cm8816

cm8816 specializes in Oncology, ICU.

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1. Family Behavior during a code

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you so much for this advice. I will follow

2. Family Behavior during a code

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in General Nursing

   Thank

3. Family Behavior during a code

   cm8816 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work as a float RN at an acute rehab hospital. I have worked there for 7 years. Two days ago, I had an elderly patient who had had a stroke. He had multiple co-morbidities. The son was in the room....

4. Bullying like I am back in middle school

   cm8816 replied to maxxilla's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   These ******** must all use the same playbook. I had a similar (actually almost exact behaviors) done to me as a new hire in an ICU. I literally tried everything. I was being set up on routine basis....

5. A few questions about bedside manner.

   cm8816 replied to 0.adamantite's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   Just be thankful you're not one of those who is praised to the sky for bedside manners. I float, throughout my hospital, so eventually I "follow" one half of the entire nursing staff. The WORST nurse...

6. Changing dressing on Groshong

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Thank you for this information. I didn't know

7. Psychometric Verbal Reasoning Test

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Nursing Career

   The example I typed is just an approximation. Believe me, there was no way one could deduce the answer without determining several other positions. I would like to know if anyone has seen such...

8. Psychometric Verbal Reasoning Test

   cm8816 posted a topic in Nursing Career

   Help! My head hurts. I applied for a position at Kaiser and had to take an online assessment. It was like nothing I'd ever seen before (and I've been around). The test went like this: The manager...

9. Changing dressing on Groshong

   cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   Thanks, that's what I

10. Changing dressing on Groshong

    cm8816 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hello, When changing a dressing (and cap) on a Groshong, if there is no "clip" to close the line to air, when one removes the old cap, isn't there a danger of air embolizm? Should one take a kelly...

11. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

    cm8816 replied to mcgocara31's topic in Nursing Career

    I could not have said this better! I, too am a former IT professional. Have been an RN for 5 years. EVERY DAY I work, I am SHOCKED by the disrespect that nurses show each other, the doctors show, the...

12. Why Do People Bully Me?

    cm8816 replied to TheCommuter's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    This article is very oversimplified. In my previous job, I was targeted because 1) I had a BSN where most of the RNs did not 2) I am a second-career nurse 3) I am over age 50 4) I have a fairly ugly...

13. Dear Nursing Students/Orientees: A Love Note from the Preceptor from Hell

    cm8816 replied to CheesePotato's topic in General Students

    Anyone who has ever reared a child or trained a dog understands that kindness works better than the hostility and anger you seem to value. I have mentored using kindness and I can assure you, the...

14. What would you have done?

    cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Critical Care

    Thank you, I'll read these books. Unfortunately, the doctors in my hospital put off the DNR conversation until it's too late or just never have it at all. Recently, an RN was reprimanded for...

15. What would you have done?

    cm8816 replied to cm8816's topic in Critical Care

    The place is one huge clique. The manager is the one who reprimanded me for "not wanting to take direction", and since that time (my last day of orientation), she has clearly expressed her dislike for...