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I work in an ICU where we currently have a monitor tech watching the monitors at the desk, at all times. We only have one monitor at the desk and of course in the patient rooms. A directive has recently come down from corporate that we are no longer budgeted to have a monitor tech position. The nurses are to watch the monitors for their patients at all times. We are not set up for this. Our room monitors will allow you to see your other patients monitor but one just that one, so if you are in another nurses room, helping with a bath or admission, no one is watching your patients, as we have no CNA/techs either, not to mention a code situation. Corporate doesn’t want to provide us with extra staffing for a CNA/tech and have instructed us to have the Charge nurse watch the patients. Often times our charge nurse has patients so that’s not a help. Our management has asked for ideas to present to corporate to assist us with this transition, so my question to the group is, how do you handle this in your ICU? Thanks in advance!

I went in to answer a call light for a confused little old lady, I found her sitting upright in bed pressing all the buttons on the siderail. i asked her which button was she looking for? She replied " I am looking for the death button":eek:

Hi Michelle, I spoke with someone that works Mother/Baby and she said that they hire new grads if they did their precepting in that unit. Otherwise, it is extremely difficult to get on there without experiance. Good luck on getting in to Nursing School! April

Hi all! I am a new grad RN at Huntsville Hospital, starting base pay is $ 18.25 and there is a $ 4 shift diff for nights. That is for full benefits also. After you get a year's experiance you can go to weekends and make $ 30.00 per hour base. If you have any questions about new grad orientation at HH, let me know! :balloons: April

You sound just like me! I also graduate in May from a RN program and am completely at a loss as what to choose. Just wanted you to know that you are not alone! :icon_hug:

250 to start 83 left in 4th semester My sister is in a program in Va. that accepts 50 and usually graduates 15. It's tough out there but you need to ask yourself how bad do you want it ? If you want it bad enough, you'll usually put forth the extra effort required to get you through. JMHO! Good Luck to all of us!

Thank You! Thank You! This is why I love Allnurses!

Thanks! This has a lot of good information but I forgot to say that it has to have been published within the last 5 years. Thanks for your time in looking this up for me. I am going to use it as my own reference!:wink2:

Thanks for your reply! I tried the MCN archives but you have to pay to see the content of the articles and I have not found a title that matched up with what I am looking for. We can only go back 5 years from publication date. I will try the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing!:wink2:

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Hello! Does anyone know of a link to a professional journal that I could use as a resource for a Newborn Assessment paper? I have looked all over the internet and I am at a loss to find anything that would be relevant to a newborn assessment. For the paper we need 3 resources, one of which has to a professional journal article about a newborn assessment. Thanks in advance for your help! Edited to add: The article has to have been published in the last 5 years.

I took Medical Terminology the summer before I started nursing school and it seemed to help me. It was hard but I feel it was worth it. Good luck with your studies! :)

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I am from Palm Springs. We have been living in Alabama for around two years now. I never worked at Desert Hospital but I did have a baby there, plus a couple of surgeries. When I was out there, Desert was a good hospital to work at. I had friends that worked there and loved it. Palm Springs is lovely this time of year! The population in that area doubles during the winter from all the snowbirds coming from up North. The area has really turned into one big resort. Retail and Hospitality are the main industries in that area, so if you like excellant customer service when you go out, this is the place for you! If you can avoid being there during the 125 degree heat of the summer, it could be a nice assignment :)

A friend of our family died from liver failure while using Accutane. She was only 32 and had no other circumstances that would have caused it. I also ended up with adult acne , the Dr. put me on birth control and that has helped alot! I still get an occasional pimple but nothing like what I had before. :)