gemini81sg

gemini81sg has 10 years experience and specializes in CV-ICU, Rehab, Med-Surg, Nursing Home.

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1. Photos of patient info - Inpatient setting

   gemini81sg posted a topic in HIPAA

   I recently heard of a Electrophysiology (EP) NP who took iphone photos on an inpatient unit of a pt's abnormal rhythm (ECG strip) and sent it to to the EP MD who was following this pt for his opinion. The NP sent this photo immediately to his phone....

2. OR/floor nurse before CRNA school?

   gemini81sg replied to Dre2416's topic in SRNA

   I started out on a Med/Surg floor, a very busy one that had a lot of variety in regards to patient disease processes. I found this to be a very good place to start as a new grad as it allowed me to get a solid foundation in my nursing skills from an...

3. Labor and Delivery Experience with ICU for CRNA school?

   gemini81sg replied to hokieicurn's topic in SRNA

   hokieicurn: Just wondering if you have any additional certifications such as ACLS, PALS, NRP, TNCC, CCRN, etc.? These are things you may want to consider to improve your chances, especially the CCRN. Your place of employment may even pay for these...

4. Anyone got accepted to CRNA school with a low GRE score???

   gemini81sg replied to nurse_crna2b's topic in SRNA

   bloomRN: I was just wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing some of your stats - GPA, ICU experience, Certifications (CCRN, TNCC, PALS, etc.)....?? Also, which schools you applied to...?? Thanks!

5. Med error stories

   gemini81sg posted a topic in General Nursing

   One night at work one of my fellow co-workers, a somewhat new nurse to the unit, approached me stating that she couldn't understand why Dr. so and so was so rude to her on the phone when he was calling in to check on a patient. I asked what happened...

6. I think I'm too slow for Critical Care...

   gemini81sg replied to GucciRN22's topic in CCU

   Hello GucciRN22, When I read your post, I felt like I was reading something I had written! You and I have similar nursing background and I have also been working on a CV-ICU for about a year now. I know I have had similar feelings as yourself and I...

7. How's the job market there in Wisconsin?

   gemini81sg replied to Joe NightingMale's topic in Wisconsin

   Hello, I have lived in Green Bay, WI for a number of years and worked at a local hospital for about 6 years. There is somewhat of a freeze in the Green Bay area. I have heard from my manager that one hospital is even laying off some of their RN's d...

8. Critical Care question about nursing experience

   gemini81sg replied to RACH22689's topic in CCU

   Hello, I am also interested in becoming a CRNA. I did not get hired in the ICU following graduation for the same reasons you have explained, but I do know that it does happen sometimes. I noticed that any of the nurses who have gotten hired in the ...

9. Patient Advocacy and CODE STATUS?! Need feedback please!

   gemini81sg replied to gemini81sg's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you everyone for the feedback so far. To TiredMD: I recently had a patient's son (POA-HC also), tell me that he wanted his terminally ill father resusitated, but he only wanted us to do a couple of 'pumps' to his chest, but not too many beca...

10. Patient Advocacy and CODE STATUS?! Need feedback please!

    gemini81sg posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello Everyone, I was just wondering if anyone can offer any information regarding the legal and ethical concerns of initiating code status in dying patients. I currently work on an inpatient oncology unit where I feel code status is often taken lig...

11. The Phone Call from Beyond

    gemini81sg replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, ok...so I feel really propelled to share my story of a patient named "Keith". Keith was an elderly man, but looked good for his age. He was married over 50 years to a wonderful lady named Nancy. He was also a victim to cancer with metastasis. ...

12. I'm Leaving You Here

    gemini81sg replied to NurseAlwaysNForever's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts! It is easy to get carried away in our own selfish needs when someone is dying. But isn't is a beautiful thing when we can accept it and actually look forward to the next destination!? I've always said that my p...

13. A Patient Who Changed My Life

    gemini81sg replied to RNpenny18's topic in General Nursing

    It is sometimes difficult as nurses to remember that people afflicted with alzheimers/dementia were once regular people....just like our mothers, brothers, and ourselves. Great Story! You should watch, "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks, if you haven...

14. How Quickly We Forget

    gemini81sg replied to lemonaidangel's topic in General Nursing

    You did a great job expressing the emotions of a soon-to-be-grad who is SO grateful to see an end in sight. I have been working now for about 9 months or so and I it felt so weird to have a student asking me questions. One day I had a student ask ...

15. License question

    gemini81sg replied to CainRN's topic in New Nurse

    Hello, If you are interested in ever returning to Indiana, you may want to take your boards there then transfer your license later. But your best bet is to contact the Tennessee state board of nursing and find out what you must do to transfer a lice...