Stratiotes

Stratiotes

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  1. How do people feel about male nurses?

    Stratiotes replied to Natgurad's topic in Men in Nursing

    I don't believe gender has any part in getting hired or how you're treated by employers. However, as much as stereotype deniers try to say otherwise, there are situations in which male and female...

  2. Disturbing Conversation on Overweight Healthcare Workers

    Stratiotes replied to FutureDNP2021's topic in General Nursing

    I think that it depends on the context. If I were a patient, I wouldn't judge a nurse's worth by his or her bodyweight. That said, I would have trouble listening to any teaching they might have to...

  3. Health care administration - non nurses

    Stratiotes replied to nutella's topic in General Nursing

    From what I've experienced, even those who have worked as nurses seem to lose touch once they get into admin. I'm not sure it really makes a

  4. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

    Stratiotes replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I can't answer why normal staff nurses would want to wear a lab coat. They are hot and I would imagine easy to get soiled during patient care. I have never worn one while working as a bedside nurse. I...

  5. New grad starting out in ICU?

    Stratiotes replied to DCtooRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would say a lot of it depends on your personality. I think for the majority of people, it is a better idea to spend a year on a tele or stepdown floor. That said, I've precepted and worked with...

  6. Transition from step down to ccu

    Stratiotes replied to RescueNinjaKy's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I think whether or not people are successful in ICU (or any new setting) largely depends on personality. We mostly get nurses who transfer after a year on tele, but we've also hired on med/surg...

  7. CABG recovery ratios?

    Stratiotes replied to brook0224's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We have the same policy, but as a charge nurse, I generally would try to let the nurse with the CABG take over someone else's patient and have the other nurse take the admit. This depending on the...

  8. 1 month new ICU job. I want to run

    Stratiotes replied to RNMeagz's topic in Critical Care

    I'd say the ICU takes around 3-6 months (depending on the acuity level when you start which I've noticed can be vastly different at times) to even feel halfway comfortable. I didn't start feeling...

  9. How to develop ICU critical thinking skills and move away from being "task" focused

    Stratiotes replied to midnitej's topic in MICU, SICU

    I struggled with this for several months after moving to ICU nursing. While I have encountered the rare individual who simply does not seem to learn from experience, most people do. At first,...

  10. Should ICU get more pay than floor nursing?!?

    Stratiotes replied to francoml's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sorry to bump an old thread, but I thought I'd throw my $0.02 in. I've done both med-surg and ICU. Everywhere I've worked has a "Critical care" differential. In my opinion, this is absolutely fair. I...

  11. RN pay in NW Arkansas

    Stratiotes replied to holly111's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, most registry positions around NWA are around $35 an hour. There are also a couple of PRN agencies that pay this. But, these jobs do not come with

  12. Hospital policy: no letters of recommendation?

    Stratiotes posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Has anyone encountered this? According to my director and verified by HR, it is hospital policy to not write letters of reference due to liability. It is nice to find this out after 18 months of...

  13. Beginner's Blues?

    Stratiotes replied to jrsRN07's topic in MICU, SICU

    I thought I'd made a big mistake by going into critical care my first few months. The fact that you feel the way you do is actually a great thing. It shows that you care about your level of knowledge...

  14. New ICU Nurse: Wanting helpful tips

    Stratiotes replied to RNbelth's topic in MICU, SICU

    Keep a notepad with you at work. Anytime you question something or feel that you don't fully understand a concept, write it down and study it later. Unfortunately, in my case, I run into these...

  15. Critcal care as new grad

    Stratiotes replied to bryan_del's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Many new grads have been accepted into our ICU, though it is a smallish hospital. However, we do take open hearts and stuff--so it isn't an "easy" ICU. I started after a year of med surg right along...

  16. Discrimination against males in the nursing profession.

    Stratiotes replied to Halim F. Dagher's topic in Men in Nursing

    I had one nursing school instructor who I felt discriminated a little against men. But, in practice, I've never felt that

  17. Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Stratiotes replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    There is no excuse for any specialty to look down on another. We are all on the same team. That said, for anyone who hasn't worked in ICU, I want to highlight a few things I've noticed. When I worked...

  18. Forced to Take an Assignment You Can Not Handle

    Stratiotes replied to 1RN4Christ's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Everyone else has said it--that is the typical med-surg experience. When I started my first job, I was told I'd never take more than 5 patients. As soon as I was off orientation, 6 was the norm. At my...

  19. Med Surg Nurses That Switched Over to ICU Nursing

    Stratiotes replied to GaMommy81's topic in MICU, SICU

    I left med surg after exactly one year. I started in an SICU about the same time as 3 brand new grads. Except for having a slight edge in knowledge of routinely given medications and time management,...

  20. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    Stratiotes replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    Haha... Very good point about the needy "q4 hour vitals" patient. Even if they aren't particularly needy, it never fails that they'll need to get up to the bedside commode or on the bedpan while you...

  21. New to CVSICU...cardiac gtts

    Stratiotes replied to Stormy8's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm fairly new to SICU myself. We have a binder with our drip protocols on the unit--always important to check this. I find that the most important thing for my learning style is to know the...

  22. MICU VS SICU

    Stratiotes replied to froggy8's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work primarily SICU, but float to MICU on occasion. We have a relatively small hospital with only an SICU and MICU. So our SICU gets pretty much everything from immediate post op CABGs to...

  23. ICU nurses, Is 3:1 patient to nurse ratio a common occurence or am I just tripping?

    Stratiotes replied to Scrubs911's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our unit staffs 2:1. 3:1 is only if there is a necessary admit and no nurse to call in to take it. I would never work where 3:1 is the

  24. do you ever get tired of being treated like crap?

    Stratiotes replied to EDnursetobe's topic in General Nursing

    I am fine with patients. It is the other nurses and doctors that I feel treated the worst by. Doctors who expect you to vacate their favorite seat when there are 3 other empty identical ones adjacent...

  25. How to organize myself?

    Stratiotes replied to Coolbean12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Here is a good thread full of report sheets to download.