cswain12000

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1. What are your nurse:pt ratios?

   cswain12000 replied to NICU_Nurse's topic in NICU

   In my unit, a level III + ECMO, our ratios are never more than 2:1. A vented baby is almost always 1:1, very occassionally we might have a very stable baby with a vented baby. The charge nurse does not have an assignment, and the transport nurse do...

2. Cranky feet....better shoes?

   cswain12000 replied to BethyC123's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I just recently purchased a set of custom made orthotics--from a site on ebay!! They were $75.00. They sent me a foam impression kit which I sent back, and with in a week, I had my orthotics. After an initial breaking in period, they are absolutel...

3. working on Christmas?

   cswain12000 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

   Yes--you are right--and hopefully those nurses caring for your dad did not let bitterness show that they had to be there on Christmas day.

4. working on Christmas?

   cswain12000 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

   Working holidays goes along with the privilege of being a nurse-it's one of those things we do. I have worked every other Christmas Eve and Christmas for the past 14 years. I could be working somewhere else that closes down for Christmas every year...

5. working on Christmas?

   cswain12000 replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

   At our hospital-when it is our turn to work either Christmas or New Year-we work both the day and the eve-but we get paid holiday pay for both shifts. You are fortunate in this field to have had the last 8 years of Christmas's off. Ours is a profes...

6. Looking for advice on dealing with the hard parts of the job

   cswain12000 replied to nikiw's topic in NICU

   And I always think of the ones who have died as angels who have come to teach us lessons that only they can teach...I have seen many tiny babies touch hundreds of people in their short time here on earth. I feel just as privileged working with a fam...

7. Nimv

   cswain12000 replied to dawngloves's topic in NICU

   We are using Vapotherm more and more, and WE LOVE IT!! My primary pt and her twin were both extubated today after being intubated and on vents for 41 days, and they are doing beautifully!! They just seem to settle in right away, rather than using a...

8. student nurse dreading outcome of misjudgement

   cswain12000 replied to asdfgh123's topic in General Students

   Exactly! He is an adult...and he consciously opted to steal something that he couldn't pay for. I would not want him working at the LTC facility that my grandma is in--who's to say he wouldn't have a "misjudgement" and steal something of hers...

9. student nurse dreading outcome of misjudgement

   cswain12000 replied to asdfgh123's topic in General Students

   I tend to also agree with Chris and TNRNMAN. This person knew that to steal was wrong, and if he/she didn't know it was wrong, then they do not have any business being responsible for the lives and care of people. The question I have is this... If ...

10. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    cswain12000 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I too want to go down there to help-but we need organization and guidance. We can't just hop on a plane and get there. Ideas anyone? Where can we start calling and what can we do? I feel so helpless sitting here in MN where I am safe. All evening...

11. Evacuation of New Orleans hospital...(link to article inside)

    cswain12000 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Have some compassion--it's no longer about what "they should have done". It's about what can we do to help them now--some of those people were too poor to have a way to get out of there ahead of time-if anybody should have done anything to help get ...

12. Mayo Clinic

    cswain12000 replied to Jetaime684's topic in Minnesota

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13. Received an "F" for a "B"!

    cswain12000 replied to Anjann's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that being expected to pass the drug calc tes with 90 - 100% is "unfair". When it comes to the responsibility we have with meds-there is NO room for error. especially even more so when it comes to peds and neonatal. I would not want ...

14. staffing ratios

    cswain12000 replied to Laura21's topic in NICU

    In my unit we are staffed 1:1 with vent babies and freshly extubated, and with new admissions and 2:1 with everything else. We are all level 3 & 4 here. Feeder/growers go to a completely separate intermediate care unit, where they are still sta...

15. DO you have perinatal techs in your nursery...

    cswain12000 replied to Kaseyrn2b's topic in NICU

    hi BabyNurse513--I realize that, and I apologize if I seemed to imply that--I really didn't mean to. Just wanted to let you know. It's a policy that I definitely don't agree with. I've thought about going back to scholl for my bachelor's degree--b...