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  1. Well.. I guess I am going to be canned

    felineRN replied to Phoenix2541's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's not like the woman titrated up her propofol and turned down her precedex... If this is what we are nit picking over these days, I need to find a new line of work.

  2. Barcode scanning

    felineRN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    You will develop a flow to things. I'm the bad nurse who would unpackage/draw up, scan, and then give. That way I can get in and get out. If I'm in that room for more than 5 minutes, there better be a...

  3. Anyone using the NICOM monitors?

    felineRN replied to SummitRN's topic in Critical Care

    I have used these in an Emergency Dept setting with mixed success. (Negatives) If your patient moves in any way, the machine will result in an error. It requires your patient to be flat (with legs...

  4. Ecmo on bleeding adult

    felineRN replied to Jessica1982's topic in Critical Care

    Ha! I know this thread is quite old. However,

  5. Duke 2 Year Contract

    felineRN posted a topic in North Carolina Nursing

    First and foremost, let me state I am NOT a new grad. I was just given a job offer from Duke's health system. However, the hiring manager is requiring a 2 year minimum contract. I think this is a bit...

  6. Talcum Powder

    felineRN replied to GaRN1952's topic in Critical Care

    I found a case study and an article. The case study refers more to this as a lung irritant (in an infant in this case.): http://www.emedmag.com/PDF/043010017.pdf The second study just states it is no...

  7. Two Year Minimum Contract ICU

    felineRN posted a topic in Critical Care

    Hello Everyone, I posted this is a state specific forum with no bites but am interested to see what the common practice is. I was offered a position in a General ICU. However, the hiring manager is...

  8. ER transitioning to ICU

    felineRN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Good Evening Ladies and Gents! I've seen a lot of threads about ER/ED to ICU. I get that it's an entirely different discipline etc... My question to you is, what would you as a nurse manager like to...

  9. ER transitioning to ICU

    felineRN replied to felineRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Oh, and I've been deemed eligible by AACN at this point

  10. ER transitioning to ICU

    felineRN replied to felineRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    \Laurie52. Just a heads up. (Taken directly from AACN): Who is eligible to sit for the CCRN certification exam?The CCRN exam is for nurses who work at the bedside of acutely and/or critically ill...

  11. Loss of Confidence

    felineRN posted a topic in Emergency

    I've been in the ED now for about 1.5 years. In the recent months, I've experience what I would call as "loss of confidence." I won't say that any particular incident occurred to cause this, rather a...

  12. NS at 125 ml/hr is not an ER order

    felineRN replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    There again, I just wouldn't give it. I'd then take it to my charge rn and up the chain. Playing with orders just to be an ass is a bit unprofessional. I will say we don't have that issue where I...

  13. NS at 125 ml/hr is not an ER order

    felineRN replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    The chief of emergency medicine at my facility said it best when he stated, "In the ED, orders are more like 'suggestions' ." Some of you people are very uptight. In my facility, we NEVER get...

  14. What's with the 2 yr old threads?? Someone bored?

    felineRN replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    This! I think I'm more annoyed by the countless number of new threads entitled "How hard is nursing school?"..."Am I cut out for ____ specialty?" ...."Can a new grad get hired into the ICU?" No...

  15. Titrating and Bolusing

    felineRN replied to TexRN08's topic in MICU, SICU

    (I work in the ED) When I was on orientation, I was thrust into critical care rooms. I had never managed multiple drips during my med-surg years. In my ED, we have a lot of autonomy in terms of gtt...

  16. AN store

    felineRN replied to esrun00's topic in General Nursing

    yawn :FREAK OUT: yawn

  17. I'm New To ER...Share some tips please?

    felineRN replied to al7139's topic in Emergency

    Kudos x 12 to the prior poster for the suggestion: "Get the patient into a gown and have them pee in a cup" This really WILL save you a lot of time. Here are some other things I've learned: -Anyone...

  18. Why am I now the enemy?

    felineRN replied to FancypantsRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... Just because it was ordered in the ED does not mean I have to carry it out. Take for example: Cipro, Vanc, and Rocephin are all ordered "STAT" at the same time. Our MAR generates all those...

  19. When is a patient your patient?

    felineRN replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Ha! Do you work where I work?? I see this all of the time. I had a flash pulmonary edema placed in one of my critical rooms and wasn't informed. I was busy with the hypotensive septic pt next door....

  20. Nurses eating their young

    felineRN replied to nola1202's topic in General Nursing

    TL:DR (Scroll to last sentence for the abridged version.) When you are new, you are bright eyed and bushy tailed. You are immune to office or floor politics. You have a temporary force-field that...

  21. Need a little help here if you have gone from nights to days....

    felineRN replied to crb613's topic in Emergency

    I guess my only qualms with day shift include: (1) More "suits" who like to walk around and flex their administrative muscle (2) Feeding people. I have to say I left a med/surg type floor so that I...

  22. A few questions:

    felineRN posted a topic in Emergency

    EMS has gotten pretty frequent with bringing in asystole> 25 min (CPR the entire time with no response to any intervention.) Said person is dead and long gone. We drag in the crew, do a cardiac...

  23. A few questions:

    felineRN replied to felineRN's topic in Emergency

    For the record: The dead on arrivals are frequently (1) Greater than 80 with some sort of hx of ca, renal pt, ef of 5% etc etc.... (2) Traumatic codes: Knife in L chest, stopped breathing x an hour...

  24. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    felineRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm going to step out on a limb here. I know this might be specific to specialty, facility, co-workers, etc... What ever happened to nurse's discretion? I know there are multiple threads on autonomy,...

  25. The Downward Spiral: Incivility in Nursing

    felineRN replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Forgive me for this one...but seriously: "The Downward Spiral: Nurse Researchers Fail at Being Taken Seriously Again by Researching Topics Such as