MomRN0913

MomRN0913

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  1. Protocol for comfort care

    This woman is young, 40 years old. It's a very, very sad story. The husband and family is present. I think the husband thought she would die pretty fast. I told him it could be days or weeks....
  2. Healthcare Administration/Management... anyone????

    There is management and administration in places other than a nursing home. I'm a Nurse Manager @ a LTACH. They have a VP. Some have nurse CEO's. Is it what you want to do? Right now I only have...
  3. Boosting employee morale

    Some of you have read about the insanity I have been dealing with at my first manager job at a start-up LTACH facility. My boss did not like me, complained ot everyone, showed no support, no...
  4. I don't like dead people

    i am so sorry about your mom first of all. before i went into nursing, when I was 21, my mom also died suddenly and i saw her IN the morgue on a metal gurney. I freaked. it's still in my head....
  5. Taking a pay cut to enter into Nursing

    This sounds like it would interest me... how would one get into
  6. Taking a pay cut to enter into Nursing

    ANd that's what burnt me out of ICU after 4 and a half years. Taking a break.....in management...Oh
  7. It's NOT fair!!!!

    Being on the other side now, doing the hiring for the LTACH I manage..... I can tell you why new grad apps are not getting past HR. You could be the best in your clinicals with a 4.0 But when a place...
  8. 3 12 hour shifts it usually is. That's full time. ANd it allows you to have a life. I'm in management now, 5 days a week and calls all weekend. No life
  9. Ambu bag with COPD patient question..

    always 100% during a code. If you save them and get them on a vent, u can adjust according to
  10. Rn's, are you able to do job well without chemistry class?

    Chemistry was required for me, but I took a 5 week accelerated course and remember nothing from it. You don't need it. save yoruself the headache and
  11. Floated to the Tele, forgot how hard it was!

    I did med-surg tele float for 4 months as a new grad and then became an ICU nurse. They are very different to me. And I would never go back to floor nursing. I have the utmost respect for them....
  12. Where do you peg feed your patients

    Are these programming classes in conjuction with a special needs program? I think the class would need to have scheduled half hour breaks if they are running for that long. Then whatever needs to be...
  13. Levophed shortage

    Really? That sucks. Levo is my favorite pressor. My hospital had a Propofol shortage a few times last year. it was awful. Pt's self extubating left and right. Ativan, versed and fentanyl gtts did...
  14. CA RN needs to move out of state

    Being on the other end of the spectrum now in nursing management and going on a hiring spree myself I am not hiring new RNs at this time, however, that's because we just hired a bunch, and we need...
  15. RN to BSN Online...Need advice

    So you can finish it in a year? If I want to do it in 18 months- 1 year, is it an option? I am looking into it now, my hospital is requiring me ot finish it within 2 years and will give me 2K a...
  16. Complications from HCG injections?

    500 cal a day? Ummm, that can't be healthy. Talk about killing your metabolism.... I have never heard of HCG injections before for weight loss. What Dr's actually do
  17. hackensack university medical center

    Come to think fo it 3 of my classmates were hired there from my associates
  18. OMG, I live in an apartment complex with alot of kids too, and in the summer I get to hear them scream and play right under my window while I am trying to get some sleep! And yes, I would often...
  19. I have worked days and nights in the ICU. Night shift is not a sit on your ass type of thing. Pt's go south at night and you know what, there are not many Dr's who want ot answer the phone and help...
  20. hackensack university medical center

    They hire with associates from what I hear. As a new grad though, either way may be difficult right now? Where in NJ are you from. i applied there as a new grad, but started out in the St barnabas...
  21. Please help me find a non-bedside career

    Home Health is a thought. I know the hours are flexible and you can kind of make your own. Although some of the stories of roach invested homes and disgusting living conditions scare me a little....
  22. Please help me find a non-bedside career

    I am trying so hard to hang in there. I just don't know how much longer i can take. My boss informed me I will be charge nurse tomorrow. I'm miserable. I was in top 3 for this awesome job. Every...
  23. I have chronicled some of my first nurse manager adventure stories on here. It's been a pretty bad month. But aof dirt has been uncovered as I have struggled. The politics and alliances are...
  24. VENT: Frustrated, working at new ICU (not new to ICU)

    I understand that you want a challenge. But be very happy when the other nurses are chipping in to help! Atleast you know you work with a crew who believes in teamwork! I am sure they will expect...
  25. RN doing conscious sedation non-intubated patient

    I've pushed all of those drugs including propofol in an ICU setting. I did have to take the moderate sedation