Steph41

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  1. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    Steph41 replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto

  2. Do you have a free charge nurse on your unit?

    Steph41 replied to EllaBella1's topic in General Nursing

    Trauma II hospital. I work ICU. All the floors at my hospital, charge has patients with the exception of ED. my nurse manager would like to redo the matrix to have a charge with no patients. I think...

  3. CCRN exam

    Steph41 replied to PActuRN's topic in Critical Care

    You are not required to pay or become a member. It does make sense to do it though. Not only do you get a discount on the test, you get tons of free CEU's to maintain your certification. After you...

  4. Weight changes in IV pumps

    Steph41 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in an ICU and we have had as many as 15 to 16 IV drips going on one patient at a time. Some of them are weight based, some not. In the ICU where I work we do not change the weight of the...

  5. Weight changes in IV pumps

    Steph41 replied to Steph41's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    When inquiring my colleagues input, they had similar things to say. They added that often when we have titrated multiple drips, it doesn't matter the weight, they have been titrated to pt.s condition....

  6. CO New Grad, work in WY?

    Steph41 replied to geekynurseRN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Casper. We take new grads. Without the hope of retention though, it may be harder. It costs a lot of money with the New grad program to train up new nurses. In the past, often it doesn't pay...

  7. CCRN exam

    Steph41 replied to PActuRN's topic in Critical Care

    I had the Laura G. videos almost memorized. I found this only slightly helpful and was glad I used other methods. PASS CCRN was way too much info and hard to filter the pertinent information. I used...