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  1. Walkie Talkie pt. that tanked.

    fakebee replied to KY RN's topic in General Nursing

    How do you have a pH of 7.28 with a bicarb of 24 and a CO2 of

  2. Does this sound like "a little much" to you??

    fakebee replied to PICNICRN's topic in General Nursing

    The format is from the Studer group, a consulting firm that specializes in improving patient satisfaction scores and thus Press-Gainey results. Get used to it, it's the newest thing to catch...

  3. Moving to Pensacola

    fakebee replied to Jen1228's topic in Florida Nursing

    Speaking only about ICU onditions in Pensacola:Baptist is critically short ICU nurses right now and would be your best bet to get hired on as a new graduate, Sacred Heart was not hiring new grads into...

  4. Why dont YOU wear a helmet??

    fakebee replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    I live and work in Florida and personally don't care if you choose not to wear a helmet(big believer in the Darwin theory) but I wish the legislature had included in the helmet law that if you choose...

  5. Nursing Work Ethic

    fakebee replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    One of the things that I think encourages bad attitudes, poor attendance, slovenly appearance, and substandard work ethics is the fact that nurses are paid based on experience not on performance. I...

  6. Being Sexually Harrassed

    fakebee replied to markymark's topic in General Nursing

    Congratulations on standing up for yourself and your fellow employees!:balloons: That your administrator doesn't know what to do about this is sickening. You've made your position clear now gather up...

  7. Career Change .. can't do nursing anymore :(

    fakebee replied to sandlewood_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    The one thing that has consistently shocked me during my twelve years as a nurse is the fact that so many nurses are unprepared for the stress of the actual job. Inpatient nursing in any setting(OR,...

  8. Interviewing while visibly pregnant

    fakebee replied to RNCRNA2BE's topic in General Nursing

    If your screen name is accurate then I wouldn't worry about the pregnancy affecting your hiring. However you will hear some gnashing of teeth if you leave after getting your year or 2 experience...

  9. OR or CC FLOAT pros and cons

    fakebee replied to lifetimelearner's topic in General Nursing

    No offense to you but as a new grad float nurse in critical care you'll be as popular as the plague with the nurses you work with. A float nurse is expected to be able to come in and with the absolute...

  10. Update to Mom as a Patient--Need Advice!!!

    fakebee replied to Cattitude's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused.Your mom is in a hospital not nursing home, correct? No way does an RN not know which pain medicine is a scheduled med and which one was PRN. I'm even more confused about the withdrawl...

  11. BSN does not mean better... Sometimes education is overrated!

    fakebee replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    As a bedside ICU/CVICU nurse for 12 years I have never asked my coworkers about their credentialing. My years in the Army taught me to judge people on their performance, not their rank, their...

  12. How much experience do I need to travel??

    fakebee replied to RNnewgrad's topic in MICU, SICU

    No one is ever completely ready to travel because every hospital is a completely different experience with new or different ways of doing things. It helps to have a broad knowledge base in regards to...

  13. I quit my job.

    fakebee replied to SICU Queen's topic in MICU, SICU

    Congrats on the change. We wish you the absolute best with the new job. If anyone deserves a reprieve it's you! God

  14. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    fakebee replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    I love being able to say at least once a shift "No I've never seen or done anything like that before"...followed quickly by "But I sure would like to learn how or No I won't forget that ever". How...

  15. Max pressure on an intubation cuff

    fakebee replied to essedus's topic in General Nursing

    While you do put 10 mls of air when initially inflating the cuff of an ett, you have to periodically check the pressure placed on the vocal cords by the cuff by using a manometer attached to the pilot...

  16. Max pressure on an intubation cuff

    fakebee replied to essedus's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's 24 mmHg pressure thats the max as read by a cuff manometer. I'll check with an RT when I work tomorrow and post

  17. slave labor

    fakebee replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    :chair: When I read that NicoleRN07 doesn't worry about whether her shift is short 1 or 3 nurses, she just works harder to make up for it I was saddened beyond words. The major reason was because...

  18. Would you take this assignment??

    fakebee replied to SICU Queen's topic in MICU, SICU

    No way. That's a totally inappropriate assignment based just on acuity.Factor in the safety risk of a confused fresh postop patient and that was two disasters waiting to happen. As far as the CABG...

  19. Ways to use my BSN other than bedside nursing???

    fakebee replied to bigd1023's topic in General Nursing

    :) Out of curiosity to all those who suggested the OP teach as a new grad-would you really like to be taught by someone who has absolutely no hands on experience? Let the flaming

  20. Advice for Handling Pt. Criticism Please

    fakebee replied to VTBabyNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    While nobody likes criticism, if this is your first patient complaint in 10 months, you are obviously doing a great job and have a bright and rewarding career in an area you enjoy and are good at so...

  21. Night shifts hard with family

    fakebee replied to RN_Amanda's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My guess is that your hospital has the policy that you must have a year's experience before going part time and your manager has no leeway in this matter. It's a liability thing. Hope you find the...

  22. night shift not calling critical lab values

    fakebee replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not being a smart aleck here- how can you hook up suction to an NGT backwards? Are you saying suction was connected to the blue port and the antireflux valve was connected to the clear port? And...

  23. Unbelievable floor nurses.

    fakebee replied to kjblack's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have been an ICU/CVICU RN for 11 years in level 1 and 2 trauma hospitals and I will never consider myself equal to a good med-surg nurse. I don't know where you work but my experience is that the...

  24. probems with a coworker

    fakebee replied to Lightning Bug RN's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who has worked both the 8 hour shift and the 12 hour shift in units where 90 percent of the nurses work 12 hour shifts I have my own thoughts on two apects of this discussion-the first...

  25. *do I even know what I'm doing?*

    fakebee replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First off, regardless of how poorly you may feel you're performing now, every shift you work is filled with things you did right and did well! People tend to forget that you probably did 96% of all...