Nccity2002 MSN, RN

...Wait, What??!!

Wow. This is one of the most ignorant comments I had come across in this discussion. Leave it to nurses to shoot themselves in the foot by resenting those with higher education. Just like in the "old good days", guess I should had been be happy just ...

Wow...The "ombudsman" really?? To the OP: Sorry about your bad experience. The situation obviously still bothers you, as others had wisely adviced, get in contact with the hospital ER manager or the custumer service liason person (now in days, every...

Congratulations personally, I joined a professiona organization (try AACN if interested in critical care) and made acquance with several managers and educators around my area. My 1st interview was a bliss since I already knew the manager. I think yo...

"The partner hospitals are in Texas. So, you cannot live in Georgia and do the nursing program at UTA." Actually, the above is incorrect. I live in OC, CA and my facility (a teaching hospital) does have a partneship with UTA, for ADN-BSN and BSN-...

Why are you expending so much time and energy in an environment that you consider toxic?? If you had exausted all the official channels at your facility to solve the issue, with not results...either get a new job (I know...you hear it before) or con...

The rationale for clamping a ventriculostomy device (EVD) is to evoid overdraining of CSF, which may lead to brain herniation. If you place the EVD below the patient, you will normally see an increase of CSF drainage, due to gravity. For this reason,...

It would be helpful if you provide us with specific and factual situations that you are perceiving as lateral violence. My two cents...you had been a nurse for more than two years, it seems; seek another job. End of problem.

I have to agree with the above poster. It is ok to be a supporting bunch...but the OP came to this site looking for honest feedback. I work as an NP, in a neurology group and I have to be honest...someone's application with her background would not e...

Orange County, CA $38-50... depending on the agency, hospital and your negotiation skills...

I will be the devil's advocate here... To the OP, would you rather her to go directly to your manager with these "issues", rather than address them with you, first? Because, honestly that is probably what will happen if you confront her and she takes...

Sounds like you need more assistance transporting patients...are you doing this, by yourself??

Run for the hill...and never look back.

In the future, please read the OP original post, before commenting. There was no reference of that patient being"unstable". She simply did not turrned or "touched" the patient because she became busy with her other patient.

I do agree that nobody should be treated that way, under no circunstances. However, as an ICU nurse, I can't get past the fact that you did not turn/touch an ICU patient under your care for 12 hrs!! I am curious, how did you completed your documetati...

[QUOTE=MomRN0913;6744157]This past 2 weeks, the patients i have opened up cases for in HH speak not a work of English. They have social security numbers, Medicare benefits, and Medicaid benefits. Live in the U.S. But do not speak a word of English. G...

Hi There, I am interested in finding out what is the practice of other facilities/states in regard to how much time is given to families to make a decision in regard to organ donation, once a patient is legally declared brain dead. I work in a busy ...

Hi There, Went to Australia and New Zealand last year and I can understand why you are having such a hard time choosing between the two!! I spent some time in Queensland and I met two Canadian traveler nurses, while water rafting...they loved it ther...

Hi There, I am interested in finding out what is the practice of other facilities/states in regard to how much time is given to families to make a decision in regard to organ donation, once a patient is legally declared brain dead. I work in a busy ...

If you have the need to give PRN medications ealier (...and I am assuming you are referring to narcotics/sedation), consider contacting the MD and changing the frequency, backing the request by your assessment (increased pain/agitation).

Hi BelgianRN, What you just described is what I am mostly used to. In California, if someone indicates(via DMV records) that they wish to become an organ donor, legally, the organ procurement organization in CA (One Legacy) has the legal right to pro...

Hi Esme, Thanks for you insight in the process. We actually only do kidnesy and livers; but I had not been aware of any inpatients receiving organs from one of our donors....usually the organs are shipped out, to other places. I think you are right,...

Hi Sun0408, Thanks for you input, and hope you got some sleep!! We are very pro-active in identifying and preserving potential organ donors. We have an "organ perfusion protocol" which allow us to implement interventions (such as pressors and aggresi...

Feb 2 by DookieMeisterRN "I'm sorry I can't give any advice you're post is really difficult to follow with text/abbreviations." I know what you mean...by the 3rd paragraph, my mind went to my happy place...

Hey Michelle, You should consider a Paramedic message board, you may find it more helpful.