puddlesrn

puddlesrn

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About puddlesrn

puddlesrn has 15 years experience and specializes in Critical Care, Management.


Registered nurse for 15 years suffering from severe burnout.

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  1. leaving with iv lock in

    I would not endanger myself or others when insisting to take out the IV but have you ever considered letting the police know about the patient. Have them go by the patients home to have it removed? I also live in a area where there are lots of drug a...
  2. Taking Our Pals Away

    Hey everyone.. I have a problem and i would like some advise. I manage a 12 bed adult and peds unit. Rarley do we have peds pts proably 1-2 a year but when we do they are usually on the vent and critical. My DON has informed me that she is no longer ...
  3. Managers staffing???

    I am manager of a 12 bed ICU unit. I work staff quite a bit. Schedule myself 2 12 hr shifts a week when im needed. I do assessments, pass meds, baths, turns anything else that nonmanagement staff does. I dont mind at all to do this but sometimes the...
  4. I am a manager of an ICU. Our staff approaches pts and familys about code status. If we left it to the docs it would never happen. All my staff do a wonderful job with this and the doctors appreciate the effort. I also think that nurses know who need...
  5. How many of you married doctors?

    OMG.... A doctor...i can hardly stand to work with them....single is the only way to go babe.
  6. nimodipine

    i love this neuro stuff... no neuro unit where i work
  7. what would you do different?...

    I would have continued w/ college and received my BSN instead of doing it now. Also i would have enjoyed my figure more back then.
  8. Pay Scale

    There were some questions about VA nurses. I work in a 200 bed hospital in their 12 bed CCU unit. i have my ADN. graduated in 95 w/ base pay 11.07 for Med Surg. The last 6 years i have worked CCU. I am now making 16.83 an hour. I am PALS certified an...