ErraticThinker

ErraticThinker has 2 years experience and specializes in thoracic, cardiology, ICU.

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1. Can RN work as CNA in MA?

   ErraticThinker replied to ladybugsea's topic in Massachusetts

   Willingness to work is rather irrelevant since it's a legal issue of being held to the standard of your education and license. The hospital wouldn't protect you, nor would they try and you would be opened up to all sorts of liability. Also, the idea...

2. Pentobarb coma nurse to patient ratio

   ErraticThinker replied to standout22's topic in MICU

   usually if they're paralyzed they're pretty sick already and would already be a 1:1. but most of our post ops are 1:1 intially anyway. CRRT is definitely 1:1. Usually our 2:1 patients are either very stable or ready to be transferred to the floors.

3. Acinetobacter outbreak in LTAC Hospital

   ErraticThinker replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

   strict contact precautions, if the nurse taking care of that patient goes into another room he/she should use reverse precautions with good hand hygiene. also see what policies your institution has in place for it. it spreads quickly so might need to...

4. GLBT Nurses

   ErraticThinker replied to janedoe20's topic in General Nursing

   The fenway community health center in Boston does a lot of research into the need for awareness of special needs when it comes to the gay community. You can google them, and they actually publish a guide thats pretty widely distributed for healthcare...

5. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

   ErraticThinker replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

   There are a lot of things that are accepted by mainstream society that make little sense, so it's not exactly a valid argument to say that something isn't right simply because a majority of people disapprove for no just cause.

6. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

   ErraticThinker replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

   You'd probably be hard pressed to find a study of any quality supporting either claim. anecdotally, i've known male and female strippers who were functional and well adjusted who did find it empowering. Some lost themselves in the music and just like...

7. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

   ErraticThinker replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not going to argue with you there. the lifestyle itself is pretty sketchy, and depending on where you work it can be dangerous. My point was that its possible to work and stay out of the darker aspects of that lifestyle. The problem here becomes ...

8. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

   ErraticThinker replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

   one of the dancers i worked with was working on his PhD in physics. He told about his research grants, and how dancing gave him extra side money and a good work out. It's pretty easy to write someone off just because of the job they pick, but actuall...

9. Working as a stripper AND a nurse

   ErraticThinker replied to inland18mempire's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a guy and I was a dancer/ go go boy/ whatever you want to call it in college and a shot boy too at some local gay bars. It was awesome money, i had a blast and met some really great people in the process.. some places are pretty sketchy, but I th...

10. Use of peripheral inserted central catheters ( PICC )

    ErraticThinker replied to TREBORICUNURSE's topic in MICU

    Sounds more like they're trying to reduce their central line infection rate to improve their numbers. it's a big issue in ICU's, and I think some insurances and medicare are trying to not reimburse for icu stays related to central line infections. we...

11. Do nurses really have any power

    ErraticThinker replied to Quaffetti's topic in General Nursing

    yeah that's definitely asking for **** poor morbidity and mortality rates. these patients need pulmonary toileting and they need to walk... a lot. in the step down here, the patients come up from pacu with a-lines and stuff.. but they're 2:1. they st...

12. Asso. VS Bach in nursing, can someone please help?

    ErraticThinker replied to TCLA's topic in ADN/BSN

    the BS gives you some extra theory and education that helps in professional practice. you learn how to look at the research and you get some more pharmacology and sciences but it depends on the program. It doesn't give you any more pay, if anything i...

13. well they closed down a floor of the hospital

    ErraticThinker replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    The slow downs are probable more due to the holidays than anything but yeah the economy definitely plays a role. People are afraid to go in for any type of elective surgery that can wait because they don't want to miss work due to recovery times so i...

14. Orientation-Staffing

    ErraticThinker replied to mjscan_07's topic in MICU

    pretty sure the joint commission would have a few things to say about that...

15. Shift report and HIPPA

    ErraticThinker replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in HIPAA

    I wonder what that CEO's background was. it always cracks me up when non medical types try to determine best practices at the bed side. I would argue that it could be a violation since granted the roommate probably hears this and that, but they shoul...