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RN4NICU LPN, LVN

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  1. What unions?

    RN4NICU replied to RN4NICU's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds a lot like where I live Vicky - people that say the "u word" too loud or too often have ways of disappearing. Guess the union reps aren't the only mafia don-wannabees running

  2. I think I'm really leaving nursing, at least for a while

    RN4NICU replied to ParrotHeadRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think we are conditioned to do this. I think we condition each other to do this. Read some of the posts on this board - some of us expect each other to do this and it's crap! THIS is the very...

  3. Isn't this illegal? Even in Texas?

    RN4NICU replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It is disgusting. As nurses, we give and give and give. Then, when we suffer problems of our own, we are cast into the garbage and a new young face is brought in (at least until that one wears

  4. Changing specialties - how difficult is it?

    RN4NICU replied to scottp118's topic in General Nursing

    I've bounced from specialty to specialty a couple of times - didn't experience any problems. In this day and age, you're highly unlikely to be pigeon-holed unless you want to

  5. airembolism

    RN4NICU replied to mehwan's topic in General Nursing

    A pulmonologist once told me that it takes a pretty significant amount of air in the line to cause an air embolism in an adult (probably several cc's all at once). Little bubbles aren't going to do...

  6. Isn't this illegal? Even in Texas?

    RN4NICU replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I believe it's

  7. Question for all nurses

    RN4NICU replied to srhdaw's topic in General Nursing

    Pen and paper. I do recall a gentleman in my A&P I class that would take notes on his laptop during lectures. After an entire semester of hearing the click, click, click, click, click of his...

  8. Low/moderate stress nursing jobs???

    RN4NICU replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

    Christine - I have to agree, I didn't find anything "low stress" about working in the OR. I have worked trauma OR (docs were high strung, to say the least), general surgery (which wasn't too bad when...

  9. Mrsa???

    RN4NICU replied to Willardguy1's topic in General Nursing

    questions don't bother me a bit :) course i don't always know the answers.we didn't have any housekeepers in the surgery department on 1st or early 2nd shift. that's why the or techs (like orderlies,...

  10. Mrsa???

    RN4NICU replied to Willardguy1's topic in General Nursing

    Also a good point, canoehead Turnover time is the be-all-end-all of every Surgery department I have ever worked in. MRSA cases are indicated on the surgery schedule and it is planned ahead of time...

  11. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, I've said that a couple of times :) I don't like working with the big people (or their orfices). I'm glad that there are nurses out there that can handle it. Many of them have told me that...

  12. Who here currently belongs to, or has been affiliated with a nurse union

    RN4NICU replied to Carotid's topic in General Nursing

    It's usually not oversight - just flat out vindictiveness. Unions protect from a lot of crap like that from what I hear. Hospitals do not care that there is a shortage. Nurses are nothing but an...

  13. Too good to aide?

    RN4NICU replied to adidas99's topic in General Nursing

    Keep in mind that there is a BIG difference between doing some secretarial work here and there (like nurses helping out the CNA's here and there, getting their own vitals and the like) and walking...

  14. Nurse Self-Defense Class

    RN4NICU replied to danu3's topic in General Nursing

    You mention Aikido as being good, but the spiritual dimension possibly offensive. I have some previous training with Hapkido and, if there is a spiritual component, it was not presented. It sounds...

  15. digital stimulation, any suggestions

    RN4NICU replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto that,

  16. Mrsa???

    RN4NICU replied to Willardguy1's topic in General Nursing

    Yes our rooms (or ORs) are like your operating theatres. Although we do like to postpone surgery if we can, we do perform surgery on MRSA patients. This is usually a wound debridement type of thing,...

  17. When the nurse has to leave because of an emergency

    RN4NICU replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    As long as there are other nurses around, it shouldnt mean "to hell with these patients" - everyone could pick up one extra patient for the remainder of the shift for heaven's sake.If a surgeon has a...

  18. When the nurse has to leave because of an emergency

    RN4NICU replied to LPNtoBSNstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) covers ANY employee - (yes nurses too) who has been employed at least a year at a place of employment with at least 50 employees (I'd say any hospital or nursing...

  19. Pyxis vs. Omnicell....Comments?

    RN4NICU replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked with both. They are pretty similar. I work better with Omnicell, but that is what most of the facilities in my area have gone to - so I am probably just more used to

  20. Mrsa???

    RN4NICU replied to Willardguy1's topic in General Nursing

    MRSA is Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus and in surgery YES it absolutely does have to be cleaned in a particular way by housekeeping rather than turned over by the OR staff. Ideally, MRSA rooms are...

  21. Confused about how to become a nurse

    RN4NICU replied to val&corey's topic in General Nursing

    You have to graduate from an accredited nursing program, which makes you eligible to sit for the licensure exam. Passing the NCLEX-RN is what makes you an RN (not the academic program, but you are...

  22. Conflict in the workplace

    RN4NICU replied to KellyRN4's topic in General Nursing

    Ah...That's a bit part of the problem right there! The "doctor is god" attitude is common in HCA facilities I hear (have to go by word of mouth because I refuse to work in one). Not surprising,...

  23. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

    RN4NICU replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If they HAD to have someone get it for them, it seems like a "localized" pink lady (or male volunteer, don't want to be sexist) could get this kind of crap for them. What burns me up is when they put...

  24. Stepdown anyone?

    RN4NICU replied to Ari RN's topic in General Nursing

    Stepdown is stable enough to not need to be in ICU, but unstable enough to still require a close eye. (A 1:4 ratio would be more appropriate than a 1:6-7 ratio, in other words). Cardiac stepdown...

  25. New grad dealing with angry/yelling patients

    RN4NICU replied to pumpkin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I totally agree - that was my favorite aspect of working in adult ICU. It wasn't enough to make me want to work with adults again, but it sure was nice. We are not afforded such luxury in NICU or...