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theantichick

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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. 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...

  3. 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....

  4. 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...

  5. 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,...

  6. 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

  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 posted a topic in Nursing Informatics

    Good morning! I am posting here looking for some feedback and experience sharing with moving into Informatics. My background in a nutshell: Was a Paramedic at 19, then worked in hospital...

  16. 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,...

  17. Anyone familiar with Kindred (LTAC)

    theantichick replied to mindlor's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    The Kindred I was at didn't have an official new grad program. They offered some extra training and a longer period of preceptorship for me. My Nurse Manager asked if I would stay a year, which I...

  18. How do you sign your name?

    theantichick replied to ohiobobcat's topic in General Nursing

    A(garble) C(garble), RN. My kiddo laughs at me every time I sign a credit card slip and tack the RN on the end. I do EMR now so I don't sign as much as I did at the paper charting job, but once you...

  19. Anyone familiar with Kindred (LTAC)

    theantichick replied to mindlor's topic in Long Term Acute Care

    Acute hospitals tend to see LTAC as lower acuity, so they tend to disregard it. I was lucky that they offered me an ICU position at the Kindred facility I worked at. It wasn't acuity like you see in...

  20. Making the jump back

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Fantastic! Thanks so

  21. Making the jump back

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Nursing Informatics

    Mydesygn, thanks for the information. My understanding was that the data mining, drill-down report generation, etc. was at the heart of Informatics, not just EMR implementation and maintenance. I...

  22. Are you a new informatics nurse?

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

    I know this is an old thread, but was wondering if the group ever gelled. I'd love to chat with other people in the field. I come from 20 years' I.T. experience, with 15 being a Data Warehouse...

  23. Relationships with floor nurses?

    theantichick posted a topic in Emergency

    I've only worked in two ED's, but have noticed that both have the same tension between the ED staff and the floor nurses. When we're calling report on an admit, they seem to be really snarky and...

  24. Relationships with floor nurses?

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Emergency

    Wow. I haven't had a situation that bad yet, but I get annoyed when I do everything I can given my constraints to package the patient and get whatever I can started so it's not all left to the floor...

  25. Relationships with floor nurses?

    theantichick replied to theantichick's topic in Emergency

    I plan to discuss it with her, I posted here to get some feedback as to possible solutions. I like to have something to offer, even if it's just a plan for further investigation, whenever I gripe...