smarine123

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

   smarine123 replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU

   And people wonder why the burn out for ICU nurses are 3-7 years!! Why doesn't someone call safe harbor??? What happens when JACHO is visiting? Do they fix these issues during that time? I am so curious! I can understand an occasional tripling but eve...

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

   smarine123 replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU

   Look up Safe Harbor and get that number written down. You might need it. Refuse assignments when you know it is too much because once you accept them, they are yours! Compromise if you can, i.e. "I will take the three patients, but I want someone els...

3. Documentation in ICU

   smarine123 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Critical

   You chart as much as it takes to make you comfortable. Charting has also saved my butt. There was a suite against every nurse, Dr, and the hospital on a patient and I was the only one who was not liable solely due to my charting alone. I was told tha...

4. Tips for a new nurse going into ICU

   smarine123 replied to MedSurger's topic in Critical

   This may still help you. I precept people in ICU. I was on my way to work a few years back and I was dealing with a new grad, which BTW, I think can be some of the BEST people to work with because you have a brand new slate to write on (so to speak) ...

5. New ICU nurse

   smarine123 replied to tigerRN2013's topic in Critical

   This may still help you. I precept people in ICU. I was on my way to work a few years back and I was dealing with a new grad, which BTW, I think can be some of the BEST people to work with because you have a brand new slate to write on (so to speak) ...

6. TWU FNP Advanced Assessment

   smarine123 replied to missvictoriat's topic in NP Students

   I start this course at TWU in Houston next Monday, Jan 14, 2013. I think you meet once weekly from 4:30pm-8:30pm. There are also clinical days that you will have to arrange with your own FNP/Dr to perform assessments in a clinical setting (that is an...

7. CO2 and hydration

   smarine123 replied to lovethechaos's topic in Emergency

   Venous CO2 (NOT ABG pCO2) = HCO3 (bicarb) if you don't believe then check out the normal value in chemistry panel for CO2 and HCO3 on ABG value (they are the same). Not sure why they ever named it CO2 since it really indicates HCO3 levels. This needs...