Flying ICU RN

I estimate my return on investment for my school tuition to be 20,000% to date.

Here is a screenshot of the JCAHO guidelines for hand-off report in semi private rooms.

No I did not, and that most certainly makes things a bit more complex. Financially, I was still reeling from the layoff from the airline. It took me four months to find a job after graduation. My advice is that if you are willing and able to actually...

I took that route 19 years ago while single and unencumbered. For me, the "opportunity cost" of CRNA school as a follow up would now be 500K. You can not work while doing an accelerated program, do not try. All said and done, an accelerated program i...

Your significant work history is electronically splashed all over your credit report, and your Social Security record.

Only if the vet has me current on my shots!

Not buying Google when it was $5 a share.

well, a quick and stealthy retrieval of the chair when the student momentarily stands up, should solve that problem on the unit.

The above quote, is from the CDC guidelines manual which our Infection Control department interprets literally. No gowns and gloves to be worn by personnel in the hallways, but strict gowns and gloves when in the patients room. We (staff nurses) susp...

If they could look you in the eye during report, they wouldn't be so quick to make fun of you to your face.

I became a nurse after the debacle of Eastern and Pan Am in the late 80's sent me looking overseas to stay in aviation with no luck. My one and only reason, job security. Undertaker (Mortuary Sciences) was the runner up. Most people I knew who also t...

Additionally, to graduate from NP with honors, one must be able to say the words "evidence-based practice" twelve times in rapid succession without stumbling or smiling.

Passing through the ICU on tour in large groups, makes me feel like a monkey on display. Please have the consideration to bring me a bag of peanuts, I'm usually hungry.

No not that guy! He's up for charges on that little gig. Serious business when you muck around with air transport regs and the feds, even joking around within earshot can find you facing charges. Your stretcher and valium scenario is right on the mar...

My thoughts as well, but well within the spirit of the upcoming Halloween season since I have a little one and need to gear up.

As it would so happen just this morning, I read about a license suspension in Fla for a nursing supervisor in LTC for failing to transport a resident via 911 per MD order. There were several hours of delay for a private ambulance transport and the re...

I'm not going to look through 180 pages to see if this was previously posted. But, this is supposedly a nurse testing a camera in an empty hospital room. Look closely in the mirror, then sleep well tonight.

This is easily confirmed or ruled out with a little effort on your part. I find it highly unlikely that the rules of evidence and discovery in any state would simply "throw out" flow sheet data in a malpractice case. This sounds more like a personal...

When I was in the airline industry, both mechanics as well as pilots, could be oftentimes a bit hard on one another. Still, we would all come together when it counted, like these nurses on strike. However, one thing that was taboo, was going to manag...

Someone who does not have the time to give meds and or change dressings, also does not have time to be a nurse. Short of rescue, toileting, and pushing a tray within reach, you are under no obligation legally or morally to lift a finger otherwise.

All that's missing here is a fairy godmother and a cat named Lucifer! :)

Heres your baseline measurement tool,.... any worse than this?

State dependent, misdemeanor or felony, but most certainly a criminal act punishable by the sentencing rules of the appropriate statute.

Post #4 is the end of the story.

That's the sign of belt-clinching non-clinical management personnel.