Beth Israel Deaconess has a good reputation for treating their nurses well. They're also a fantastic hospital. Mass General is a wonderful hospital, medically speaking, but not as well paid as certain others; I have been told that the hospital quite...
lapappey replied to Teachchildren123's topic in Humor
Acute Pancreatitis: I GET SMASHED I - idiopathic G - gallstone E - EtOH T - trauma S - steroids M - mumps (paramyxovirus) and other viruses (EBV, CMV) A - autoimmune S - scorpion sting / snake bite H - hypercalcemia, hyperlipidemia and hypothermia E ...
Belize from Angels in America ... yes, it's a play, but it was on TV (HBO) ... so I guess it counts :chuckle . Doctor: Nurses are supposed to be in white! Belize: Doctors are supposed to be in bed in Westchester! :rotfl:
PACU's will probably like acute care experience, which can be a sort of catch-22, since most acute care nursing assistant jobs like acute care experience ... however, it may not be a requirement. In my PACU, PCA's are responsible for 12-lead EKG's (f...
Our PACU (large teaching hospital) has a few new grads who worked as PCT's here beforehand. Other than that, most RN's have med/surg if not SICU experience beforehand. If you're really interested in PACU nursing and still in school I would suggest go...
lapappey replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in General Nursing
Ratios are nice, but some of these particular ones seem like oh so much pie in the sky. 1:2 in my PACU? I'd love it. But do we have it? No sir. But wouldn't it be nice? And what does: mean for Surgical Techs in Michigan???
Well, without seeing it, I'm not sure that quoting from a research study qualifies as "bashing." I know that there is research out there that says that CRNAs are just as safe as MDs and also that CRNAs tend to have better pt satisfaction ... what exa...
qd (night shift techs) and after a patient on isolation or if they are exposed to blood or bodily fluids ... infection control wise I'm sure we could be doing better, but typically, the pt is wheeled out of the slot (PACU) just as the next one is bei...
Introduce myself as working in the "NEUROLOGY" department to my UROLOGY pre-op patient (seeing as I work all services) and, without missing a beat, start the pre-op interview ... until I saw the look on the pt's face ... :stone ... I guess I was the ...
Look at what showed up as an advertisement on that page (granted, not something that the author endorses, but still something that a pt could very easily come across) ... http://www.healthy-heart-books.com/ Just goes to show that you never can tell.