Fink

Fink has 12 years experience.

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1. How would you respond to this doctor?

   Fink replied to Parsifal's topic in MICU, SICU

   I would probably say way too much to the hand waving little doc and be in a world of trouble. However, as a patient advocate, if it would help get his attention and get him focused on the patient and...

2. Meditech and ICU Assessments

   Fink replied to KymmD77's topic in MICU, SICU

   We have went to HMS with Citrix as the server. We were using Meditech. Everything is pretty much point and click. We do qshift assessments, but there are IV assessment, IV titrations, and pt...

3. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

   Fink replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry about the typos! I am learning to use a tablet with with a virtual keyboard. Technology is very

4. Do you cut corners in your daily nursing practice?

   Fink replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Throwing stones at others when you are also guilty? Really, who has not shaved an occasional corner? We nurse under the gun constantly. Things are time stamped in some charting systems. Being late on...

5. HMS Charting AKA: High Maintenance Stuff!

   Fink posted a topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital, as of last week, converted from Meditech to HMS charting. It is total chaos at our facility! We were given 3 days of classes 2 months ago before going live. The Super Users were given 2...

6. Future of Dialysis????

   Fink posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   In lieu of the new health care reforms, Obama Care, what will the future hold for dialysis patients? Will dialysis nurses continue to have a job? I am on the verge of changing from ICU nurse to...

7. Experience dialysis nurses....PLEASE HELP!

   Fink replied to Fink's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Thanks, Kasmus! I would probably really enjoy the acute dialysis based in the hospital because that is what I am used to. Code blues....bring them on! Only the chronic area is open now. I am glad...

8. Experience dialysis nurses....PLEASE HELP!

   Fink posted a topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   I have been working in an eight bed ICU in the south for over 10 years. I am needing a change and have been considering dialysis because so many of the patients I have taken care of over the years are...

9. Seeking advice on discriminatory practices.....

   Fink posted a topic in Critical Care

   I have been a nurse in a small ICU for over 10 years. Progressively, over the years, management has become increasingly worse. We have only had one manager in the past 10 years that was a stickler for...

10. Overdoses

    Fink replied to HeatherISU's topic in MICU, SICU

    :angryfireWe have to keep them in our ICU until a mental health evaluation or the probate judge issues a court ordered committment. Our ICU acts like a prison and we are the wardens instead of...

11. Introductions...........

    Fink replied to CardioTrans's topic in Alabama Nursing

    Just found you! I have also been a nurse for 12 years...Med/surg, ER, ICU, and some hospice. I work at Andalusia Regional in south Alabama in a small ICU that is probably more like a MICU at your...