CCL RN

CCL RN RN

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  1. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    CCL RN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    What? How about just wanting everybody to pull their own weight? Or everyone looking out for each

  2. Unit secretary turned tele tech

    CCL RN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    The same person who was responsible before the unit clerks became tele techs....YOU! Always and forever, you are responsible for your

  3. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    CCL RN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Lol. People do tend to react that way (myself included). Thats funny too. In a sad funny kinda way. It will never

  4. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    CCL RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Nope. The prevailing wages for new grads in my area is about zero dollars and zero cents an hr. This hospital is trying to help new grads. Remember this is an internship, not a starting nursing...

  5. Unit secretary turned tele tech

    CCL RN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    Huh. I bet you could just eyeball the strip over the shoulder without having to take up any real time. Then measure at the end of shift. I always have calipers in my nursing bag, can't imagine working...

  6. Unit secretary turned tele tech

    CCL RN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I still use calipers... What's the big deal with measuring using those? In my ICU we didn't have monitor techs ...what a luxury!! Just eyeball the strips. You can tell if the measurements are off nest...

  7. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    CCL RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    It was a masters that he got. Still had to do the internship. Made him marketable. He now makes equal money to me. And you can get a BSN without clinicals. You can get an NP online with no nursing...

  8. Help,Help! Reconstituting Powdered Med Calculation

    CCL RN replied to ms_daisy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. Well, you mixed 1g of ticar with enough fluid to make 1g in 2.6 mL. So now that you have a syringe with that in in, how do you give your dose of 750mg? 2. you mixed fluid and now have 1g cefotan...

  9. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    CCL RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    As a nurse, my license is in the line no matter what. Even when I'm not at work. That argument doesn't work. As a nurse, I am well aware of respect for our profession. Unless you have worked at the...

  10. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    CCL RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Exactly. Poor pay for 6 months, plus ICU experience, or NO pay or experience for 6 months. I was thinking that this hospital was being very kind. Very kind. When my spouse graduated with a degree in...

  11. Time for some introspective criticism perhaps?

    CCL RN replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses never stick together... If I left....I'd just be replaced. And you know what? I'd search long and hard for a new job doing the exact same

  12. test question!

    CCL RN replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Students

    Scary comment. Scarrrrry! Um, taking the 20 seconds to do VS will help you assess if your pt is just bleeding...OR bleeding out! That's the point!! Vitals are the last thing? Really? I can see it now....

  13. RN doing conscious sedation non-intubated patient

    CCL RN replied to Surgerygirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    What!??? Is this a serious reply? CS is my primary job. I push these meds daily... in the cath lab, I do CS and circulate. We don't use a second circulator... It's amazing the differences between...

  14. MGH is offering new grad ICU internship for $11.44 an hour?

    CCL RN replied to DisneybearRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    No it isn't. not at all. Sure, you could make more money at starbucks or a nursing home, but you also won't be getting that precious nursing training, and ICU to boot! The wage is low for sure. I bet...

  15. Here's some wise words to the desperate newgrads out there

    CCL RN replied to Leonardo Del Toro's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Many people are severly underwater in their homes and simply cannot move for a job, and many markets really are that tight. While I agree with most of the OP, there are very real reasons for the new...

  16. Help,Help! Reconstituting Powdered Med Calculation

    CCL RN replied to ms_daisy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Where are you getting confused? What part of these questions is throwing you

  17. Moving Too Slowly in Emergent Situations

    CCL RN replied to LaurenBoog's topic in Critical Care

    I would have made a big stink about transporting a pt who is maxed out on pressors to CT. I mean a really big stink. Too unstable. Otherwise, what could you do? Sounds like a system set up for...

  18. test question!

    CCL RN replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Students

    I know, right? I just can't imagine calling the doc and not having any valid information about why you're calling. I'm a nurse, I have a brain. I've assessed my pt. Maybe it's something I can handle...

  19. test question!

    CCL RN replied to BA_anthropology's topic in General Students

    For this question, I would check vitals first. Assess wound next Call MD last. If the VS are stable, then the Tx is going to be different than if their BP is 80/40 and HR is 120. And what you going to...

  20. "you're just not ready..."

    CCL RN replied to JaiJai's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well said

  21. remove clotts from iv line

    CCL RN replied to sunlight85's topic in General Students

    You won't eveerything have to worry about clots if you maintain your IVs. If your IV is not infusing' flush and clamp as per hospital policy. Honestly, clots in an IV are poor nuring practice, and...

  22. "you're just not ready..."

    CCL RN replied to JaiJai's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sweetie-it's those "little things" that kill pts. Is the "dotting i's and crossing t's that prevent you from being sued or losing your license. Sounds like your preceptor is hard on you so that you...

  23. student assigned pt with respiratory MRSA

    CCL RN replied to jane850's topic in General Nursing

    Oh gees. Just gown and glove. If the pt is coughing up phlegm at you, then you can wear a mask. Wash your hands. Probably 20 people at the grocery store that you went to last had resp

  24. Difference b/t Cardioversion and Defibrillator

    CCL RN replied to pinoysn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Eeks!! So wrong. And what the heck is manual delivery VS mechanical delivery??? Talk about completely misinformed!! Op: we don't defib people to get them into NSR, we defib to get them OUT of VT/VF....

  25. Hateful, mean nurses

    CCL RN replied to CupCakeRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    These were nurses with 20+years experience, in their 40's and 50's. Seriously... I guess people don't grow out of their 'bully'