Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler BSN, RN

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  1. pay

    Nightcrawler replied to josh1974's topic in General Nursing

    Regardless- you are still saying that you feel that the work that your plumber does is rightly worth more in our society than the work that you do. Not to put too fine a point on things- but the...

  2. pay

    Nightcrawler replied to josh1974's topic in General Nursing

    By stating that your plumber- who by the way has NO formal education is worth the $65 an hour that you pay him, while in the same post saying that nurses- who are paid sustantially less for MORE...

  3. pay

    Nightcrawler replied to josh1974's topic in General Nursing

    Confused- So you are saying that you feel that the work that plumbers do is worth more than the work that nurses do? How much education do you think that it takes to be a

  4. pay

    Nightcrawler replied to josh1974's topic in General Nursing

    RN pay is pretty good if all you look at are minimum amount of education need it and compare it to other careers with comparable educational requirements. That, however, is not the only point of...

  5. Chest tube to suction?

    Nightcrawler replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    This is only true of the dry suction chambers that have a dial instead of a water

  6. when to report to the bne?

    Nightcrawler replied to pkmom's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have to say that while some of the examples that you give may show poor judgement, that the only example that actually could have directly caused harm was the instance where she started TPN through...

  7. Perscription Drug Abuse

    Nightcrawler replied to Toquay's topic in Emergency

    I think that it is a little much to ask everyone who gets a prescription for narcs to sign a contract! I can understand people who use narcotics routinely, but if I sprained my ankle and needed to...

  8. Is my boss committing fraud?

    Nightcrawler replied to wabisabi's topic in General Nursing

    The eligibility requirements for both the PCCN and the CCRN allow for supervision of nurses at the bedside to count for the practice hours. Check the website and read it carefully. If your manager...

  9. To code or not to code, that is the question

    Nightcrawler replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    The patient was externally paced with a pulse. There was no indication for CPR as long as the pacer was capturing the myocardium enough to leave a palpable pulse, and CPR is not going to give you any...

  10. Chest tube to suction?

    Nightcrawler replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    It doesn't matter which way you do it as it is the level of the water in the chamber that determines the amount of suction. The water can be boiling and roiling away and there will be no more suction...

  11. turning pts during sleep?

    Nightcrawler replied to girlr6RN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds as though you were looking for an excuse not to turn your patients. Never ask a question that you don't want to hear the answer to. I think that most of the "harsh" words were aimed at...

  12. Doctor title, Nurse title

    Nightcrawler replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say that it is proper to call a Phd. doctor in the educational setting. Using non medical Phd titles in the healthcare setting can be confusing, and I think should be discouraged, but in...

  13. hemorrhagic cva

    Nightcrawler replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Do the patients that enter your unit lose their ability to make any decisions about their care? Just because someone is has a stroke does not mean that they necessarily lose the capacity to make...

  14. hemorrhagic cva

    Nightcrawler replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    Everyone has the potential to become incontinent- heck if I laugh too hard I can become incontinent, but that does not mean that I need a foley now.... If the patient is continent now, then there is...

  15. Doctor title, Nurse title

    Nightcrawler replied to pegbord's topic in General Nursing

    I have felt this way for quite a while. I find that it is interesting that most of the nurses that I talk to are so adamantly against wearing their last name on their badges- going as far as to blank...

  16. Question about Cardizem Drip...

    Nightcrawler replied to al7139's topic in Cardiac

    You have to remember that cardizem is a calcium channel blocker, and that its primary focus is to slow the conduction through the AV node, even in patients who have otherwise normal conduction...

  17. Kaiser Southern California/Portland areas

    Nightcrawler replied to awhisler's topic in General Nursing

    IKaiser California has a very aggressive union that had negotiated for very good salaries when I worked in Cali. In Oregon unions are pretty weak, and I don't think that the pay is substantially...

  18. Perpetuating the myths

    Nightcrawler replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    There must have been something going around the medical community in 2000-2001, because all of a sudden docs started really questioning me about my PCN allergy. How did I know I was allergic? Had I...

  19. Er Nurses

    Nightcrawler replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    You may not be able to call report without orders- but it happens at my hospital all of the time. The ED doc decides to admit, the ED asks for the bed and pages the resident to write orders. Often...

  20. Er Nurses

    Nightcrawler replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    This happens all of the time at my hospital- usually when someone other than the nurse that is taking care of the patient is calling report. This is why I would like to get report myself from someone...

  21. Er Nurses

    Nightcrawler replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    It was too late to edit my last reply- Sorry I misread that you had been asked about the last bm from a floor nurse. I do understand the frustration with nurses that will ask questions until they...

  22. Er Nurses

    Nightcrawler replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    Let's not get carried away here, no where in any of my posts did I say that I wanted to know when the last bm was. However, if the patient came in with chest pain I WOULD like to know what their...

  23. Er Nurses

    Nightcrawler replied to mamason's topic in General Nursing

    It is great for you to call report before you leave because you know the patient- but only if they are ready to come up. If they are going to be down in the ED for 2-3 hours receiving more tests and...

  24. New admits at shift change

    Nightcrawler replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    It is great for you to call report before you leave because you know the patient- but only if they are ready to come up. If they are going to be down in the ED for 2-3 hours receiving more tests and...

  25. New admits at shift change

    Nightcrawler replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what you are saying, and you obviously work at a large busy ED. Our ED is small and goes on divert regularly if there are more than 20 people checked in. One of the things that we see...