

7. Update - Need 86 to Pass

   agcaruso replied to gReeNTwin1's topic in General Students

   Awesome. Keep learning. Focus on what you love about your job.

8. Lessons on why not to "Assume" things.

   agcaruso replied to TigerxLiLy's topic in Geriatric

   I don't see the problem on looking up a patient of yours that is transfered to another unit (as in the previous posters example). We can't learn without feedback about how our actions effect the patient. As long as you don't know the patient personal...

9. MD-RN Relations -- There is Hope

   agcaruso replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Relations

   Good post. I hope we all hear more things like this. Working at a teaching hospital I've seen both sides with the residents. The ones who know their stuff work well with the nursing staff. The ones that are overwhelmed are often rude and don't liste...

10. Certification : I Did it For the Money.

    agcaruso replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in Career Support

    In most cases the degree means more than the certification but the certification is far easier to achieve. A PhD takes years even if you are doing it full time. You may be able to get certified in an area you know after studying for an hour a day for...

11. Having a hard time saying 'no' to working overtime

    agcaruso replied to Brian's topic in Rock

    Many nurses I know have gotten into the habit of working overtime and have gotten used to a lifestyle that can only be supported by working overtime (buying a more expensive house being the biggest trap). Then when life gets busier with kids, or they...

12. Why I Am Grateful To Be Working On Thanksgiving Day

    agcaruso replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the article. This is going to sound selfish in response to the article but I also like working on Thanksgiving. It is a nice, usually a little slow, day at work. Everyone at work seems upbeat despite having to work. The patients are more g...

13. Rapid Response

    agcaruso replied to PMFB-RN's topic in MICU

    Bluebolt, I am just joining a rapid response team and I am looking to implement standing orders for the RRN's. I was wondering if you could send me the standing orders your hospital uses for the CAT so I can use those as a blueprint.

14. Does anyone work as Rapid Response?

    agcaruso replied to nrsang97's topic in General Nursing

    This is a wonderful and detailed description of your job. I just took a rapid response job a month ago and we currently do not have any standing orders. I was wondering if you would share those standing orders with me so I can work to get them implem...