JeffTheRN

JeffTheRN

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  1. ICU nurse to pt ratio "norm" on your unit?

    JeffTheRN replied to Natef26's topic in MICU, SICU

    For us it is usually 2:1 with an occasional triple, but that is rare. R/T handles all resp meds for

  2. fentanyl drip in an IVP or CADD pump

    JeffTheRN replied to Zookeeper3's topic in MICU, SICU

    Fentanyl on regular pump for us, no flowsheets or scales. As far as as Dilaudid goes, always in a PCA with a Q1H

  3. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

    JeffTheRN replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    I work in the ICU and occasionally float to Tele & the CVU. I made my sheets and they have become popular among some of the staff I work with as well. Honestly, I would be lost without them. The...

  4. Husband uncomfortable with my job!

    JeffTheRN replied to DA314's topic in General Nursing

    Normally I do not like to fully quote others' posts....but this one summed up this topic well. Well put, nothing more to

  5. qualities needed for CNA

    JeffTheRN replied to k777's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with the last post and of course the prior posts as well. I was a CNA for 4 years during nursing school. MOTIVATION!!! MOTIVATION!!! MOTIVATION!!! If you are planning on going onto...

  6. New CNA with EKG/phlebotomy Certification...do hospital hire you ?

    JeffTheRN replied to KdnRN2B's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. Unless you apply...you will never know. At our hospital (acute care level 2 trauma) we hire new CNA's and train them in phlebotomy and EKG's and make them a PCA. Go for it. ANY experience...

  7. Do New-Grads get to choose?

    JeffTheRN replied to futurenurse1710's topic in General Nursing

    Not necessarily...I was a new grad about one year ago and I went right into Critical Care fresh out of school; and I work in an "inner city (+100K population)". All hospitals differ as far as their...

  8. TPA didn't infuse

    JeffTheRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Odd situation that was brought to my my attention the other night.... On my regular shift 7a-7p, I get a post lysis patient from IR (she had a clot in her left popliteal) around 3p. She came to me...

  9. Intra-Abdominal Pressure Monitoring

    JeffTheRN replied to NeosynephRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We see many GI post ops in our unit and occasionally will see an IAP ordered. Our's is like stated above, except we monitor in the bedside monitor and zero everything out basically like a CVP...

  10. A-lines vs. Central Venous lines

    JeffTheRN replied to zlatamoya's topic in MICU, SICU

    One of the doctors on my unit also explained to me that fem lines have to come out after a few days as well, so we rarely see a fem

  11. IV pump placement/Room set up

    JeffTheRN replied to TulsaTime's topic in MICU, SICU

    In our unit, the beds are parallel to the door. The vents are always between the door and the bed. Pumps are the same side as the access. This is, of course, not policy, but just the way it is. If...

  12. TPA didn't infuse

    JeffTheRN replied to JeffTheRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    The pump manufacturer was Baxter (not sure if I can put that here or not), but the pump was removed from service and sent down to clinical

  13. TPA didn't infuse

    JeffTheRN replied to JeffTheRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yes, everything was connected properly. The pumps are oooooooooold. We have actually trialled one new manufacturer , hopefully the deal will happen. At this time, I cannot recall the manufacturer of...

  14. RN Salaries in CT

    JeffTheRN replied to NurseFairy's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    $31/hr is honestly a bit high, (unless that includes late shift differentials), for the most part, most CT hospitals are in the $27-$28/hr range +shift differentials...again, thats most, not all. I...

  15. Midstate medical

    JeffTheRN replied to CTRN84's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    good luck getting hired there. very few people i know that applied there, got accepted. nice place, up to date equipment..but they dont higher many

  16. Has anyone gone to Grad sessions of schools in CT

    JeffTheRN replied to RN28MD's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Thanks very much for your reply! Happy Holidays to you as

  17. Has anyone gone to Grad sessions of schools in CT

    JeffTheRN replied to RN28MD's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Pardon my ignorance, but what is

  18. Do all the ICU RNs gossip?

    JeffTheRN replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    The amount of gossiping and complaining about this and that, that I hear throughout the shift irritates the heck of me. I try my hardest to just stay away from it. When I am around a group and I...

  19. Did you get any acceptance letters yet?

    JeffTheRN replied to killingworthgirl's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Good luck to all new oncoming nursing students. I'm just finishing up my RN at NVCC (Naugatuck - Graduate May-07) !

  20. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    JeffTheRN replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    We keep a "Floor Quote Book" on our unit for some of the doozies we hear every night. Here a select

  21. Telemetry Monitor Errors

    JeffTheRN replied to Sheri257's topic in Cardiac

    "a false alarm is better than no alarm" -- is what i always say. just as an example, our hospital decided to get a new tele system (going from spacelabs to -name withheld out of risk of embarrasment...

  22. reading ECG

    JeffTheRN replied to Lakeside5's topic in Cardiac

    For great fundamentals on ECG reading and some more advanced skills as well, I found Rapid Interpretation of EKG's by Dale Dubin (book) to be one of the best. I am a monitor tech on our tele floor and...

  23. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    JeffTheRN replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    The other day in my Neuro Clinical rotation, I had a patient with an external urinary cath and a peg tube draining to gravity. It was draining dark green bile at this point. The MD came in and asked...

  24. Tired question but I gotta ask about OB clinicals

    JeffTheRN replied to ChadleyNC's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I just finished my OB rotation last semester. I was the only male in my clinical group (4 males out of 100 students). The hospital was small (community hospital) and patients were scarce for the 5...

  25. Anyone from NVCC?

    JeffTheRN replied to CTRNTOBE's topic in Connecticut Nursing

    Hi everyone. I am Jeff, I am in the NVCC RN Program now and loving it. Tough, but loving it. To answer some previous older posts about entrance requirements: 1) They say the min GPA is 2.7 (I...