Ele_123

Ele_123

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Ele_123 has 9 years experience.


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  1. Oxygen requirements & level of care

    Thanks for the info. Our unit originally started out as COVID overflow.... Typically patients who were being admitted for other issues, but tested positive. It's been the past 2-3 weeks we've been getting more COVID positive with respiratory issues. ...
  2. Oxygen requirements & level of care

    How did this become religious & political? I was simply wanting resources on switching between oxygen devices.
  3. Oxygen requirements & level of care

    Part of our floor is COVID med-surg. When we first opened we were told patients had to be stable on 6L or less per nasal cannula for at least 2 hours before they could come. Last week it changed to 10L or less NC or simple mask. Today they sent us a ...
  4. Bedside career with hand tremors?

    Your tremors are probably worse than mine., but I've learned to rest my hands/arms on the counter or wall with injections/ivs. The pandemic was a key for me to land a job. Previously at interviews they would somehow ask if I was nervous d/t hands sha...
  5. Doctors not assessing COVID patients?

    Hospitalist where I work still see patients daily most of the time. I've seen a couple exceptions, but its usually patients waiting for placement or a specialist to clear them. Consults/Specialists however are different & its a total mix of in-pe...
  6. Preventative Care for Nurses During Pandemic

    I've been to a few different types of appointments since the pandemic. The main issue I think is the screeners are not thoroughly educated. Some are just from the valet service or people from other parts of the office with little education related to...
  7. What is your minimum base pay on Covid-19 unit???

    Part of our unit recently became COVID overflow. No hourly/shift bonus for working on that side. Our "bonus" is that we have better staffing.
  8. COVID in the Break Room?

    Our manager reminded us to social distance while on lunch. Due to our staffing or lack of in order to maintain minimum floor coverage we have few enough people on break if we sit at opposite ends of the table we are automatically social distancing, b...
  9. face shields

    My hospital had staff wear face shields for all patient interaction until a couple months ago when the state started opening up and we had "adequate" PPE & it was changed to droplet/airborne precaution patients only. We are now at an all time hig...
  10. Employee treatment after exposure

    I live in a different "right to work" state. They sent me home and once they determined I didn't qualify for COVID leave/pay like they thought they tried to insist I use what little PTO I have to help cover the unpaid days. I was then told unless I t...
  11. Employee treatment after exposure

    I pretty much already know this & that no matter how much better one healthcare Corp looks than the rest they always have their own "quirks". I can see it getting to the point where nurses who want a COVID test after exposure will have a "sore t...
  12. Employee treatment after exposure

    Do you think that the way employees- nurses, techs, etc. are treated after exposure by the company/hospital will effect self-reporting during employee risk management? I work on a COVID negative unit and later found out a patient I care for was COVID...
  13. New Job during COVID-19

    Blindly accepting job offer? I have a med-surg job offer at a large hospital in the metropolitan area. I am an LPN and acute care is extremely tough to get- I've been looking for a full-time for over a year. Due to COVID-19 I only had a telephone int...
  14. online PALS

    I work with a staffing agency on the weekends & am wanting to get PALS certification so I can go to have more opportunities- mixed med/surg & ED. The locations close to me- within an hour or so are only offering PALS classes during the week. ...
  15. Ambulating post op day zero

    I've worked ortho/neuro/bariatric with some general surgery mixed in. The only time we definetly didn't ambulate a patient POD 0 was if they had a suspected or at high risk for a CSF leak or if they had hip/knee surgery and were numb from a spinal bl...