crossbow

crossbow

ER, Telemetry, Transport Nursing

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About crossbow

crossbow has 15 years experience and specializes in ER, Telemetry, Transport Nursing.


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  1. Retrogression and the present state of the US economy is affecting everyone. For those that plan to work here...the wait could be longer than you think. As of the present, no one knows when the economy will get better but on the other hand, most US h...
  2. Are you in NY now or in the continental US?
  3. Charge Nurse Duties

    Its heavy on a med-surg/tele floor. but where I work, I am usually charge and I take patients. You know what you guys are right! You cant do justice to both roles.
  4. I dont like taking report from the ED but I have to. BUT I don't get upset at my Charge Nurse...For the ED, the patient in the ED needs a bed and the ED needs to be decongested. For my Charge Nurse, she has a job to do and this is part of the job de...
  5. Old timer wants to grow, part 2.

    there will be times that you might feel like that this specialty may not be right for you, but hang in there! remember!! you only need do this for 12 hours and then you get to go home. sometimes i've had three transfusions started and running at t...
  6. Didn't renewals use the Drop-box method? Just curious.
  7. Old timer wants to grow, part 2.

    Go with the grind. Be quiet and learn. hospital policies, unit policies and do not be afraid to ask questions. Acuity LTC may have so many patients but med-surg has an increasing acuity that ebbs and flows on a drop of a hat. Do not be alarmed becaus...
  8. What do you think of this ratio?

    6 years ago During nights we would have 1: 10 3-4 years ago During nights we used to have 1:7 or 1:8. now we are down to 1:6 Colleagues, a low patient-nurse ratio is not the entire picture 1. Our Patient Acuity level has gone up 200% from 6 years ...
  9. Having trouble finding a job in New York

    If you are going to Long Island anyway, how about hospitals in Suffolk county like Brookhaven, Mather, SUNY Stony Brook, Southside, Southampton Hospital? Suffolk is laid back and not hustle and bustle unlike NYC Yes. Nurse recruiter to Human Reso...
  10. What is Your Daily Routine?

    Time Management is the key. I work nights and usually we are understaffed in terms of support staff availability. After getting report, I check all my patients (initial nursing rounds) and environment of each patient (IV access and lines, feeding tu...
  11. Having trouble finding a job in New York

    Question #1 How about Long Island? Question #2 Have you like applied for all positions or are you concentrating on applying into a nursing specialty, like say, Peds or Cardiac Cath? I think most Med Surg floors are always open. Always the best way ...
  12. What do you think of this ratio?

    AND WHERE DID YOU SAY THIS FACILITY IS LOCATED?
  13. Depends on your facility/hospital. 24 hour chart checks and medicine reconciliation. Sometimes, put in a new IV on a patient if IV access is expired (good for 4 days), AM labs if patient has a central line. If a patient has a trach, trach care an...
  14. Italian nurses

    Bravissimo Zuzi!! Grazie!!:yelclap::yelclap::yeah: This is what this board should be all about!!
  15. Working overseas

    Buona Fortuna Babyj9396!!