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  1. Thoughts on Charge RN

    Morguein replied to 2bTraumaRN2008's topic in Critical Care

    Charge nurses frequently take patients, especially when the unit is short staffed. You would need to be able to pick up a team. Charge nurses are also considered resource nurses which means you are...

  2. Is your ICU staffed with mostly New Grads?

    Morguein posted a topic in Critical Care

    What do you all think of having mostly new grads in your ICU than experienced ICU nurses? Do you see that as a recipe for disaster, or bringing in new creative fresh ideas, etc? Has anyone ever...

  3. Late admissions/close to shift change

    Morguein replied to Enmc412's topic in Critical Care

    I feel like you should do what you can in the hour that you have left. I'd assess the patient, do any STAT labs, and any emergent STAT orders like hanging blood and starting drips. Then, I'd get the...

  4. Joint commission and their ridiculous mandates

    Morguein replied to nightdove's topic in Critical Care

    I get what both sides are saying here. I work critical care too; and sometimes, my patients are too sick to leave them in order to document all this real time information that's required. I'd say...

  5. HIPAA Violation?

    Morguein posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I hope someone can help me with this. I am confused about the whole HIPAA thing. Everything I learned at work about HIPAA was about not revealing a patient's name, room number, their...

  6. HIPAA Violation?

    Morguein replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Trauma!

  7. HIPAA Violation?

    Morguein replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

    I've noticed that we can't delete any of our own blogs. Does anyone know why? I went through all of my posts to make sure they were "okay" and didn't need to delete any of them; but If I had wanted...

  8. HIPAA Violation?

    Morguein replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's me; naive. Not anymore though. At least, with this subject. I'm thankful that I have never had any crazy pictures on my page; but I did take some of them down just in case someone else...

  9. HIPAA Violation?

    Morguein replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

    I definitely need to be more on the cautious side. I am used to speaking my mind on my page and expressing my frustrations, etc... But I guess that's pretty dumb huh? I've learned a lot in just the...

  10. HIPAA Violation?

    Morguein replied to Morguein's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much! I appreciate the time you took in responding to my questions. I've just gone through my FB page and pretty much deleted ANYTHING that might get me in trouble, including some...

  11. looking for best ICU workplaces in Melbourne/Cocoa FL

    Morguein replied to AubrieRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Eventually, I'd like to move to the same area. I have sister who lives in the Satellite Beach area and I'd like to live near her since we are very close. I also work in ICU. How do you like the...

  12. new icu nurse did I make thew right decision

    Morguein replied to nurserev's topic in Critical Care

    You are perfect for the ICU. I don't know what's up with your preceptor. The ICU is usually pretty busy; and yes, things do need to get done quickly, but it's sooo easy to forget to do stuff. So...

  13. Ambulatory resident with dementia who spits all the time

    Morguein replied to karenlhm's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What to you think about having the patient wear a face

  14. Anyone have too much paperwork???

    Morguein replied to johnson0424's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thumper HAHA! Right

  15. Bodies Breaking Down?

    Morguein replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    My body was telling me it needed some tender loving care (physically, mentally, and emotionally), so I decided to work weekend alternative to take better care of myself and to have a life beyond...

  16. BP Cuff Readings vs. Arterial BP

    Morguein replied to Zee_RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    At my facility, if its working properly, we treat the A-Line BPs over the cuff

  17. DH dying-need prayers

    Morguein replied to nursejoey05's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You and your family are in my

  18. new orientee in the icu

    Morguein replied to RNSUEIA's topic in MICU, SICU

    Even as an experienced med-surg nurse, you should have more than 5 days of orientation! You should have at least 6 weeks. That's what we do here at my hospital. ICU is a totally different world...

  19. The bully strikes again

    Morguein replied to raindrop's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I was giving report to a night shifter, I told her about how labs were ordered on a patient 15 minutes ago and Dr.X is to be called with the results. I told her the unit clerk sent the order to...

  20. RN who wouldn't be CNA

    Morguein replied to cjog's topic in Nursing Career

    If you work in the ICU setting, not only do you do "RN" work, but you also will do "CNA" work as well. We get down and dirty every day. I don't know of any RN who doesn't do "dirty" work. If you're...

  21. ***Chemistry - Fall 2005***

    Morguein replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The 1st problem is a tricky one. I could be wrong but it seems that the density of the Isopropyl may not matter but the mass of the lead along with the displacement of isopropyl matters. So, d= m/v=...

  22. Received an "F" for a "B"!

    Morguein replied to Anjann's topic in General Nursing

    I find it inconceivable that your school doesn't teach med calculations being that it is one of the most important aspect of being a nurse. If passing the dosage calc tests is that important, all...

  23. Could it be that an ICU job is easier to get just after graduation?

    Morguein replied to Roland's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Roland, Is your wife mentioning during the interview that her goal is to go into CRNA school in 2008? If so, that may be a turn off to them, because they may see it as her not being a possible...

  24. Down time

    Morguein posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Does anyone here ever have any down time at work besides their lunch breaks? What I mean is do any of you ever have time to just kick back and talk to your coworkers without feeling like there's a...

  25. Down time

    Morguein replied to Morguein's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thank you all for your input. Downtime is the time at work when you can sit and relax and take a breather and even talk to your coworkers to get to know them better. As far as the food thing, I can...