mamatara

mamatara has 4 years experience and specializes in Cardiac ICU/Stepdown.

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1. "You look tired"

   mamatara replied to nickel78's topic in Med-Surg

   Whether it annoys me or not depends on who says it and how it is meant. I work 12 hr nights and no matter what I do I never look good by morning. Some nights I mean to go to the bathroom and touch up my makeup, but then I am so excited that I finally...

2. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   mamatara replied to mamatara's topic in Critical

   I specifically am not calling this music therapy because it is not. This will be used as a nursing intervention. The information I am hoping someone has is the nuts and bolts of how they implemented it. I don't want to reinvent the wheel if it has al...

3. New Grad RN Pay In Greensboro/Winston-Salem area?

   mamatara replied to weluv3's topic in North Carolina

   When I was in school (graduated 2008) we were told that Baptist and Novant had an agreement that kept their basic pay rate similar. Whether that is true or not I'm not sure, but there wasn't much difference in my classmates that went to either one. M...

4. Greensboro, Winston Salem jobs for new ADN grad ?

   mamatara replied to Nervous1's topic in North Carolina

   Cone Health is definitely shifting to BSN but I think they have taken a small amount of ADN. I'll have to ask the new nurses on our floor what they are. Unfortunately many of the new grad positions are filled earlier on. When I was hired 4 years ago ...

5. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   mamatara replied to mamatara's topic in Critical

   We do have cable , educational videos and 1 station that has beach sounds but I am looking at something a little more specific, research based. Going by research, I am looking at non-lyrical music at 60 to 80 beats/min in a variety of sounds to meet ...

6. Getting ACLS & BLS for Resume

   mamatara replied to Denali_25's topic in Critical

   I had to keep my BLS current while in nursing school (also an ADN program) per school rules. I would definitely go ahead and get that certification now but I would hold off on ACLS. I work on a Cardiac ICU & stepdown unit and participated in many...

7. Never Argue With Dementia (and Other Nuggets of Nursing Wisdom)

   mamatara replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Geriatric

   I have run many a dogs out of the room that were bothering my dementia patients. Other people would argue that they didn't see them, you're at the hospital, etc only leading to increased anxiety because those darn dogs were still bothering them! I wi...

8. Help with objective statement please

   mamatara replied to ZellRN's topic in Job Hunt

   First of all, Congratulations! I am assuming this objective statement is for a resume. I find objective statements unnecessary and really just BS for the most part. (I am by no means saying you don't mean yours 100%) When I used to hire (in a differe...

9. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   mamatara posted a topic in Critical

   I work at a 28 bed Cardiac ICU and stepdown unit (14 beds ICU, 14 SDU) and am in the process of putting together a presentation to start using music as a nonpharmological intervention at work. I have already found plenty of research to support it and...

10. Pain assessment tool for sedated/ intubated patients?

    mamatara replied to alenor's topic in Critical

    I work in a Cardiac ICU and Stepdown unit in NC (14 beds ICU, 14 beds stepdown). We use the CPOT and PAINAD pain scales. CPOT is for our intubated/sedated patients and PAINAD is for those with cognitive impairment (usually patients with dementia). Mo...

11. Questions about RCC, DCCC and Forsyth Tech

    mamatara replied to JennyNurse2B's topic in North Carolina

    I graduated 3 years ago from Forsyth Tech and did like the program. It was difficult to get into (I had mostly A's and some B's)but we were the last class to not use TEAS testing for admission. One thing to be aware of is that Forsyth Tech right now ...

12. Taking someone off of isolation...

    mamatara replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    At both hospitals I do clinicals at it's once MRSA always MRSA! If you have ever tested positive for MRSA in the past you will ALWAYS be on contact isolation forever and ever amen. Tara

13. Help! How Hard & How Many Hours?

    mamatara replied to sexymonkeyboy's topic in General Students

    Don't be discouraged. Is it hard? Yes! But it is doable. I am in my 2nd semester of an ADN program. I have 4 daughters, ages 4,7,12,13- the oldest is mentally ill. I also work 15 to 20 hrs/week. Is this an ideal situation? Definitly not, but it is li...