TechieRN

TechieRN has 2 years experience and specializes in CVICU.

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1. Agency status?

   TechieRN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

   Can anyone share their views with me on agency nursing? I've just started in this arena and I'm having difficulty understanding the flow of it - how it works; what institutions look for in a nurse...

2. Peer Interview Question regarding prioritization in Pacu/Ortho

   TechieRN replied to TechieRN's topic in PACU

   tx for the response stopnik :). Yes, it is predominately an elective surgery/outpatient unit but there is overflow from the OR (hospital "attached") and alot of their current patients go up to a...

3. Peer Interview Question regarding prioritization in Pacu/Ortho

   TechieRN posted a topic in PACU

   I was recently asked the following question in a peer interview for a Pre-op/Pacu/teaching position in a small Orthopedic Surgical Center. How would you have answered? "How do you prioritize your work...

4. Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

   TechieRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I was "seeing" them as an overview nursetime - as in "competency exams" which are various exams (similar formats). I wasn't addressing them from a company based perspective ... is there some reason...

5. Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

   TechieRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   One of the questions was as simple as: After extubation, your pt is assessed for s/s of upper airway obstruction. This is a concern b/c the narrowest part of the airway is the: a. trachea b. larynx...

6. Performance Based Development System (PBDS)

   TechieRN replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   FYI ...... B/4 I get my two cents out ...please be aware that I'm an older "newer" nurse with a background in IT and business who went back to school (BSN) at a major university to go ALL the...

7. Need advice filling out skills competency checklist

   TechieRN replied to TechieRN's topic in Agency Nurses

   It does; thank you! I been an RN for 18 months and never done agency nursing before. I was questioning the "frequencies". Frankly I have worked in CCU/CVICU and learned alot, but I don't always get...

8. Need advice filling out skills competency checklist

   TechieRN posted a topic in Agency Nurses

   Hi to all - Anyone have advice for me in regards to filling out a skills competency checklist? I am a relatively new RN (under 2 years) and have never done agency nursing before. This checklist...