northshore08

northshore08

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  1. Questions about Unions

    northshore08 replied to northshore08's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your response, Pua. No, I don't think you are being insulting. Your posts concerning the level of care in the facilities on O`ahu are informed and insightful, despite my lack of...

  2. Questions about Unions

    northshore08 replied to northshore08's topic in General Nursing

    Hey slobgob...thanks! Yes, the high census days are increasingly the norm according to the nurses who have been there for years. The docs are pretty fast, though, waiting area times are still minimal....

  3. is this what its really like? 2 wks in...

    northshore08 replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    What she

  4. is this what its really like? 2 wks in...

    northshore08 replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    Chicagobsn.....:loveya: Oh, honey. You are gonna be okay. Really, you probably need another preceptor. Not everyone makes a good teacher, and "expert" nurses have a really hard time teaching new...

  5. Talk story on all kine nursing in da islands

    northshore08 replied to malamarn06's topic in General Nursing

    You are right. I was really surprised that in the last two EDs I was hired at (one on the mainland, one here on O`ahu) the directors made it known that I would be a resource person for the "younger...

  6. Questions about Unions

    northshore08 replied to northshore08's topic in General Nursing

    Pali Momi was kind enough to hire me.... I like it there. They have a great ED. But I still have my hand in with Island Nurses

  7. Questions about Unions

    northshore08 replied to northshore08's topic in General Nursing

    currently recovering from several 3-3 shifts.... Mahalo for your kind welcome! Yep, competition is a good thing. You are right; the unions seem to be setting the standard for the other

  8. Kahu Malama???

    northshore08 replied to nurse_misty's topic in General Nursing

    Update on my previous post. Kahu Malama was professional, but I can say I never got a shift assignment from them. (I was available for ED or clinic, and called in my availability regularly.) After a...

  9. Hopeless? Hopeful? You be the judge...please

    northshore08 replied to Beary-nice's topic in General Nursing

    Managers have their own agenda. You are a great nurse and a great employee, working in an environment that they know is difficult and hard to cover. Of course they don't want you to go anywhere! After...

  10. Ok to refuse circ assist?

    northshore08 replied to ballardfam's topic in General Nursing

    yes...what she

  11. I have 2 IV Pitocin Problems I need help with...

    northshore08 replied to Murgy's topic in General Nursing

    :chuckle Uh,uh, sweetie. Do your own calculations. Yes, you can do it. Try

  12. Why the Customer Service emphasis?

    northshore08 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing. All the customer service programs in the world could be consolidated into one thought. Just staff the units. That's all. Get rid of the excess crap, invest in nursing staff and a...

  13. Why the Customer Service emphasis?

    northshore08 replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Good post. And I think that "customer service" in this case needs to be changed to "nursing care." Administrators and marketing types have a lack of understanding that there is a BIG DIFFERENCE...

  14. Missed orders!

    northshore08 replied to KyPinkRN's topic in General Nursing

    Docs just started entering orders within the last few weeks....It's a challenge for them, but I think it's much better. We are using Epic and I love

  15. RSI rapid sequence intubation question

    northshore08 replied to BFE/RN's topic in Emergency

    BTW, as to your last question, just let it go. That's a whole other

  16. RSI rapid sequence intubation question

    northshore08 replied to BFE/RN's topic in Emergency

    Poppy, go back into the thread for a good explanation of defasciculation. Plain intubation is just that...no meds, just put the tube in. Pt needs to be pretty much unconscious, no gag reflex, or at...

  17. Need some advice on how to deal

    northshore08 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    All very well said. When the patients are long gone, the families remember "their nurse" and think highly of you and your profession. The family unit is where the patient functions, and caring for the...

  18. Heimlich Maneuver for the first time

    northshore08 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    After EMT training in college (way before nursing school--many moons ago) I was napping at home and Mom woke me and sent me over to the neighbor's house...he was lying face down in the yard in cardiac...

  19. Will you work during a Pandemic?

    northshore08 replied to Goju's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Talaxandra, thank you for a very interesting article. The picture said a lot for me. Truthfully, I think at first when we didn't realize it was a pandemic, it would be work as usual. By the time...

  20. KCC Grad/Current Students

    northshore08 replied to augiebear's topic in General Nursing

    Hi y'all. IMHO, I don't think it's about not knowing about the forum, I think the majority of talkstory here concerns getting/keeping/researching jobs. I pretty much stay in other forums, and those...

  21. Death work and talking to the dead

    northshore08 replied to talaxandra's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. I never thought of what I do while I am preparing a body. Yes, I do talk to them if I am alone, but not if a colleague or coworker is there, and not if the family is present. Why do I do it?...

  22. Taking admission orders over the phone.

    northshore08 replied to YippiNurse's topic in Emergency

    In one ED, the doc who did the majority of admissions would leave pts in the ED awaiting admit orders, then call about 1700 and want to give orders on the 4 (or more) pts waiting for orders. When the...

  23. IV stick method

    northshore08 replied to Jamie2887's topic in General Nursing

    Lots of nurses do it that way. Another poster in another thread said it well; an IV start is two sticks, one through the skin and the next through the wall of the vein. Some nurses put the sticks...

  24. phone calls no outsider would believe

    northshore08 replied to JBudd's topic in Emergency

    Had to Google that one; found the Amazon copy with excerpts you could see. When I busted out laughing with the third page (bunny through the colander) I decided yes, ED nursing is for me. :chuckle...

  25. Malpractice Insurance

    northshore08 replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    Have mine with nso, too. Been with them since 1986. (never had a claim,