lindy333

lindy333 has 23 years experience and specializes in ICU, ER,PICU,CCNR.

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1. Agencies staffing potential Sparrow strike

   lindy333 replied to JoblessNewRN's topic in Michigan

   In my humble opinion... Sparrow Nurses and other staff do need to fight for those benefits..YES I am with you 100 percent But you can not realistically just walk out and not have replacement staff to take care of those patients. It is not a assembly...

2. How do I get a Cali liscense?

   lindy333 replied to FutureNurse2B's topic in Travel

   I am also in the process of getting my California License. The Confirmation Card is not available online only if they send you the application via mail. I sent mine with confirmation by the postal office of delivery so I know it was at least deliv...

3. Hawaii

   lindy333 replied to lindyjoe's topic in Travel

   Hi Kelly I just signed up with Altres they are locally based company. Wondering if anyone here has worked with them in there travels. Chris

4. To travel or not

   lindy333 replied to BananaBoat815's topic in Travel

   My question to all the travelers out there, is the market as bad as some say it is? Am I foolish to leave a stable job in a prestigious teaching hospital? I'm torn and my decision changes on a daily basis, its driving me crazy! ANY input is appreci...

5. Adult CCRN?

   lindy333 replied to NeuroNP's topic in PICU

   I love the variety of ages and diverse treatments in the PICU. In my hospital your doing MCC -SCC-CV-Neuro-Trauma CC all on the one unit and it is not sectioned off into separate units like in the adult world and the kids are way cuter :-). I will p...

6. Adult CCRN?

   lindy333 replied to NeuroNP's topic in PICU

   Hi Bryan I am also an adult ICU nurse who got the opportunity to cross train this winter to the PICU to help out with the higher census during the winter months and totally I LOVE it!!! I took and passed he CCRN ( adult ) and now am thinking about t...

7. Am I being snotty?

   lindy333 replied to JezzysRN09's topic in New Nurse

   Certainly not being proud of your accomplishments is a good thing :-). I believe the reasoning for most hospitals for not having credentials on the name bands have more to do with family and patients requesting only BSN or higher credentials nursing...

8. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

   lindy333 replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU

   It doesn't sound very safe to me unless the patients acuity is less than ICU status. Sometimes we will get a few patients who are ready to go to the step down but there are not beds and only then do we do 3 patient assignments. 3 vents is not reall...