Cleveland-RN

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1. Salary Question

   Cleveland-RN replied to TORRIA RN's topic in Management

   I recently took a pretty significant pay cut to go into management, but for me it was a good fit b/c administration is where I want to be in the long run. It is a great resume-booster and is only a short-term issue. In the end, after I finish my Mast...

2. Death by Arterial Line?

   Cleveland-RN replied to MarySunshine's topic in CCU

   I realize that this is a JCAHO standard, but in the pt scenario I'm speaking of, the a-line is left in only for blood draws. I'm not using it for anything else. In my unit, if we d/c an a-line then we're utilizing a non-invasive blood pressure cuff a...

3. InPatient Assault ~ HIPPAA ???

   Cleveland-RN replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in Psychiatric

   We actually did, but I was just looking for a little more indepth information than I could gleen from in-house counsel in the middle of the night.

4. InPatient Assault ~ HIPPAA ???

   Cleveland-RN replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in Psychiatric

   Thanks for the link.

5. Death by Arterial Line?

   Cleveland-RN replied to MarySunshine's topic in CCU

   My experience is in Cardio-Thoracic ICU and many of our patients have gone south very quickly. Because our patients are short-stay, anyway, we usually leave a line like this in for any unexpected events to come. I would turn the audible alarm off but...

6. least physically demanding nursing positions?

   Cleveland-RN replied to GratefulHeart's topic in General Nursing

   I would recommend that you truly learn good body mechanics and gravitate toward whatever field you're truly interested in. If it's too stressful on your body then go into supervision/management when an opening becomes available.

7. InPatient Assault ~ HIPPAA ???

   Cleveland-RN posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Recently, in my facility, one pt assaulted another. The victim chose to call the local police dept, and when they arrived they asked for the information of the person that assaulted the victim. We were told that we could not give out this information...

8. What's the best site to order scrubs from??~?

   Cleveland-RN replied to sweetiehrt7985's topic in General Nursing

   I've purchased many scrubs over the years, and my favorite site is smartscrubs.com ~ They have these great 7-pocket cargo scrub pants that I can't live without.

9. NS for CO

   Cleveland-RN posted a topic in MICU

   At my facility, we use D5W for our cardiac output thermistor readings. I recently had an order to make all of our gtts NS for low NA levels. Why couldn't we change this to NS? No one at my facility can tell me why, just that you can't do it b/c it's ...

10. Nursing jobs from home

    Cleveland-RN replied to MommyandRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen jobs for case managers to work from home.

11. Pulling chest tubes..

    Cleveland-RN replied to gwlillith's topic in MICU

    RN's pull all chest tubes at my facility.

12. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    Cleveland-RN replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in CCU

    Thank You. I'll check into it!

13. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    Cleveland-RN replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in CCU

    Now that I know it's called CV Recovery, I've been able to locate a couple of programs. What's the name of the facility in Naples?

14. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    Cleveland-RN replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in CCU

    This is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you for replying to my post.

15. Post-Open Heart Surgery Job

    Cleveland-RN replied to Cleveland-RN's topic in CCU

    We do get very difficult cases that other facilities wouldn't dream of touching so I know that complexity is there. I have been here for over 2.5 years and I get the most complex cases available during the shifts that I work. However, after the initi...