CRNI-ICU20

CRNI-ICU20

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  1. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    And then there was the Texas cowboy who took a French 101 class with me back in the day.... Au revoir was pronounced......AYE-REZWARVORE! my prof. nearly quit

  2. This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    are you trying out for the spelling bee? just kiddn'

  3. Not the greatest night...

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Here's an excellent evidenced based article written by a Wound Ostomy RN consultant....that talks about flexiseals... Although some say that you don't have to occasionally deflate the balloon, there...

  4. Not the greatest night...

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    Flexiseals.... we use them at our facility.... They do have a very soft balloon that is supposed to not need deflation while inside the patient...but ..... If you have patients who have vascular...

  5. Quick Interview with an RN

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to scherk21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    53 female I work in Intensive Care and Infusion Therapy In ICU, I take care of critically ill patients...everything from trauma to neuro to vascular patients...sepsis patients...most all are on...

  6. Is this really slander?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to winredsox's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Apparently your DON has not kept up with the recent Allstate Insurance settlement which was awarded a former employee who wrote in a blog his personal opinions about particular issues. He did this on...

  7. My poor co-worker!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Just for grins and giggles....does this facility have a WRITTEN float policy? It would be a lawyer's dream if they don't....or even if they do....either way....the first thing any legal team is going...

  8. My poor co-worker!

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Under state law, at least in most states, the charge of abandonment of patients assumes you have accepted the assignment and have established a patient nurse relationship with each of them, ie...

  9. $10,000 penalty if you leave the ICU

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    oh bruther...I guess I missed the orientation train.... When I started, I learned OTJ....basically, it was, "here's your patient, here's your paperwork, here's the bathroom, here's the crash cart......

  10. Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    When she has her first real brush with a major health crisis....she might then give us a chance to voice our concerns.... I would rather see a SEA of nurses march on the mall in Washington DC...to...

  11. appearance

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to Xentec's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Think of the thousands of dollars you will save on hair products....HA! Actually, from a cleanliness point of view, you are head and hairline above those who have long locks that dangle down into all...

  12. Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agree with Tweety... I wonder about this attitude....where do you suppose this 'thinking' comes from? There's a little of it where I work....I notice that there's this INTENSE competition...

  13. Am I stepping on senior nurses toes?

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Well, the ole crusty battleaxe! She likes her shelves dusty, her papers disordered, and her coffee black, thick, and putrid.... And here you come...all fresh and ready to help out...do a good...

  14. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Indigo Girl, The panel was from one of your own threads.....the panel was one that was supposedly meeting to decide how to handle the "pandemic" avian flu.......

  15. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    BTW.... Donald Rumsfeld Former Secretary of Defense, stands to gain $25 Million dollars from his holdings with Giliead (the maker of Tamiflu)(they are a divisin of Roche) He was Gilead's chairman in...

  16. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    austin — gov. rick perry ordered today that schoolgirls in texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making texas the first state to require the...

  17. smallpox vaccine gone awry

    CRNI-ICU20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    hi kids! in my area where i live, a young toddler and his mother have contracted vaccinea virus from his father, who received a smallpox vaccine before being deployed. his father is in the army. i am...

  18. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    mr. george ambercrombie, ceo roche pharmaceuticals..... roche pharm. makes tamiflu roche, the maker (i.e., the inventor and owner) of tamiflu, tamiflu is the drug of choice being touted for avian flu...

  19. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    mr. john barry, author of the great influenza dr. richard webby, professor, st. jude children's hospital--this is an addition mr. george abercrombie, ceo, roche pharmaceuticals {what is a ceo of...

  20. somedays are diamonds...somedays are stone

    CRNI-ICU20 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I want to share my day...both to get feedback...and to maybe ask ourselves some heartfelt questions. On Fri. I rec'd a pt. from the ER.... 50-ish male.. GI Bleed-ETOH Coags off...liver...

  21. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    The point being that even IF we can believe all the CDC says....(which is more speculative than someone's researched blog) (remember all their disinterest in the AIDS epidemic here in our own country...

  22. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Here's a question for you.... Do you remember SARS? Do you remember how many ACTUAL cases of SARS DEATHS between 2001 and 2003 were documented... Do you remember the "epidemic" geographical source?...

  23. Need an answer to this situation

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to ric13's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Not all that you read in a book as the 'correct' answer, is correct... Not all situations are the same....not all patients are the same....not all nurses are the same... Maybe the beginning of wisdom...

  24. Thinking of moving to Austin Texas

    CRNI-ICU20 posted a topic in Texas Nursing

    Hi there, I am looking at the Austin area for nursing positions...by reading some of the other posts, the jobs there are quite a bit less than what I have been making in the Chicago area....but I am...

  25. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    CRNI-ICU20 replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    "the serious problem of hela cell contamination in cancer and vaccine research is revealed in michael gold's a conspiracy of cells: one woman's immortal legacy and the medical scandal it caused....