New2CVICU

I walked to the front of the unit this morning and saw another nurse drawing blood without wearing gloves and just shook my head... again. I reached the front desk in time to see the secretary finish a phone call and hang up. She proceeded to tell...

Virginia uses RNFA's.

While orienting a 20 yr veteran with a CCRN on her badge I asked the following situations happened: (she had been in orientation approx. 10 days with other staff) 1. Monitor set up incorrectly. 2. Bed plug in was getting more priority th...

Please excuse my misspelling of insult(ed).

Shezam, You are being far less polite with me than I was in any of my conversations with the orientee. I feel the tone of your letter is hostile. Does that make me resentful. Again, No. Do you like that I am saying this, probably not. But we ar...

Why do you all insist that she was learning under duress or that she was being lambasted with questions? Part of the problem was that she felt I was taking too long with our discussions on ways to treat the patient. Thereby taking her away from pat...

Getting back to the original post. I worked agency in a hospital were I was the odd (wo)man out. Except for 1 nurse who was from India all the others were Phillipino. I worked my tail off with what I thought were the crappy assignments. "So what...

I guess it's all in perception. Although I am suprised to see that these responses have been less than supportive I am suprised to see how harsh some of them have been. You all have an opinion on how or how not the situation should have been handled...

Actually, yes we all had a nice sit down and that's when those three points came out that I mentioned. How else would I know?

I started the day by asking the nurse what her comfort level was with different aspects of recovery. I asked her if she would be open to suggetion and taking direction in those areas. She said she would be. I used gentle reminders and was met with...

I did a travel assignment at Sarasota Memorial. I love it there too. Doctor's Hodpital is also in Sarasota. I don't know anything about it though. Bradenton is about 40 minutes away. They have two hospitals there. No state tax. Plenty of sunsh...

In my CVIVU we have expanded our visitation from 30 minutes to 1 hour four times a day. The only "open" visitation is for clergy.

I found her website at http://www.greatnurses.com. Good luck!

Hi every one. Am I being too sensitive or does this really make no sense? Our hospital has a 7 month old Open-Heart program. All of our CVICU nurses have at least 5 years critical care experience. We have a serious morale problem with tripled ass...

Well actually she did ask me if I wanted her to write an order for a chest x-ray which is already on the pre-printed DOS (day of surgery orders) for the next a.m. And she told me to leave my cordis in for transfer to step-down. Well it gets pulled ...

I will get together with the other nurses and put together a plan of action. I also did not mean to offend any LPN's out there. My biggest gripe is that she has no idea what we do. I have worked with LPN's in CV recovery that have way more experie...

I said no to an unsafe assignment. Tonight I had a Aorto-bi-fem-bypass with a right fem-pop-bypass. He didn't go to PACU. Right to the unit. BP unsatble wide opened the OR fluids. Rezeroed his lines, trendelenberged him. Started Dopamine too. N...

Okay everybody...I have labored over how to present this situation but after working today I just have to connect with fellow nurses for some insight. We have three nurses on my unit who moan and complain about everything. Two were interim directer...

Thank You all for your support.

Dear Pilot, I have heard the same thing that you have. I heard on CNN that the president intends to veto congress and the house if they disagree with him. The labor secretary said that this move would actually help the least paid people. Huh? And...

Crazy Nurse D: I agree with P_RN. A Littman cardiology 3 is a good investment. Get a nameplate for it and keep your eye on it. I am from Western New York. Went to school there. Good Luck.

We are using this "Pod" system. Our pods are supposed to let us look in on our patients at all times. Sometimes that is not possible because the assignments are spread out and we usually end up taking three patients.

Our computerized documentation can calculate our IV drug dosages. We just need to make sure that our rate is current. It also gives us the option to change concentrations. We can also calculate in our bedside monitors. And of course there is good...

Have you tried looking into UVA. I know they have several different options. Good Luck.

You go girl!!!!!!!!!