AnnieRN

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1. Need advice about new job... please help!

   AnnieRN replied to bluesky's topic in MICU

   It sounds like you have an opportunity to be a leader in your new job. Having a great crew to work with is crucial to job satisfaction. Just because something isn't deemed mandatory doesn't mean it can't be done,right? Lead by example and refrain fro...

2. Charge Nurses

   AnnieRN replied to NeuroNP's topic in MICU

   I work at a 10 bed community hospital ICU. We have a person designated to be charge each shift. The charge nurse takes a full assignment. Most of our nurses are very independant so the charge role is just the focus person for assigning new admits,han...

3. Unique ways to state the obvious . . . .

   AnnieRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in CCU

   How about.."the only thing we can do is mfc..measure for coffin".

4. Please read this and tell me your opinions...seriously ill relative

   AnnieRN replied to AngelicNurse2B's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds like your relative is a candidate for a drug called Xygris which is used to treat severe sepsis. i've used it and it does work. I hope all goes well.

5. Calling all nurses...did you ever wonder if you could do it?

   AnnieRN replied to 2banurse's topic in General Nursing

   I don't recall my own fear of failure as I would have to look back twenty years but I do remember some of my classmates fears...I was already a seasoned LPN when I returned to get my RN and I would often help my clinical group trouble shoot various p...

6. Nursing Superstitions!

   AnnieRN replied to codebluechic's topic in Humor

   Well..When there is a code in the hospital we open a room(turn the lights on, balance our bed scale, turn monitor to stand-by) and if the patient doesn't make it into our ICU we NEVER turn the lights out. Also we never bring up the actual name of for...

7. New nurses in ICU

   AnnieRN replied to janine3&5's topic in MICU

   Hello! Call me old-fashioned,but I think most nurses benefit from at least six months of some sort of med-surge nursing when they are fresh out of school. Here are my reasons. First,you learn organization. You also learn how to assess your patient w...

8. The Nursing Shortage

   AnnieRN replied to Cheri's topic in CCU

   I work in a community hospital intensive care unit in upstate New York. (I used to live in Ellicott City!) The shortage of nurses has limited the amount of critical care beds in our hospital. When I started here five years ago we ran a ten bed unit. ...

9. IABP

   AnnieRN replied to AnnieRN's topic in MICU

   Thank for your responses! My concerns continue to run deep about introducing these invasive proceedure to our hospital. Number one is our staffing. Realizing that these patients truely require 1:1 nursing presents many problems. We are currently wo...

10. IABP

    AnnieRN posted a topic in MICU

    To all ICU nurses; How much training did you recieve before you were expected to be able to safely care for a patient with a balloon pump? I work in a community hospital that has decided to be the premier community hospital that will be using the ba...

11. ICU BURN OUT

    AnnieRN replied to KSAHR's topic in MICU

    I work in a community hospital that has a 10 bed ICU. Because of the shortage of critical care nurses in our area(or at least willing to work for our hospital)we have closed three beds. We are lucky to have three ICU nurses per shift. What has saved...

12. Losing momentum?

    AnnieRN replied to Joe,RN's topic in Safety

    I am in a similar situation. I work in ICU at a community hospital in central New York. Our unit has held census at 7 beds due to short staffing(we have a 10 bed unit). The only reason we are holding at 7 patients is because the nursing staff demande...