newohiorn

newohiorn BSN, RN, EMT-P

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  1. What does anesthesia rounding RN do?

    newohiorn posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had an anesthesiologist mention to me that they are looking for a rounding nurse on the weekends. Does anyone know what this entails? I really didn't take him seriously but then I started thinking...

  2. Iron Lung Wards

    newohiorn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    This is fairly recent--2011, I believe. Bangor man living with effects of polio still using iron lung: ‘This is just so comfortable for me' — Health — Bangor Daily News — BDN

  3. Iron Lung Wards

    newohiorn replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    From a book I read, I believe back in the day when the power went out folks had to hand pump the iron lung for people at home. I believe the neighbors used to come help the woman in the book I read....

  4. Most challenging nursing department

    newohiorn replied to rose89's topic in General Nursing

    I float all med-surg, intermediate and ICUs in my 700+ bed hospital. Because I float in four-hour blocks the med-surg units with 5-7 patients can be very difficult to get the work done. In...

  5. Nursing "branch" with the most flexibility.

    newohiorn replied to ritit123's topic in Nursing Career

    Yep, that's what I was going to say...per diem. I work per diem or contingent at all my jobs so that I can always match my husband's schedule. I'm lucky that I don't need health care benefits but I...

  6. Problems nurses face that no other professions understand

    newohiorn replied to alcal's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    If I put more thought into this I can probably come up with a lot more but here's a few off the top of my head: 1) My hospital is actually referring to us being on stage and off stage like we work in...

  7. Should I go to school to become a nurse or PA?

    newohiorn replied to debbieprobe's topic in General Nursing

    I should also have added that if I had it to do over again, I would go to PA school. Also occurred to me that if you're going to be a PA working in the OR, you are, of course, going to see the bones...

  8. Should I go to school to become a nurse or PA?

    newohiorn replied to debbieprobe's topic in General Nursing

    I think there are a number of challenges in the ideas you are proposing, certainly not insurmountable, but challenges. You state that you are already in debt from your MA, you are thinking about two...

  9. Confidence in your RN skills

    newohiorn replied to Bezoars's topic in General Nursing

    Bezoars, I could have written your post nearly word for word. I have been in the float pool for four years and before that only did 15 months on a spine unit and 15 months neuro critical care. Like...

  10. Doubles

    newohiorn replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    I say no and do not feel even an ounce of guilt about it. In my mind asking me to work a double is the administration asking me to spend 8 more hours away from my family--they should feel guilty for...

  11. On-Call Pay Survey

    newohiorn replied to danimal99's topic in General Nursing

    $2/hr for on call as a SANE

  12. I need to know common spanish terms.

    newohiorn replied to laylayluv90's topic in General Nursing

    I also use the Medical Spanish by Mavro app--pretty much all yes/no questions so you don't have to understand (much)

  13. career advice needed for a introvert pls

    newohiorn replied to sam1971's topic in Nursing Career

    If you search the forum for "introvert" you should find other threads also addressing this topic. I'm an introvert and have been a nurse for eight years. I've worked many different positions...

  14. The Face of a Medical Error...

    newohiorn replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Many of us have been there. Many of us have been lucky enough to have only near misses. As you have said, learning from it is key but the other thing I try to do with any mistakes or near misses I...

  15. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

    newohiorn replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot speak to anything about requirements of being a CNA or DSHS involvement but I know of no protocol for nursing or paramedics that requires CPR on a patient who has been dead long enough for...

  16. Would you do that?

    newohiorn replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    "You give a nonbreather a minute and you're going to have a cardiac arrest anyway and then you can do compressions!"---was meant as a tongue in cheek comment.

  17. Would you do that?

    newohiorn replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't think I would. If you have a pulse and a nonbreather, you probably have an airway issue so I would open the airway, look for obstruction, consider other causes like severe allergic...

  18. SANE PRN with other part time job??

    newohiorn replied to LillyFish's topic in Forensic

    Like others have said, SANE is my 3rd job. One of my jobs is part-time 30 hrs a week, one is per-diem about 8 hrs a week and I take SANE call. With my SANE job we are required to take 24 hrs of call...

  19. When first starting sane/ forensic nursing...

    newohiorn replied to Mizuki N.'s topic in Forensic

    I'm a SANE nurse for adults only so I can't speak to how it would feel to care for peds but I imagine it would be quite different. That being said I've only been a SANE for a little over a year and I...

  20. How do SANE nurses get paid?

    newohiorn replied to CUL8R's topic in Forensic

    As others have said, I'm a SANE nurse employed as a contingent with the hospital system. I am paid call time and then 1.5 x my rate if called in for a case. Haven't heard of independent

  21. Burnout rates

    newohiorn replied to PTKChic's topic in Forensic

    I'm a SANE nurse and when I went through training I was told that the average "lifespan" of a SANE nurse is about five years before burnout. I haven't tried to verify that info anywhere--it's just...

  22. *The Float nurse* anyone care to share?

    newohiorn replied to Newgrad_STAT's topic in General Nursing

    I went to float pool in a large acute care hospital (1000 bed) with two and a half years experience and it was (and remains) a challenge. I float everywhere except ER (they use a different computer...

  23. IVP vs IVPB

    newohiorn replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work on a spinal surgery unit where pretty much all I did was give narcs. I have never diluted a narc to give IVPB and have never seen anyone else do it either. Most of our patients were...

  24. And the results are in....

    newohiorn replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    You are smart to warn people. Community college, community college, community college. I know there are waiting lists but you generally don't come out buried in debt. To my mind it is worth the...

  25. Per diem policy question

    newohiorn replied to MinnieMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, me too. I can be cancelled every four hours. I also work 3-11p and for the second half (7-11p) it's not uncommon for me to find out at 6:55 where I'm going or if I'm going home--it's very...