EricaCCRN

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  1. Help w/ Ethics Paper

    Thanks guys! Keep it comin'. I have adressed the beneficence, nonmaleficence thingie but I need a ton of other ethical ideas. Honest to God, the guidelines for this paper are ridiculous. I'll be up all night.
  2. How much do you make?

    Rn 5 yrs Critical Care $38 days/$39 nights as AGENCY nurse (no benefits) last staff job was $18.96 Pittsburgh
  3. Help w/ Ethics Paper

    I am currently writing this ethics/legal nursing paper and I am stuck. Here is the scenario....I had this patient whose family was extremly unreasonable. The girl was 18, s/p fall after taking ecstasy & rock climbing. Family refused to obey vi...
  4. Your favorite "extra" thing to do for patients

    I used to bring in Mr bubble bubble bath with some good smelling lotion from bath & body works for our young trauma (and the stinky grandmas too). Also, those young traumas had their legs & pits shaved by ME. Not to toot my own horn, but I'd...
  5. No more visitors EVER!

    Our codes were called overhead (stupid though, cause in the ICU we ran our own) but anyway, a visitor in the waiting room came into the ICU, saw what room the code was in tried to walk in saying, "what's going on in here?". Then, after I told her to...
  6. national Nurse Shadow Day ?????

    :rotfl: Holy "poo"!! I haven't laughed that hard in awhile. You are so creative!!!!!!!
  7. national Nurse Shadow Day ?????

    We should collectively write to our deadbeat legislators & request a National Nurses Shadow Day where they could follow us around, see what its like and maybe GAIN A LITTLE RESPECT for us. This idea could then be expanded to include your friendl...
  8. New call lights

    Dear, sweet Mario......I know the familiar argument "if you're not doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to fear" in regards to this type of tracking device. However, you are stepping on a slippery slope here. Where do they draw the line? Are...
  9. My my my. Let me count the ways. Low pay, shift, holidays, weekends, and exposure to every infectous disease known to man are only the BENEFITS. Factor in disrespect from MDs and mangement combined with abusive families/patients and you've got the...
  10. Use Extreme Caution With Iv Pumps Please

    Sorry to tell you fedup, but you'll be waiting til the cows come home for management to address this. Now, if youcould somehow disguise this problem as one realting to some family in distress over ice chips or something, then you'd get results!!!!
  11. No more visitors EVER!

    I could go on & on & on about this, my favorite ***** topic!!! When I first started woking in ICU, I had my first visitors encounter when my patient's ventilator was alarming. I entered the room to find the patient's daughter (with about 15...
  12. Some questions for all the nurses

    Whoa.....Mark LD. I never meant to offend anyone abou the Bull crap nurse. Just a phrase my friends & I coined since our program was full of BS!!! I gained not an extra lick of knowledge by finishing that degree. Don't be so defensive!! I wil...
  13. Anti-depressants anyone?

    I am not on any of these drugs nor have I ever been. However, I had a coworker recently who was on two antidepressants & he tried the Atkins diet. Not only did he get off his antidepressants, but he got off his oral hypoglycemis and his Norvasc...
  14. Some questions for all the nurses

    I am a diploma nurse who completed my BSN while working full time. Let me just opine, here. I have gained NOTHING (both financially and academically) by getting my BullShitNurse degree. I do the same job as my coworkers. (I did gain alot by getti...
  15. Cancelling travellers for Foreigners

    I am trying not to blame them. Hey, if they want to better themselves & get their slice of the American Dream, good for them. Should make us proud, you know, that our country is so damn good (insert flag waving here). However, I have gotten bu...