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el... Hi! just found your post... .....a great site = http://www.nursingceu.com/NCEU/courses/chestdrainagekm/ Hope you can still use the info....

Petiteflower, Hi! ...Respect is definitely a 2 way street... and there are definitely some Doctors who haven't ever or will never respect nurses - for a variety of reasons - initially, it's a problem between their own 2 ears which leaks out their mo...

Betts... I think I can relate... ...after 26+ years of nursing and an additional 20 years of life, my priorities have changed greatly... I need to feel good iNSIDE about what I do, no longer need or want to prove myself to others every day I wo...

We are all HUMAN... ...I guess I know inside that this or a similar incident could easily occur in the ICU I work in - as staffing, workloads, and work conditions are UNSAFE and DANGEROUS .... There are many major systems failures that HINDER SAFETY...

...worked in a "union" hospital a long time... I can't imagine what could be worse... Administration did anything they wanted at any time with full union backing... massive and non-emergency MOT, constant pay/benefit losses, dangerous regular s...

...graduated high school at age 17, went to a 3 year diploma school, graduated and became an ICU RN at age 20... What did I really know about nursing or life at age 17-20?... not much... I knew I liked helping people who were sick, that I didn't wa...

JMP - Hi and Good Luck! I've been an ICU nurse for 26+ years... do most of the precepting of new nurses - lately, several GN's... lots of fun and I TOO do learn alot from every nurse I precept..... All your med-surg skills and experience should be...

...I sure agree with the majority opinion that MANY nurses are very unkind and often vicious with other nurses - particularly the new or innocent as they are easy prey for these vultures... These desperate and needy same nurses do enjoy many other t...

Fergus51, Hi! ...I think alot of us probably have or at least had, sort of similar issues with our parents... probably in part, another strong reason we were drawn to nursing - caretaking/people pleasing - to feel better/bigger about ourselves by he...

Duckie, Hi! I too am so sorry that you were talked too and treated so unfairly by "the BSN Daughter alias Nut"... I certainly think you must be a sort of saint for not retaliating... I'm not so sure I would have done half as well... Obviously, "Da...

Level2trauma - your idea is hilarious! SICU Queen - sincerest sympathy... I think maybe OHRU should be the "Cabbage Patch Kids" (very appropriate for CABG) with a big picture of the patch and staff heads, with cabbage for hair of course, popping out...

...Should I input this discussion or not? I certainly don't want to offend anyone or ruffle any feathers... I haven't read the prior threads, but will guess that this is "a conflict of initials"... Hence, I will not then tell you mine... I am a w...

Hi, Cheryl! I have worked ICU/CCU for many years - lots of Hemodynamics (love them... teach them!). We have very specific standards for all policies and proceedures, according to recommended critical care safety guidelines. Routinely, PA lines are ...

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Mario, Mario - quite an amusing "gut" interpretation of your heart's newly discovered squeak... ..I do believe you... it's probably your heart... ......I love heart sounds, EKG's, hemodynamics, etc... ...Heart sounds are made by the flow of blood -...

I like to flip-flop between these two Nursing BB's... depends on the topics or my mood. I like both BB's and the people (often the same) equally well... The support is great! I do feel bad for some of the people on the NSBB... got an unfair rap or ...

I am CCRN for about 14 years - enjoy staying current with nursing trends, new treatments and ever-advancing technology... have always read many journals, perpetual student, ICU preceptor, teach some critical care classes... ....But, do pref...

Susy K - Hi! I definitely need to reply to this one. I have been a hospital ICU RN for a long time... have lived through the collapse of health care and nursing... many approaches and well-functioning programs for analyzing staffing needs and suppl...

Huggietoes... Hi, again! At my hospital, we work 3 - 12 1/2 hour shifts/week (unpaid lunch) ... we neither get paid for or are required to work the extra hours to total 40/week. We get only 72 hours of pay biweekly as full time staff. I think ther...

Don, Hi! I'm not sure how I feel about the vent-dependent paraplegic woman in the UK and the court decision to remove her from the vent... don't have enough information. Obviously, her brain was ok. Was she simply depressed or lacked the desire/co...

Hi, huggietoes... I do have first-hand experience with online classes... have been taking BSN-MSN classes for over a year. Recently, I finished 9 credits last semester and am currently taking 6. I do work full-time and like being able to having...

Hi, Tattooed-nurse to be... (I like your user name)... In ICU, where I'm staff, unfortunately there aren't any monitor techs. The hospital uses them on the Intermediate and Telemetry units. I've been floated to these units and am fairly impressed w...

Sandra, Thanks! It's great! Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? ...... We have all been to those meetings where someone wants over 100%. How about achieving 103%? .... Here's a little math that might prov...

Hi, everyone! Yup, I agree this is a rather touchy subject... But, after 25 years + of ICU Nursing, I choose to comment. Over 10 years ago, I worked with very few male nurses. I did feel that most of them functioned on a relatively low-level compa...

proud2bme - your user name could be your guide... Obviously, Mom loves you and only wants the best of everything for you. Try and not be too angry with her. It is sometimes difficult to realize the difference between parental guidance and interfe...