cmo421

cmo421

Trauma ICU,ER,ACLS/BLS instructor

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cmo421 specializes in Trauma ICU,ER,ACLS/BLS instructor.


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  1. How to be a Good Clinical Supervisor?

    Any management job is difficult with very little satisfaction. Hard work and many hours complicate the many requirements made. It helps if you have a assistant to buffer the many needs of heading a unit. If you are talking of shift supervisor,thats m...
  2. Burn out,unfullfilled dreams and lives. Poor working conditions and so much more contribute to this state of mind in some. So many go into health care to fill a hole that is inside of them. It never fills but with anger and bitterness. It is these in...
  3. Nurse's what's your New Year's resolutions?

    I resolve this year to: 1) Try and quit smoking 2) Overcome my PTSD and be able to look those in the eye who facilitated it ,without crying. To be able to look them in the eye,and tell them,in a strong ,steady voice, that they will never again affec...
  4. Nurse's what's your New Year's resolutions?

    Good luck! Life is great after divorce. I always say, I gave up men for lent 12 years ago and lent myself to living!
  5. Helping family understand chronic pain

    How I wish there was a way for evey medical person, especially ER personnel, to experience one day of chronic like pain. If they had to, or family had to, I bet my bottom dollar, that pain control would become a priority and tolerance for those in it...
  6. HIPPA and the Allnurses.com Forums

    Just stating what I have learnt in recent months from personnal experience. I am also a huge advocate for pt privacy,and have been way before it became vogue. I think it is mostly common sence and ethical values that will encourage the profession to ...
  7. HIPPA and the Allnurses.com Forums

    HIPPA is actually a joke. Pt confidentiality and respect is more the answer. Hospitals and such are throwing HIPPA at us all the time ,when actually they,and insurance companies are the greatest rule breakers. One chart and all its information is see...
  8. preauricular abscess

    Mass emailing allnurses for help, is not the way to go. (I received two) While always willing to lend a hand, much of what you need is already in this forum. Try doing a search here and also google. Good luck!
  9. A letter to K.

    What a great job you have done. Learning is an everyday thing and listening is an art. You have accomplished more then most medical people do in their whole profession!
  10. I try to do the best I can when typing here, or anywhere. I also try and proof read. But, I am not very maticulous all the time. Like most nurses and people today, I seem always to be in a hurry. I notice that I am improving over time. Now that I k...
  11. what would do you in this kind of situation?

    If someone is found in a post mortum state,dead, no chance of bringing them back, it is unethical and poor judgement to go pounding on their chest.You might not agree, and cya is always the safe way to go, but I am just saying what is ethical and wit...
  12. what would do you in this kind of situation?

    If u walk in and they are dead,dead,dead, then let them be dead in peace. A full code is done on a warm body,not one in rigor. No family member or ME is going to tag u for making a judgement that is in the best interest for all. Document what u found...
  13. DNR Orders Overturned By Doctors

    Actually, a DNR order can and should be written on admit, no matter what the diag, if the pt request it and has a document. An elderly person of 90 ,might come in for a scope and code on the table. It is what it is. When nature takes its course, a pt...
  14. preauricular abscess

    Merrick Manual will fill u in on all of this and lippincott can help also. Google is also a great idea.