mooremds

mooremds has 1 years experience and specializes in Intensive Care.

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1. I got in, but now I'm not sure I can go.

   mooremds replied to mooremds's topic in SRNA

   I have talked to them, and they said that it's possible I could get a site closer to where we are, but they cannot guarantee it. They said if we cannot move than the best thing would be to reapply next year, I'm just afraid I may miss out on the opp...

2. I got in, but now I'm not sure I can go.

   mooremds posted a topic in SRNA

   So I got accepted to a CRNA program, however, my primary clinical site would require me to move, which I at first though wouldn't be a problem. Now I realize how a difficult it was for my husband to get a job, and I'm not sure he would be able to get...

3. I got in, but now I'm not sure I can go.

   mooremds posted a topic in SRNA

   So I got accepted to a CRNA program, however, my primary clinical site would require me to move, which I at first though wouldn't be a problem. Now I realize how a difficult it was for my husband to get a job, and I'm not sure he would be able to ge...

4. I received my request for interview.

   mooremds posted a topic in SRNA

   I've applied for CRNA school for Spring 2013 and have met all of the requirements for admission. I received a request for the interview process for September. Any pointers on how to prepare and what to expect?

5. Do you ever have to float to another floor to charge on that floor?

   mooremds posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm just curious how many hospitals actually make their nurses do this. Our hospital floats some of the more experienced nurses (I'm one of those with only a year experience) to other floors and has them charge on those floors because they're the on...

6. Night Shift Nursing

   mooremds posted a topic in Stress 101

   Hey everyone, I've been working the night shift (obviously since I'm online this late) steadily since last February, and I was just wondering what everyone's schedule is like. I usually try to stick to nights on my days off and will go to bed at 3 o...

7. Nurse/patient ratio in ICU...what is yours?

   mooremds replied to nitronymph's topic in MICU

   Wow, must be really nice to have your state mandate ratios. I wish Texas did. In our ICU we usually do 2:1, sometimes 3:1, not too bad; our floor nurses have it rough. They often times have 7:1 and I've heard of them getting 9:1. I dread the day ...

8. Any ICUs or critical care settings where the standard ratio is 1:1?

   mooremds replied to edogs334's topic in MICU

   I work in a rural hospital and our ratio is always 1:2, occasionally 1:3 if we're short staffed. Rarely do we get 1:1, that's only for one nurse on the unit usually that's only given 1:1 to leave room for admits during the shift. Our charge nurses ...

9. Encouragement for New ICU Nurse

   mooremds replied to Tink7586's topic in Critical

   I was a new nurse starting out on a critical care unit, I got a little experience doing 3 months Med Surg and 2 months step down, then on orientation for 2 months in ICU. My first day in ICU I became physically ill because I was so nervous, and it w...

10. How many years ICU did most of you work?

    mooremds posted a topic in SRNA

    I am wanting to go into an advanced practice role and looking at my options. I intend on shadowing a CRNA in my facility and hopefully in other facilities around my area because I realize a lot of what you do and your independence if affected by the...

11. Question About Ventriculostomies

    mooremds posted a topic in General Nursing

    We've been having a debate at work on setting up the ventriculostomy with the external transducer to measure the ICP. We're a small hospital and don't get many ventriculostomies, but we've had several lately. On one we were told not to inflate the ...

12. Nursing habits

    mooremds replied to Jenni811's topic in Humor

    Our local Hobby Lobby uses colors for their overhead codes. I jump every time they call Code Blue.

13. what percentage of your job involves poop?

    mooremds replied to onedayitllbeme's topic in General Nursing

    I love this! It's not a shift if I don't find myself cleaning poop at least 2 or 3 times each night. And there's many times that poop involves critical thinking...how do I get the poop off of this 300 lb patient without getting it on these clean li...

14. Best Shoes for Nursing

    mooremds posted a topic in Uniform/Gear

    I'm needing to get new shoes and I was wondering which ones everyone thinks are the best. I'm thinking about some Nike Shox or New Balance shoes. I hear SAS are really comfortable, but I don't like how they look. I'm not wanting to get Crocs eithe...