theantichick

theantichick has 3 years experience and specializes in LTAC, ICU, ER, Informatics.

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1. Patient waking up during CPR

   theantichick replied to LisaStone's topic in General Nursing

   Yep. First time I started CPR on a patient (I'd taken over several times with other patients, but this was my first time to decide to start it)... broke ribs, whole 9 yards... (geriatric patient)...

2. Midlife Career Change to Nursing - Advice, please

   theantichick replied to mcgocara31's topic in Nursing Career

   I thought I'd offer an update, and emphasize the importance of having backup plans with a midlife career switch. I worked a little over a year in the ICU at the LTAC I mentioned in my previous post....

3. Are you a new informatics nurse?

   theantichick replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Nursing Informatics

   A little off topic, but wanted to ask you something about UIC. I started that same program this summer, and have been very put off by the way they deliver some of their courses. I've now had two...

4. Firearms

   theantichick replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

   I have a concealed carry permit. I would never consider carrying while on duty at a hospital. The responsibility of keeping track of my firearm would distract from doing my job as a nurse. Also,...

5. Keep your license?

   theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Nursing Informatics

   Good points, thanks! This particular position doesn't require me to retain my RN, but future ones

6. Keep your license?

   theantichick posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

   For those of you in informatics jobs, have you kept your license up? How do you address the CE requirements? Does your employer want you to keep it up, and will they help by either paying you to...

7. The Controversy: Mandatory Flu Vaccines

   theantichick replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   1)__ Do you take the flu vaccine yearly? If you do not, what is the reason you do not participate (if you don't mind answering this question)? Yes, always. 2)__ Does your employer have a...

8. What is your ER policy for lunch breaks?

   theantichick replied to emergency_love's topic in Emergency

   I am incredibly lucky with my current ER. We have a ratio of 4:1 to start with. They staff for someone to cover lunches. We also have the ability to go pee when needed, or go get something to...

9. Am I remotely qualified?

   theantichick replied to downthealley,BS's topic in Nursing Informatics

   I'm in the same boat... 15 years' data warehouse/integration then became an RN. Now a RA diagnosis is pushing me back to the tech side of the healthcare world. Feel free to PM me if you want to keep...

10. Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    theantichick replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    That's really great. I would imagine that if you needed two extra people to keep your patient positioned to ensure a sterile insertion, that happens too. Places I've worked didn't make it possible...

11. Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    theantichick replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    Probably TMI, but I had to have a cardiac cath for an ablation, and during my 6 hours flat, I could not make myself pee in the bedpan to save my life. I don't know if I could have made myself go in a...

12. Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    theantichick replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    I find bedpans to be more mess than they catch. The patient's bottom is almost always wet, and if we're using a bedpan then usually they don't have the strength to stay "lifted up" for both the pan...

13. Transition from the Trenches back into IT

    theantichick replied to labdad1234RN's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Thanks for the encouragement. Health issues are pushing me back into the I.T. world. Wish I could move to Illinois, I'd jump at it, but alas my husband is in love with Texas.

14. Making the jump back

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Yeah, I ended up talking to a couple of people in passing who work in Healthcare IT, and they both had one burning question: could I write SQL. I only ate, drank, and breathed SQL for 15+ years, so I...

15. Making the jump back

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Nursing Informatics

    I've updated my resume, updated my LinkedIn, and started applying for analyst/informatics jobs in the area. I'm in the process of applying for the online program at University of Illinois at Chicago,...