echoRNC711

echoRNC711 BSN

cardiac CVRU/ICU/cardiac rehab/case management

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About echoRNC711

echoRNC711 has 27 years experience as a BSN and specializes in cardiac CVRU/ICU/cardiac rehab/case management.


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  1. Do you need a special certification to insert catheters ?

    In our hospital nurses do not insert caths in males unless they have in house certification. Female inserts of cath is standard nursing care though.
  2. Are you in it for the money?

    Becoming a nurse for "the money " is a little like the woman who "is searching for a rich guy to marry ". In both scenarios you will work for every penny of it!!!
  3. Just let me be...

    I have worked both as an LPN and RN and quite honestly there was no difference in how I was treated. How we represent ourselves is often how we are treated whether your in housekeeping,ward clerk,nurse or management.In short we teach people how to tr...
  4. Because nobody is a better expert in the art of nursing than...

    Madness!! Anyone got an emesis bag?...I'm feeling a hurl coming on.!! What's next?... Pt check off the care they don't want to receive like the "awful " , painful dressings, suctioning, coughing/deep breathing post op...... Congrats administration...
  5. Did I miss something?

    Next time you could ask about getting a lasix order? (and request pottassium to prevent PVC's post diuresis. That might have solved the problem to lessen the heart failure symptoms. The problem seems cardiac in origin,respiratory issues are a cons...
  6. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    We got nothing. And....This was the 1st yr in my 20 yrs working there that no one got a cost of living increase (3-4% ) drum roll....ho! ho! ho!
  7. Weather

    Examine your heart not your defenses because that's where the truth is for you. Keep your focus on the correctness of your actions not your bosses response. Forgive yourself if you feel it wasn't the best choice and just learn from it. _____ a mis...
  8. finally... I cried.

    well said jchilds!
  9. finally... I cried.

    I am gentle in my nature and found the 1st yr nursing challenging because dominant characters were allowed to run a muck . You will learn to toughen . I am here to attest it does happen. Your manager is not a good one. I reflect back now on how much...
  10. Who actually likes nursing??

    I started nursing before many nurses here on line were born...! I started out in (Ireland ) in the early 80's in Peds and the Nursery. (Fun field to start out in ). I nursed here in the USA from late 80's on beginning ,like many in med surg (provid...
  11. Left Nursing After 3 Months and Couldn't Be Happier!

    Seems like we have 2 threads going on within the same topic. OP I am really happy for you that you have found purpose and happiness in your new career. Good for you following your heart. OP this commentary is not reflected at you ,just my own perspec...
  12. Visitors who stay overnight. Vent.

    Working ,in the past, in CVRU I took a direct approach. I met the family in the waiting room prior to pt's arrival and told family " "Your mother/father is my priority . I understand you want to be in the room but if you get in the way of care I wi...
  13. homosexual patients

    This is a non issue. Maybe a better topic might be "Why is it still an issue in your country " (or how it even merits being a topic in your school )
  14. I thanked a Nurse today

    Perhaps you could put it in writing and let her employer know too?
  15. Forced wearing of nursing cap.

    Before we get too carried away with tradition ...a reminder that the caps were worn originally to keep the nurses lice from dropping on the patients!!