RoaminHankRN

Sorry for the delay... little thing here called work. Not sure if you have heard of this site...http://www.healthjobsusa.com/yahoo/Denver_Colorado_Nurse:_Anesthetist_(CRNA).html Still waiting for some feedback and will post when I hear!

Greetings from Colorado! I was born in Dayton, OH. Small world. Let me look around and see what I can find out about jobs and how things look in re: to CRNA. I will reply later in the week if that is ok. Good luck!!

We have a rescue ax team. ICU Charge, RT, Pharmacy, Hospitalist, Lab, Security and House Supervisor. House sup can call on more support or wave off people if needed. If on peds or NICU, NNP will respond. We have guidelines for when to call a "RAT" It...

Who starts IV's on the floor? (not including peds) How many attempts before you have someone else try? When do you call the house supervisor? If you see an AC will you try? Finally... To see how honest people are.. How many don't even try and pass it...

I did not read every single post but another classic example of what is wrong with our profession. Do we not have better things to do like improving patient satisfaction, improving our knowlegdge, than to talk about the male vs female and I make this...

It's not more qualified or male nurses we need. Everyone who passed boards is qualified. We (the current RN's) need to be better role models in precepting the new nurses. We need to be positive, better communicators and more team players. As a male n...

We should do away with all the extra letters at the end of your name on the badge and stick with RN. Do you really think a patient, physician or other healthcare provider cares if you are BSN, ADN or what have you? Also, there are many in nursing man...

Fine... but you also need to act like professionals. There are some bad apples in our profession... ASN and BSN. Just having a BSN will not make you professional. I don't hear RN's crying for CE's in every state??? Then there is teamwork, communicati...

I used to work as an ER nurse and now a house supervisor. Two things about the job that baffles me are the floor nurse and on call staff. What is with the attitude of some floor nurses and not wanting to take patients. When I call to place patients, ...

If your a house supervisor you know what I mean when I talk about the "book." Contains all our goodies to run the show. We carry around a big bulky book and are looking at options to reduce the size. I even slim down to a smaller binder and use my Pa...

Need your help again. We have started to slim down our book. Question. Do you carry a print out of each unit with the patients and are you required per policy to have a report on each patients? Is that report considered medical documentation and can ...

Just be careful not to "burn your bridges." I know you mentioned you probably will not use them as a reference. You should not. But depending on where you live and if the DON "knows" people, if you leave on bad terms, it could come back to haunt you....

I used to be one that complained about not making enough. But as the years go by, you ask how much is enough? Every one complains they don't make enough but never give an amount that would be fair. If we raised the basic salary to $30/hr for every nu...

How about you read before opening your mouth. In no way have I advocated replacing RN's with EMT's. So get off the notion that I am thinking that way. Second, I am proud to argue my point about post 9/11. Heck even pre 9/11. And as I said before yo...

What would be a decent paycheck? (Actual dollar amount)

i was cruising through this post and not going to say anything until i came across psychomania. first of all, blackbelt, i could not agree with you more. we need to stop the bashing of our "licensed" friends. no one want's emt's to be the primary ...

If your a house supervisor you know what I mean when I talk about the "book." Contains all our goodies to run the show. We carry around a big bulky book and are looking at options to reduce the size. I even slim down to a smaller binder and use my Pa...

Thanks for your replies... Anyone else have thoughts?

Orthotics!!

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E715975%257E,00.html Article about University of Colorado having to restrict number of patients that present to their ER.

If you receive helicopters at your facility, how are people notified? Is a code announced overhead? Is an announcement made overhead? (If so, 24/7?) Is a "phone tree" initiated? Or nothing at all? We relocated our helipad closer to the hospital. The...

New grads have to start somewhere. Where did you start? When people say new grads can't handle critical care or ER because of the stress and should go to med-surg... what does that say about med-surg. I started in ER after nursing school and loved it...

Couple thoughts... For those of you that have a house supervisor in house... why are they not being involved in the situations you describe? As the house supervisor, I am responsible for bed placement. If it is shift change or the floor is busy with ...

I would be wrong to say no to a new grad in the ER. That is how I started. Each person should be evaluated for the job. I think personality is important. Not everyone has what it takes to be an ER nurse. Cathy WilsonRN brought up a valid point.. to i...