313RN BSN, RN

313RN is a BSN, RN and specializes in Neuro ICU.

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   Hyperbaric Monitors

   313RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   What kind of monitors are you using in your hyperbaric chamber? I'm a critical care nurse and work part time and on-call in a hospital based multiplace chamber hyperbaric program. I frequently dive...
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   How old are you?

   313RN replied to 1_fit_male_nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

   Became an RN at 40, now 45. Round is the shape I'm in and I'm largely being held together by NSAIDs and neoprene. But my labs look like I'm a 20 year old marathoner. I should be good for another 30...
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   Specialty Poll for male nurses

   313RN replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

   Neuro ICU ~2 years, SWAT & Rapid Response 3 years. Wound care and hyperbaric critical care 4 years with board certification in hyperbaric
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   That nagging feeling...

   313RN replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   "There isn't enough to call rapid response" I'm a Rapid Response nurse in an urban trauma hospital. From my perspective there's never a bad reason to call me. If you get a feeling, let me know and...
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   ICU Charge Nurse with Patient Assignment

   313RN replied to joeameehan's topic in Critical Care

   I'm in an urban trauma hospital with 48 ICU beds out of about 200 total. Where I am senior staff (on the unit 1 year) takes turns as charge. Usually one day per week per nurse. Some units charge...
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   First Dive

   313RN replied to utadahikaru's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

   Depending where you work the pace might not be as slow as you hope. I'm an ICU nurse who works in a clinic with a multiplace chamber. I dive all the critical emergent patients plus work in the...
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   Why did you choose nursing?

   313RN replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   I went in to nursing for the glamor. No, honestly it was for job security. I spent 15 years in sales and was tired of the stress and the constant stress of having my performance measured to two...
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   How to welcome a new staff member to the ED

   313RN replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

   Do you see babies? Mom/dad have to be in on it... Parent calls your orientee and says something is bothering the baby. He starts his assessment, you come in behind with a loaded diaper. Ask 1:...
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   Hospital Unit Secretaries

   313RN replied to TheCommuter's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   We're cutting unit clerks (secretaries) left and right. They now cover multiple units each day, as many as 60 beds each. On nights there might only be 2 in the building (we're an urban trauma...
10. 

    "Seasoned Nurses will eat their young"

    313RN replied to taydian's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When I was teaching I told my students that at my hospital we didn't eat the young. We ate the weak. There's a fair amount of truth to
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    Guys, what do you like best about being a nurse?

    313RN replied to FSUNurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    2nd career here too. I spent 15 years in business before I left looking for more job security. I found it and now I love critical care. I like the challenge of figuring out what's going on with a...
12. 

    NG tube in an intubated patient

    313RN replied to stephynic21's topic in Emergency

    That's not silly at all. We don't know the particulars of the arrest, but gastric contents sometimes to end up being aspirated. It's possible that it was the cause of the arrest or that the pt...
13. 

    What is your dream nursing career

    313RN replied to Tinkx RN's topic in General Students

    My dream is to work in a hospital that only admits Supermodels and Olympic athletes. Can someone please tell me where I can apply. Any floor. Any
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    ICU yuck

    313RN replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing

    Hats off to the peds nurses out there. I work in a neuro ICU in a trauma center and in another highly specialized unit and all the things that go with don't bother me in the least. But not long ago...
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    Need a team name for Operating Room staff for the Color Run.

    313RN replied to surggurl's topic in General Nursing

    Slash and