Redriot

Redriot has 12 years experience and specializes in Neuro ICU, Telemetry, Orthopedics.

Latest Activity

1. Fired for expressing concerns about patient safety and care!

   Redriot replied to hkrntobe's topic in Safety

   Hi hkrntobe, I will start by saying that I am sorry that this has happened to you. Now to the nitty-gritty: To those nurses who have said that as a new nurse you should "fly under the radar", "keep your mouth shut", etc. I can only say that they sho...

2. Limiting Medical Care for the Elderly

   Redriot replied to eschom04's topic in Critical

   Locked-in man 'condemned to suffer' - Yahoo! News UK The above link is an interesting article about a UK man with locked-in syndrome secondary to a stroke. There comes a point where stopping treatment becomes the kindest action to take before the pat...

3. New grad who wants to be ICU, pls help!

   Redriot replied to bigcrisrn's topic in Neuro

   Our ICU will only consider nurses with at least 1 year med-surg experience and those who agree to work our neuro tele/stepdown get preference. My advice would be get a med-surg postion and try to get tele and ACLS trained, if you can. The previous ex...