Zookeeper3

Zookeeper3

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  1. Question on housing while transitioning assignments

    Zookeeper3 posted a topic in Travel

    Hey experts, my recruiter is telling me I am going to get financially dinged for the following (true or false)I am finishing an ICU contract Sun, Mon, Tues. Starting next contract in the ER the...

  2. Working opposite shifts from spouse...

    Zookeeper3 replied to sbostonRN's topic in General Nursing

    I did about 15 years on night shift. Started for child care, continued because I could avoid just about all levels of management. It was priceless for my sanity, which resulted in my being happier...

  3. The War On Fat

    Zookeeper3 replied to Crazed's topic in General Nursing

    As a smoker, anyone is comfortable coming up to me and saying "you should quit, it isn't good for you". Dare I say "you should put the fork down" and all kinds of hell will reign upon

  4. When calling in are you asked "what's wrong with you"

    Zookeeper3 replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I always reply 'personal reasons".Personally, I have NO intention of going to work

  5. Why so hard to find a hospital job?

    Zookeeper3 replied to morehart's topic in Nursing Career

    Time, it's beyond the economy, without time at the bedside nurses are not getting hired. Take your current position and keep trying for a floor nurse job. take it with the crappy pay, night shift,...

  6. anxiety after being an RN for 14 years

    Zookeeper3 replied to lawandaluxnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to be blunt, as hormones change, anxiety creeps in. My daughters neruologist manages estrogen levels and swears that stress response is the result of the fluctuations of our bodies changing...

  7. 100k salary?

    Zookeeper3 replied to pilot833's topic in General Nursing

    Depending where you are mind you... before the financial crunch and changes to medicaid/medicare, we were paid double time for any extra shift we picked up. I was bringing home 10K a month after tax,...

  8. How many Hours per Week do you work

    Zookeeper3 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    I now work three 12 hour night shifts, have done it for over 15 years. Left a cake job in an electrophysiology lab where I worked 4 10 hour days and could leave when I was done and suck up the paid...

  9. Being a Preceptor

    Zookeeper3 replied to sweetsleep28's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a few nurses like that. Mostly if you don't let them get those "bad" feelings out, they stay bottled up all shift. I've said/done: -"take 5 minutes in the bathroom, finish crying and meet me...

  10. Making sense of metabolic alkalosis...

    Zookeeper3 replied to MPKH's topic in General Nursing

    He may have been unconscious, but seemed to have adequate resperatory compensation. Electrolyte imbalances can cause metabolic alkalosis as well. So can eating things like tums. On a personal...

  11. New Grad Nurse needs advice please!

    Zookeeper3 replied to ugadawg1696's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I promise and swear that this is normal to feel the way you are! you have only been bedside nursing for two weeks! In the ER, you need critical thinking and prioritizing- comes after experience In...

  12. Management demanding perfection from a new grad

    Zookeeper3 replied to lmd-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You could have a meeting and ask for an outline of specific behaviours and skills that require improvement as well as an outline of how progress to improvement will be measured. Additionally, those...

  13. Have been in the ER for 3 hrs now....

    Zookeeper3 replied to MadpeysRN's topic in Emergency

    Hey all, the OP is NOT a nurse, the OP is in school. This person has no idea yet what it is like to juggle assignments, let alone appease bored family members. Altruisim and reality; not the same...

  14. LTAC Exp Counts as Hospital Exp?

    Zookeeper3 replied to mindlor's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    If you are looking for a basic ICU to gain a good year of skills in before moving to a high acuity one than it certainly DOES count. (NOT a lick for CRNA though). These patients are multisystem sick...

  15. Can anybody share any first hand experience with being coded, on a vent, sedated, etc

    Zookeeper3 replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    Asked daughter who was vented and had surgery after a car wreck. She simply has no memory of any of it. Mind you, she had a traumatic brain injury and short term memory is missing in several

  16. Travel nursing and relationships..How do you make it work?

    Zookeeper3 replied to Lunalitsa's topic in Travel

    I brought my guy with me. He was wonderful enough to be comfortable with me supporting us for a bit while we traveled. Its not for everyone though, it took him a few weeks to settle in not

  17. ER to cath lab nursing?

    Zookeeper3 replied to barryme's topic in Cardiac

    Our lab takes extra shifts and usually sleeps in the call room inbetween cases. It's not uncommon to have two or more emergents a night. Depends on your location though. Many labs are moving to one...

  18. My TCU CPR policy

    Zookeeper3 replied to unsaint77's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I know of a few nursing homes that don't do CPR, they call 911. Is this what you

  19. Why is it important to know patient's insurance info?

    Zookeeper3 replied to Despareux's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked electrophysiology this was vital, we also implanted pacemakers and ICD's. It's part of our screening process. A self pay needs to know that thier A-fib ablation will cost over $90K...

  20. RN to MSN NP Track

    Zookeeper3 replied to karnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago the university of NY had one. The one located in Buffalo NY. Not buffalo state, big

  21. If you could do it all over again, would you choose nursing as your career?

    Zookeeper3 replied to jordanl's topic in General Nursing

    Had I known fixing a cup of coffee was more important than fixing a blood pressure (customer satisfaction scores), NEVER would I have ended up

  22. Does your personal doctor work where you work?

    Zookeeper3 replied to Calder's topic in General Nursing

    Personal preference. I choose my doc because I was able to watch him interact with his patients and families as well as monitor his provider skills. I would rather know exactly what I was getting...

  23. What I have learned to HATE about Nursing

    Zookeeper3 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OPEN VISITATION in an ICU drove me out of bedside nursing for a year. I now travel nurse and will only take an assignment with visiting hours that are upheld. Not that hard to find as some managers...

  24. Uncontrolled Afib

    Zookeeper3 replied to Tele_Nurse4u's topic in Cardiac

    Either way a TEE is required prior to cardioversion or an Ablation. If they were going to Ablate, the INR has to be normal. The ablation wire is advanced to the LEFT atrium after a septal stick....

  25. Any EP Doctor Office Nurses Out There?

    Zookeeper3 replied to Nightrn16's topic in Cardiac

    I know what the nurse does because I worked in the EP lab and talked to her frequently. -Monitors PT/INR compliance, results and gets orders to adjust daily doseages -Does pre-op teaching for implants...