TechieRN

TechieRN has 2 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Agency status?

   TechieRN posted a topic in Agency

   Can anyone share their views with me on agency nursing? I've just started in this arena and I'm having difficulty understanding the flow of it - how it works; what institutions look for in a nurse from an agency, what the up and downsides might be...

2. Peer Interview Question regarding prioritization in Pacu/Ortho

   TechieRN replied to TechieRN's topic in PACU

   tx for the response stopnik :). Yes, it is predominately an elective surgery/outpatient unit but there is overflow from the OR (hospital "attached") and alot of their current patients go up to a floor for over night obs. I took the question pretty ...

3. Peer Interview Question regarding prioritization in Pacu/Ortho

   TechieRN posted a topic in PACU

   I was recently asked the following question in a peer interview for a Pre-op/Pacu/teaching position in a small Orthopedic Surgical Center. How would you have answered? "How do you prioritize your work as you go through your day; keeping in mind our f...

4. Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

   TechieRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I was "seeing" them as an overview nursetime - as in "competency exams" which are various exams (similar formats). I wasn't addressing them from a company based perspective ... is there some reason why you feel it should be addressed somewhere else...

5. Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

   TechieRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   One of the questions was as simple as: After extubation, your pt is assessed for s/s of upper airway obstruction. This is a concern b/c the narrowest part of the airway is the: a. trachea b. larynx c. esophagus d. bronchii Anyone care to answer that...

6. Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

   TechieRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   FYI ...... B/4 I get my two cents out ...please be aware that I'm an older "newer" nurse with a background in IT and business who went back to school (BSN) at a major university to go ALL the way through a traditional program b/c I value my ...

7. Need advice filling out skills competency checklist

   TechieRN replied to TechieRN's topic in Agency

   It does; thank you! I been an RN for 18 months and never done agency nursing before. I was questioning the "frequencies". Frankly I have worked in CCU/CVICU and learned alot, but I don't always get ...for instance; an IABP case regularly. I can st...

8. Need advice filling out skills competency checklist

   TechieRN posted a topic in Agency

   Hi to all - Anyone have advice for me in regards to filling out a skills competency checklist? I am a relatively new RN (under 2 years) and have never done agency nursing before. This checklist covers basics, CCU / CIVCU and asks for each area - l...