Gampopa

Gampopa

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  1. Dead wood

    Gampopa posted a topic in Emergency

    HI: New to working in the ER at a small community hospital but I've been an RN in various rolls for 20 yrs. While I "like" working in the ER I'm finding it difficult working with another RN -...

  2. Surgical D9s

    Gampopa posted a topic in Operating Room

    I've been seeing adds for Surgical D9s RNs. What is this

  3. Surgical D9s

    Gampopa replied to Gampopa's topic in Operating Room

    OK. I think it is the floor the position is located

  4. Switching from EPIC to Meditech

    Gampopa replied to NurseKristy2090's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yup. That's Meditech. You should get quicker at searching for basic information but it is a step back. And the system also doesn't share information well with other areas of the hospital. At least...

  5. Tired of med-surg but feel guilty leaving

    Gampopa replied to crystalbenz's topic in Medical-Surgical

    OMG get rid of the guilt. Hospital mngt will use that guilt to drain your life force energy until you want to leave nursing entirely. Are you thinking ICU will be less stressful? Maybe but with all...

  6. What is it like in your hospital right now?

    Gampopa replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Like others have stated our ER has been really quiet and census is low. Our hospital has been financially marginal for the past 2 years and there is deep concern COVID19 will bankrupt us. No elective...

  7. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Gampopa replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Here's another link to a good research backed article on spread of COVID19 and use of PPE:...

  8. NY Times graph on US spread of COVID19

    Gampopa posted a topic in Disaster Preparation

    Watch How the Coronavirus Spread Across the United

  9. Crisis travel assignments for Covid-19?

    Gampopa replied to JDougRN's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I don't know if we can post company info but there is AYA Healthcare staffing. Our hospital uses them and they don't seem to be a fly by night

  10. Refusing Care of a COVID-19 Patient Due to Inappropriate PPE

    Gampopa replied to BiscuitStripes's topic in Disaster Preparation

    We are told to adhere to the CDC recommendation of N95 for aerosolizing procedures covered by a procedure mask and just a procedure mask for all other pt interactions with r/o COVID pts. I hear...

  11. Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    Gampopa replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    At our facility, to ration masks, we are going by WHO recommendations for using N95 only when aerosolization is likely. However, staff is using N95s with any suspected COVID19 pt even for routine...

  12. Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    Gampopa replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Isn't a pt who is actively coughing producing aerosolized droplets? I would want to be wearing an N95 into a COVID 19 room regardless of what procedure I'm

  13. Coronavirus (COVID-19): We Want to Hear from You

    Gampopa replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    The CDC recommends for healthcare providers to use glove, gown, N95 and eye protection in an AIIR room for COVID19 patients. Yet, in nearly all photos of anyone dealing with COVID19 they are in full...

  14. IV Tube organizer

    Gampopa posted a topic in Critical Care

    Does your facility use an IV Tube organizer at bedside for pts that have multiple IV lines to keep tubing off the floor and in one place? I am thinking about something other than a wooden tongue blade...

  15. Useless Shift Report Information

    Gampopa replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    Was passing off a pt who came into the hospital d/t a fall at home. The oncoming nurse was adamant that I tell her if the pt had fallen in the bathroom or in the living room at home and was upset that...

  16. House sup down time

    Gampopa posted a topic in Nurse Management

    What do other house sups do with their down time when you have it at work? It has been really slow at my hospital and I am bored to tears. For that matter what do you do other than problem solve and...

  17. Wastefulness in healthcare

    Gampopa replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Single patient use lift sheets and hover mats! Designed so they cant be cleaned and go right to the

  18. And The Reason Nurses Don't Get Fired

    Gampopa replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Not sure of the outcome but I think $ was

  19. And The Reason Nurses Don't Get Fired

    Gampopa replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    Nurse was not fired when her patient, who came into the ED with chest pain, was not put on a monitor and, after having called for assistance and was ignored, went to the bathroom herself and was later...

  20. Stupid hurts.

    Gampopa replied to emtb2rn's topic in General Nursing

    Do not take a nap while caressing your hand gun. It may go off resulting in a gun shot wound to your groin, just like it did last year when you also had to visit the

  21. Playing Cards

    Gampopa replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a Washington Critical Access Hospital and I can assure this politician we DO NOT have time to play cards!! That would adversely effect out Bon Bon and knitting

  22. Different Q...Pediatrics to Adults??

    Gampopa replied to ArizonaNurseStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Typically if a hospital was hiring into an adult med/surg position they would want relevant experience which would be previous adult m/s experience. However, I was able to transition from peds into...

  23. Any Buddhist Nurses?

    Gampopa replied to CriticalJ's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    I've been a Buddhist for the past 20 years and an M/S RN for 12 years. I don't speak much about my path while at work. I've worked at some pretty conservative hospitals and didn't feel like engaging...

  24. What was the age of your oldest surgical admit?

    Gampopa posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    A few days ago we admitted a 96 yr old who had 2 chest tubes placed for pleural effusions. Got me wondering how old is the oldest surgical patient that you've

  25. Video RN screaming, dragged into police car d/t refused blood draw on unconscious patient!

    Gampopa replied to SummitRN's topic in General Nursing

    I hope she sues the pants of that cop. He should be off the