Zookeeper3

Zookeeper3

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  1. ER to cath lab nursing?

    Zookeeper3 replied to barryme's topic in Cardiac

    It is similar in the get them in/ get them out with routine diagnostic caths and interventions. (Have to keep the schedule flowing). What is new is learning all the catheters, the detailed anatomy,...

  2. Anyone find CRNA School EASIER than made out to be?

    Zookeeper3 replied to SlyFoxRN's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    It's not about what you think it is. If you put your mind to anything and are able to set aside the two years financially without working and just doing CRNA, AFTER someone accepted you into critical...

  3. Hygiene disaster areas

    Zookeeper3 replied to canoehead's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, the ER that I worked was way too busy to do what you have described. I documented the skin assessment as it presented. There was never any time to wash and bathe, unless treatment dictated...

  4. how does one become an OR nurse

    Zookeeper3 replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    Where I am employed, in NC, BSN is not a consideration for the OR... experience is. Nurses in the OR depending upon the OR, give drugs, aside from anesthesia, need to be skilled in sterile technique,...

  5. Thinking of leaving management to return to bedside nursing

    Zookeeper3 replied to bboopRN4's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, I've done the management route, and went back to staffing in my home unit... now that is a challenge and another subject. After 16 years of 12 hour 3 nights a week schedule, I have taken a...

  6. She sure did... and with a straight face!

    Zookeeper3 replied to Camemile's topic in General Nursing

    Recruiters need to clearly state, "only experienced nurses need apply", if they are going to not hire our new grads. For crying out loud, surely there is a place somewhere for fresh people in a...

  7. I swear.....

    Zookeeper3 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing wrong with saying I need a break from that, can I take a heavier or lighter load today

  8. Good for cardiac/ACLS practice.

    Zookeeper3 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    This is an excellent resource... but ACLS is not the chemistry experiment it used to be. Simple CPR and excellent compressions are the focus. If you know your rhythms, can decide to shock or...

  9. How common is it to get fired?

    Zookeeper3 replied to TurtleCat's topic in General Nursing

    In 16 years of nursing, I have seen many nurses down graded from the ICU to safer places like step down and the floor. As far as firing? Maybe only 5 people in 16 years. Not everyone is ICU...

  10. What is the weirdest thing someone has been admitted to the hospital for?

    Zookeeper3 replied to SweetsRN522's topic in General Nursing

    Pt. drove from Florida to NC having a aresol bottle stuck in the nether region. Was too embarrassed to seek care close to home, why my hospital, I have no idea. X-ray showed the can so far up that an...

  11. OMG I don't think I can do this job

    Zookeeper3 replied to Ado Annie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ditto, I have made several in 16 years... last one, was last month. Gave IV Rocephin on a verbal order to someone with a PCN allergy. Could have killed him dead on the spot. Nothing happened....

  12. help, new grad with first NARCOTIC med error :(

    Zookeeper3 replied to cherielpn23's topic in First Year After Licensure

    no one may agree with me, but I would call the primary doc. tell them of my mistake and ask for a one time order to cover me and insure that communication of the discontinuation was prevalent. Many...

  13. Dear Vocera

    Zookeeper3 replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in General Nursing

    nope, have no

  14. Leaving AMA

    Zookeeper3 replied to missjustice's topic in General Nursing

    Alert and oriented? yes? sign the paper... bye bye! OK, Assuming the patient knows the risks of leaving, I never, ever, ever, beg any patient to stay and be treated if they understand the risks of...

  15. What would you rather do than go into work this weekend?

    Zookeeper3 replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work any weekends or call... yep had to rub it in. But when I used to work them, not long ago, I'd wish I was on a cruise to the

  16. Is a double major possible?

    Zookeeper3 replied to nursegirl333's topic in General Students

    I admire your eagerness. May I suggest just one year, doing just nursing before you decide? You have no idea of the stress that will be placed upon you, let alone know how you will feel about that...

  17. Teach me about Thyroid Problems

    Zookeeper3 replied to KateRN1's topic in General Nursing

    GOOGLE.com

  18. Ok..vent..advise...dunno

    Zookeeper3 replied to Sparrowhawk's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the job opportunities where you live or your exp. but your vent is beyond legit. There are numerous studies that demonstrate how a schedule such as yours causes ill health and...

  19. Can this put MY license at risk?

    Zookeeper3 replied to missladyrn's topic in General Nursing

    You as an RN are not responsible for supervising IM and PO meds..... PERIOD. That falls under this idiot's license. Knowing that issues exist... follow what ever process is in place for reporting...

  20. "If they really cared about their mom, they wouldn't of put her in a nursing home"

    Zookeeper3 replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I lived out of state, and had to hear my mother at 84 years old... trying to toilet and care for a confused husband dying of cancer. My mother is stoic, refused help until she physically collapsed....

  21. Is med/surg really that bad?

    Zookeeper3 replied to clearblue3's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You couldn't pay me $100/hr to do it! God love our med/surg nurses, you are the best! I went straight to the ICU, and it is it's own hell, truly hell at times but I can't imagine caring for 8!!!! So...

  22. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    Zookeeper3 replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    How is he different from the non-compliant diabetic, the obese patient, the hemodialysis patient that misses appointments, the new CVA that didn't take their anti-hypertensive meds.... all your ER...

  23. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    Zookeeper3 replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah the ER nurse mentality, I've had it too. You only have these folks a short time and can't change an entire lifetime of bad choices in your brief interaction... or can you? You are the first line...

  24. COPD patient wanting to leave to smoke

    Zookeeper3 replied to chris10lsuRN's topic in General Nursing

    Look, they are non-compliant at home with meds, they smoke at home... you can teach until you are blue in the face, but ultimately, it's the patient's decision to not care for themselves. If you don't...

  25. Why are ICU nurses so rude?

    Zookeeper3 replied to wanderlustRN24's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sorry, OP, you lost me at the tapped tongue depressor used to keep our multiple lines in order, not for seizures, and we have to take the rails off to get into the tight elevator to the old building...