I've never heard of such a thing. Now where is the patient coming from? Is it a floor transfer or an ER admit? If it's an RRT call or a code, then yes, you get them usually within a half hour or...
I totally agree about the OB thing---YUK!!!!!!!! We have had our share of new grads in our ICU, and we never let them take care of the neuro patients. Our neurosurgeons would crap a twinkie if we ever...
Well, first and foremost, I, as a charge RN in the ICU I work in, is a part of the management team and we are involved in monthly management team meetings. If there is NO documentation regarding the...
ICURNinIL replied to littleroxy79's topic in General Nursing
I totally agree with Tazzi, document EVERYTHING. We have some of the same issues at work with a few people. We actually fired one that had worked there for 18 years after making up accu checks and...
The lack of instructors and professors is because it is an insult what they pay you to put your license on the line to be a clinical instructor. JMHO. I've been an ICU nurse for 18 years and wouldn't...
I have been looking around some. I like what I see. I'm probably going to take the CNRN exam this fall so I was over there. I'm not much in the mood to do that or go back for my MSN, but I guess the...