Huachuca

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1. So I'm curious... Can you help?

   Huachuca replied to Ciethekid's topic in Radiology

   Hello!, I am currently working in a Cardiac Cath Lab that also does Interventional Radiology Special Procedures. We also have Radiology nurses in a different department. I have worked as an Emergency RN, Flight RN, and Rapid response nurse. I thin...

2. Any Tips Appreciated!

   Huachuca replied to BNE103's topic in Flight

   Get your certification in the field you are in now. I am not sure what it is called, but I know there is a certified NICU RN. And since you are studying, and have the EMT already, get your CFRN. It is mostly CCRN with CEN stuff and a little prehos...

3. This site is discouraging me from nursing...

   Huachuca replied to 9#n's topic in General Students

   Ask yourself if you really want to be in a profession that cares for other people. If you do, then nursing is great. There are plenty of negatives in nursing. We are overworked, underpaid, stressed, eat our own.....you name it. However, in as litt...

4. Burn ICU > Flight Nursing

   Huachuca replied to NursEMT-P's topic in Flight

   I am a flight nurse that came from an ED background. All of my co-workers that came from ED only wish they had more ICU experience. On the flip side, all the ones that came from the ICU are usually missing maternal/pediatric/L&D. I think your...

5. Just took the NCLEX..and....

   Huachuca replied to Rach10388's topic in NCLEX

   I tried to send you a PM, but you box it too full!

6. Looks for a job in Flight Nursing

   Huachuca replied to Thoc_123's topic in Flight

   If you don't mind relocating, I would reccommend signing onto the medical transport websites and look at job opportunites. Airmethods, PHI, Medtrans, are some of the largest. I work in the southwest, and there are always openings for flight nurses....

7. How far do you travel to your base?

   Huachuca replied to EMSnut45's topic in Flight

   I work in the southwest and drive 120 miles to my base. We have 24 hour shifts. The schedule is 24 hours on/24 hours off/24 hours on....then 5 days off. We have crew quarters to stay in. If you really want to be a flight nurse and don't mind relo...

8. Surge capacity, triage holding?

   Huachuca replied to running42km's topic in Emergency

   All of our hospitals are having similar issues with exceeding maximum capacity on a regular...and this can be daily basis. My hospital has instituted a hospital wide approach, called Code Purple. When we are holding more than 5 admitted patients (o...

9. TNCC for New Grad

   Huachuca replied to Michael-Male-RN's topic in Emergency

   I would advise you to take the TNCC. It is a great class to nail down head to toe assessments, regardless of your specialty. Will it open doors for you? Probably not, except that it will show your willingness to continue your education. I precept ...

10. Things you would like the ICU to understand

    Huachuca replied to I_LOVE_TRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    I want to address all the issues that you have brought up (ie the 22 gauge, the change of pressor, the blood gases, the tests, etc) Here is what happens. I am in a room with 5 other patients, no tech, and one other nurse. I get a report that we ha...

11. specimen with medicine?

    Huachuca replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    We just had our Joint Commission review and they would have had a fit if they saw contaminated items (ie, specimens) in with meds. I would check their web site.

12. Last Name on ID Badges

    Huachuca replied to phillyrn10's topic in Emergency

    Times change, areas of the country are different. If someone wants to display their first and last name, that is their option. For myself, I prefer first name only with title (RN, BSN, etc). I am in the southwest, where identify fraud is extremely...

13. Do you think it is too late to go into nursing?

    Huachuca replied to karen230's topic in Pre-Nursing

    I graduated 1 1/2 years ago from an ADN program, I am 45 years old now, working in the ER. It is great. Nursing school was in most ways easier for me then for my younger classmates, because I had life experience. I have three kids, and had to mak...

14. Tmc

    Huachuca replied to missypoo's topic in Arizona

    I went to the TMC recruitment day, they splash out lots of money...treated all of us to a night at the Tanque Verde Guest Ranch...very nice. They had a "Meet the Managers" reception prior to that. I was looking into going into the ER. The ER rep w...

15. ER nurse accessing Dialysis Cath in Emergency

    Huachuca replied to Huachuca's topic in Urology

    Thanks for those words of advise. I think I will go to my nurse educator with this because it would be great to be educated about it BEFORE you have to figure it out the hard way. Huachuca