Rabid Response

Rabid Response

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  1. Can I take the CCRN?

    Rabid Response replied to silverbelle's topic in General Nursing

    from the aacn website: practice as an rn or aprn is required for 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely or critically ill patients during the previous two years, with 875 of those hours accrued...

  2. Are smart pumps smart?

    Rabid Response replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I have found that the "smart" pumps that we use in my ICU are only as smart as the nurse who sets them

  3. For those thinking about becoming a second career nurse

    Rabid Response replied to esunada's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you are a very organized person who gives a lot of thought to your actions. I guess I'm pretty much the opposite because I did not do one single thing on your list! I'm pretty happy...

  4. When everything could go wrong...it did

    Rabid Response replied to blessedmomma247's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm a little confused. An aide watched the patient die? She lay down, closed her eyes, and just died? After feeling kind of funny right beforehand? It sounds like cardiac arrest, and CPR should have...

  5. Travel nursing as a CNA

    Rabid Response replied to rachelgeorgina's topic in General Nursing

    I have never heard of such a thing, and I don't think it would be possible. I don't think that CNAs are enough in demand that you could get a work visa for that kind of short term employment. There is...

  6. Pt.s threatening bad feedback on customer service surveys

    Rabid Response replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Haha. I would pretend to agree with him and to share his outrage. I would tell him to be VERY specific when he filled out his survey and to write in the comments about how the low score was due to the...

  7. Wanting to Move to SF. Am I Insane?

    Rabid Response replied to Claire_Fraser's topic in California Nursing

    If you are willing to work night shift, you can probably find work in SF. My hospital's CVICU is hiring right now for night shift. I think that there are several positions open. Our general ICU is...

  8. And if we catch you smoking you'll be charge $25

    Rabid Response replied to Manatee111's topic in General Nursing

    Smoking, obesity, alcohol and drug abuse are all modifiable risks factors for any number of debilitating diseases. I have NO problem with people paying more money based on their unhealthy lifestyle...

  9. Get it off your chest! What's the rudest thing a doctor ever said to you?

    Rabid Response replied to vhern246's topic in General Nursing

    These posts really make me appreciate the docs I work with and the hospital I work in. I can't remember any of them ever being rude to me. I have had way more rude comments and negative interactions...

  10. A Major reason for Hiring freeze

    Rabid Response replied to BackfromRetirement's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    My hospital hasn't hired anyone for three years. I can't remember--who exactly was running the country when this freeze began? The good news is that my unit has finally opened up some positions THIS...

  11. A letter to my Patient

    Rabid Response replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    No patient has ever thanked me for waking him/her up to replace a nasal cannula. Your post puts me in mind of what I thought nursing would be like before I became a nurse--grateful patients who know...

  12. New RN who may lose her Med Surg job

    Rabid Response replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    The book you want is "Perry and Potter Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques." But it is not enough for you to read a book, no matter how good a book it is. You should take the advice you got and...

  13. I am having IV anxiety lately....bad!!!!

    Rabid Response replied to FiduciaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Aw. Don't let the MDs get you down. Even the nurses who are best at IV insertions miss once in a while. And you didn't miss; if the IV flushed but wouldn't draw, you probably hit a valve or were up...

  14. What you wished you had known before you started your first job?

    Rabid Response replied to AndreaBallard's topic in General Nursing

    Assess every patient as if you are the first nurse to have seen them. Even if the nurse you got report from is extremely competent and experienced, patient's conditions change, and even experienced...

  15. Who plays the "I'm a Nurse Card"?

    Rabid Response replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    I had to spend 8 hours in the ED with my daughter once. I didn't tell anyone that I was a nurse, but they guessed after a couple of hours anyway. Her monitor had been alarming constantly (nuisance...

  16. Why are some nurses so rude to students?

    Rabid Response replied to kayty2339's topic in General Nursing

    I love students! But then I was a student myself only a few years ago. I had two med/surg clinical rotations where the most of the nurses were so rude and horrible to us students that I swore you...

  17. Terrible time finding a job in Northern California Why?

    Rabid Response replied to Happysouth1's topic in California Nursing

    It's because nobody is hiring here. My hospital is finally opening up positions to internal applicants, but my unit has not hired anyone from outside our hospital system in three years. Maybe that...

  18. For Southern California Nurses

    Rabid Response replied to ladykb8's topic in California Nursing

    I wouldn't learn Tagalog, only because there is always a nurse around who speaks it. I think that half of the nurses on night shift in my hospital are from the Philippines. I would study Cantonese if...

  19. Inept New Grads?

    Rabid Response replied to imanedrn's topic in Emergency

    Maybe your ED hired on too many new grads at once. That is what happened in my ICU when I was a new grad/new hire. There were TEN of us NGs, and not enough resources to train all of us properly so it...

  20. Our new boss writing everyone up!

    Rabid Response replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    I wish my manager would start writing up nurses for being late. There are two or three nurses I give report to who are always 5-10 minutes late. And there are a few on my shift who stroll in to the...

  21. Looking for the bright side

    Rabid Response replied to yogamom's topic in General Nursing

    Take the longer route to your BSN. Even if the job market doesn't improve, the extra time gives you more opportunities to network. I do think the market will improve, though. We've hardly hired anyone...

  22. Is putting 'BSN' on badge snobbish?

    Rabid Response replied to funmom's topic in General Nursing

    Right now I only have RN on my tag, although I have a BSN and a BA and recently passed the CCRN exam. But I have a PLAN. I am testing for the CMC soon, probably trying for a wound and ostomy care cert...

  23. was i wrong?

    Rabid Response replied to goldc8's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that you took the correct actions based on your assessments. A few years ago, my father was in a rehab facility after a hip replacement. His nurses did not recognize signs that he was acutely...

  24. A really bad day in the ER for a new nurse resident

    Rabid Response replied to godbless-yute's topic in Emergency

    Sorry your day was so bad. I would take the "new grad" comment by your substitute preceptor as a compliment, albeit a backhanded one. I am beginning to believe that most of the problems that arise in...

  25. First nightshift down

    Rabid Response replied to gtoko's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working nights for three years now and, while I never feel 100% great, I think I've finally adapted. The big issue for me is not so much staying awake at night as being able to sleep long...