angelladyclaire

angelladyclaire specializes in med surg, SICU.

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1. To be an RN or RT..Help!

   angelladyclaire replied to deebee12's topic in General Nursing

   After seeing what the RT's at my hospital do, I often wish I had gone that route. Just be sure you can handle sputum before you make the plunge... the starting pay around here is about the same and they don't have to clean up poop all day, don't ha...

2. Bling on the job?

   angelladyclaire replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

   If your hospital's policy allows rings, I say go for it if it works for you. Some may be uncomfortable wearing their own jewelry, and that's fine for them. I don't think a ring is any more of an infection control issue than using your steth on mult...

3. Do all of your vented pt's get restrained?

   angelladyclaire replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in MICU

   Wow. I work in the SICU/trauma overflow of a level 1 trauma center. We have the luxury of having someone in house at all times to do intubations. We never restrain our vent patients unless they have given us reason to. Administration is really ad...

4. Jehovah Witness RNs

   angelladyclaire replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in General Nursing

   I used to work with a nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness and she would not personally hang the blood, but she would have another nurse do it and then she would maintain the transfusion. And as to the question whether an MD can refuse a pt based on re...

5. why the cliques in nursing ?

   angelladyclaire replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Relations

   Wow, I feel really blessed to work with so many good people. I just joined my SICU in January and with the exception of a few sour nurses everyone has been super nice and helpful. Course, I work night shift and in our unit at least, it's much more...

6. Visiting Hours

   angelladyclaire replied to redwolf's topic in MICU

   Our SICU/Trauma overflow is a locked unit with 4 visiting times daily, 30 minutes each with one hour long visit in the evening. However, it is up to the nurse outside those times whether to allow visitors. There are some day shift nurses who are ab...

7. What is the order of the nursing career ladder?

   angelladyclaire replied to miachris2's topic in General Nursing

   Medical Assistant

8. How are you judgemental?

   angelladyclaire replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   I think drug seeking behavior is the thing I am quickest to judge on. I'm not judgmental directly to the patient, mind you, but I have a running commentary in my mind that is probably not very polite. I know we are supposed to take the patient's pa...

9. Cadaver lab

   angelladyclaire replied to nursetim's topic in Post Graduate

   I graduated from a 4 year generic BSN program and our anatomy was a 4 cr. hr. course with cadaver lab. It was the coolest class I have ever taken. Getting to be hands on was so beneficial. Our students had the option to take either the PE dept. A&...

10. SICU interview: questions for the manager?

    angelladyclaire posted a topic in MICU

    Hi all. I am interviewing for a position in the SICU and I was wondering if you guys have any suggestions for questions I should ask the manager... I always go blank in interviews and would like to go in with some material ready. I know about our s...

11. "YOU'RE my Nurse?!?!?"

    angelladyclaire replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am 24 and I get comments all the time about how young I look. (It doesn't help that I'm covered in freckles :). But I find that once I've gotten past my initial interaction with the patient they take me seriously and are very kind. I still wear ...

12. Bashful Nurses?

    angelladyclaire replied to moosie's topic in General Nursing

    I have always been a very reserved person. I'm clumsy, and I embarass easily. I had the same worries when I started my clinical rotations as a nursing student. For me it just took time. My shyness was a result of my lack of self confidence. It w...

13. Question????

    angelladyclaire replied to brown eyed girl's topic in General Nursing

    While it's true that you would gain experience working in a corrections facility, I think abandoning a job so soon after starting it will look bad on your employment record. It could affect your ability to get work in your new town. I think you'd b...

14. DNR situation

    angelladyclaire replied to hbncns35's topic in General Nursing

    The patient in question was choking. The question of resuscitation does not enter into the situation. To let them choke would be negligent. You would not be resuscitating when doing the Heimlich. Upon removal of the obstruction, the patient shoul...

15. What do you always try to put on an IV pump?

    angelladyclaire replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    I work med-surg and we put absolutely everything on a plum pump including NS. I think it's more a convenience measure than anything.