iamme445

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1. Have you ever felt STRESSED, or OVERWHELMED? BURNED OUT?

   iamme445 replied to firefly's topic in Med-Surg

   Burnout, Stress, Overwhelmed...sounds like an average work week in a hospital to me. Its not really that bad, I love being a nurse and most of the time it is very rewarding. Having some positive feedback from the nurse manager would really be nice. ...

2. Paramedics as primary care givers in ED

   iamme445 replied to ntg's topic in Emergency

   When I had medical command priveledges at Passavant Hospital near Pittsburgh I was required to spend 8 hours a year in the ED doing patient care and assisting and getting to know staff. These were the staff members I would be talking to on the radio...

3. Respect for Med-Surg Nursing

   iamme445 replied to KTB's topic in Med-Surg

   The things that I dont like about med/surg are probably the things you love about it. I started on a med/surg floor and am ICU/flight nurse now. You have to do so much teaching in so little time to prepare the patients and families to care for the ...

4. Why Does Nursing Eat Its Young?

   iamme445 replied to Garry Halliday's topic in Educators

   Nurses must be assertive and self motivated to make this their career especially in the specialty areas (which is all of nursing really). You are expected to be kind, theraputic and think in a level headed and critical manner toward patients, their ...

5. LPN's and IV's

   iamme445 replied to Judy T's topic in Infusion

   Sounds like we are slowly stepping toward the role of the MD. The RNs will eventually rule the patient care agenda, as if we havent already been there...Just stand up and lead I guess. Deanna

6. First Response experience...

   iamme445 replied to CV's topic in Flight

   CV, I would like to help you. In Pennsylvania the volunteer services will let you go on the ambulance one or two times as an 'observer' but then you must make a commitment to become a vounteer of their service. You will be supported during this bu...

7. Level of Care

   iamme445 replied to DebBV's topic in MICU

   Debv I think you have a good solution, QA is a good thing if we use it right. Suggest this as a problem to the QA committee and it will be addressed. Yes it takes time but at least you have made your opinion of patient needs known to someone who can ...

8. How is holistic care used today?

   iamme445 replied to Jodie5's topic in Holistic

   The hospital where I work uses theaputic touch on the floor where they treat cancer patients. It is also used on the rehab patients and I think the chronic ventilator patients. I work in ICU and am rarely pulled to these floors but I do know some o...

9. 09:31 AM

   iamme445 replied to Shari's topic in MICU

   We still monitor vitals hourly and continue to monitor EKG and I&O as an ICU patient. This is extra work because the transfer patients waiting for a bed are usually your 3rd patient. We have 2 telemetry units, they only work in 2 of the rooms so...

10. ER Employment

    iamme445 replied to doci's topic in Emergency

    doci, I also worked as a medic prior to becoming an RN. I did the mandatory 6 months on a med/surg unit and am glad that I did. I proved myself as a competent nurse and showed that I could work with other nurses. I also was given charge duties quit...

11. require info-travel nursing

    iamme445 replied to anne's topic in Travel

    Hello, I would also like to look into travel nursing. I am currently an RN in PA, recently divorced and thinking maybe getting away from this area for a year would do me some good. I have 6 years critical care experience in ICU, CVICU, NICU and am...

12. good morning

    iamme445 replied to iamme445's topic in Flight

    Hello again, There have got to be more than two of us out there doing this transport thing. I seem to remember doing a lot more trips though before all this health care reform stuff happened. Got called out in the middle of the night, now I usually...

13. good morning

    iamme445 posted a topic in Flight

    Hello all other nurses who just aren't happy taking care of a critical patient INSIDE a hospital...gotta put-em in an ambulance, helicopter or airplane. I understand;....an ICU/CCU/ED or OR are just too well staffed and supplied to make that a chall...