HJBeans

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1. Innapropriate comment at CODE?

   HJBeans replied to Dinith88's topic in CCU

   That's nothing. You should here oce of our cario vascular surgeons. You can't be serious all of the time. You'll go nuts.

2. traveling to florida

   HJBeans replied to Cruiser's topic in Travel

   On the IRCU (which is where the long term vent patients are) it is 4:1 Which means you can have two vents plus 2 other patinets. The other floors (5 south tower, 6 south tower) that are med surg it's more like 8:1. I was floated to tele one and had...

3. traveling to florida

   HJBeans replied to Cruiser's topic in Travel

   I have worked (In ICU) at Broward General in Fort Lauderdale (good nurse to pt ratio in ICU but horrible on the Floors), Cleveland Clinic in Weston (nice for the most part) and Florida Medical Center in Ft Lauderdale (not good) I have been working in...

4. If you could get your Master's Degree...What would you get it in?

   HJBeans replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

   Probably buisness/finance.

5. Florida nurses please respond~considering relocating

   HJBeans replied to 7.5ofPEEP's topic in General Nursing

   You have mail

6. When a nurse floats to your unit........

   HJBeans replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   I'll tell you what though, it won't happen again. I made sure of that. Luckily, I survived. But I am used to 2 patients, 7! I ended up with a huge blister on my foot since there I had one patinet in room 602, one in 610, one in 621 etc...

7. When a nurse floats to your unit........

   HJBeans replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   In the CVICU, that's what we do. The other day I got floated to tele. All of the other nurses had 3 patients primary care. I had SEVEN. No Aide, just me. And three were total care. It wasn't until 1/2 way through the shift I realized how bad I wa...

8. Scariest things you've seen

   HJBeans replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

   We got a patientin CCU one day. The order said give Fleets Phospo-soda 1.5 ounces now and 1.5 ounces in 8 hours. Pharmacy sent two 3 oz bottles. The nursing student gave the patient 1.5 bottles. Anyway, when we got him he was having a lot of PVC...

9. critical care pay

   HJBeans replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

   I do, but only because I am a traveler. Other hospitals I work at did not pay me more to work in ICU (when I was on staff)

10. Professionalism and Nurses

    HJBeans replied to Dixiedi's topic in General Nursing

    I usually introduce my self and say "what do you like to be called?" On another note, a nurse went in to mt father's room and said "Mr ####### it's time to take your medication" He said "Please don't call me Mr. #######. That's my father's name and ...

11. Obesity in the hospital

    HJBeans replied to dietersmanifesto's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it has affected me by causing me to miss over 1 month of work 2 different times for a slipped disk (L3 to L4). This could probably happen with any patient though. But the only 2 times I have been hurt was caring for an obese patient.

12. Whats happening to nursing...

    HJBeans replied to uk_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me. I ask myself this same question 100 times a day.

13. What is an ACLS & a BCLS certification? Is it the CPR training...

    HJBeans replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    That's good to know. Honestly, I didn't know they could be certified. The last hospital I worked at (Cleveland Clinic Weston) didn't use LPN's in that hospital and that's where I took my latest recert. In my initial ACLS class I don't recall whether ...

14. What is an ACLS & a BCLS certification? Is it the CPR training...

    HJBeans replied to KibbsRNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I think once you actually experience the code, it is a different story. You can study, know all of the stuff, but it's during the real codes you learn. The thing about ACLS as opposed to BLS (to the original poster) is in ACLS you learn what drug to ...

15. Help me, I hate Nursing!!!

    HJBeans replied to HJBeans's topic in Career Support

    Thnaks everyone :) I am going to take the month of August of. perhaps I can pull myself out of this funk.