NeosynephRN

Congrats!! Wishing you all the best in your new adventure!!

OK..this is what I want..for you not to take the only chair at the nurses station, to be on the internet or text messaging all day. When I come to you and offer you a skill...for you to respond "Oh I have already done that skill." or the ever popular " I am not here to learn to be an aide...I do not...clean, feed, or bathe..." In return, I will get you as many skills as I can, some will not be exciting, but trust me when the good ones come I will get you! I will teach you as much as I can in the time you are there...and I will be eternally gratefull if you help me turn and clean and maybe empty my foley!! Good Luck in school!!

do you see the issue people have with hiring "out of state" new grads..i mean you say right here that you want to leave in a year..do you know how much money and time go into training a new grad?? and to have that investment, which is exactly what it is an investment walk out 6-8 months later, is just not good business!! i agree that there is no shortage, and importing more nurses will not help the situation at hand at all, and i certainly hope that you and the other nurses here find jobs quickly, but honestly i hope it is not in my unit, i do not want to train someone just to have them walk on me!

I have looked into a masters in education online...for about 165 a credit hour...and a co-worker just finished her FNP online...paid about 1800 a semester!

I am not sure what you are going to report to the board...that someone yelled at you for not doing what they asked you to do? Maybe the change was not needed, but unfortunatley we change so much everyday, most changes that do not need to happen, but sometimes going with the flow until you can speak with someone else is a good plan. Thank goodness your employer supports you!! Hold your head up and move on.

We use AND and it is very straight forward, it maintains and spells out that comfort and quality of death are very important. There are two sections one for "withdrawl of life support" and then the check box section. Families have been very positive about allow natural death, it is much more realistic and families really felt with the "DO NOT" that alot would not be done, meaning basic human cares...

We are currently bathing all our patients upon admission to the unit in the chlorihexidine solution, then also on M-W-F. We have not been doing it long enough to correlate any reduction in actual infection rates, but it will be interesting to see what happens.

Hmmm.. I liked the arctic sun, and massimo. But I really wanted another smoothie from GE...yummy!!

Just got back from NTI yesterday...4 days of talking about ICU, seeing new products and eating good food and playing on Burbon Street...what more can you ask for.

Or when you walk into the unit and both crash carts are at the front open...with absolutely not a soul in sight....

We do?? Yeah and I usually leave that patient that just coded on the floor while I go finish my lunch and my daily dose of shopping on ebay...they can handle the vent and 3 pressors while I take care of my business right....:icon_roll

I still use the good ol soap and water...I just wipe my basin down before and after with the sani wipes! I love washing my patients hair and braiding it up, feels good and keeps them tidy for long vent days!

We also have it, there are posters in all the rooms that tell about our "care line" for non-emergent issues and the rapid response, with both numbers. I have not had any issues with bad calls. I think we have only had a couple family initated RRT calls. Not nearly as bad as we all were expecting!!

Have not gotten mine yet...maybe tomorrow, I actually have the day off..I could do some serious planning!

Only a few weeks left...I am counting down my shifts!! I cannot wait!