paradisemakai

paradisemakai has 10 years experience and specializes in ER, ICU, Clinical Research, Admin.

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1. An admin vent of sorts

   paradisemakai replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

   Here's the link to ANCC/magnet hospitals: http://nursecredentialing.org/magnet/ I believe that how well a department functions and how happy the staff are is in direct relationship to how well...

2. Hey ER, what takes so long???

   paradisemakai replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

   Having worked both floor and ER and thus seeing what it's like from both sides, I can honestly say that both jobs are difficult. It's easy for one unit to badmouth the other, but I wish nurses didn't...

3. Hey ER, what takes so long???

   paradisemakai replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

   Very interesting - when I worked in ER it was usually the opposite response from the floor nurses - there were never any beds ready so our patients would hang out in the ER for up to 72 hours Delays...

4. An admin vent of sorts

   paradisemakai replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

   That's really sad. My recommendation is to look for a magnet hospital to work at. Most states have at least one. They are the gold standard and one of the requirements for a hospital to achieve...

5. Assault Response Training for ER Staff

   paradisemakai replied to Fiesta Red's topic in Emergency

   I completely agree. In fact, when I worked at an adolescent unit, we were all taught CPI, and it was useless and people did get hurt. When I worked ER we had a local guy who has worked psych forever...

6. Sleeping during nightshift!!

   paradisemakai replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked nights in ICU, we would each take our 1/2 hour break, getting someone to cover us, and sometimes we would go in a small room and set our alarms on our watches for 1/2 hour, take a...

7. great places to volunteer?

   paradisemakai replied to mamamoosie's topic in Washington Nursing

   I'm not in that area, but wanted to tell you that I volunteered in my local ER when I was doing pre-reqs, and it was the highlight of my week. Watch out the retired pink ladies don't stick you in the...

8. NCLEX Test, 75 questions cut off

   paradisemakai replied to sharoncbrn's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

   I am another one who got cut off at 75 and passed. I think it's a good

9. How would you make inpatient rooms better?

   paradisemakai replied to Email4KH's topic in General Nursing

   No. 1 pet peeve: Inaccessible sharps container. Who are these people with screwdrivers that put one sharps container in a room with two patients and it's in the front of the room so if you're taking...

10. IV drugs RN's can give?

    paradisemakai replied to bill4745's topic in Emergency

    My understanding is that RN's can give any IV meds the MD orders, BUT that it is the RN who must make sure that the med is safe to give, so in the case of propofol if would be up to your judgement to...