CMSrn2009

CMSrn2009 ASN, BSN, MSN

Critical Care, Public Health, Addiction

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About CMSrn2009

CMSrn2009 has 15 years experience as a ASN, BSN, MSN and specializes in Critical Care, Public Health, Addiction.


Per diem ICU nurse & full time public health NP from PA!

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  1. What is it like in your hospital right now?

    Working in 140ish bed hospital in a PA city (but not in center city, more suburban-y).. One 10 bed ICU - but now they just opened up a second ICU for the overflow. PCU is packed, ED is packed. Staffing is horrible, 3 to 4 ICU patients per nurse - som...
  2. Doctors not assessing COVID patients?

    I think docs not going into rooms has regularly been a trend prior to this but is more prevalent now that its literally hazardous for anyone to go in due to the current environment (lack of PPE etc..). Where I work they only go in if its an emergency...
  3. Columbia University MDE/DNP vs UPenn BSN/MSN

    I go to a school in the same city and some of my professors work there, I heard they ARE going to be offering one "soon", not sure when..
  4. Weekend Program: Pros and Cons, new grad

    Hello, where I work there were a few instances (two I can think of) of new grads getting jobs in the ICU right away, which was rare and shocking to me.. So you're not hopeless. Also, I currently am working 2 12s, every weekend, mostly because I am go...
  5. Who is working while completing NP?

    I work 2 12 hour night shifts, Friday & Saturday as a weekend staff nurse. I also have a per diem night shift position at a second location but I rarely work there anymore, maybe one night a month. I am in my clinical year so it is a challenge bu...
  6. Please help! Job decision!

    I've worked at a few different hospitals, one Magnet and a level 1 trauma, one in the process of getting Magnet (also union and level 2 trauma), one small community hospital .. And now I work at two hospitals, both level 1 trauma and one is magnet, t...
  7. Weaning off one drip and starting another

    Thanks for the tip. I guess next time I should ask for help- but it seems as though I'm a little too aggressive with turning the first drops off! Should have just gone slower..
  8. Two different situation that I have encountered in the past few weeks have left me questioning my clinical skills.. The first was a patient (seizures, found down, etc.) who was on dopamine and I believe levophed, and he was going into junctional rhyt...
  9. What are the little things you do to help the next shift?

    I work 7p-7a, ICU.. - if patient has peripheral IVs that expire, I try to replace at least one site if not both - order new bags of drips that the patient is on - hang new bag of fluids (or just keep extra on pole) - throw out and replace things that...
  10. Online FNP Programs vs B&M

    I know this is probably totally different, but I completed my RN to BSN degree on-line and found it hard to motivate myself. I am currently attending a FNP that has the option to complete a few core courses on-line but all of the classes are offered ...
  11. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    Geographic location: Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Pay rate: About $32/hr (this includes shift differential and float pay) In which area / specialty do you work? Critical Care Float (float to trauma/neuro ICU, CT surgical ICU, general medical ICU, and s...
  12. Hello, I'm in my last year of an RN-BSN program and for this last semester we are required to explore advanced practice roles. I really want to go to grad school to become a nurse researcher. For this class, we need to pick a role (nurse researcher) ...