CarVsTree

CarVsTree

Trauma ICU, MICU/SICU

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  1. how long is a new grad a new grad??

    CarVsTree replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As Tweety said at least 1 year experience. As a matter of fact, agencies around here (PA) and many travel companies require 2 years exp. and its not a bad

  2. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    This happens to EVERYONE who receives report from someone, whether you work in the ER, floor, or

  3. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    Good post. I agree that delays from the floor can be a big problem. My hospital has solved that problem by requiring no delay report. Meaning if I'm up to my elbows in poop and can't take report...

  4. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously, we can all site instances in both the ER and the floors of nurses that just don't care or are incompetent. ER nurses I empathize with you the best I can (never having worked ER) to the...

  5. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    What does this have to do with patients' arriving with no report/notice? It is a policy in my hospital that patients' that require q1h VS& Neuro checks go to the unit and rightly so. I'm sure...

  6. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    CarVsTree replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    Got it, that sounds reasonable.

  7. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my gosh, I think I had that pt. Same dx. Doors to our unit opened.... OMG, the stench! This thing turned out to be a knock down drag out fight btw. us and bed management. Pt. wasn't ordered...

  8. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  9. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    I think we're cut from the same cloth.

  10. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    CarVsTree replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    That sounds like a floor nurses dream, but your ED must fill to

  11. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    CarVsTree replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    O.k. so let me get this straight. You get a pt. at night, send to floor with NO orders and don't take telephone orders. So WHY is the pt. in the hosptial? Do they have to wait until morning for...

  12. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    I'm speechless and that never happens! Ask my co-workers! So, what does the ED do at that place exactly? Oh wait, you don't know 'cause you can't access their records. :selfbonk:

  13. Lehigh Valley Graduate Nurses

    CarVsTree replied to DZcarrie's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hi Brian, They've been re-telling that story for years! True/Untrue, exaggerated, who knows. We have nice docs, rude docs, smart docs and ***** docs. Mostly, though we have pretty nice residents....

  14. Lehigh Valley Graduate Nurses

    CarVsTree replied to DZcarrie's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    LVH is a lovely place to work. We ain't perfect though. Our doctors are not perfect. We are a teaching hospital. Our R1's are making big decisions with little experience. You must be on your toes...

  15. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, that's how its supposed to work... Trauma alert supposed to be phone report, 'cause they use paper in the trauma bay. Traum consult or other service ED admission is T-system report, that we...

  16. Your Gettin a Patient - The Doors Open and In Rolls Your Pt.

    CarVsTree replied to CarVsTree's topic in General Nursing

    It's been going so well. The summer and we were really busy this summer, it rarely happened. But lately, things are going downhill. They just got a new director downstairs and I'm wondering if...

  17. 41$ an hour at Lehigh Valley for 1 yr exp. weekend?

    CarVsTree replied to student456's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    You,re comparing the weekend rate to the New Grad rate. LVH gives very nice raises to RN's. I've always gotten >5% -- based on performance and I am a character Still a pretty big difference...

  18. 41$ an hour at Lehigh Valley for 1 yr exp. weekend?

    CarVsTree replied to student456's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Actually, 4 weekends off per year is only one option and that one is 2x12's not 3 per weekend. I work the 3/4 weekends a month. I work Fri, Sat, Sun nights and get $41/hour. I also get free health...

  19. Tele turn Tele/Neuro

    CarVsTree replied to ItalianRN's topic in Cardiac

    Wow! That seems like a bad combination. So you're tele or you're step down. Do you have drips? I can't imagine mixing heads with drips. I work trauma step down. We have one 4 bed observation room...

  20. Considering Critical Care

    CarVsTree replied to RoxannMM's topic in MICU, SICU

    Good question! I work in a transitional trauma unit in a level 1 TC. We have 4 low level cc beds and 26 trauma/tele. I make the move to CC in November. I'm excited and anxious at the same

  21. Advice needed re:career (sorry long)

    CarVsTree replied to RNforhire07's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree! Get a lawyer. You were wrongfully fired. Xanax & Restoril work differently. Don't think I would give it everyday but there are patients that would need that & more to calm down....

  22. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    CarVsTree replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    We don't always have lead time to check on orders. If ED calls and you can't take report (that would be if they call) patient comes up anyway. We are no delay hospital. The sad thing is that...

  23. how long is a new grad a new grad??

    CarVsTree replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your a new grad until the next crop of new grads arrives! Seriously though, I agree with the above posters. How come you want a new job after only 6 months? Six months in is a tough time to make a...

  24. new grad in ICU???

    CarVsTree replied to neko11111's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You have to do what you think is best for you. There are pros/cons to both choices. I was going to go straight to critical care, but decided to do transitional trauma instead. We have 4 low level...

  25. I made an "Oopsie", need some pointers

    CarVsTree replied to RNcDreams's topic in Emergency

    I agree with most other posters. Very annoying to have a pt. come up to floor without orders, but generally easily remedied. Our hospital uses CAPOE so we can just call doc and if doc has half a...