ColoradoRocky

ColoradoRocky

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ColoradoRocky specializes in PCCN.


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  1. Am I looking at OR nursing the right way?

    I was in the OR 2 days - first for cardiac (CABG with 4 jumps), and second day was ortho (Hip replacement, then reset and did a knee). Both times I stuck with the circulating RN, because that's what we were told to do as part of the internship OR ro...
  2. Am I looking at OR nursing the right way?

    Background: my 40 bed stepdown is no picnic because we are understaffed chronically, and now that we are a regional center, we get all kinds and seldom have open beds. Ratio is supposed to be 4, and 3 if critical drips are going (insulin, certain pre...
  3. When I graduated, and went through the internship program at my hospital, I knew I was going to the cardiac stepdown (caths, post CABG, NSTEMI medical, etc), because I was already a tech there and that's who hired me. But I did get to shadow a shift...
  4. Safe to take new admit at shift change

    Its that way at your hospital perhaps, but I have seen a incomplete data with ED patients that come up (high acuity) rather than go thru the admitting unit then up - because in a very busy ED, that's the most likely place for data to get "dropped" et...
  5. Safe to take new admit at shift change

    This is exactly how we do it too (plus best practice screens for EtOH etc). I do wonder that the ED nurse isnt required to give report. That seems legally shaky - and questionable from a nursing practice point of view; I should be getting demographi...
  6. Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    Evidnece based: Gun ownership increased 93% in the past couple of decades, murders from guns have decline about 50% (deaths per 100k) in that same timeframe. The mass casualty incidents have increased - but nearly exclusively in "gun free zones". ...
  7. Best men's watch for male nurses

    Yeah right. $8000 watch. For duty as an RN. Tell us, what color is the sky in your world?
  8. Best men's watch for male nurses

    Timexwater resistant, pushbutton blue glow dial, with date, sweep second hand, and 24 hour numbers on the dial. stretchy metal band so I can mash it up my arm out of the way or take it off in a hurry. $12 from walmart. Not upset at all if i lose it....
  9. President of Nursing Class

    Hi Prez! (Andy C).
  10. Manager does't like me...

    Go talk to HR about you application for their tuition reimbursement. Mention its for RN school. They should be able to handle thing from there. Also you need to move to a different unit if your manager is being as unreasonable as you make it out to b...
  11. New (old) guy here - LPN student - Tennessee

    Hey, you're not alone. I'm starting the clinicals 2 years of the ADN-RN-BSN programhere in Texas., 53 years old, Army veteran, engineering manager, etc. I am actually REstarting this fall. I basically had to drop late in spring term due to the death ...
  12. Any Former Veterans?

    Former 19D, Cavalry Scout. FYI plain old "veteran" is the term ("former" is redundant). Just be aware that you will probably end up doing a ton of stuff other than your MOS if you go Army. Not saying bad not saying good, that's just how it is. I went...
  13. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    As a matter of fact, I do: English, German, Arabic (Iraqi dialect) some Spanish (Im mainly teaching myself Spanish for medical reasons), and enough Pashtun to politely greet and eat. I've forgotten almost all of my Russian so I don't count that anym...
  14. Young, Thin, and Cute New Hires

    Jenni811, you seem smart, driven and raring to take up the challenge of being the best nurse in the facility. But don't let your ego and IQ fool you into thinking that you know so much -- experience has a way of catching up to you and informing you ...
  15. Orthopedic Shoes??

    Or you can go with a good combat boot, if you don't care about fitting in. ;-)