thomnurse

thomnurse has 15 years experience and specializes in critical care, cardiac icu, er.

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1. Obamacare and Nursing.. what do you think?

   thomnurse replied to OKNurse2be's topic in Activism

   I will not quote politicians or policy, I will give you the facts about what is happening right now in my hospital because of obamacare. I work in a large level 1 trauma center that owns 6 hospitals of varying sizes around the state. We have had 30...

2. 10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

   thomnurse replied to Brian's topic in Announcements

   "I see you've been in the staff refrigerator!"

3. 10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

   thomnurse replied to Brian's topic in Announcements

   "i told you not to squeeze it!"

4. protocol sharing among my fellow RRT RNs

   thomnurse replied to PMFB-RN's topic in CCU

   Where I work we have had a rapid response team in place for over 5 years. It consist of the hospitalist MD covering the med surg floor, the nursing supervisor, the resp therapist and the charge nurse in the ICU. It has worked very well, and the flo...