CEN35

CEN35

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  1. Liability insurance

    CEN35 replied to nursepotter05's topic in General Nursing

    the Pro's are: You know your covered. It will help you when the hospital, decides they would be better off hanging you out to dry on your own. The Con's: Allegedly once a plaintiff finds out you have...

  2. Techs Triaging

    CEN35 replied to tracelane's topic in Emergency

    They won't even let medics do it here at our hospital, unless an RN co-signs it. With the shortage, they even went as far as hiring PA-C's, which was not totally thought out. Apparently the PA cannot...

  3. IV starts and drawing blood

    CEN35 replied to srknurse's topic in Emergency

    We start the cap, take the blood, then start the IV. If it requires blood cultures, we do the same thing, but the second set of cultures gets drawn 20 minutes later, prefferebly from the opposite

  4. bsn starting salaries

    CEN35 replied to bsm03d's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Cleveland, in 1996' I started at

  5. Huron School of Nursing

    CEN35 replied to jaylynn67's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Our Hospital is part of what used to be called the Meridia system. So is Huron, South Point and Euclid. There was a merger type thing, in the late 90's. We are now called the Cleveland Clinic...

  6. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    CEN35 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Cleveland, Ohio ER nurse 7 years PACU 2

  7. Huron School of Nursing

    CEN35 replied to jaylynn67's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hello, I work for a hospital in the Huron Rd Hospital system. I have seen a lot of new grads come out of there. I know of two personally, and there are more working here. There big thing is,...

  8. Patients who steal from the ER

    CEN35 replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    i have even seen someone walk out with a near full sharps container. they were stopped, and they wanted the extra drugs that were trown

  9. DVT sleeves and technology

    CEN35 replied to bjsmsn's topic in Operating Room

    here's the lowdown on these things. The physical action of the squeezing effect has no bearing on DVT formation. What it does do, and per one of our vascualr surgeons via research article. By...

  10. Call Pay

    CEN35 replied to erjulie's topic in Emergency

    For us it's $2 an hr, until we pucnh in. Then it's 1.5 time. When we punch back out it's $2 an hr. The way gas is going up, it barely breaks even for

  11. Have you or someone you know been written up by a doctor?

    CEN35 replied to jetta1's topic in General Nursing

    Ya............... A long tie ago. Floated from ER to CCU for the night. Pt had their cardizem cd 300mg DC'd pre-op, for surgery. Surgeon wrote to call cardiology back, to re-order meds. I asked for...

  12. Rn to EMT-P

    CEN35 replied to emergencyrmnurse's topic in Emergency

    In Ohio, you don't have to go back to school. You can be tested out and bypass the schooling. They consider RN a higher level. The only thing you might need some help with is intubation. However,...

  13. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    CEN35 replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    YOU HAVE TO BE AT LEAST HALF CRAZY TO GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL NOW DAYS. THE WAY MALPRACTICE IS GOING, MOST PRIVATE PRACTICE PHYSICIANS WILL BE EXTINCT AND/OR BANKRUPT. THANKS TO THE UNDEREDUCATED...

  14. ER RN salary

    CEN35 replied to newfloridaRN's topic in Emergency

    In Ohio here, 7 years ER, 2 years PACU, $25.96 hr dayshift, + $! for charge, and anytime after 7pm andother $1 hr, x 1.5 for any call.

  15. How do you tell your boss that you are quitting?

    CEN35 replied to Harmony213's topic in General Nursing

    I've only done it once, and it was a new supervisor. I told her that I had an interview for another job. She said, "I hope you get what you want" the end. However, I have applied for another job...

  16. difficult IV starts

    CEN35 replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Ya......... Most places people don't consider, thumb veins (for the #24 when the small is better than none), snuffbox veins, and ulnar veins which I bet 90% of the people overlook. Most guys and some...

  17. Physician malpractice issues... who's left?

    CEN35 posted a topic in General Nursing

    In Northern Ohio, and Western PA, Malpractice has reached enourmus heights, driving physicians from the area to other parts of the country. At the hospital I work at, we have lost 4 OB/GYN's, 1 neuro...

  18. Two newbie questions

    CEN35 replied to zaggar's topic in Men in Nursing

    We used manaquins for NG's, IV's, sq's, IM's, everything. D/T the publicity HIV/AIDS gets (even though hepatitis has always been around and is way worse), most schools won't risk the legal liability...

  19. Scrubs and T-shirts

    CEN35 replied to bobnurse's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Chest hair? Whats that?

  20. Roll Call

    CEN35 replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    here............

  21. Visitor Assaults ER RN

    CEN35 replied to PalmettoRN's topic in Emergency

    Won't be the first time, won't be the last............. was punched in the chest, punched in the face, kicked in the balls, and threatened to be stabbed, and have my head blown off. Many in front of...

  22. Is it uncommon for nurses to scrub?

    CEN35 replied to studentnurse74's topic in Operating Room

    I work in PACU, and for the most part RN's do not scrub here. Usually it's a tech. The reason why is, a tech or asistant is NOT allowed to chart on the OR record, only an RN is allowed. So it...

  23. Nurses Will Eat Anything

    CEN35 replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    It was shift change one day, and we went ion the break room. There was a basket with bread, flower, chips, pretzels, fruit and some other stuff in it. the basket was wrapped neatly in clear like...

  24. New grad in ER.. ADVICE PLEASE!!!

    CEN35 replied to nursemeow's topic in Emergency

    Here I went back to a prior post I made concerning the same thing and just copied it: Most places now days are hiring new grads, d/t the lack of experienced ones. The theory of a warm body is better...

  25. Your least favorite patient.

    CEN35 replied to errn7's topic in Emergency

    easy answer.............. psych............................I mean total psych/nut case. Not somebody on effexor, or 20mg of prozac. I mean really on multuple things, sees things talks to themselve...