Sanuk

Sanuk

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  1. Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm

    Sanuk replied to MM2007's topic in General Nursing

    This website has some good information, too:

  2. Is getting a BSN worth the insane amount of money?

    Sanuk replied to bkingren1031's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Is this a private university? I personally wouldn't pay 22k a year for college period. My MSN program is only about 6k a year at a public university - are there any state schools you could go

  3. Need some input about ED charting - Allscripts

    Sanuk replied to Computerdude's topic in General Nursing

    I've used EPIC, Meditech, and T-Systems. Of those, I liked T-Systems best, then Meditech, then EPIC. The most important thing is that you buy a system specifically designed for use in the ER. I...

  4. Highly experienced V.S. A lot of certificates and degrees

    Sanuk replied to grantz's topic in General Nursing

    Look, I'm an associate degree nurse and feel I have excellent skills and judgement, but I disagree with this statement. My degrees mean more than I plunked down a credit card. They mean that I studied...

  5. Seems a bit excessive to me....

    Sanuk replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    I only read the blurb shown in your post, but my initial reaction is that noone was forced to let this nurse work all that overtime. If they don't want to pay a nurse that much, hire more staff and...

  6. The weekly addition to the workload...

    Sanuk replied to wooh's topic in General Nursing

    Wooh, do we work at the same hospital? This week our new task was a continuation of last week's task that was supposed to solve the problem created by our craptacular computer system. So now we...

  7. improving staff responsiveness

    Sanuk replied to idonthaveaphd's topic in General Nursing

    I find it incredible that the hospital needs a team to come up with why it takes so long to answer a call light. Uh, perhaps the nurses are too busy? Why don't you tell them to increase staffing and...

  8. Standards of Care in the ER

    Sanuk replied to FancypantsRN's topic in Emergency

    Isn't it interesting how practices vary? We do q2 on stable workups (belly pain, etc), at least q1hr on chest pain and the like, q15-30 on most cp and neuro/trauma, and q4 on holding pts. Discharge...

  9. Anybody taken Statistics Online?

    Sanuk replied to MzTayTay's topic in General Students

    I did self-paced online Stats just this last summer as a prerequisite for grad school (I had never taken it as I had Calc I&II and diff eq). I thought it was quite easy, and somewhat fun as far...

  10. yes, another night shift post.

    Sanuk replied to mmccool719's topic in General Nursing

    It may not hurt to tell them you would like days, but I personally wouldn't tell them you're going to look for another job if you don't get it. Your manager may invite you to job search on a...

  11. Please Help*Advice for understanding how to "critically think"

    Sanuk replied to MirandaSN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is there an instructor that you would feel comfortable approaching and asking for help? Heck, even if you're not comfortable, I would ask an instructor for some feedback. You're going to fail out of...

  12. Am I just being a big baby?

    Sanuk replied to mamarhonda's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I definitely don't think you're being a baby. I haven't worked LTC, but I would imagine that administrators are the same everywhere. Therefore, I recommend that when you go talk to them (and I...

  13. Plus size nurse concerned about O.R. scrubs

    Sanuk replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    It's a legitimate concern. Most hospitals do require you to wear their scrubs in the OR and a great percentage of them only carry up to 3xl. It's possible they have other scrubs you could wear or...

  14. how can these schools get away with SCAMMING people?

    Sanuk replied to pixiestudent2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It's especially sad because a lot of hospitals, at least in this area, will train you to be a PCA. I became a CNA and got paid while doing it. I hate all of these for-profit schools - they're all...

  15. Are you so busy that you don't get a lunch break?

    Sanuk replied to cashew1's topic in General Nursing

    I could count on two hands the number of times I have had an actual 30 minute lunch. Food is eaten by the bite in between pt care, charting, answering phones, etc. Should it be this way? No. But...

  16. Makeing 80k

    Sanuk replied to LTmurse78's topic in General Nursing

    Is that a magic number? :) You could pick up another job, and yes it is common to "travel" where you live. For me, working OT has been enough. It just depends on how much you like where you work and...

  17. Nurses pictures on patients whiteboards???

    Sanuk replied to jibbs's topic in General Nursing

    If they're gonna do that, I want whatever the going rate for pay-per-view is. They can deposit it to

  18. Need a new perspective here....

    Sanuk replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I wasn't saying that. What I meant was when the patient arrived to the floor, I would have looked through the orders that were written in the admitting department. I didn't express myself well,...

  19. New nurse working for a month

    Sanuk replied to Rnshar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'd be more worried if you felt confident a month out from school :). It's completely normal and it will go

  20. Need a new perspective here....

    Sanuk replied to ChinupBSNRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work med/surg, but as a type A, I would probably look at all the orders my patient had prior to arrival and verify that they were completed. OT, I find it appalling that a patient was sent to...

  21. confused with fingerprints

    Sanuk replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this is only the second time in 8 years, so maybe only every fourth time you renew Personally, I wish there were more continuing education requirements for RN's. But I know I'm in the minority...

  22. Busiest Time For The ER

    Sanuk replied to chimpanzee's topic in Emergency

    My general experience: holidays suck - OD's, family drops off grandma so they don't have to deal with her Sundays nights are always busy as people don't want to go to work Monday morning and will...

  23. All Those NPs with No Bedside Experience

    Sanuk replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I think the point is not what you learned in nursing school - nurses learn more OTJ than they could even have conceived of in school. Your posts are coming across as very disdainful of nurses in...

  24. How to Engage ER nurses in Clinical Education

    Sanuk replied to Nancycal's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I think having experienced clinicians give presentations is a good idea - especially if you don't have an ER or critical care background. I also agree that it should be brief and should be offered at...

  25. confused with fingerprints

    Sanuk replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Agree with above, but as a personal experience I was required to get fingerprinted this year when I renewed and I had been fingerprinted as well on initial licensure 8 years ago. Not sure why since I...