cm8816

cm8816 specializes in Oncology, ICU.

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1. Family Behavior during a code

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for this advice. I will follow it.

2. Family Behavior during a code

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you.

3. Family Behavior during a code

   cm8816 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work as a float RN at an acute rehab hospital. I have worked there for 7 years. Two days ago, I had an elderly patient who had had a stroke. He had multiple co-morbidities. The son was in the room. They had been admitted the prior day. In report th...

4. CCM EXam, Questions and Tips

   cm8816 replied to CseMgr1's topic in Case Management

   Passed in 08-2015, used Core Curriculum and CM Made Easy books as well as DataChem test prep which I have for sale on ebay: Case Manager Certification Exam Test Prep CD from Datachem | eBay

5. CCM EXam, Questions and Tips

   cm8816 replied to CseMgr1's topic in Case Management

   Passed in 08-2015, used Core Curriculum and CM Made Easy books as well as DataChem test prep which I have for sale on ebay: Case Manager Certification Exam Test Prep CD from Datachem | eBay

6. Bullying like I am back in middle school

   cm8816 replied to maxxilla's topic in Relations

   These ******** must all use the same playbook. I had a similar (actually almost exact behaviors) done to me as a new hire in an ICU. I literally tried everything. I was being set up on routine basis. I went to HR finally and HR turned it around on me...

7. A few questions about bedside manner.

   cm8816 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Relations

   Just be thankful you're not one of those who is praised to the sky for bedside manners. I float, throughout my hospital, so eventually I "follow" one half of the entire nursing staff. The WORST nurse I follow is a relentless self-promotor who likes t...

8. Changing dressing on Groshong

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Infusion

   Thank you for this information. I didn't know this.

9. Psychometric Verbal Reasoning Test

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Career Support

   The example I typed is just an approximation. Believe me, there was no way one could deduce the answer without determining several other positions. I would like to know if anyone has seen such questions and if they know how one should best approach s...

10. Psychometric Verbal Reasoning Test

    cm8816 posted a topic in Career Support

    Help! My head hurts. I applied for a position at Kaiser and had to take an online assessment. It was like nothing I'd ever seen before (and I've been around). The test went like this: The manager calls her six employees every Monday. Lisa can be firs...

11. Changing dressing on Groshong

    cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Infusion

    Thanks, that's what I thought.

12. Changing dressing on Groshong

    cm8816 posted a topic in Infusion

    Hello, When changing a dressing (and cap) on a Groshong, if there is no "clip" to close the line to air, when one removes the old cap, isn't there a danger of air embolizm? Should one take a kelly clamp to the line before changing the cap, or will th...

13. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    cm8816 replied to mcgocara31's topic in Career Support

    I could not have said this better! I, too am a former IT professional. Have been an RN for 5 years. EVERY DAY I work, I am SHOCKED by the disrespect that nurses show each other, the doctors show, the families and patients show. When one is used to re...

14. Why Do People Bully Me?

    cm8816 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Relations

    This article is very oversimplified. In my previous job, I was targeted because 1) I had a BSN where most of the RNs did not 2) I am a second-career nurse 3) I am over age 50 4) I have a fairly ugly burn that covers one hand leftover from childhood. ...

15. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    cm8816 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Anyone who has ever reared a child or trained a dog understands that kindness works better than the hostility and anger you seem to value. I have mentored using kindness and I can assure you, the preceptee is educated BETTER than when having been bea...