Flying ICU RN

Flying ICU RN

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  1. Is your nursing practice guided by nursing theory and research based evidence?

    Flying ICU RN replied to kurume830's topic in General Nursing

    My concern in this regard is not theory or definitions in and of themselves. My concern is when there is an attempt to micro-manage what I do at the bedside as a result. As the saying (prevailing...

  2. Showing empathy?

    Flying ICU RN replied to RedXIII_'s topic in General Nursing

    Yes, but you can easily place yourself in the turtles predicament, that's

  3. What's your reason for putting up with it?

    Flying ICU RN replied to canigraduate's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    As I have always said, you are faced with two choices, a confrontational or a non-confrontational approach. The latter leads to escalation and no lessons learned by the perpetrator. The former,...

  4. Is your nursing practice guided by nursing theory and research based evidence?

    Flying ICU RN replied to kurume830's topic in General Nursing

    A perfect example of my point in post #4, the need and the nursing reaction are both the same despite the world changing around it all. * Patient need, asystole. * Nurse immediate reaction, sound the...

  5. Why is it a crime...

    Flying ICU RN replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Nursing

    A side effect of an "instant" gratification and "give me my entitlement"

  6. Over riding a resident?

    Flying ICU RN replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    No need to argue, simply do not implement as you describe. Troponins and EKGs however, tell a different acute R/O

  7. Why is it a crime...

    Flying ICU RN replied to Getreal2011's topic in General Nursing

    if that were the case, then i should have been arrested long ago. good

  8. Major career and life crossroads

    Flying ICU RN replied to dthfytr's topic in General Nursing

    You are experiencing what I hoped to avoid by jumping ship to health-care nearly 20 years ago. Only the injury complicates matters to be sure. I'll share with you my mindset at the time which may...

  9. What would you say???

    Flying ICU RN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah ladies, ladies, ladies! I'm seeing too many feathers ruffled here. Don't you know that it's great fun to chase chickens? Any kind of a confrontational response to a guy like this is simply feeding...

  10. Funny doctor orders

    Flying ICU RN replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    The one that stands out in my mind from a foreign trained female resident with very broken english, "pu--y muir valve as

  11. Why do nurses treat each other do way they do?

    Flying ICU RN replied to MsbossyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think for a minute that this behavior is limited to nurses. Years ago as a green mechanic at an airline, the guys set a mousetrap in my

  12. Is your nursing practice guided by nursing theory and research based evidence?

    Flying ICU RN replied to kurume830's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question frankly, in 16 years of consecutive bedside ICU nursing I can honestly say that my Nursing practice is "needs based" and "reactionary" in nature. Despite all of the changes in...

  13. What would you say???

    Flying ICU RN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    What you wear and how you carry yourself also has an effect on how you are percieved and treated. Here I am receiving verbal orders from a

  14. What would you say???

    Flying ICU RN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes, it is simply an advantage being 6' 200 lbs. Maintain professional decorum at all times, lower your tone and increase the level of vocabulary used, this is leadership by example. Eventually...

  15. Showing empathy?

    Flying ICU RN replied to RedXIII_'s topic in General Nursing

    What do you feel when you look at this

  16. New Grad

    Flying ICU RN replied to Mandy1105's topic in General Nursing

    My first year was in LTC, the next 16 ICU. Nothing wrong with LTC as a first job, it took me 4 months to find that job after graduation. If you want to be the Chef you have to start by washing the...

  17. What do I do? Quit?

    Flying ICU RN replied to HelenLouise's topic in General Nursing

    What she is describing is likely a clinical anxiety disorder. As Grandmawrinkle points out, four years is enough time to iron out the kinks in your frame of mind where the workplace is concerned....

  18. What do I do? Quit?

    Flying ICU RN replied to HelenLouise's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto.

  19. language requirement

    Flying ICU RN replied to kvdlr's topic in General Nursing

    See post #

  20. language requirement

    Flying ICU RN replied to kvdlr's topic in General Nursing

    My reply to this quote was in

  21. language requirement

    Flying ICU RN replied to kvdlr's topic in General Nursing

    The predominant language spoken by patient need, determines the predominant language requirement of the staff. This is true worldwide. What we are seeing here with this issue in the U.S., is a...

  22. Aline pressure verses cuff in sepsis

    Flying ICU RN replied to Darkfield's topic in MICU, SICU

    Very much so. Look at the usual patients in this scenario, usually a mix of severe edema and obesity which is hard for the cuff module (a pneumatic device) to give an accurate reflection of systemic...

  23. Any tips for giving injections?

    Flying ICU RN replied to Ginger80's topic in General Nursing

    Show them this one first, then they wont complain about the real

  24. NLN Accreditation vs Non NLN Accreditation?

    Flying ICU RN replied to justme68_86's topic in General Nursing

    That is correct the accreditation must be recognized by the Dept of Education, and can be confirmed here

  25. Do you believe animals have a sixth sense towards death?

    Flying ICU RN replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Well Oscar no doubt had an enhanced sense of what we ICU nurses have been describing for years as "the look", which precedes death by 24 to 36 hours. Very unscientific, but very