kevler

That's the great thing about nursing, you get to find your calling. There is something for everyone, may it be med surgical, public health, operating room, or critical areas like ICU, CCU, CVICU, and neonatal icu. I got my bachelors of nursing 5 years ago, and I found my professors pushing for public health. Maybe if the media shed more light into it, then people may see it as an option as well. cheers

I was in a very similar situation. I just turned 29 and 5 years in the game I worked in a small community Cath lab so it was Monday to Friday, no on call. I wanted to learn more and get experience with STEMi program, congenital, heart structure and pacemaker lab inserstion. So I made the change to a bigger city Cath lab, which had all the resources available. This other Cath lab also had on call. This other Cath lab also has low turn over people tend to stay long. The work is great, but at this time in my career procedures were getting very routine it could like an assembly line. I took the critical care course with my friend just to give me more confidence with STEMI call. I ended up enjoying critical care it was a nice change of pace. I ended up getting a job in cardiac ICU and loving it. People always ask if I missed the Monday -Friday, cleaner job Sometimes you just need somethng new. Your 30, were still early in this game nursing is great cause is has so many fields to offer. You will find area you love then areas you hate (I recall the ward was stressful for you, which it is with the nurse patient ratio). Try exploring the career a bit more. Is getting a casual job some where an option. Just to get a new prespective?

1) do you have a union? 2) once a called is the shift considered OT?

why not get another automatic machine? I'd be assessing the patient if they have any symptoms associated, and be looking their rhythm (I work in Cath lab procedure settings,). We usually follow artline blood pressure and confirm with cuff automatic. We usually have to intervene quickly the readings and how the patient looks. Ain't nobody got time for manual in that settings

Transfer of accountability is ideally the same information you would give to the ongoing nurse and should be done in SBAR. In my unit we are assigned partners for breaks, our first break we give hand off, and head to toe report. For lunch because its same nurse, we give updates of the patient. (this is an ICU where staff ratio is 1:1 or 1:2) When I was in cath lab in the middle of the procedure depending on the role, we would give history of patient, what procedure we are doing, what part we are in procedure. If we were scrub nurse we would do a hand off count in addition and point out all sharps. Christian

day shifts for the win! better on the body