ErraticThinkerRN

ErraticThinkerRN has 10 years experience and specializes in Critical Care, Trauma, CCU/MICU/SICU.

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1. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism

   Truthfully, I'm still waiting for a counter argument that doesn't imply that i'm anti-nurse, or not experienced enough to understand, or in some way am demeaning and personal because I'm making points that aren't exactly popular among nurses, or poin...

2. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism

   No, but in the United States it is, and any meaningful change towards something better in the near future is highly unlikely. Also, let's not pretend that other countries deliver healthcare without being cost conscious. Any time there are finite reso...

3. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism

   Yes. Run along now.

4. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism

   I like how quickly this turned into being for or against nursing. Such a typical reaction. So isn't touting 19 years of experience as a justification for not being able to back up a claim. That aside. I'll say again that the reason nursing gets stom...

5. RRT vs ICU transfer

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to kflavi2's topic in Critical

   I think a 24-48 ICU stay is called for, and agree with the posting above saying that the dopamine is kind of just a bandaid. He'll definitely need more of a work up, and more intense monitoring in the meantime in case the dopamine needs to be titrate...

6. bridge the gap: Article Hospitals must educate nurses about health care costs

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to Natasha A.'s topic in Activism

   citation to support this claim, please. hospitals that are non-profit status can use their profits for capital improvements to get tax breaks. Claiming that "a large part of the health care budgeting crisis" can be attributed to this is spurious at b...

7. Hepatitis B Vaccine Safe?

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to gkvegan's topic in General Nursing

   Get the vaccine. Every employer that I have had has not only required documentation of having been vaccinated, but did blood work to make sure that I had the antibodies and was immune. Plus, with everything you'll be exposed to as a nurse, you'll wan...

8. Nurses smoking weed?

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   So, the question is really of overdose vs adverse drug effect then. Two different concepts. An overdose implies a toxic state affecting actual organ function. Most drugs have a LD50 scoring (median lethal dose) and many researchers have tried to find...

9. Nurses smoking weed?

   ErraticThinkerRN replied to bunnynurse's topic in General Nursing

   Some of the studies being cited here actually makes me nervous about the amount of misinformation nurses could be giving their patients. I'm all for caution, but a few cross sectional studies, even if well designed, don't justify the definitive causa...

10. American RN moving to Australia

    ErraticThinkerRN replied to ErraticThinkerRN's topic in Australia

    Thanks for your input! Some of my friends there in public health circles have suggested I try working with NSW Health, so it's nice to hear that it's an option.

11. American RN moving to Australia

    ErraticThinkerRN posted a topic in Australia

    I'm hoping some of our Aussie nurses can help me out on this one. I am finishing up my PhD in Nursing later this year, and I will be moving to Sydney mid 2017 to live with my partner. I've been a nurse for ten years in critical care and trauma, with ...

12. American RN moving to Australia

    ErraticThinkerRN posted a topic in Immigration

    I'm hoping some of our Aussie nurses can help me out on this one. I am finishing up my PhD in Nursing later this year, and I will be moving to Sydney mid 2017 to live with my partner. I've been a nurse for ten years in critical care and trauma, with ...

13. I'm Done With Nursing.

    ErraticThinkerRN replied to RegNurse1987's topic in General Nursing

    With your varied and extensive experience, have you thought about clinical consulting or even global health? I'm in a similar boat, though in critical care where the stressful part isn't necessarily the job, but the politics and personalities of deal...

14. Books for new ICU Nurse

    ErraticThinkerRN replied to NurseLys1994's topic in Critical

    For day to day stuff, I really liked critical care made incredibly easy. It helped a lot with understanding the basics and is a really easy read for learning waveforms and blood gas interpretation and whatnot. For the more nitty gritty stuff, I still...

15. Why do nurses.....

    ErraticThinkerRN replied to offlabel's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught that it depends on the situation and that it's your highest degree earned. So BSN MSN DNP is rather redundant and looks a bit silly. DNP would suffice. I only use my CCRN-CMC-CSC when writing from the perspective of my critical care role...