MissAnthrope

MissAnthrope

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  1. How often do you assess your patients?

    MissAnthrope posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Just a poll - and I do mean ICU pt assessments. I've been places where it was q2, some where it was q4, some where it was once a shift and then q2-q4 "unchanged" check boxes. Currently my facility's...

  2. Your worst travel assignment?

    MissAnthrope posted a topic in Travel

    Anyone care to tell their horror stories? Such as technology (meaning lack thereof), rudeness from staff and patients, etc? Obviously no names/identifying details. Thought it would be interesting...

  3. Valley Healthcare Systems and TRS

    MissAnthrope replied to 3dogs1cat's topic in Travel

    No experience with Valley, but I currently work for TRS. You're welcome to message me privately if you have any specific questions and I'll do my best to answer. I worked with a fellow traveler with...

  4. Rough night as a new RN in ICU please HELP!

    MissAnthrope replied to Jessielee22's topic in MICU, SICU

    Some (hopeful) humor: From the great novel The House of God: "The patient is the one with the disease." Meaning sometimes they live because of what we do, and sometimes they live in spite of what we...

  5. best reads for us going into nursing

    MissAnthrope replied to bohica's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely! Great

  6. Funny things that pts say

    MissAnthrope replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had an 87 year old lady once, post-op, doing fine considering. She wasn't very talkative, kind of grumpy looking. But me being the person I am, that is a challenge to me. I'll pick and pick at...

  7. post cardiac cath

    MissAnthrope replied to submarine1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    My very first code blue ever as a nurse was a post cath pt. The wire had perforated the artery (unsuccessful angioplasty attempt). It was small enough, but large enough at the same time, that he got...

  8. Cross Country vs. American Mobile

    MissAnthrope replied to jack4408's topic in Travel

    Traveled with CC and am signed up but have not travled with AM. I never had a single problem with CC, my recruiter checked in with me almost twice weekly and I never had to wait more than a couple...

  9. opiates and large Vts

    MissAnthrope replied to hepatocyte62's topic in MICU, SICU

    I thought opiates/narcotics can cause hypoventilation by decreasing respiratory drive (rate) and shallower breaths (thereby lowering the Vt)? a one liter Vt is no bueno on a 65kg vent

  10. travel nursing to ireland or australia

    MissAnthrope replied to ttucowgirlnurse's topic in Travel

    Do a google search for continental nurse travel...i can't remember the address. I looked into Australia as well since they're having such a need and you can get basically an "express" ticket into the...

  11. Do you think the nursing shortage is disappearing?

    MissAnthrope posted a topic in General Nursing

    It feels to me like more and more new nurses are coming out of schools. We've hired, in the last four months, twenty new grads in our two critical care units alone. There will always be certain...

  12. Do you think the nursing shortage is disappearing?

    MissAnthrope replied to MissAnthrope's topic in General Nursing

    I like the point someone made about bedsie nursing being just a stepping stone to grad school, CRNA, etc. Part of the main reason we've lost so many experienced nurses (and therefore hired twenty new...

  13. STAT! I need san diego housing! Suggestions?!

    MissAnthrope replied to CleioRN's topic in Travel

    Grew up in San Diego....gosh I miss it. I lived in the Kearny Mesa area/Clairemont area which at that time was some of the most affordable apartments...due to being near the community college and the...

  14. Anyone travel to Arkansas Children's Hospital?

    MissAnthrope replied to sample24's topic in Travel

    Seems like the midwest as a whole is trying to phase out travelers. ACH was always a big one for travelers. Its a fabulous hospital...my son was a patient there twice and I can't say enough about...

  15. Totally flabbergasted

    MissAnthrope posted a topic in Travel

    I went to get my I-9 notarized today, and the notary refused to fill out the section where she verifies my birth certificate and ID. She notarized the signature I gave, but that's it. Spoke to my...

  16. Understanding ABG's

    MissAnthrope replied to charlieroe's topic in MICU, SICU

    It helps to remember "ROME." Respiratory, Opposite: meaning if the ph is down and the cO2 is up (moving in opposite directions), or vice versa, it's a respiratory cause. Metabolic, Equal: meaning if...

  17. What is the opposition to Universal Healthcare

    MissAnthrope replied to ChicagoRN2010's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wonder if it's fair for me to be a nurse and yet support universal health care..at least in theory anyway. Don't I spend most of my shifts internally complaining about people who abuse the system?...

  18. contracts?

    MissAnthrope replied to mskate's topic in Travel

    You're not alone. Although I am looking in a tri-state area, all I keep getting are bum leads or specialties I'm not qualified for. When I started the traveling process back in Feb, I could have had...

  19. Is Anyone having trouble finding an assignment?

    MissAnthrope replied to kenesha212002's topic in Travel

    Thank God it's not just me...I say that because I've been technically "unemployed" for almost a month now, waiting for a company to bite! I'm hoping that this is just a product of it being the end of...

  20. New York NY

    MissAnthrope replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in Travel

    Cross Country quoted me 2400 a month for NYC housing stipend. Depending on where you go, that's not

  21. Relocating from New Orleans, LA

    MissAnthrope replied to shawn_ICU-RN-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to the boards! I am in Northwest Arkansas (beautiful place, BTW - hint, hint!!) but know a bit about LR/Hot Springs area. There are a lot of hospitals in LR - major one is University of...

  22. Please tell me your story about your journy becoming a nurse?

    MissAnthrope replied to smagana1436's topic in General Nursing

    I consider my journey to be nothing less than divine intervention - seriously. I went to LPN school at the age of twenty while I was living with my boyfriend (later husband) who was an albatross...

  23. self scheduling in contract

    MissAnthrope replied to travl2where's topic in Travel

    As a traveler, you're at a facility to fulfill a need, and generally that means working what they need you to. Some facilities are probably more considerate than others, but as a general rule...

  24. Overheard...

    MissAnthrope replied to Reno1978's topic in Nursing Humor

    There's the infamous "So-and-so needs some pillow therapy" statement (meaning you wanna hold that pillow over their

  25. Continental Travelnurse?

    MissAnthrope posted a topic in Travel

    Anyone traveled with this company or talked to them? They do assignments in the UK, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. If not this company, has anyone done travel nursing in the UK? Would be interested...