austin heart

austin heart BSN, RN

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  1. Chest tube question????

    austin heart replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I love that site!!! I look up stuff there all the

  2. LVN/LPNs in acute care

    austin heart replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    The hospital that I work in now does not use LVN's. The last hospital I was at did not use LVN's in the Critical Care areas (ICU, CVICU, L&D and ED), but did have them workin on the medical...

  3. disciplinary nightmare

    austin heart replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to know what school that you went to! There is no such thing as a "Licensed Registered Nurse". And you can practice as a GN before you take your boards and/or recieve the results. You...

  4. disciplinary nightmare

    austin heart replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    Pardon me for saying this, but I think that if you are smart enough to make it through nursing school, then you should be smart enough to know you got to take boards before you can call yourself and...

  5. Can a CNA take the ACLS???

    austin heart replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

    A MA can take ACLS, so I don't see why a CNA could not. But on the other hand, ACLS is just a certification. It does not give the licensure or the OK to do anything out of the scope of your practice....

  6. disciplinary nightmare

    austin heart replied to rosieposie's topic in General Nursing

    I too find it hard to believe that you thought that you were an RN because you received an RN pin at graduation. Boy, do I wish it were that easy! At one time I worked in an office and was the only...

  7. Accuchecks

    austin heart replied to webbiedebbie's topic in General Nursing

    Our nurse techs usually do our fingersticks, unless they are busy, and then we do them. I trust all our techs. But, our accucheck machines also have a feature that you can go back in and look at a...

  8. If you could make your pt. Knowlegable

    austin heart replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!!!!!!!!!! I also along with the 3 other members of my CCU Shared Governance Education Committee are developing a patient education questionare to be filled out by patient/family member as to...

  9. Have I lost my Mind?

    austin heart replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    I would bet that it is eat up from taxes

  10. Have I lost my Mind?

    austin heart replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO regulations only allow a total of 16 hrs at a time. Just hope that your hospital does not get audited, because this is something that they often look

  11. What does you hospital give you for Thanksgiving ?

    austin heart replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Same here. Nothing for Christmas either. Last year they sent out a memo about budget cuts yada, yada, yada. But the CEO did get a nice Mercedes! Lucky for

  12. Give me some ideas!

    austin heart replied to jessjoy's topic in General Nursing

    If you decide to do something totally different out side of healthcare----I had a buddy that had a 3-12hr schedule at the hospital, then worked 2 days a week at Pottery Barn when she was re-decorating...

  13. Another question about OT

    austin heart replied to a_clay's topic in General Nursing

    In every hospital that I have worked in, I was not elegable for OT until I finished orientation. I work in a CCUand OT is easier to pick up for me because I am able to recover hearts and also do house...

  14. Overtime

    austin heart replied to MsBruiser's topic in General Nursing

    I though that JCHO only allowed 16 consecutive hrs (like 2 8's back to back or a 12 and a 4 back to back)? Or at least that is how it is at my

  15. new grad icu orientations 6-8 wks- safe?

    austin heart replied to scrubs12's topic in General Nursing

    no. i would be very leary of a hospital that says they can make you an icu nurse in 6-8 weeks. UNSAFE! prob meens turn over is pretty high. why else would they need to crank out nurses so fast. also,...

  16. Bonus for extra shifts: what are your facilities doing for you?

    austin heart replied to timonrn's topic in General Nursing

    we get double time for anything over our scheduled 36 hrs. we can sign up for extra shifts ahead of time, or on an as needed basis. is encouraged, so that agency is not

  17. orientation for CABG nurse

    austin heart replied to Sonya G's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    there is no stripping in my unit! strictly prohibited by our cv surgeons. as for orientation, when i first started out in cvicu i got a 12 week orientation, included was the open hearts. at the...

  18. Was anyone ever a floor nurse?

    austin heart replied to askater11's topic in MICU, SICU

    i was a floor nurse for 4 years before i transfered to crit care. mainly medical, but did do float pool the last year to get a feel for other areas. i am glad i did that, because working in icu/ccu...