romantic

romantic BSN, RN

Cardiac, stroke, telemetry,Med-surgical

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  1. Certifications - When is it too much?

    romantic replied to CardiacKidd1914's topic in General Nursing

    Agree, there is no such a thing as too many certifications. But renewal is kind of sucks... expensive. I think, all depend how you like to study. I am a better learner when I know that I can test...

  2. Day shift or Night shift

    romantic replied to ADIDCRNStudent's topic in General Nursing

    Night shift is easier compare to the day shift: less hectic, more time to take a look at policies if you need; to call the pharmacist and ask about the medication you know nothing about, or IV...

  3. IV Therapy Help

    romantic replied to Munchkinerin's topic in General Nursing

    Ask to shadow someone. It is the best and easy

  4. Gift for Preceptor and unit?

    romantic replied to Scottishtape's topic in General Nursing

    Food is the best gift for your unit. I would bring a few different types of pizza: vegetarian and with meat. for the preceptor, 20-30 dollars card for massage with a cute thank you

  5. Difference between pulse and HR

    romantic posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hello all, I am new to telemetry. Can someone explain how pulse could be higher than HR? My patient was on tele monitoring, afib; HR in 80-100b/min; however, the pulse was 100-140b/min. Thank

  6. Difference between pulse and HR

    romantic replied to romantic's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thank you for your reply. I don't think that pulse oximetry can count p waves or can react to atrial contractions. However, Your post made me curious to find out how pulse oximetry works. I am...

  7. Difference between pulse and HR

    romantic replied to romantic's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thank you. However My question was why pulse is higher than HR? patient has afib. On telemetry. Lower pulse than HR makes sense. In my case on telemetry Pulse was higher than HR episodically. HR...

  8. Difference between pulse and HR

    romantic replied to romantic's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Yes. HR is ventricular response; while pulse was picked by pulse oximetry. And every time the pulse was in 140s, the Sats remained OK, in 93-95%. Thank you for asking to

  9. MD gossip

    romantic replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In support of ACC.271. I don't think that it is about "personal agenda". There is truth in his words. Here is one more article written 3 years ago. Is 3 years enough to bring the changes and peace...

  10. MD gossip

    romantic replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    [h=1]The Gulf Between Doctors and Nurse PractitionersBy PAULINE CHEN, M.D. JUNE 27, 2013[/h]after reading this article read reviews. very

  11. MD gossip

    romantic replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    not in all categories, but in a few categories NPs have better results than MDs. [h=1]The Quality and Effectiveness of Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners[/h]Julie Stanik-Hutt, PhD, ACNP-BC; Robin...

  12. MD gossip

    romantic replied to orangepink's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    There are physicians who still think that there is no place for NP in their practice since NPs cannot be as good as MDs; some physicians are threatened by increasing number of NPs, feeling that NPs...

  13. Good ICU Nursing Books (Non Textbooks)

    romantic replied to Crew2Nursing's topic in Critical Care

    Absolutely agree with this recommendation: easy to read; explains a lot. One of the best books, if not the

  14. Win $100! June 2015 Caption Contest

    romantic replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    What are you doing, Bob? Exercising my will of power. And how long will it take? The doctor said I can go home when I see the

  15. Win $100! June 2015 Caption Contest

    romantic replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    (Phych ward). Are you sure this is the only way

  16. Win $100! June 2015 Caption Contest

    romantic replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    So, Bob, you're saying it talks to you... Hmmm, and what does it

  17. Nurses can eat properly if they manage their time

    romantic replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Not only eating healthy, but also hiking and even running. Some of my coworkers do yoga, kickboxing, Zumba, etc. so don't get frustrated so easily. We have very few people who are overweight. Nurses...

  18. Question for Nurse Managers/Hiring Managers

    romantic replied to RNikkiF's topic in Nurse Management

    Hello, MrChicagoRN, What do you mean by " a school with an extremely good, or extremely bad reputation" ? Where one can get the information about the reputation of the school? Thank

  19. Managing difficult nurse managers

    romantic replied to TASHA_RN_BSN's topic in Nurse Management

    Thank

  20. Managing difficult nurse managers

    romantic replied to TASHA_RN_BSN's topic in Nurse Management

    Loved your message for being very constructive and, most importantly, very positive. If I could give you more "Like," you would receive plenty of them

  21. ATTN: bay area RN new grads.. Were you able to land a new grad job?

    romantic replied to pogiboy67's topic in California Nursing

    Alta Bates Summit have taken New Grads for their New Grad Training Program. You have to call HR and ask them do they still accept

  22. Average hourly pay for per diem agency RN?

    romantic replied to CowsRGreat's topic in Agency Nurses

    Maxim agency, San Mateo: M/S --38/hr, no differential for night shift. Some benefits

  23. Anyone been fired from their first job in less than a year?

    romantic replied to Honeybun1206's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It is truly words of wisdom. Many, many thanks to you,

  24. Med Errors

    romantic replied to UM Review RN's topic in Patient Medications

    0700 A postop elderly has low blood pressure. 1L of LR, bolus at rate 250cc/hr was ordered by physician. Pt has peripheral IV with D5NS with 20mEQ KCL at rate 80cc/hr; 350 cc still left in the bag....

  25. About done with nursing.

    romantic replied to jollydogg_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Agree!! Do not leave nursing! I welcome male nurses into our almost all female profession. Maybe we will become less nasty and more friendly with men around. Hold on.