anurse4life

anurse4life has 14 years experience and specializes in icu, cardiac, respiratory.

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1. arterial sheath puling post cath

   anurse4life posted a topic in Cardiac

   hello!! i searched through other threads and found some great information, but i need more. hoping someone can help....... i am employed in a pre-post cardaic cath area. we have begun to train to...

2. arterial sheath pulling post catheterizations

   anurse4life posted a topic in Critical Care

   hello!! i searched through other threads and found some great information, but i need more. hoping someone can help....... i am employed in a pre-post cardaic cath area. we have begun to train to...

3. What did you do with your 1st "nurse" paycheck?(spinoff of DZCarrie's post)

   anurse4life replied to Truly_Blessed's topic in First Year After Licensure

   i bought a refrigerator, my old one was from the 1960's with the "icebox" the size of a ice cream container. The new fridge was a "side by side". I was so proud of it that i actaully sat in my...

4. Telemetry staff ratios

   anurse4life replied to lee1's topic in Cardiac

   our hospital is 2:1 in open heart and cvsu on the ccsd and mssd units it is 5:1 or 6:1 for nurse pt ration we have moniter techs and secretarys on all units and nurse aide ratio is 8:1 to 14:1...

5. refusal of assignment

   anurse4life replied to anurse4life's topic in General Nursing

   THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To each and everyone of you that gave support and suggestions. My meeting today went well. I have been employed with my current facility for 6 year and have to admit i can...

6. refusal of assignment

   anurse4life replied to anurse4life's topic in General Nursing

   i am new here and still learning how to post and reply but wanted to thank everyone for your answers and support its nice to hear from others when you feel like you are the only boat in the

7. refusal of assignment

   anurse4life replied to anurse4life's topic in General Nursing

   yeah i called the supervisor she was the one that sent me home said it was my problem and that i could not refuse. Soooo then she called her supervisor who called me and i told her the same thing and...

8. refusal of assignment

   anurse4life posted a topic in General Nursing

   I went in to work this morning i work 7-7. Only to find out that i had been "floated " to an area that works 5-5 and i have no expertise in. The assignment was to heavy for me and i did not have...