So I want to get out of bedside nursing bad. But I also like the steady paycheck. I work in an understaffed ICU. We use travelers but they leave as soon as their contract ends. I keep getting phone calls from recruiters about certain ICU positions pa...
University of Md Medical Center in Baltimore has a lot of nursing positions open. I know they have a med-surg/tele position open that is a great first job for new grad RNs (I know because that was my first job there!). And the commute at 6.30am takes...
mh356 replied to JerseyNurse87's topic in Neurological
If you have worked ER/Trauma and been an EMT then you should be fine on a neuro floor (just my 2 cents). I also worked as a tech in an ER as an EMT-loved that adrenalin rush, and I really enjoy the variety neuro provides me. The best advice I could g...
Share time is when you go to visit a unit and follow a nurse around and see what its really like to work there. Try to notice the non-verbal communication-does the nurse look annoyed that she has to show you around? How well do the doctors and nurses...
I would try Craig's List as there are many neighborhoods nearby the University such as Federal Hill, Fell's Point and Canton that have rowhouses for rent with multiple bedrooms. You can find a room in a house with other young professionals (grad stud...
mh356 replied to FORTHELOVEOF!!!!'s topic in Neurological
If you can buy Joanne Hickey's Guide to Neuroscience and Neurosurgical Nursing, you can buy an older version on Amazon for less. It has everything you ever wanted to know about neuro and will give you a good foundation. Good Luck!
No extra pay, Almost always have an assignment (we try to give them the least number of patients/less acute, but that leaves them open to taking the first admission so some would rather have a full assignment of 3 pts.) During day shift Charge is ex...
mh356 replied to laughterishelpful's topic in General Nursing
You'd be surprised how many patients are fine all day, no pain, no nausea, never need anything every time you check on them and then the family comes and they become a hysterical crying mess. Suddenly the family is out there following you around the ...
mh356 replied to MissBrittanyRN's topic in Maryland
UMD no longer offers the dependent tuition benefit I believe. Howard County (part of the Hopkins system) does offer some type of tuition benefit to dependents but I don't know how much.
We recently had a patient that had a reaction to ketamine after surgery. She was transferred to us for care. I thought it was odd too since I never hear of it being used but I guess some hospitals still do use it. The patient was young-18 y.o.; don't...
We use PTT on all our Heparin gtt patients. Do you use a nomogram-something that tells you how to run the gtt depending on how high or low the PTT is? Our facility says PTT; we don't even check the anti-xa.
We have this problem too. We were told to fill out an incident report every time it occurs so that it gets the attention of upper management. Do you guys clean the equipment yourselves with any wipes? We were wiping them with Cavicide and it seemed t...
Thanks for all the responses. I went back to work today and my manager seemed to be laying low today-hung out mostly in her office. Just to answer a few questions...the feedback I got from the first tracer I did a few months ago in the beginning of t...