SalineFlush

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1. And this is why I hate floating to stepdown...

   SalineFlush replied to calivianya's topic in Critical Care

   It frightens me that your hospital doesn't have monitors in the room in a unit that it designates as "Step-Down". Scary. I can easily answer your question on what was my (most recent) experience...

2. Why Nurses Don't Want to Be Identified in Public?

   SalineFlush replied to Mully's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I've always had a horror of having someone collapse or need medical attention and being expected to tend them outside of the hospital. I can do CPR but without my medical equipment and colleagues...

3. Best advice for when a patient insists on asking you personal/awkward questions?

   SalineFlush replied to ScarletCeylonRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   Of course I know what HIPAA is really

4. Best advice for when a patient insists on asking you personal/awkward questions?

   SalineFlush replied to ScarletCeylonRN's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I attribute everything to HIPAA. Patient: "Where do you live? Me: "I can't tell you. HIPAA..." Patient: "Are you married? Do you have a girlfriend?" Me: "Can't say. HIPAA..." Patient: "Please...

5. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

   SalineFlush replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

   Actually, there are differences. That isn't opinion, it is fact. I've worked in telemetry, and I've worked in Intensive Care. Shake your head till the cows come home if you

6. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

   SalineFlush replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

   All nurses should be protected by a union. When we aren't, we are the perennial sacrificial lambs and long-suffering servants of the

7. New laws requiring LPNs and RNs to become BSN by 2016

   SalineFlush replied to Vocationofalifetime's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

   I see no reason to force LPNs to obtain BSNs as LPNs and RNs traditionally perform slightly different roles, but I support having all BSN-prepared RNs. It is in the better interests of the...

8. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

   SalineFlush replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

   Actually, it is that ICU is "somehow worth more than med/surg or OB", and I am an ICU nurse. The care we provide carries more risk for harm and liability. Nurses in med-surg and or telemetry may...

9. Higher Paid Nursing Jobs

   SalineFlush replied to mbrn1985's topic in Nursing Career

   Get out of the South. I'm leaving. I've been with my current NC hospital for 3 years and my base is still less than yours ($22.44). I'm tired of working nights, and I don't feel that we should have...

10. How to survive 16h shifts...

    SalineFlush replied to lydzMtl's topic in Nursing Career

    That sounds like hell. Nurses at my hospital are never scheduled for 16 hr. shifts, certainly not on the floor. 12 hours is cruel enough---16 hours is torture. Nurses only work 16 hour shifts in...

11. Concealed Carry...as a nurse?

    SalineFlush replied to mcknis's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    More guns will never be a solution to the gun

12. Pulled to other floors?

    SalineFlush replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Floating can really stink as it never makes for confidence when you are pulled into an unfamiliar environment and made to care for an unfamiliar patient population with unfamiliar staff. I am also an...

13. Everyone wants to be a nurse...

    SalineFlush replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, I was a traditional college student when I obtained my nursing degree. I went straight from high school. I don't think there is any other profession that allows for more direct amelioration of...

14. I am sick of being a job hopping RN

    SalineFlush replied to Kasandra's topic in Nursing Career

    You never mentioned what your ultimate goal is for your nursing career. I would say establish a goal of being away from the bedside within a few years. I am also a 2010 graduate, and I haven't been...

15. What do you wear to an interview?

    SalineFlush replied to LynnLRN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Black suits are a tad funereal. Wear gray or navy, but do wear a suit. Dress for the way you want to be viewed---a serious contender with confidence. Moving into leadership moves one away from a...