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I work in a smaller hospital, so we combine our cardiac w/ icu stepdown, it's a PCU.(progressive) we have 20 PCU beds and 8 ICU beds. we have cardiac, trachs, bipaps and others in PCU, but vents only in ICU. In ICU, RN to pt ratio is 2:1 max, and PCU...

I don't care, except that I'm not a nurse yet! For some reason, pt's think I'm a 'real nurse', but I'll correct them with, "No, I'm your tech but I can get So-snd-so for you, who's your nurse."

Crappy attitudes come in all shapes, sizes and departments. I had my daughter @ 30 wks, and would have LOVED to make it to 37 wks!

te he he!!!! if only......

I don't know about that, but it sounds logical, with CHF pts. I've a few die shortly after a really good bed bath, but I hadn't paid attention to which side they were on. I joked that I cleaned them to death....

I am a PSP (patient support partner) They name us different in whatever facility, because I've heard it many ways. I am a certified nursing assistant (CNA) went through a training course for that certification. I am not in nursing school yet, still w...

Hi. On my unit, we just recently adopted assigning BP cuffs to each patient, that follows them if they are transferred or thrown away when they are discharged. Before, it was a pain to clean the equiptment when exiting the room (the cuff & o2 sat...

I agree 100% percent about the above poster's suggestion to become a CNA. That's what I do now, and I work in an small ICU/PCU. I love it, but a lot isn't what I thought it would be. Lots of poop! LOL! I figured if I can handle to gross stuff and see...

Man, here I thought ole grandma was getting senile.... She does it and swears by it, but not for RLS, more for general aches & pains.

I wish we had a uniform! Everyone just wears scrubs, and whatever kind or coor. Housekeeping is the only difference; they wear burgundy. I'm a tech, and constantly get med questions or the pt just starts in on their issue (I'm still in school! Let me...

Hello all. This seems like the best place to do a wee bit of venting. I had a patient (I'm a tech in an ICU) for 3 12's in a row. She was a crack up and her family was awesome, and I really enjoyed taking care of her. She had been getting better (pn...

Thank you, everyone who replied to my post. If anything, it has solidified my intention to be a nurse.

Thanks for the post. I'm in school and working as a tech in an icu, and after an especially hectic day, a lady with whom I was caring for her elderly aunt said, "Honey, I hope you stick with it; you have a good heart." That made me feel my efforts we...

I'm a tech now, and I LOVE working with the nurses who show their passion for patient care. I agree about the skin care and bathing being an integral part of the nursing assessment, and have seen nurses 'find' something that requires a change in thei...

Where I work, each Christmas, we all pitch in to get a 'care package' for one of us in need. We keep it confidential, and no one knows who's getting it, but everyone pitches in and votes who they think it should go to. In the past, we had grocery cou...

My first day was good, but no one knew I was starting that day, so helped a CNA all day. Everyone gets along great, from what I can tell. I've heard that saying about nurses "eating their young", may be true, just not necessarily on my unit. With tha...

I've been using the "Gloves in a Bottle" I got from the local scrub shop. It works great at retaining the moisture, but not as well when your hands are already rocked. My grandmother has some weird old-lady concoction she gave me that smells like ben...

I wear a 1x, so I'm probably not helpful. I am very short, though, and I find the higher the size is, the longer they think your legs are! Mine are usually about a foot too long, then I have to hem them. The irony is that most places charge more for ...

At my new job, when I interviewed, they asked if I was pursuing my RN, and then proceeded to tell me that they don't hire LPN's. Actually, my original intention was to go the LPN route, then go back immediately for my RN. Guess not! A lot of the nurs...

That was such an awesome story, it has solidified my feelings about going to nursing school. I was just finishing up on some really horrible homework, and this really lifted me, and I know I can get through this schooling. I wish you were my nurse.

I've been a big fan of the "Do Unto Others" bit from the Bible..... I've worked with people who assume a familitarity with me and make idiotic comments, I usually just blow them off, or reply something witty, which usually SAILS over their heads! Th...

My neighbor works two weekend nights, and makes great money. She is a single mom, and her daughter has sleepovers with her cousins on those nights, or she's visiting her father (every 2 weeks). This seems to work well for them, but I think it would b...

I, too, am wondering how it will play out. Right now, I am working full time and going to school part time (starting next week) I am kind of "feeling things out" with the school/work/family schedule, and I pray it can be done without forgetting my ki...

In my cna clinicals, a resident had the "cha cha cha's" all over the place. I walked in initially with the intention of obtaining a bp, but the s*** hit the fan, literally. I forgot to close the curtain right away, and the unit was being inspected.....

That is soooo true! I recieved dialysis for a year at a Davita facility, and that is no joke. I wanted to say..."Shut up! Can't I be depressed for one freaking day??!!" It's all good, I see the concept.....