firehawkrn

firehawkrn has 12 years experience and specializes in CCU/ICU med-surg.

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1. new grads in icu

   firehawkrn replied to firehawkrn's topic in Safety

   WHOAAAA!!!!!!!! Let me clarify some of what I said. I've had both good AND bad experiences with newbies. And I don't believe for a minute that they should be "thrown to the wolves" to sink or swim. But a some point, EVERYONE has to take a "bad" p...

2. new grads in icu

   firehawkrn posted a topic in Safety

   I need some advice, or maybe just to vent. Everybody has a different opinion of new grads in the icu. I've had good experience and I've had not so good. The issue now, is that on our dayshift, ALL the new nurses are new grads. There are maybe 2-3...

3. I made her cry?!?

   firehawkrn replied to one breath at a time's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain, my friend, and have walked that eval road a few times. I get "dinged" for "yelling" and "head spinning". Now I'll own up to a head spin a time or two, (no spewing involved), but I am rather impatient/intolerant of well, shall we ...

4. Welcome to the Missouri State Forum!

   firehawkrn replied to suebird3's topic in Missouri

   Hi ya'll!!! I'm down south here in "the bootheel" of missouri, real close to the arkansas state line. Just an ole country girl, emphasis on the OLD!!!!!!!!

5. Nurses are Pathetic!!

   firehawkrn replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

   I can relate to your frustrations, however, in no way are nurses pathetic. Your complaints of our weaknesses, some anyway, are actuallly our strentgths. Granted, we do have problems with unity and "solidarity", but so does everyone else. I mean, l...

6. ICU staffing guidelines

   firehawkrn replied to radblt's topic in CCU

   we use an "acuity" system in the hospital where I work. I use the term loosely, because in all honesty, the "acuity" is only considered when convienent for management, or when state or JCAHO is in the building. Then we have staff coming out of our ...