lisa333

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1. Arterial Line Tubing Change

   lisa333 replied to lisa333's topic in Critical Care

   Thanks everybody. My hospital doesn't have a policy on this (or most things.) I've been trying out changing it down to the hub lately and it seems to work okay even if it makes a mess. It's...

2. Arterial Line Tubing Change

   lisa333 replied to lisa333's topic in Critical Care

   Thanks for your comment! What I find fascinating is that no one I've talked to is sheepishly claiming they disconnect it at the valve because they're lazy- they insist that's how they were taught to...

3. Arterial Line Tubing Change

   lisa333 posted a topic in Critical Care

   This question came up recently on my unit and I'm curious if anyone has any resource material to back up their position other than "this is how I was taught to do it!" Let's say your patient has...

4. How often should healthcare workers be tested for COVID?

   lisa333 replied to DesiDani's topic in Disaster Preparation

   I go to a free community testing site every 2 weeks to get tested for my own peace of mind. My hospital certainly has no interest in testing

5. Temperature checks for Employees

   lisa333 replied to travelingrn2001's topic in Disaster Preparation

   How can these infrared thermometers possibly be accurate? I take my temperature orally every day before I go to work with a cheap thermometer and it always reads a believable number between 97.5 and...

6. Advocating for Nurses: Allow Nurses Their Own PPE

   lisa333 replied to AmericanNurseAdvocates's topic in Disaster Preparation

   We had a hospital-wide order that all staff wear surgical masks while on hospital property. About half the staff comply. Even in my ICU where about a third of the patients are COVID +, only about half...

7. Masks at the nurse's station

   lisa333 replied to lisa333's topic in MICU, SICU

   Well they changed the policy so then we were each issued an expired N95 for each week to wear at the nurse's station. As long as you replaced the brittle elastic straps with new rubber bands, they...

8. Masks at the nurse's station

   lisa333 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   Hi all, I work in a trauma ICU. We currently have enough PPE to wear when taking care of COVID-19 patients or rule out patients. My question is about how you are protecting yourself in the hospital in...

9. Resume for experienced RN in rural setting

   lisa333 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Hi all, I have four years experience in a rural community hospital ICU. I'm now trying to move back to an urban area, but have some concern about what to put on my resume. The vast majority of...

10. Conflicted about interview with fancy hospital

    lisa333 posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hi all,Well, after applying for hundreds of jobs, I never thought I'd find myself trying to choose between two hospitals!A little background- a year after passing the NCLEX, I took a job at an...

11. Advice for making the most of a short orientation?

    lisa333 replied to lisa333's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's for a Long Term Acute Care floor of a hospital. I wouldn't be cross-trained to the other floors, so I'd only be with the long term acute care patients. They're supposed to be the most stable...

12. Advice for making the most of a short orientation?

    lisa333 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, I was wondering if anyone on here had received a shorter orientation than they were expecting for a hospital position. I've basically been offered my dream position at a local hospital, but my...

13. This is getting ridiculous!!

    lisa333 replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm so glad someone else commented on this! I was worried I was the only one dealing with these shortages. My clinic uses fentanyl and versed for conscious sedation and we're now out of both! We're...

14. new grad prospects after ambulatory surgery?

    lisa333 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi all, I graduated in April 2010 and got my RN license in June 2010. I looked desperately for a new grad hospital job, because I really wanted to have a solid foundation in medical/surgical nursing....

15. Alameda County

    lisa333 replied to Kelliqua's topic in California Nursing

    I got an email March 23rd that said: "Congratulations! Your application for Registered Nurse I indicates that you meet the minimum qualifications for the examination. Your name has been placed on...