Nightcrawler

Nightcrawler BSN, RN

Cardiothoracic Transplant Telemetry

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  1. couple of questions

    Nightcrawler posted a topic in Travel

    I have been thinking of taking a travel assignment as a way of relocating back home, and giving me some time to find a permanent position while saving some extra cash. I have been talking to a...

  2. couple of questions

    Nightcrawler replied to Nightcrawler's topic in Travel

    I don't think that I was actually looking for legal advice, but more for information about how common non-competition clauses are within the travel community. I was also concerned about whether other...

  3. Man dies after falling out of bed wearing a vest restraint

    Nightcrawler replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I have always hated restraints. EVERY time that I have been hit, or kicked, or scratched, or bit, it has been by a patient in restraints. Vests get pulled up under the arms, they slide down in bed,...

  4. nclex rumors. true or false?

    Nightcrawler replied to HelloNurseLVN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I also have not heard about essay questions. I tested last year, when I believe that many of the alternative questions were being tested (on every NCLEX there are 15 non-scored test questions for...

  5. Piercing Infants Ears?

    Nightcrawler replied to Krojas21's topic in Pediatric

    My mother pierced my sisters ears at 3 months, and there was never any problem at all. Because at that age they are barely realizing that they have hands and feet, there was no infection associated...

  6. Rewards for picking up shifts?

    Nightcrawler replied to GilbertDaddy's topic in General Nursing

    My facility is in California, and from what I read our hospital tops the list so far. A extra day, which would be a 7th in a payperiod, pays $250. A 24 hour shift pays the $250 plus double time....

  7. Bodies Breaking Down?

    Nightcrawler replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    I too have been popping NSAIDs like crazy for years and years Last month routine lab work showed elevated live enzymes. Doc ordered hepatitis panels (negative), but I am sure that it is the NSAIDs....

  8. 12 hour shifts

    Nightcrawler replied to Caligirlrn2b's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    This post really strikes home to me right now. My hospital is really pushing for a move to 8 hour shifts. We have to vote next month on whether we want to move from 12-8's OR lose the 4 hours of...

  9. California RN's

    Nightcrawler replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital IS meeting the ratios, but support staff is gradually falling to the wayside. 34 bed unit, acute telemetry. We are acutally better than the ratios which state 5 pts to a nurse. We run...

  10. GCC & PCC advice

    Nightcrawler replied to vickim's topic in California Nursing

    I went to GCC, and felt that I got a great education. Both schools have recently had major changes- new heads of the department for both. I'm not sure how this will affect the programs or the pass...

  11. Vet tech calling herself RN

    Nightcrawler posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I took my dog to the vet yesterday morning to be spayed, we (my dog and I) are called into the assessment room by this woman who introduces herself as the "RN" who will be taking care of my dog....

  12. Rules that make you go Hmmmmm...

    Nightcrawler replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Even better, I work in transplant witht the patients in reverse iso, and 9-10 doctors neglect to wear a mask in the room. HELLO, what are they thinking? And these are the same docs that scream to...

  13. Blood draws from a PICC/midline

    Nightcrawler replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    At my institution we are able to draw from regular PICC's with a doctor's order, but midline PICC blood draws are not allowed. My understanding is that midline PICC's were not able to be threaded all...

  14. Vet tech calling herself RN

    Nightcrawler replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    at this point i am so stunned, that i decide not to say anything, as i am already in a highly irritated mood because i am sleep deprived, starving because i am fasting for blood work, and actively...

  15. Whats the longest you've had a pt be admitted for?

    Nightcrawler replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital I work at there is a transplant pt. who just hit a year-she just cant stay off of a vent. A few months ago there were a couple of gastric bypasses in stepdown that had been in the...

  16. Vet tech calling herself RN

    Nightcrawler replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    you couldn't do her job because you haven't been trained to do her job, just as she hasn't been trained to be an rn. you tell me to get over myself. she is just using the title because it makes her...

  17. Patients Calling your Cordless Extension???

    Nightcrawler replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    We do put the numbers on the board, and others are right, many, especially the elderly don't use them but find them comforting. One tip is to make sure that the number is written LARGE enough so that...

  18. Telemetry nightmare

    Nightcrawler replied to shortsteph12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am sorry for your horrible, horrible day. I too work tele in a tertiary hospital where we have very sick patients, and we often have people on the floor with external pacing. I may have been...

  19. Shift Report

    Nightcrawler replied to ladytopaz's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There will always be nurses that do things like this, no matter how good you are. There is one nurse on my unit who was actually a classmate of mine, (graduated the same day, started work the same...

  20. Evening/Weekend RN Programs in CA

    Nightcrawler replied to Lilnurse0803's topic in California Nursing

    Glendale Community College also has a evening/weekend group. Remember that evening/weekend does NOT mean part-time. Good luck to

  21. Bad night (long)

    Nightcrawler posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work in a tertiary teaching hospital in an acute telemetry unit. Saturday night was one of those nights that all nurses dread, and it all started during report. A patient became nonresponsive...

  22. Bad night (long)

    Nightcrawler replied to Nightcrawler's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you about interns shaping up. Unfortunately I do remember one similar situation in the past where the intern didn't take a report of respiratory distress seriously and the patient coded...

  23. No alternate or math questions?

    Nightcrawler replied to Runrgrl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    When I took the test in February, I received 12 choose all that apply, and two dosage calculation questions, it turned off at 75, and I passed. Around the time that I took the test there seemed to be...

  24. prescribing Keflex with Allergy to PCN

    Nightcrawler replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I too have a PCN allergy and had never been prescribed Keflex until once about 5 years ago, when I was told that there would be no problem. After the second dose I began to experience a precursor to...

  25. Telemetry Monitoring

    Nightcrawler replied to ccurn1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I work on a tele floor at a tertiary hospital, where 'tele' includes stable drips, a-lines, chest tubes, and heart and lung transplants after they are stablized off of the vent. At night we carry up...