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 Medical-Surgical

   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...

2. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   mamatara replied to mamatara's topic in Critical Care

   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...

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

   mamatara replied to weluv3's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   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...

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

   mamatara replied to Nervous1's topic in North Carolina Nursing

   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...

5. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   mamatara replied to mamatara's topic in Critical Care

   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...

6. Getting ACLS & BLS for Resume

   mamatara replied to Denali_25's topic in Critical Care

   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...

7. Help with objective statement please

   mamatara replied to ZellRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   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...

8. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   mamatara posted a topic in Critical Care

   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...

9. Pain assessment tool for sedated/ intubated patients?

   mamatara replied to alenor's topic in Critical Care

   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...

10. Questions about RCC, DCCC and Forsyth Tech

    mamatara replied to JennyNurse2B's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    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...

11. 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.