CandiceNTexas

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1. The use of LPN's in ICU CCU

   CandiceNTexas replied to RNParamedic911's topic in Critical

   RnParamedic, I thanked you because you are truly one of few advanced titled nurses who seems to recognize that the value of a nurse can't always be ascertained by the number of letters after their names! I was a nurses aide for a few months, an LVN...

2. Will I get a raise after corrective action.

   CandiceNTexas replied to ldaa's topic in General Nursing

   LOL. Fess up Idaa, we're all friends here! Let's see; I have been written up probably twice a year, since 96. I'm that special problem child who management seems to love dearly. I also get plenty of positive write ups from patients and their famil...

3. A possitive tb test

   CandiceNTexas replied to libra32's topic in General Nursing

   A positive quantiferon is not indicative of active tb, it shows exposure to tb. Most likely your cxr will be fine (if you have no symptoms, ie coughing, night sweats, fatique, weight loss, etc). BUT you may still be prescribed inh forever, not real...

4. New RN starting in ICU Question

   CandiceNTexas replied to foscaute's topic in Critical

   Nurses do at the facility I work at. We pull cts, cordis/swanz lines, a lines, pacer wires. Part of nursing duties, and all ya need is an order and training.

5. No briefs?! Is this an ICU thing?

   CandiceNTexas replied to paramedic-RN's topic in Critical

   Several years ago we got new beds/mattresses that were supposed to reduce pressure ulcers. We were told in product training that we should only use 1 sheet and 1 chuck on the mattress for it to be effective. A few years later, our beds are covered ...

6. Is there a place for non-confrontational nurses in ICU?

   CandiceNTexas replied to TurtleLittle's topic in Critical

   I work with a lot of new nurses, a lot of soft spoken nurses, and with nurses who are ESL. I feel sorry for them, because they get dumped on a lot! Your post says that the order was put in AFTER the er nurse gave you report, as a stat order, the mr...

7. Alone as a New Grad in the ICU

   CandiceNTexas replied to colie5265's topic in Critical

   I take offense to that statement. I have almost 20 yrs nursing, with my little ole ADN degree. I also have a teaching degree and a BFA degree. You are assuming an awful lot, based on what? I am not easily intimidated, and I love to share what I h...

8. Alone as a New Grad in the ICU

   CandiceNTexas replied to colie5265's topic in Critical

   Really? Nurses still eat their young? The facility I work at doesn't seem to have this problem, maybe because we are so short staffed, we look at every able bodied nurse as a godsend! I do confess to coming across as, well witchy, rarely, but only ...

9. What Grossness Is Cool?

   CandiceNTexas replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

   God as my Witness you can! Think pinworms. . .no one is sure how he got them, the family tried to blame the hospital staff. . .it was summer. . .there may have been an open window. . .but we pointed out that we did not have the patient long enough f...

10. Resources for Nurse Educators/ Strategies to Enhance Critical Thinking

    CandiceNTexas replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

    As a nursing student, I found the concept approach that Teach1 mentioned to be very helpful. Many students are cognitive learners, as opposed to verbal learners, and right brained, thus needing to look at a situation from a very different pov as the...

11. What Grossness Is Cool?

    CandiceNTexas replied to mshooha's topic in Emergency

    In the CCU that I work in we had a patient with a REALLY BAD maggot infestation of the respiratory and GI tracts. Maggots while suctioning the vent patient, maggots while doing peri care, maggots crawling out of his eyes!!!! I was nauseous for a week...

12. I took my boards ahhhh!

    CandiceNTexas replied to mzkathrina's topic in LPN/LVN

    I remember the anxiety well! I passed LVN at 75 questions and RN at 85. I think the LVN boards were harder, or maybe it was because I had 6 years of experience by the time I passed Rn boards. Someone told me that if your questions were hard, you p...