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  1. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    My background is med/surg/telemetry, not post partum. I worked post partum a few times, but would prefer NOT to palpate a fundus and determine if it is boggy or not since I have been med/surg/tele...

  2. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Awwwwwww, thanks, MentalHealthRN!!!! That info was super-helpful to me!!! :) I will call the Board on my day off next week. Thanks SO MUCH!!!!!!! Very helpful info, indeed!! :) I remember that...

  3. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, Roser13. I

  4. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I just sent my friend who works at their "sister" LTAC hospital an in-depth email about how I will turn on my heels and walk out of there if they try to make me work in the ICU and I'm not comfortable...

  5. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I understand that for sure! I do NOT count on "big business" to EVER stand behind "the little guy"... I do NOT plan on accepting an assignment ANY day of the week in ICU. I will walk out of...

  6. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    There are only 6 ICU beds in this facility where 2 nurses work. I guess they "pull" a nurse back there if they have someone call in or something. It's not a full-time ICU position and it's not being...

  7. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and No... we do NOT have a union. I live in the southern part of the United States... They are not too big on unions here. The Veterans Administration has one, but I hear that it's not that...

  8. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I think I can believe what she has to say, as my preceptor-- who has only been there 6 months-- just smiled and put her head down when the unit clerk mentioned this to me. It was almost as if she...

  9. Skechers shape-ups after 6 months of wear

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to pawsomepooch47's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I bought some Shape-ups this past summer and I loved them!!! I wore them all the time to work and thought they were great! I did think, though, that when I got home, I couldn't wait to get them off...

  10. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    I am NOT joking. I wish I was joking. I was in a floatpool system before and told them that I didn't want to work with the post partum patients because I wasn't comfortable with palpating funduses...

  11. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Otessa, They said they would orient me to ICU... but I think what they mean is having someone show me how to chart. LOL They are pretty laxidasical there from what I am

  12. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Brandon, I have thought about that. It's just scary to me to have someone on a ventilator or a drug that I'm not used to (being titrated) and *I* am that person's INEXPERIENCED ICU "watch dog."...

  13. new nurse, cna with attitude

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to mandakaye03's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Yep. NOTHING can be accomplished in regards to reprimanding her if there is not a paper trail. Granted, it's awful to have to write someone up but ya gotta do what ya gotta do. If that resident falls...

  14. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is an interesting article guys/gals... Here's the letter I wrote to the President, Vice-President, U.S. Congress Rep. and Senator: "I'm an R.N. and I recently started working as an agency nurse...

  15. 44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Loving Nurse, What a GREAT article you wrote! I HAD to read it. All of the responses people have given to be in the past day have helped me tremendously feel less... haunted about it all. I will...

  16. 44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I took care of a patient over the weekend for 1 12-hour shift. I saw her the next morning on my rounds and she was perfectly fine. 1 hour later she was dead. Massive PE, the docs think as her...

  17. 44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Is weight a contraindication for TED

  18. 44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Again... ... I'm REALLY appreciating reading everyone's input here. Thanks to ALL of you!! :) Sincerely, Marie

  19. 44 year-old woman with DVT dies of PE--- ???

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... I really appreciate EVERYONE'S response. :) Thank you SO much for your words and the information. :) By the way... this lady was almost 300lbs and previously on birth control pills. She'd...

  20. Nurse: patient ratio @ VA (Veterans) hospital

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am just starting a new job at the VA where I live. The unit is a 26 bed post surgical/medicine unit. I understand that there are 3 teams of nurses made up of 1 RN, 1 LPN and 1 aide during my shift...

  21. Nurse: patient ratio @ VA (Veterans) hospital

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Also-- how often do you have to work an OFF TOUR shift? I understand that people are on vacation a lot since you get 5 weeks per year. How often do YOU experience having to work an off tour shift?...

  22. Would love to hear from someone who is a PRIVATE DUTY NURSE please :)

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi everyone (who reads this) I have been a Registered Nurse for 8 years. I'm starting to feel really, really burned out lately. Although I still love my job, I am feeling incredibly fatigued/OLD...

  23. Opinion re: getting a new patient at the end of your shift

    ShimmaShimma0304 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    So I've been a nurse for 8 years, right? And the WHOLE time that I've been a nurse, if a brand spanking new patient gets to your unit at the end of the shift (I had a patient arrive at 11pm and I...

  24. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    {{{{{APPLAUSE, CHEERS, AND MORE APPLAUSE}}}}} Well said, Elkpark!!! :) Now THAT'S what I was trying to get accross as well. Why can't people see this? People need to be educated... we're...

  25. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    ShimmaShimma0304 replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    Eddy-- In fact, a closed nation by the "new law of world economics" is a poor nation. Marie-- I LOVE getting things from other countries, etc. I love the culture of other places and learning about...